How many mobile SIMs are registered with your NIC number?
Posted by admin in Mobile Phones, Telecom on October 17, 2009
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has developed a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) information system to address associated risks on security and to ensure subscription regulations in cellular sector.
The objective of the project is to provide a consumer-based facility to mobile subscribers in Pakistan by which they would be able to find out the total number of [...]
Telenor Pakistan launches Call Blocker Service
Posted by admin in Mobile Phones, News & Events on October 10, 2009
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
ISLAMABAD: Telenor Pakistan has made life easier by launching the Call Blocker service that has made it possible for everyone to get rid of obnoxious callers. Telenor Pakistan is the only telecom operator that offers blockage of unlimited numbers through this service for its subscribers.
Telenor Call Blocker is a subscription based service [...]
ZONG’s initiative of 20-second calls to jerk cellular industry
Posted by admin in Mobile Phones, News & Events on October 10, 2009
Islamabad—ZONG, the first international brand of China Mobile has revolutionized the cellular industry in a move that is unprecedented in Pakistan. ZONG has now introduced Z20 by subscribing to which one can call to any network, any time at only 45-paisa per 20 seconds. This is another first by ZONG which has truly taken the [...]
Absence of legal framework impeding IT exports growth
LAHORE: Pakistan is not exploiting a fraction of its export potential of Information Technology sector due to absence of proper legal framework beside issues of human resource and IT infrastructure and finance.
The Pakistan Software Houses Association with the collaboration of the Centre for International and Private Enterprises has formulated a report highlighting the impediments that [...]
COMSATS architecture students design for post disaster
Posted by admin in IT Education, News & Events on October 9, 2009
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9 (APP): The students of Architecture Department, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, are designing for the post architecture disaster Earthquake Housing in Battal (kodar valley) near Mansehra.
They have been continuously involved in the post-disaster architectural concerns with the Heritage Foundation and KIRAT (Karawan Pakistan Institute for Research and Training), under the guidance [...]
Mr. Arfan Jaffar gets the honor of being recommended as First PhD from FAST-NU
Posted by admin in IT Education on October 9, 2009
Mr. Arfan Jaffar successfully defended his PhD thesis defense held on July 16th, 2009 at FAST-NU Islamabad campus. The defense seminar was attended by a large number of faculty members along with graduate students. An approved panel comprising of Dr. Syed Afaq Hussain, Chairman, faculty of computer science and engineering, Air University Islamabad and Dr. [...]
Mr. Ayyaz Hussain gets the honor of being recommended as Second PhD from FAST-NU
Posted by admin in IT Education on October 9, 2009
Mr. Ayyaz Hussain successfully defended his PhD thesis defense held on July 18th, 2009 at FAST-NU Islamabad campus. The defense seminar was attended by a large number of faculty members along with graduate students. An approved panel comprising of Dr. Ijaz Mansoor Qureshi, Professor, faculty of Electrical engineering, Air University Islamabad and Dr. Sajid Qamar, [...]
2.36 Billion Rupees of Universal Service Fund for Rural Telecom and Broadband Projects in unserved areas of Pakistan
Posted by admin in News & Events on October 9, 2009
Universal Service Fund signed contracts for providing basic telecom services in Nasirabad (Balochistan) with CM Pak and Broadband Services in Multan Telecom Region (Southern Punjab) with World Call. CEO CM Pak, Mr. Qian Li and CEO World Call, Babar Ali Syed signed these contracts with CEO Universal Service Fund, Parvez Iftikhar. Secretary IT, Mr. Naguibullah [...]
Pakistan Ministry of Information Technology
Posted by admin in Introduction on October 9, 2009
Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT) is the national focal Ministry and enabling arm of the Government of Pakistan for planning coordinating and directing efforts to initiate and launch Information Technology and Telecommunications programs and projects aimed at economic development of the country. The national focal point for Information Technology (IT) which was previously either missing [...]
As Google and Microsoft Vie, Twitter Could Turn Tweets into Dollars
Posted by admin in News & Events on October 9, 2009
With Google and Microsoft both looking to ink a deal with Twitter for its real-time data, the microblogging company could have finally found a way to turn tweets into dollars.
At the same time, the titans of tech may have found a way to boost their real-time search efforts in the midst of their raging search [...]