Telenor has offered its Talkshawk customers to make calls to any network at 49 Paisas per 30 seconds, anytime of the day, at a daily subscription charge of Rs. 3 plus tax.



For the purpose, you need to activate Telenor’s talkswhak 63 Package and avail this offer by activating your daily subscription.

After Android and four other mid and low end handsets, Zong has introduced this stylish R-221 Model that a basic camera, FM Radio, Torch and GPRS.



Handset comes with classy look at an affordable price.

During International Roaming, Warid is now offering incoming SMS Free of Cost (FOC) without any subscription charges, providing its customers a convenience to stay connected using SMS.

* This offer is already available for Prepaid subscribers and it is now being offered to Warid Postpaid subscribers as well.
* It is only for Warid subscribers, roaming abroad.
* For further information please contact 321

To view Warid’s latest tariff for International Roaming, download this file (156KB – PDF)

 We all knew it; however, the statement seems more valid after Daily Time’s this survey that concludes:

Pakistani office going community loves the Facebook, the most, out of all other time wasting activities.

The previous office time waster king was the MSN, Yahoo Messengers but over the years web applications have been developed that diverted the Internet traffic from these messengers.

After the success of SMS Khazana 1, 2 and Jazz Eid SMS Khazana, Mobilink now brings another exciting offer for its valued customers “Jazz SMS Khazana 4” promising lots of cash prizes for Mobilink customers to win.



Jazz SMS Khazana 4 like its predecessors is based on answering trivia questions to gather points and entering in to lucky draw to win high value cash prizes.

Glow has introduced this new offer called ‘Din Raat’. Heard of this name before? Yes, its similar to Djuice’s ‘Din Raat Package’.

‘Raat Din offer’ gives Glow customers a freedom of calling their friends and family (also called Glow Gang) numbers at good price.

Nokia today officially launched Nokia C3 in Pakistan.


Built with social networking in mind, the Nokia C3 is the first device to bring a full QWERTY keyboard to Series 40.

People can view, post, comment, share locations and even update their status on networks such as Facebook and Twitter, straight from the homescreen. Nokia C3 offers more of a smartphone features at lower price.

Jazz brings an amazing offer ‘JAZZ All in One’, for its customers.Now for Rs. 20 you can get 

• 20 minutes which can be used for on-net, off-net & international calls (USA/Canada – Landline + Mobile & UK – Landline only) and
• 200 SMS that can be used on all local networks!

Car amplifier is the electronic device, which is used to enhance the multimedia experience in the vehicle. It is widely used in the Pakistan and mostly youth prefer to have car music amplified and loud with extra grooves.
Inline car amplifier fuse is used in installation of car amplifier and its basic function is to protect the circuit that it is attached to.

In simple, when it is used with car amplifier, it fundamentally guards car from burning up (God forbid) in case of power shorting, provided if installed properly.

In Pakistan well designed inline car amplifier fuses are available in car audio / video markets. Their price ranges from PKR 500/- to PKR 3000/- but not limited to and depends on the type, quality and complete wiring set that anyone want to buy.

Car Fuse basically comes in complete wiring set, which includes, Power Wire, Ground Wire, RCA 

Cables, Speaker cables and inline fuse with connectors.
There is common ignorance which is observed that most of the people don’t use inline fuse while installing car amplifiers. As car amplifiers are high electronic devices capable of producing high pitch sounds, hence they require much current generation and direct electric current connection to keep itself not only Powered ON but to also provide good sound quality.

Mobilink, Pakistan’s largest cellular network, is reportedly all set to launch a new brand, especially designed for youth, revealed a report produced at Telecom Recorder. This upcoming Youth Brand is likely to surface in November 2010.

However, we are yet to ascertain the features and tariffs for the said brand.

PTCL has revised its student package by bundling it with PSTN (landline) incentives – however, the price of broadband remains the same.

PTCL is now offering student Package of 1 Mbps broadband with unlimited download, 150 free voice minutes per month and free unlimited Kehdo SMS at Rs 999 / month.

Couple of days back my laptop charger went unresponsive and I had to visit market for new charger.
I was told by this one shopkeeper that he can sell me a laptop charger for Rs. 700, which was made in China and it came with no warranty at all.

Microsoft Pakistan is working closely with different NGOs and Government bodies in Pakistan as part of the rescue and prevention effort now underway.

In this regard Microsoft announced a relief package consisting of $ 700,000 cash-donation, deployment of disaster management software for the Govt. of Punjab at no cost, urgent food supplies to the flood victims in KPK province and software donations to various NGOs currently involved in relief activities.

PTCL is all set to introduce Nation Wide Weekend and Off-Peak, European and Far Eastern Bucket packages for its customers, we have confirmed with sources in the company.

These packages are likely to come at a monthly rental with a set amount of minutes to be used during weekends, off-peak hours, or otherwise for European and Eastern countries.

So, you think you take amazing photos from your mobile phone camera? Well, here’s a chance for all
Mobilink customers to flaunt their photography skills by taking part in an interesting MMS Competition.


Competition Theme:

Competition theme is “My City”. So all you have to do is take a beautiful photo from your mobile phone and send it to 535 via MMS.

In the annual report published this week; Wateen posted Rs 1,994 million as after tax loss in the year ended June 30, 2010 (FY10) as compared to profit after tax of Rs 927.763 million in the corresponding period in FY09.

Forecasts had initially projected a loss of Rs. 2,071 million for the same period.

To achieve these objectives in Pakistan, Microsoft Pakistan has entered into an Education Alliance Agreement with the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan to.


In essence, the Education Alliance Agreement between Microsoft and HEC will provide centralized IT services to HEC-approved universities across Pakistan while maintaining the highest standards in the use of Information Technology within the ambit of education in Pakistan.
Commenting on this major development in the country’s higher education sector, Kamal Ahmed, Country Manager, Microsoft Pakistan, said,

Easypaisa has successfully completed one year of operations. The service, which was launched jointly by Telenor Pakistan and Tameer Microfinance Bank last year, has helped provide people across Pakistan with access to convenient financial services.

Roar Bjærum, Vice President Financial Services, Telenor Pakistan while commenting on easypaisa’s one year of completion said:

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With Best ScreenSnap you can capture screenshots on your smartphone, save them to a file or send them to friends or to your desktop computer.
Best ScreenSnap is FREE! You can download and use it absolutely free of charge. No spyware or adware inside.
 

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Best Timer - all about measuring time.

It can turn your phone into powerful stopwatch with lots of functions. Your girlfriend says she'll be ready in 2 minutes? Just check how long it really takes

Pakistan has become 86th country in the world where Nokia has launched its recycling program, through a press event in Karachi.

“Take Back” program will have recycle boxes at all 9 Nokia Care centers across the country. Along with, there would be 400+ collection points and a mobile van in Karachi to serve urban mobile market.
The initiative is launched to invite the mobile phone users to recycle their old phones.
Nokia isn’t accepting only Nokia made models, but also Samsung, Siemens and other makes are also encouraged to be dropped into Recycle Boxes.

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Best Safe is a reliable and secure manager and organizer for your private data. You can store your passwords, credit cards and banking information, login information and other your data in one place and keep it with you always.

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Best Jotter allows you to write down quick notes, memos, ideas and any piece of information, organize it, and easily find at any time.

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It is very easy to miss the initial sound of an incoming message or a phone call especially if the smartphone was in another room at this moment, in a leather wallet or in your jacket when you're in a car or at the street. If you don't want to check the display constantly to ensure that you haven't missed an important phone call or a message you might be waiting for then you need to try Best Reminder.

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Best Secretary is a full-scale voice calls and SMS processing application. It can automatically answer a call and play a predefined voice message to a specified person or group of persons. It can block unwanted calls and automatically answer your incoming messages.

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Nokia launches a new application that will breathe life into clients mobile drilling. Users can choose between different applications, videos, games, productivity tools, web, podcasts, location services and more. The Ovi Store enables developers to list their programs in an online catalog so that users can easily download or buy.

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Best TaskMan shows comprehensible information about programs and processes running on the device. Unlike built-in task switcher it tells you exactly what programs are running on your smartphone and it gives you answers to the obvious ensuing questions, such as where these programs reside, memory they consume and what capabilities they use.

 This is a new version of Super Bluetooth Hack for conventional and mobile-based symbian.

If you do not know what a Super Bluetooth Hack, this program through MDM can be controlled by other people’s mobile phone at a distance 10-15 metres, it’s Then (call from phone, read messages & contacts, change profile, restart phone, etc.)

Zong is all set to launch the a fair priced Android handset in Pakistan. Already available Android 2.2 handsets in Pakistan have been priced for the high end segment of the consumers.

From what we have heard so far, Zong’s Android is Priced at 15,999, with a new Zong SIM.

After Multan, Lahore, Faisalabad and various other cities, Zong’s unlimited on-net calling offer has reached the city of lights, Karachi. Zong offers two variants of packages for unlimited on-net calls for its customers living in Karachi.  Monthly Karachi Unlimited  Monthly Karachi Unlimited offers Zong customers living in Karachi and selected suburbs unlimited calls to Zong numbers anywhere in the country for an entire month. As an additional bonus, subscribers will also receive unlimited SMS on all networks!  Daily Karachi Unlimited:

Technology today is evolving within a blink of an eye. The necessities of ones life are changing with every new invention that is announced. If Abraham Maslow was to rethink over his hierarchy of needs, then the basics of the physiological level would not just revolve around food, shelter and clothing but inventions like the cell phone would be inclusive of the need pyramid.

Wateen Telecom today announced that it has received Rs. 2.1 billion as emergency fund injection from Dhabi Group.Wateen didn’t say any word on the type of funding, however, it is assumed that its a soft loan – spanning over a longer duration of period.

“Huawei International Pte Limited and Huawei Technologies Pakistan Pvt Limited on 23 August 2010 instituted three petitions in the Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench, for the winding up of Warid Telecom (Pvt.) Ltd. The petitions have been filed only after repeated assurances by Warid that the outstanding and admitted liabilities would be repaid”, said a statement issued by Huawei Pakistan Middle East.

It might be a little late to review the Nokia 5230 since other vendors are invading the market like crazy but the Nokia 5230 is an unsung hero in my opinion.

Nokia has nailed it again with such a low price along with awesome feature in a complete package in the form of the Nokia 5230.

Zong and Dreamworld Ltd have signed an MoU, according to which Zong has become Official Telecom Partner of Dreamworld.

Comsats Internet Services has launched its Wi-Fi modems for DSL customers in Islamabad/Rawalpindi with a package called Freedom Broadband.



This service is being offered in Islamabad and Rawalpindi at present and will be offered in more cities by the end of the year.

PTCL has introduced a new 10Mbps Broadband package on 10/10/10, This package is  in addition to its existing Broadband packages. The New 10 Mbps data rate is offered to the customers at Rs. 9999 / month with unlimited download. Current PTCL Broadband packages are;

Today we saw the heights of deceptive activities going on in our society, when an individual named Aftab Ahmed, so called director projects of a new cellular company, published an advert in Daily Express, Lahore – asking the general public to offer their commercial and non-commercial lands for tower installation.

This guy, when called, claims that a new cellular company is starting its services in Pakistan and needs space for tower installations in cities including: Lahore, Okara, Depalpur, Burewala and Sahiwal.

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority conducted a survey/ inspection to monitor sale of pre-active SIMs to check if cellular companies are selling SIMs in accordance with the standard operating procedures (SOP) defined by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority or not, told us sources familiar with the matter.

Survey results, which are exclusively made available to ProPakistani, revealed that all cellular companies are violating SOP in selling postpaid SIMs, while Mobilink topped the race with 7 out of 9 Customer Service Centers and 18 out of 26 franchises have been found guilty of selling SIMs without fulfilling the described procedures.

In support of the growing ICT industry and the young entrepreneurs nationwide, wi-tribe Pakistan is confirmed as the Silver Sponsor for the P@SHAICT Awards 2010. It is held to recognize and celebrate the innovation that is taking place within the technology sector. The event is scheduled for Friday, 8^th October, 2010 in Lahore.

In addition to the sponsorship, wi-tribe will offer Wi-Fi connectivity at the venue, as well as live-stream the event, allowing internet users to watch the P@SHA ICT Awards 2010 from any where.

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority is planning to launch an awareness campaign for mobile subscribers to educate them on illegal balance transfer (mobile credit) asked by fallacious individuals against a lottery prizes, reported us people aware of the situation.

It is often seen that mobile phone subscribers receive SMS or even calls telling them about a lottery prize of 5 lakh or so. Callers ask mobile users to transfer balance (mobile credit) in order to avail the lottery prize.
PTA intends to aware mobile phone subscribers that no cellular company will ask them for any kind of balance transfers against any lottery prize.

PTCL Broadband Ramadan sales promotional offer is being extended till 31st October 2010. All new subscribers with student package will get incentives in following two categories:

 

Mobilink is now rewarding its new customers by offering 3000 Minutes and 3000 SMS upon joining the

In the history of Telecom, a merger agreement between VimpleCom of Russia and Weather Investments was signed today as per a joint statement issued by both the groups, resulting into world’s fifth largest mobile telecommunications carrier by subscribers with pro forma net operating revenues of US$ 21.5 billion and pro forma EBITDA of US$ 9.5 billion for the year ended 31 December, 2009.

After the recent launch of Warid call block service, Warid now brings the SMS blocking facility to block all those annoying and unwanted SMS.

Following the footsteps of Zong, Telenor and Ufone, Warid is soon going to launch the call block service named as “Call Block 9211“, This service enables you to block annoying calls from any number so you can enjoy the freedom of control.

Ufone has responded to Mobilink and Telenor against their recent unlimited calling offers on 3 on-net numbers at fixed rental of 6.99 and 9.99 plus taxes respectively.

Russia’s VimpleCom has reportedly offered a lucrative sum, said to be as high as USD 6.8 billion, to Naguib Sawiris to get hold of controlling stakes in Orascom Telecom.

Reports say that possible deal may end up in a merger or both telecom companies, in addition, VimpleCom will acquire 51 percent controlling stakes in Orascom.

This is Naguib’s second attempt in this quarter to sell off Orascom’s shares. Earlier, deal with MTN couldn’t close due to disputed fate of Djezzy, group’s highest revenue generating arm in Algeria.

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) today announced its connectivity solution with multiple applications in the form of Global IP Connect service.

Based on internet protocol, this service will allow Pakistani companies whose offices are located across the globe to connect and transfer data in a private secure manner over a MPLS infrastructure provided by PTCL within Pakistan, while global connectivity is achieved through an extensive network of PTCL global network partners.

Not only this, flexible topologies are also offered to customers depending upon the class of service selected based on the enterprises’ applications e.g. real time, transactions, data base and email applications.
Customers here can choose from Platinum, Gold and Silver packages and can benefit from bandwidth ranging from 64Kbps to 1Gbps.

After Mobilink’s Na-qabil-yaqeen offer, Telenor has offered its customers a similar treat to make unlimited calls to three friend and family numbers at a fixed daily rental of Rs.9.99 plus tax.



Telenor’s this offer comes with its TalkShawk 24 ghantay package, which is a pretty decent package for making calls to all networks at 80 paisas plus tax per 30 seconds. Little higher than counterparts, which are offering 68 paisas or even 65 paisas per 30 seconds for all networks.

There is a time when you need someone (Mobile user) to call you rather than you call them. Possibly, either you are budget conscious or may be someone’s cell phone was busy while you dialed his number from your landline.

For such kind of situations, PTCL has introduced this service – which will send a pre-defined text to the number of your choice requesting him/her to call you back.

Ufone has come up with this amazing offer for its customers, to pre-order Nokia N8. Ufone is claiming that its customers will get 25 percent discount on Nokia N8′s price as compared to usual market rates.
We can’t call it subsidiary, as Handset doesn’t come under any contract or obligation, however, one can term it discount offered exclusively for Ufone customers.