It appears that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has delayed the auction of 3G licenses in Pakistan, by few weeks at least. An advertisement published in print media and available on PTA’s website) hints that auction will be delayed by couple of months.
Media reports are suggesting that a parliamentary committee on Information and Broadcasting is considering to impose Radio Tax of Rs. 2 per each Rs. 100 card to be deducted on all reloads.
I can tell you that Telenor Pakistan wouldn’t want 3G auction to happen, that’s like any other operator in Pakistan, but if government manages to throw 3G at operators then Telenor will grab it at any cost.
National ICT R&D Fund has asked for proposals from academia/research institutions, companies, organizations for the development, deployment and operation of a national level URL Filtering and Blocking System.
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) announced this week the ranking of Pakistani universities on the basis of quality teaching and research, during a press conference held in Islamabad.
Like they say: democracy is best revenge, and it has all the abilities to put the whole nation on a hold. This is exactly what is happening these days in Pakistan when it comes to 3G auction.
Telenor Pakistan has reportedly filed separate lawsuits against Nokia Siemens Network and Huawei Pakistan over a dispute in an agreement between Huawei Pakistan and Telenor Pakistan.
Eligible voters will soon be able verify the status of their votes in the new computerized voter lists prepared by Election Commission of Pakistan by just sending an via mobile phones from anywhere, any time across the country.
MCB in collaboration with Nokia is soon going to launch mobile banking services in Pakistan. The Mobile Money Service, Nokia’s flagship product for mobile banking in developing countries, will be available to all MCB customers with Nokia phones.
Telenor Pakistan has now officially announced that Easypaisa has got a $ 6.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to increase adoption of its mobile financial services.
New Auriga Complex on the Main Boulevard in Lahore caught heavy fire Friday night at around 7:00 PM, which houses the head office of Wateen Telecom, resulting into fatal destruction of the head office infrastructure, call center, network hub and the building.
Pakistan Military is reportedly in process of developing a handheld tablet, a market dominated by the likes of Apple, Amazon and Samsung. Venture may produce several products starting with a computing tablet, a notebook and an eBook reader.
Government of Pakistan has blocked the access to around or over 13,000 websites in the country which were of obscene or adult in nature, told parliamentary Secretary for Information Technology, Nawab Liaqat Ali Khan to National Assembly last week.
Abu Dhabi Group (ADG) has indicated to launch an independent mobile financial services company through joint-venture of Bank Alfalah and Warid. Ali Abbas Sikander will be heading the mobile-banking wing of Abu Dhabi Group.
Babar Iqbal, a 14 year old whiz kid from Dera Ismail Khan, has set a world record by publishing his first research paper on digital forensic science. The field of Digital Forensic Science covers the recovery and investigation of data in digital devices and is often used to aid computer crime investigations.