Tag: Mobile

Though Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) continues to remain a mainstay in the broadband sector, its market share has declined from 53 percent in June...

Pakistan is among the top five countries with the highest SMS traffic and Ufone is one of the telecom companies operating in Pakistan which...

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LAHORE - The power source of around 700 billboards and 12,000 mobile towers across Punjab is still to be shifted from electric to solar. Ten months have passed since the Punjab government and the Ministry of Environment National Energy Conversation Center issued warnings to the installations' owners. Converting billboards and cell phone towers from electric power supply to solar energy could save around 50 to 60 Megawatts of electricity but neither the Punjab government nor the

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple has filed a lawsuit against Samsung claiming that the South Korean electronic giant's mobile phones and tablet computer, the Galaxy Tab, copy the iPhone and the iPad.
The website of the US District Court for the Northern District of California shows that Apple filed the case against Samsung in San Francisco on Friday but the complaint itself has not yet been entered in the electronic data base.
The Wall Street Journal obtained a copy of the 38-page

ISLAMABAD - Mobile penetration in Pakistan has continued to grow at a very rapid pace and the mobile sector has recorded total revenues of Rs 236.74 billion at the end of FY 2009-10, showing a growth of 11 percent over the previous year.
According to the Information Economy Report, published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Pakistan is among five dynamic and developing economies in Asia in terms of increased penetration and usage of mobile

ISLAMABAD - Mobile penetration in Pakistan had been increasing at a very high pace and mobile sector recorded total revenue of Rs 236.74 billion at the end of FY 2009-10,showing a growth of 11% over the previous year.
According to Information Economy Report, published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Pakistan is among the five dynamic economies of developing Asia in terms of increased penetration of mobile phones. While compared with the

KARACHI - Rewterz, a notable IT firm, has highlighted security threats and vulnerabilities in mobile commerce during the fourth International Mobile Commerce Conference. Rewterz Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Faiz Ahmad Shuja highlighted security threats and vulnerability associated with the growing usage on mobile phones and ever-increasing number of mobile banking users.
"Smart phones are being integrated with greater functionalities and consequently greater entry points for

LAHORE - China Mobile, the world's largest mobile operator in terms of subscriber base and the parent company of ZONG, has nominated Fan Yun Jun as new CEO of CMPak Limited. He will replace Qian Li as the CEO of CMPak. Fan Yun Jun has over 12 years of diverse experience in engineering and marketing.
His last assignment with China Mobile was as deputy general manager at Beijing. He holds a PhD degree in engineering. ZONG is China Mobile's first venture outside of China and has

KARACHI - Pakistan, which has imported over nine million cell phones from China out of a total import of over 11 million handsets during 2009-10, is likely to impose custom duty on those imported from countries with which it has signed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to generate revenue.
Under the existing FTA with China and zero-rated duty on the import of cell phones, Pakistan has potentially lost great revenue which could have been generated, if the Rs 500 per set duty was imposed

FAISALABAD - The mastermind of a series of raids on the towers of international mobile phone companies to steal their batteries was arrested. Ammar Haider son of Haider Zaman, a resident of Chak No 624 Haripur, Jarranwala, and his gang members used to visit the security guards of mobile phone towers posing as supervisors.
Later, finding a chance, took away expensive tower batteries to sell them in black market. Nishatabad SHO Inspector Mansoor Bilal was tipped off that the

ISLAMABAD - The ineptness and lack of vision of the government is evident from the fact that Rs 500 million has gone down the drain as costly mobile scanners bought by the Interior Ministry have been rusting at Islamabad Police Lines for the last ten months.
A source in the ministry told Pakistan Today that due to Finance Ministry's refusal to release funds for the fuel of mobile scanners imported from China a year ago for installation at capital's entry points, the security

ISLAMABAD - Without enacting any law to the effect, Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Monday directed the newly-appointed Inspector General Police Islamabad Wajid Ali Khan to register cases of mobile snatching and car theft under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Wajid called on the interior minister at his office with DIG operation. What seemed to be a mockery of the prevailing laws, Malik directed the police high ups to register cases of car theft and mobile snatching under the ATA. He

LAHORE - A visit of Mobile Unit is arranged by Superior University Raiwind Road, Lahore in association with Azra Naheed Medical College, Surraya Azeem Teaching Hospital in collaboration with Pakistan Islamic Medical Association through which problems of flood victims and child-mother issues will be solved. The mobile unit will attempt to reach flood affected areas and provide provide Free Medical treatment to those who can not afford medical treatment.
The opening ceremony for

LAHORE - LG Electronics, (LG), a global leader and technology innovator in mobile communications recently organised an entertaining and interactive activity for its trade partners and official GSM dealers at its LG Mobile Care and Delight service center in Karachi.
The core objective of this activity was to improve dealer's confidence on LG GSM products and most importantly receive feedback from dealers for rapid resolution. The activity was aimed to boost up secondary sales

KARACHI - The launch of Benazir Mobile Banking will bring about a new era of development and ensure larger women empowerment, said Adviser to Chief Minister on Information and Archives Sharmila Farooqui.
In a statement issued on Monday, the adviser said that the system would promote e-banking in the country and women would get access to major banking systems for the first time in the history of Pakistan. "With the launch of this banking system, the president has fulfilled another

NAUDERO - President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Mobile Banking named after Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto is being started in Pakistan for the first time. The Mobile Banking will help promote E-banking, he further said.
Addressing a ceremony to inaugurate Benazir Bhutto Mobile Banking here on Sunday, a day prior to the third death anniversary of the martyred leader, the President said that the value of one card of Benazir Mobile Banking is equivalent to Rs 3,000.
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