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Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils a new, smaller AppleTV

rabia garib — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:02:49 +0000

Admitting that the old version of AppleTV wasn’t a hit, Steve Jobs hopes that the refresh of the device will help boost sales. IDG’s Nick Barber reports! Related posts:IDG Global Newswire: Apple fanatics ready for iPhone 4 launch Related posts:

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The Emerging Role of PTCL in the Corporate Sector: Kamran Mehmood

rabia garib — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:40:39 +0000

Kamran Mehmood is teh GM Corporate Services and Business Development at PTCL and stopped by the CIO BandwidthTV studios to talk to us about how the organization is emerging into the Corporate sector for businesses in Pakistan. Take a listen at this Executive Insight! Related posts:The History of Telcom Sector in Pakistan: Samiullah Bajwa The Secret Behind [...] Related posts:

Telecom News: August 30, 2010 (Sindhi)

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Telecom News in English: August 20, 2010

ciopk — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:08:12 +0000

PTCL promotes education through exciting Ramadan promotion for its Broadband Customers:
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) has offered exciting new promotions during the holy month of Ramadan for its broadband subscribers.
Realizing its position as a socially responsible company and contributing towards building the human resource for development and prosperity of the country, PTCL will sponsor millions of rupees towards the educational expenses of its customers applying for PTCL broadband connection during the month of Ramadan. 50 lucky winners selected through a transparent process of lucky draw after the end of Ramadan will be given educational assistance worth Rs 100,000 each. This offer would be applicable for all new PTCL broadband student package subscribers.
Moreover to further develop professionals in various professional fields in Pakistan, PTCL is providing convenient online educational courses such as project management, setting up of home businesses, computer and IT courses to anyone applying for a PTCL broadband connection during the month of Ramadan. During the month of Ramadan new applicants for PTCL Broadband service can apply for a FREE Internationally recognized easy learning card that has an actual worth of Rs. 4000. This easy learning card will provide them with an opportunity to acquire an internationally recognized ‘online’ certified qualification to help further their careers in the international market as well.
SEVP Commercial Naveed Saeed said these initiatives would enforce PTCL’s image as a socially responsible organization contributing towards the educational sector of Pakistan. It has been PTCL’s objective to provision its broadband service in every corner of the country, and now providing significant educational assistance to its broadband subscribers, would strengthen the bond between PTCL and its loyal customers.

Telecom News in English: August 19, 2010

ciopk — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:23:33 +0000

Cell companies face losses:
While the current flood has caused large-scale human misery it also affected cellular sites infrastructure resulting in inadequacy of telecommunication services in the affected areas.
Though the cellular companies claim that they are restoring their network, there are still many sites yet to be made functional primarily because the areas are inaccessible.
According to an official of Zong, it is difficult to determine the exact count of affected installations because of the accessibility issue in the flood-ridden areas. “The reported loss is around Rs120 million in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The loss may be more than double once we’ll be able to visit more sites in Punjab and some parts of Sindh.”
He said the partially affected areas due to flood were: Nowshera, Charsadda, Swat, Kalam, D.I. Khan, Mianwali, Skardu, Hunza, Muzaffargarh, Kot Addu, Mahmoodkot, Rajanpur, Salehpat Road, Ghouspur and Thal.
A Telenor spokesperson said the floods had caused damage to its 690 sites, however, more than 80 per cent had been restored by now. “We are working to restore the remaining sites. Restoration work is being delayed due to access issues caused by damage to roads and bridges. Continued rains are also hampering the restoration process. Other factors contributing to the delay include fuel shortage, power outages, damage to long-haul fiber link and flooding of sites in certain areas.”
An official of Ufone said its 60 sites affected in the flooded areas. A Warid spokesman said its infrastructure had been affected in the flood areas but some sites in Charsadda, Nowshera, Dir and Swat were still not restored owing to accessibility and other issues.

PTCL workers’ strike leaves over 10,000 phones useless:
More than 10,000 telephone lines remain dead in the Islamabad and Rawalpindi region as a strike by PTCL employees against the management for not increasing their salaries in accordance with the government decision entered fourth day.
Due to the strike, work at almost all the 15 major exchanges in the region remains at a standstill and the complaints are not being addressed, he added.
Sources in the PTCL said 70,000 to 80,000 telephone lines were out of order in the country that included around 30,000 in Karachi, 5,000 in rest of Sindh; 20,000 in Lahore, 10,000 in northern Punjab, 10,000 in southern Punjab and some 3,000 in Balochistan.
The PTCL system has been severely damaged in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa due to floods but the rehabilitation works has not started there due to various reasons, including workers’ strike.

Telecom News in English: August 18, 2010

ciopk — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:23:31 +0000

Telecom indicators for June show encouraging trends – Cellular subscribers increase by 5pc:
Telecom indicators for June showed encouraging trends as cellular subscribers increased by five percent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to 99.2 million, fixed line crossed 6.0 million and broadband reached 0.9 million, according to the data released by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority.
Net subscribers’ growth in the cellular segment crossed one-million-mark in June after a gap of one year, indicating the sterilisation process to churn out inactive subscribers is coming to an end, it said.
Mobilink remains the largest cellular companies with 32 percent market share and Telenor was the fastest growing player as it gained two percentage points market share to 24 percent, according to the data.
Mobilink, the market leader of the cellular sector, was also star performer as it attracted the highest number of subscribers on the network. It added 3.065 million customers to widen its base to 32.2 million by June 2010, it said.
The biggest cellular operator was successful to recover its lost user base as its had contracted nearly 2.89 million in the financial year 2009.
Telenor also remained dominant during the previous fiscal year and its users’ base grew to 23.7 million with the increase of 2.9 million customers. During 2009, Telenor was the star performer with the addition of 2.767 million subscribers to its 20.893 million users, the data said.
Zong widened its subscribers’ base to 6.7 million with the surge of 31,700 new customers. Its user base growth declined in 2010 as it had grabbed 2.435 million users in 2009, it said.
According to the data, Ufone subscriber base contracted to 19.5 million in 2010 with the decline of 45,500 connections on its network. During 2009, its subscribers were increased by 1.9 million customers.
Warid’s user base also contracted to 16.9 million in 2010 with the decline of 95,500 customers on it network. In 2009, it had added 2.3 million new connections, it said.
Broadband segment has taken off as subscribers increased by 118 percent Y-o-Y to 0.9 million during the year. PTCL remains the market leader with 0.5 million subscribers, it said.

Telecom News in English: August 17, 2010

ciopk — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:23:27 +0000

62 Solar Powered Sites Completed by Telenor and Zong:
Through the Rural Telecom Projects of Universal Service Fund, Telenor and Zong have completed 62 solar powered sites of which 34 are in Mirpur Khas, 13 in Bahawalpur and 15 in Nasirabad.
A population of 2.37 million people will be benefitting from these projects in total which resides in the districts of Sanghar, Tharparkar Umerkot, Mirpur, Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Bolan, Jaffarabad, Jhal Magsi and Nasirabad.
Since commercial power has not reached most of the areas where USF is running rural telecom projects, it proves to be a barrier to provide smooth uninterrupted telecom service. Even where commercial power infrastructure is available, the availability of power is extremely limited. Therefore, it was decided that operators will bid for all future infrastructure in un-served areas with renewable energy solutions.
This decision has played an important role in reducing the energy costs and is also a small contribution towards dealing with the energy crisis in Pakistan. Moreover, this initiative will also help in reducing carbon content in the atmosphere.

Telecom News in English: August 16, 2010

ciopk — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:23:25 +0000

PTCL launches world’s first EVO 3G Nitro:
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) formally launched “the world’s first and most cutting edge EVDO commercial network that offers speeds up to 9.3 Mbps. Pakistan has became the first country while PTCL the first company in the world to introduce EVO 3G Nitro which is all set to meet the next generation’s need for ultimate high speed and superior performance while providing this service commercially.
Addressing the launching ceremony federal Secretary for Information Technology Najeeb-ul-Malick said that through this new introduction has paved the way for Pakistan to enter into a supersonic era. This will bring a revolution in the field of technology as this is a next step in evolution of the wireless broadband revolution.
He further said that EVO 3G Nitro is Pakistan’s fastest and most cutting edge wireless mobile broadband product, first of its kind, which would enable customers to experience fastest web browsing, high quality video streaming, unlimited downloads, faster uploads, backward compatibility and seamless roaming in 99 cities across the country.

PTCL suffers Rs 2.5 billion loss due to floods:
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) suffered a loss of Rs 2.5 billion due to flash floods in different parts of the country as over 150 exchanges and 150,000 connections were damaged, said Naveed Saeed Senior Vice President (Commercial) of PTCL, here on Saturday.
Addressing media on the occasion of launching ‘EVDO RevB’ here, he said that PTCL has donated Rs 53.5 million for the flood victims. He said PTCL employees have generously donated Rs 20 million towards the relief fund out of total Rs 53.5 million. He said PTCL set up many relief and medical camps in the flood-affected areas where people are being provided free medicines.