State of Telecom Industry in Pakistan

• How much is your average expense on mobile phone? http://bit.ly/dwSG0U #
• http://telecompk.net/2010/03/12/2010-begins-with-subscriber-drops-95-4-million/ http://bit.ly/aX2jjz #
• 2010 Begins With Subscriber Drops – 95.4 Million: PTA yesterday released the subscriber… http://goo.gl/fb/JlOg #
• Warid subscriber base goes down by 14% in January, 2010. #Pakistan #
• How long have you been on a same mobile connection? http://bit.ly/btuQP9 #
• Have you experienced billing errors from telecom service provider? Poll will be closing soon, if you haven’t got a… http://bit.ly/90mgWs #
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• Mobilink’s video which is a tribute to employees. Also give some figures on 2009 performance. http://bit.ly/aQ5soc #
• A Faster Wireless Web with fasp-AIR Protocol: Transfers of large amounts of data across the… http://goo.gl/fb/RKlb #
• Ufone has extended the Solid offer, it will remain available till 31st March 2010 for existing users. #Pakistan #
• Anti-Pakistan SMS Alerts in India: In the era where communication panorama is changing fast… http://goo.gl/fb/cCLb #
• Telenor – Two Step Charging for USA and Canada http://ow.ly/1pD6gp #
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• Easypaisa – ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Certification: Easypaisa gets ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certification… http://goo.gl/fb/XB2q #
• PTA to Update Regulation to Protect Consumers from Service Changes: PTA has proposed changes… http://goo.gl/fb/r3vt #
• [Pictures] EP Mobile Account Meet-up: Here is a pictorial coverage of easypaisa Mobile Account… http://goo.gl/fb/zNVb #

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In the era where communication panorama is changing fast and furious and have made distances ever shorter this news about the Indian authorities alerting mobile subscribers to avoid calling Pakistan comes as a distress. The Daily Mail gives out the details.

At a time when revolution in telecom is bringing the world together by providing instant communication access over long distances, Indian Government has launched an SMS (Short Massages Service) campaign to discourage its population from making calls to Pakistan.

The information collected by The Daily Mail indicate that since Jan 21, 2010 an SMS is being received on the mobile phones to exercise extra care while calling anyone in Pakistan. Whenever a call is made to Pakistan, the caller receives an SMS; “You just made a call to ISD Code 0092 (Pakistan’s international dialing code). We urge you to exercise caution while calling unknown number and sharing personal details as it can be misused”.

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Easypaisa gets ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certification for Information Security Management System (ISMS) for mobile banking services. The PR received from Telenor Pakistan give the details.

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The SEVP Commercial, PTCL, Mr. Naveed Saeed in an interview with The Nation has hinted on Life Line service to come in future.

The company has been preparing for offering a bouquet of services in the coming days that it had already launched for corporate consumers so far. The bouquet that would be called the ‘Life Line’ would include security, entertainment, infotainment, and high DSL Internet.

Looks like its time to make IP Cameras popular along with IPTV and DSL.

• PTCL – Life Line: The SEVP Commercial, PTCL, Mr. Naveed Saeed in an interview with The Nation… http://goo.gl/fb/zHs3 #
• Jazz SMS Plus – Limited Time Offer: Mobilink Jazz has come up with another limited time offer… http://goo.gl/fb/O5rQ #
• Wi-Fi at the Speed of Light: A recent article in Technology Review provides an interesting… http://goo.gl/fb/IE8G #
• Check out how Danish uses Mobile Account in video illustration. http://bit.ly/dwD0Um #
• Meeting Easypaisa Mobile Account: A ‘Meet the Product’ bloggers session was arranged for the… http://goo.gl/fb/sEz4 #
• Telecom Grads – All job options have dried up? Think Again!: Guest post by Ali Abbas It has… http://goo.gl/fb/f8Ww #
• Telecordia – Conditions for India MNP Roll-out: We had recently talked about Telecordia facing… http://goo.gl/fb/Lxwh #

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Here’s a video report from Mobile World Congress 2010 at Barcelona, which talks about the  innovation and cool new gadgets.

• Get Golden Numbers Free from Telenor Weblounge: Telenor Weblounge provides a self-service… http://goo.gl/fb/6Ixb #
• Want to Switch Service To Warid? Call the 24×7 Helpline.: Many people think that mobile number… http://goo.gl/fb/4ANQ #
• How do you see Ufone's Background Music Service? http://bit.ly/ab7uwH #
• Mobilink Hopes to Increase Data Service Usage Through Jazz News Watch: Jazz News Watch is an… http://goo.gl/fb/OCTL #
• Dispatch from Planet of the Apps: a brave new world for mobile money? http://bit.ly/dheExg #mobile #money #in #
• Spectrum Pricing Changes Proposed in Pakistan: PTA has proposed to update the approach towards… http://goo.gl/fb/JAc6 #
• It's hard to believe that YouTube, which now streams more than 1bn videos a day,only registered its domain 5 years ago. http://bit.ly/9NFScF #
• Djuice International Offer: Here’s the promotion for Djuice ‘Pakka Dost’ international offer… http://goo.gl/fb/QMFs #
• Foreign Investment Declines in Telecommunication Sector: The State Bank of Pakistan has… http://goo.gl/fb/XR2s #
• WiMAX Deployments Exceed HSPA and LTE Deployments: New data from TeleGeography’s 4G Research… http://goo.gl/fb/Sek2 #
• 50-Watt cellular network? http://www.technologyreview.com/printer_friendly_article.aspx?id=24511 #
• Warid – What’s Up? We have been hearing about Warid’s merger/stake sold-out recently. But with every such news, no…http://bit.ly/bjMvug #
• Will Microsoft Recover from Smartphone Losses?: Reports are circulating that Microsoft plans… http://goo.gl/fb/EA3M #
• PTCL Data Center – Largest in Pakistan: Telecommunications provider Pakistan Telecommunication… http://goo.gl/fb/FNbn #
• What To Read On TelecomPk.Net: Here are some of the recent favorites from TelecomPk. – Qubee’s… http://goo.gl/fb/OCcY #
• WLL Sector Performance in 2009: Wireless Local Loop (WLL) growth slowed down in 2009… http://goo.gl/fb/Vsxx #
• Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-13: – Price Fixing By Mobile Telecom Companies: Rohan… http://goo.gl/fb/JFTU #

The State Bank of Pakistan has reported a decline or 34.4% in foreign investments during July-January period as compared to same period last year.

Dawn reports that fall  is observed in telecom, financial, cement, oil and gas exploration and automobile sectors.

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Telecommunications provider Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (www.ptcl.com.pk) announced on Thursday it has opened the largest data center in Karachi, Pakistan.

The data center is designed to be consistent with international standards and data center certification bodies.

The facility is protected from intrusion and failure with multi-layered security, fail-safe redundancy, diversity measures, and rapid response recovery measures, says the company. See video below.

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Here are some of the recent favorites from TelecomPk.

• Qubee’s Future in Question
• Find Your Lost or Stolen BlackBerry
• Limited Time Offers
• Google Nexus One
• Return on 4G Investment?

• Price Fixing By Mobile Telecom Companies: Rohan Samarajiva of LIRNEAsia has published a post… http://goo.gl/fb/HLP4 #
• Telenor north team in their logo. http://bit.ly/9441V5 #
• On Customer Service via Twitter: Lessons and Mistakes: Telecom companies have started using… http://goo.gl/fb/B0JB #
• The way Google Global Cache (GGC) works – http://twitpic.com/12kr0j #
• Are value added services really useful? mobilink audio cinema sounds useless. What about Rishta point? http://bit.ly/cbTKtc #
• Addressing the Issue of Gender Digital Divide in Rural Pakistan: We have talked about Digital… http://goo.gl/fb/K99U #
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