Archive for November 18th, 2009

Nokia E72 Bets On Responsiveness

Published by Arsalan Mir on November 18, 2009 under 3G, Mobile Phones, Nokia, Pakistan, Research

The next in series of smartphones, Nokia E72 is in the market now. This is a device tailor-made for business and personal messaging and follows the traditions of E71 which has become quite popular because of its nifty features. To coincide with the arrival of the Nokia E72, Nokia has also released research revealing that more people rely on email than on traditional phone calls or text messaging when sending and responding to critical information. Nokia responsiveness research can be seen here.

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R&D Fund – Cellphone Companies To Pay 0.5% Gross Revenue

Published by Arsalan Mir on November 18, 2009 under Economy, Government Regulations, ICT, Mobile Companies, PTA, PTCL, Pakistan, Research, Telecommunications

Cellular companies along with Fixed Line companies will now onwards contribute 0.5% of their gross revenues to R&D fund. As reported by Business Recorder an uniform rate of R&D contribution is being approved for all fixed line and cellular operators as this will maintain the spirit of fixed line policy 2003 which states that none of the licensees be at any position of disadvantage.

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