Published on November 7th, 2006 | by Babar Bhatti
Here is all you wanted to know about Orascom, parent of Mobilink (official name: Pakistan Mobile Communications Ltd or PMCL) , in a nutshell. This snapshot will give you some insights into Mobilink’s parent group and is [&hellip... Read More →
Published on November 3rd, 2006 | by Babar Bhatti
Pakistan’s telecommunication market is one of the hottest in the emerging economies. This post will briefly review the mobile phone players in Pakistan and discuss how to evaluate and invest in these companies. In future posts I’ll review the major [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 27th, 2006 | by Babar Bhatti
The purpose of this post is to present a simple explanation about CDMA for ordinary consumers. The post will touch upon CDMA flavors (CDMA2000, W-CDMA), explain 3G technologies for mobile phones, and CDMA-based fixed or mobile [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 24th, 2006 | by Babar Bhatti
Number portability allows consumers to switch phone providers and still keep their phone number. It started with local number portability and even that took a long time in many developed countries and it was not a [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 16th, 2006 | by Babar Bhatti
This is good news. INTEL Corporation has teamed up with Wateen Telecom and IT ministry of Pakistan to establish six tele-centres to provide low-cost connectivity for voice and data, ICT training and basic tele-medicine. This is [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 9th, 2006 | by Babar Bhatti
Huawei is a Chinese telecommunication (wireless, networking) equipment maker with presence in 41 countries. Huawei defines itself as the leader in next generation telecommunication networks. Recently Huawei has signed two mega deals worth over a billion [&hellip... Read More →
Published on October 4th, 2006 | by Babar Bhatti
Recently the issue of digital divide in Pakistan has been getting attention in the press, courts and the government. Let us review the availability and affordability of broadband services in Pakistan. Definitions of broadband vary – I’ll use [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 27th, 2006 | by Babar Bhatti
With some luck the Pakistani Internet user base may get a long overdue and much deserved break. That is, if the recent bandwidth rate cuts proposed by PTA are implemented and that’s where the battle is. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 26th, 2006 | by Babar Bhatti
As the competition among the mobile providers heats up in Pakistan, they are coming up with new packages to attract and retain customers. Mobilink has introduced an interesting package called “Ladies First” to attract the female market segment. Currently Mobilink [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 22nd, 2006 | by Babar Bhatti
Is Skype a good option for making calls worldwide? Skype – the immensely popular Internet phone product – has 50 million users worldwide though I don’t have an idea of its users base in Pakistan. It uses a proprietary technology which leverages every user’s PC resources to route [&hellip... Read More →
