Tag: Mobile

Mobile, telecommunication imports increase in July

The Telecommunication imports during the first month of the ongoing fiscal year (2012-13) increased by 12.98 percent and 16.24 percent as compared to the...

Signals from Pakistani mobile companies reaching Indian border areas: report

Many areas of India’s Rajasthan along the international border with Pakistan are receiving signals of Pakistani mobile companies up to of 15-20 kilometers inside...

Rehman Malik is twisting mobile companies’ arm to mint money: Sana

Provincial Minister for Law Rana Sanaullah has said that Interior Minister Rehman Malik wanted to mint money from the mobile companies and they reason...

For better or for worse

Living in the shadow of terror As reports about military action against militants holed up in N Waziristan are proliferating, the threat perception from the...

PM directs Malik to safeguard existing mobile services

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has directed Interior Minister Rehman Malik to ensure that every possible measure is taken to safeguard the existing mobile...

Ministry rejects immediate closure of prepaid mobile services

The Interior Ministry has rejected the notion of immediately closing down any prepaid services by mobile phone companies. Sources said that a regular meeting...

Mobile phone becomes death warrant

A man axed his two wives to death in Jamaldinwali area of tehsil Sadiqabad here on Saturday. According to police sources, the man had...

Stop uploading songs on mobile phones, warns Taliban pamphlet

Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) issued a pamphlet to owners of mobile phone shops in the Landi Kotal area of Khyber Agency, warning them to stop uploading...

Mobile phones trump computers among online Chinese

Mobile phones have overtaken computers as the most popular device for getting online in China, the government said Thursday, as it announced the number...

Mobile tracker system installed in police vehicles

Rawalpindi police have decided to speed up trackers’ installation in all its vehicles meant for operational duties to ensure monitoring of performance and accountability...

Free mobile SIMs for Hajj and Umrah pilgrims

Hajj and Umrah Pilgrims traveling from Pakistan to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be given a free mobile SIM from Mobily a Saudi mobile...

Use of mobile phones may cause cancer

Long-term use of mobile phones may cause cancer, government scientists have admitted, as the biggest review ever of the subject is published. The report, by...

57 street criminals arrested

The city police on Saturday claimed to have arrested 57 persons involved in street crimes during the current year and recovered 59 mobile phones...

No mobile phone use in jails at Punjab

Special teams have been set up to check and stop use of mobile phones in jails throughout Punjab province. These teams will search the inmates...

Mobile banking can increase GDP by 3pc

According to the State Bank of Pakistan’s financial stability review of the 1st half of 2011, pre-tax profits of the banking industry rose to...

Govt bans mobile number portability with ATA threat

Citing threats to national security, the government on Monday decided to ban Mobile Number Portability, and warned that violators would be booked under Anti-Terrorism...

Polar Wireless to introduce first worldwide SIM card in Pakistan

Canadian Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) Company’s Polar Wireless has announced the introduction of the first worldwide SIM card in Pakistan. The SIM card...