Telenor Pakistan arranged another bloggers meet-up last Wednesday, this time on their CSR initiative ‘Karu Mumkin’. The aim of the event was to experience the idea with Telenor Pakistan’s Marketing and Communication team.
Developers, here’s your chance to EARN a million rupees. Nokia’s 2010 Calling All Innovators contest has a special prize for developers who submit locally relevant applications (in Urdu or English) and content for use on Nokia devices by consumers living in Pakistan. Pakistan is one of the 11 countries where Nokia is offering the award for local content/apps.
Click below to read more about what you need to do for a chance to win the special prize in Pakistan.
Telenor Pakistan has launched the ‘Karo Mumkin’ campaign with the aim to position itself as a leader in innovation, and provide the people of Pakistan with a platform for inspiration and realization of possibilities. The campaign is designed to showcase the vision of Telenor Pakistan which seeks to explore new business opportunities in telecommunications, financial services and media. The occasion also marks Telenor Pakistan’s 5th anniversary.
UExaminer is a unique and first of its kind VAS from Ufone. This focuses on use of cell phone for educational purpose and targets all students studying in 9th, 10th, 1st Year, 2nd Year and even from O/A Level education system, to get themselves prepared for final board examinations.
For a nation, there is no power as constructive as its people’s ideas and their courage to make a difference. Like Allama Iqbal has said;
Guest post by Ali Abbas
It has been a long time since I have blogged which happened due to a number of factors and the most contributing one was lack of time! Well guess what? I am finally back and it is no surprise that the Telecom – Student scenario is still at the exact same spot where I left it. Upcoming telecommunication graduates are all worried and tensed biting nails and spending all their time in cursing the world for being so mean and not generating enough job opportunities! Yesterday I met a university junior after a long time and all he could talk about was the troubling thought of job shortage in Pakistan and complaining about all the options being “saturated” and dried up.
USF has been active in extending ICT access to under-served areas of Pakistan. Now its the turn of South Punjab to get Broadband Internet, funded by Universal Service Fund (Ministry of IT), worth Rs. 1.95 billion. This project will be implemented through PTCL and Worldcall and will providebroadband facilities in un-served urban areas of Southern Punjab. This covers a population of 4.4 Million in 38 cities located in districts of Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur, D.G. Khan, Khanewal, Leyyah, Lodhran, Multan, Muzaffargarh, Rahim Yar khan, Rajanpur and Vehari.
“You can’t build a country if you’re not thinking beyond your own lifetime,” Syed Babar Ali said. Pakistan’s biggest problem, he believes, is one of leadership. This post is a humble mention of an icon in Pakistan leadership: Syed Babar Ali. His interview (and the photo shown here) recently appeared in New York Times.
I have met many leaders who have worked closely with Syed Babar Ali and many of them were personally persuaded by Babar Ali to come to Pakistan and work on projects which were important to Pakistan. I had the honor of meeting him once as well. Only if we had a few more personalities like him, we would be in a much better shape. Read below from the NYT article where Babar Ali talks about the need for education, justice and leadership. His straight talk is balanced by pragmatic actions and the results show that determination and resolve can achieve. I consider him among the top 10 greatest Pakistanis in its short history. Kudos to Syed Babar Ali for a life full of dedication to noble causes and for bringing about a change in the life for many generations of Pakistanis.
Seth Godin has put together a remarkable group of more than 70 people who each contributed a one-page essay with a one-word title to create a free ebook: What Matter Now. I highly recommend reading it. Here’s a simple yet effective quote in the book from Michael Hyatt about leadership which I liked very much. I’m sure you will have you own favorites as you go through this book.
Leadership is more than influence. It is about reminding people of what it is we are trying to build—and why it matters. It is about painting a picture of a better future. It comes down to pointing the way and saying, “C’mon. We can do this!”
Are there leaders and visionaries in the telecom/IT industry that have inspired you?
Entrepreneurship looks so glamorous and noble when you are about to start on that great idea. With all the excitement of creating something big, failure is not something that a lot of entrepreneurs want to think about. If you are a typical entrepreneur you make a lifestyle choice: you live from hand to mouth, spend all/most of your savings, work hard for many years and sacrifice your relationships with friends and family. So what is an entrepreneur supposed to do when all of that effort ends up as being a grand failure? Well, if you are Jawwad Farid, you write a book about the lesson learned AND start another venture.
Corporate customers are attractive to cellular companies for revenue and brand enhancement. In the past few years we have seen many deals between mobile network operators and educational institutions. This week Warid Telecom has signed a MoU with Punjab University for providing cellular and BlackBerry services. This is a significant business milestone for Warid as Punjab University is the largest university with a rich history an prestige.
The recent MIT Conference on Corporate Innovation Entrepreneurship was an excellent proof that entrepreneurship activities in Pakistan continue to thrive. There are a number of dedicated and talented people who have taken the initiative and shown that given the right people and processes, an ecosystem of entrepreneurs can be nurtured.
Read Jawwad Farid’s latest blog post and see the pictures of this impressive event. Congratulations and Kudos to the MIT CEF BAP 2009 team for their work.
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