Karachi—Pak Telecom Mobile Limited (Ufone) and Jaffer Brothers (Pvt.) Limited (JBL) have signed an agreement for I.T Storage Consolidation and Replication Project. Under the agreement, JBL will implement and deploy Enterprise Storage Consolidation & Replication Solution to enable Ufone strengthening its storage and correlated systems. Read the rest of this entry »
Recently a seminar held here under the aegis of Nokia Siemens Networks. Nokia had brought the key stakeholders of Pakistani communications industry under one roof to discuss the impact of the global economic downturn on the telecommunications industry in Pakistan as well as the open opportunities in the current financial times. Dr. Muhammed Yaseen, Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), chaired the telecom moot held in connection with the World Telecom Day celebrations.
Pakistan’s premier retail brokerage provider, BMA Trade signed an agreement to purchase trading backbone technology Dell. The agreement with the multinational technology provider to equip state-of-the-art Dell Servers to manage BMA’s trading requirements builds upon an existing relationship that BMA and Gerry’s have maintained and evolved since 2005.
The green technology has finally landed in Pakistan – another first by Warid Telecom. To protect environment by introducing the environment friendly or green energy for mobile in Pakistan, Warid is in lead to introduce/deploy solar powered Macro Base Stations (BTS). Environment-friendly Solar Powered Macro BTS allows Warid to extend its network reach to the rural areas of the country where there is no commercial power or frequent electric failures. Solar power system integrated with energy storage can also provide backup power during the worst power outages.
Karachi Stock Exchange introduces mobile Karachi Automated Trading System (mKATS), the only official real-time mobile enabled stock service by the Exchange. With mKATS, an SMS and IVR based service you can now access real-time data of the stock market at your convenience, both via text and audible message.
KARACHI: Pakistan Telecom-munication Authority (PTA) has suspended licence of Fixed Local Loop (FLL) operator Zari Telecommunication after it failed to roll-out obligations in the region, it was learnt on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) — Orascom Telecom Holding SAE of Egypt will offer mobile-phone services in North Korea starting next week, the first foreign telecommunications company to invest in the Stalinist state. Read the rest of this entry »
LAHORE: Chairman Federal Task Force on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Salim Ghauri has urged young IT professionals to renew their commitment to help Pakistan emerge as an IT hub out of the current global economic meltdown. Read the rest of this entry »
Pakistan has been recognized for the world’s largest WiMax Network. An article which appeared in the TMC-4G Revolution web portal mentioned that Wateen is expanding and reinforcing the capacity of its network. Richard Grigoris, author and former editor IP Communication Group added that WiMAX is a real technology and it works.
The Broadband Stakeholders Group (BSG) in its maiden sitting set broadband subscriber base of 5 million as its target during the next three years. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) had formulated a Broadband Stakeholders’ Group (BSG). The meeting was presided over by Dr Mohammed Yaseen, Chairman, PTA, and was attended by representatives from the Ministry of Information Technology, Universal Service Fund, Pakistan Software Houses Association, PTA, broadband service providers, cellular mobile operators, telecom vendors and academia. Read the rest of this entry »