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June 15 - July 15, 2009

Editor s
N ote
Together we are!
Pakistan is a land blessed with not only diverse
natural reservoirs, but also with innumerable human
Zubair Ahmed Kasuri Editor-in-Chief
resources. In its short history of 60 years we have seen it
fighting with either human imposed or Heaven imposed Fatima Batool Editor

troubles-cum-tragedies. We have seen Pakistan, firstly, Usman Yaqoob

Marketing Manager (Lhr)
on the verge of disintegration and, secondly, M. Farooq Malik
disintegrated but people of Pakistan managed to survive Marketing Executive (Lhr)
Rashid Hussain Mughal
the loss with dignity and that makes us successful. Marketing Executive (Khi)
Together we are in the face of all those who dared to
tailor conspiracies to either destabilise our motherland
or to fulfil their national interests. America has fought Zafar Khan Afridi
Senior Graphic Designer
with the same generation of militants on the lands of M. Naeem Mughal
Graphic Designer
Afghanistan and Iraq but it remained confused in
tackling the deserts and the habitants of deserts. As a Khawar Shahzad
Manager Islamabad Office
result they can’t win a land which they have already Asmat Ullah
invaded. Here we are fighting within our national Content Coordinator
Azhar Javed
territories to curb militants that are in turn hitting prime General Manager
spots of national concern. PTA has permit FIA to crack Taimur Shafiq
Web Developer
down SMS so the monitoring between leaders and Muhammad Saeed
attackers affected can be made more effective. The Chief Photographer
Mobile: 0321 - 8404389
blockage of millions of SIMs is also a part of curbing
Lahore Office
terrorism nationwide but its fruits are yet to come. 46J-Gulberg III, Lahore-Pakistan. Ph:+92-42-8350195
The operation “Rah-e-Rast” led to the displacement 042-5880183
Islamabad Office
of million of Swat, Bunair and Malakand residents the Phone: + 92-51-8235067
settlement of which is now the issue of national interest. Karachi Office
Phone: + 92-21-4602620
And no doubt, each of us is proud to make his or her
mark in donating all that is in our capacity. Registration No
PCPB/105
The most interesting thing that appeared in black and
(Vol. 5 Issue:8)
white was the generosity of aids coming from every Price Rs: 300
nook and corner of the telecom sector. Whether it is
URL: www.flare.com.pk
Warid, Mobilink, Wateen, Zong, Ufone or Telenor Email: flare.mag@gmail.com
everyone has tried to contribute extensively. Liberal
initiatives like donating salaries, setting tents, provide
free of cost cell phones, reducing tariff, erecting instant
cellular towers to ensure proper transmission and Zubair Ahmed Kasuri, publisher of FLARE
visiting the IDPs camps to ensure transparency in aid leading telecom magazine, printed it from
disposal. Donations in the forms of checks or goods is a Akkaz Printers, Shama Plaza, Lahore and
token of survival for all those innocent people who have published from 46-J, Gulberg III, Lahore.
left and have no home to return. This is the toughest task
but we believe that together we can beat all that comes
in our way to national integrity and stability.

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PTCL Fraudband
I have PTCL broadband 2mbps but its download speed is too low. I
hate to use a connection which has 120kbps as it is practically
unhealthy for me. I have complained several times to pathetic
consumer service, but received no response from PTCL.
The stability issue is to do with the quality of the phone line coming in
to your houses. As far as the servers are concerned, PTCL did recently
change their servers and forgot to tell their customers. I only found out
because I knew someone within the PTCL.
If the line coming in to your house is fractious or has loose
connections/joints then you receive lower speed. It will also affect the
stability of the connection. Stability can be improved by increasing the
noise on the line which in turn will reduce your connection speeds.
When I ring the Technical Help department, they do not even have a
clue of the trouble and at my complaint they came out with ridiculous
arguments. One even argued that there is no way that PTCL can verify
what sync speed my connection was and what I had to do was take a
Screen Shot and email it to them while downloading a file which he
will send to head office in Islamabad who will then decide whether
there is any action to take - what a crap!! Can you people help me to
sort out this issue with PTCL?
Shoaib Cheema, Rawalpindi
Kindly cut my connection
To
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited.
Subject: Discontinue/disable PTCL broadband
Please discontinue/disable our PTCL broadband connection
urgently.
Telephone No. 081-2660716
Package: 2 mbps
User Name: Aslamweb
Duration of using broadband: 2 years
Cell phone: 0321-813-2711
Reason of disabling: low speed of the downloading and browsing
from last three months and I have complained more then 200 times
but no response from their side you can check my record of
complains. I have sent more then 50 e-mails to
dsl.support@ptcl.net.pk but all in vain.
Exchange office tells me to contact 1218. And 1218 senior supports
tell me to contact with your exchange. I don't understand what to
do?
Receiving 40-50 kbps and package is 2 mbps. I have paid three
months bill for 2 mbps but I am receiving speed of 512 kbps.
Regards
Aslam Khan, 0321-813-2711
Cellphone towers
Cell phone towers are being built in residential areas in the city
without any regard to the danger they pose to the people's health.
These towers emit harmful rays that are a big source of brain tumours
and cancer. The diseases are spreading rapidly in our country.
In view of this situation I would request cellphone companies, as well
as the government, to take necessary measures to ban forthwith any
further installation of such towers in populated areas and later on
relocate those already build tower to areas far off from the population.
Mariam Siddiqui, Karachi
Stop it. Please!
The GM Operations,
PTCL Islamabad.
Subject: Complaint against repeated break down of telephone No.
051-2292795 landline installed at Flat 5 Block 9E Sector G- 10/3 ISBD
The Subject telephone number got out of order some seven days
back when the F-11 exchange staff installed another line in the
neighborhood. Later it turned out that the person who came for
installation took some greething money and changed the wire line
and pairs with the lines of the undersigned. I approached the
telephone staff at F-11 Exchange who promised to get the line
changed and temporarily repaired the lines. After two days the
telephone became out of order again and since then I repeatedly
contacted the linemen but to no avail as they demand extra money.
Ultimately I approached Mr Nazier SDO on his Mobile No
03335138503 who assured me of getting the telephone line repaired
and kept on reminding him every day till he started cutting off my
line on his mobile on which I send him SMS messages which he
failed to comply forcing me to approach the higher officers directly.
It appears as if his subordinate staff is too busy to collect bribes then
to obey their senior.
It is requested that my telephone No. 0512292795 maybe repaired
and an internal inquiry may be held into the affairs of F-11
Exchange so that the subscribers get a sigh of relief from the
malpractices of the staff of F-11 Exchange whose efficiency and
public dealings have dropped down severely with the recent
transfer of officers from the exchange.
Jamil Qureshi
PTCL linemen mafia
PTCL linemen mafia is very strong in our country. I applied in June
and followed my application again and again. I called, wrote, emailed
to PTCL management and they assured that line will be provided
soon. But lineman of our area is really a tough man. PTCL
management is helpless in front of him. They call and order, they say
or request I don't know. But, yet I am unable to get a land line
connection.
The reason behind my lineman's anger is his demand of Rs5000 for
connection installation and I am not ready to fulfil it. Why should I or
any citizen bribe?
PTCL management was informed of the delay and the demand but
there reaction is quite passive. I did complaint on Chief Minister's
Complaint Cell, but who can push back the linemen lobby that is
established from decades.
Sadique Ahmad, Lahore
Recycling
Paper is a fantastic material suitable for numerous uses, including
manufacturing notebooks, books, calendars, and magazines,
wrapping gifts, and wrapping items in stores. Paper is widely used in
offices for writing, printing documents, and photocopying. At home,
paper is used to clean, to dry things, and for many other purposes. In
short, paper is one of the most versatile and common products of
modern societies.
Paper is made up of cellulose fibres held together by glue. By hand or
even by means of special machines, it is possible to separate the fibres
of paper from each other and reuse them to make new paper. In the
industrial processes of recycling printed paper, a deinking treatment
is often performed in order to brighten it.
What does recycling paper mean? To produce paper it is necessary to
cut down trees. Considering the large quantity of paper used in the
world (about 300 million tons), every year entire forests are cut down.
This constitutes disruption to nature. Moreover, when paper is no
longer needed, it is often dumped in landfills, but part of it also ends
up in the environment, contributing to pollution.
Recycling paper means reducing both the number of trees cut down
and pollution to the environment. Newspapers can be used to make
new newspapers. Recycling can also include reusing products for
different purposes in your own home instead of throwing them away,
such as using an old coffee can as a planter or a milk carton as a bird
feeder. Recycling centres create four jobs for every one job in the waste
disposal industry and recycling programs keep 70 tons of waste from
being deposited into landfills every year.
Farid Akhtar, Multan
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 Exclusive Flare Report
Flare is proud to achieve FM radio licence and will very soon trigger its
services in the historical city of Kasur
akistan Electronic Media Regulatory
P Authority (PEMRA) have awarded FM
radio to Flare and issuing other five FM
licences, Minister of State for Information
and Broadcasting Syed Sumsam Ali Bukhari said
that it would help achieve democratic
government's aim of expanding healthy media
network across the country.
Syed Sumsam Ali Bukhari was addressing a
ceremony held at Pakistan Electronic Media
Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) headquarters to
Islamabad: Minister for State Syed Sumsam Ali Bukhari
presiding the meeting.
award six new FM radio licenses for different
cities. The Minister said that with the award of
these licenses, the number of licensed FM radio
channels in Pakistan would reach 128. The FM
radio licenses have been issued for Bahawalpur,
Kasur, Tando Muhammad Khan, Kashmore,
Umerkot and Mastung cities.
Islamabad: Chief Editor Flare Zubair Ahmed Kasuri asking a
question to Minister.
Bukhari said PEMRA was constantly striving
to adopt latest media technologies in Pakistan that
would not only offer wide variety and choice to
listeners but also help in social reforms. He
expressed government's resolve to further
10 promote and expand this form of media in the
country so that every one could enjoy access to
information.
Talking to journalists, the minister said the
successful companies required starting operation
within one year after the award of licenses and if
they failed to do so, the license would be
The minister of state urged
the successful bidders to
ensure the healthy flow of
information, entertainment
and education to the public
but in due adherence
and conformity to national
interest
cancelled. When asked about illegal FM radio
channels in Swat being operated by extremists, he
said maximum numbers of them had been
destroyed during the operation. He urged the
successful bidders to ensure the healthy flow of
information, entertainment and education to the
public but in due adherence and conformity to
national interest. He also extended his deepest
gratitude and felicitation to license awardees for
carrying forward the PEMRA's vision and urged
the earliest expedition of project.
On the occasion, Chairman PEMRA Malik
Mushtaq said the Authority had taken all-out
efforts in filling the national landscape with all
Islamabad: Minister of State addressing the participants.
modern forms of electronic media. He said
PEMRA was driven on the objective to have at
least one FM radio in each district of Pakistan.
Other senior PEMRA officials including
Director General (Technical) and DG
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(Administration) were also present on the
occasion. All private TV channels owned Shalimar
network. The first FM radio station was launched
by Benazir Bhutto and the base of Instaphone and
Mobilink in the country was also laid during her
regime.
Islamabad: Another view of PEMRA meeting.
The participants lauded the role of
Chairman, PEMRA, Mushtaq Malik in
flourishing the private broadcast media while
ensuring a level playing field and freedom of
expression in the country. It has gone all the
way in facilitating the current and potential
entrants to this regime, the representatives said.
They also acknowledged PEMRA policies to
flourish the infant industry in this developing
part of the world.
Islamabad: Syed Sumsam Ali Bukhari talking to media.
The Chairman Pemra asserted that authority
is constantly undertaking the endeavours to
penetrate the healthy and sensible broadcast
mediums to nooks and corners of the society.
The successful bidders thanked the
Chairman for awarding the licences at the
closing ceremony.

 Exclusive Flare Report
PTCL monopoly ?
The ISPs have been complaining to the PTA time and
again against this monopolistic and anti-competitive
restriction that did not allow them to have redundancy
and benefit of competitive prices from alternate
operator
he Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA)
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has decided to allow the Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) and DSL
operators to buy Internet bandwidth
from backbone operators other than the PTCL,
thus settling a two-year row of the ISPs versus
the PTCL.
The ISPs have been complaining to the PTA
to amend their DSL Interconnect Agreement
with the PTCL signed a few years ago in which
the ISPs were restricted to procure Internet
bandwidth from the PTCL only.
Since the telecom deregulation in 2004, new
operators have laid their infrastructure
nationally as well as internationally and two
years back, second alternate backbone provider,
the TWA, started its services in the country. But
the DSL operators, who are the major purchaser
of Internet bandwidth, were restrained by their
unilateral agreement with the PTCL not to buy
bandwidth from any operator other than the
PTCL. The ISPs have been complaining to the
PTA time and again against this monopolistic
and anti-competitive restriction that did not
allow them to have redundancy and benefit of
competitive prices from alternate operator.
The PTA, after a series of negotiations, has
finally issued the minutes of the meeting held
between the ISPAK (Internet Service Providers
Association of Pakistan) and the PTCL on May
5, 2009 in which it was decided that the ISPs will
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be free to buy Internet bandwidth from third
party operators and would
be allowed to link their
optical fibre cable to one
PTCL exchange per city.
The PTA has also decided
that the PTCL will not
increase charges of its
leased circuits used by the
DSL operators for inter-
exchange bandwidth only
for the next year.
The PTA has reserved a
judgment on settling the
DSL wholesale and
retail prices of the
PTCL and
committed to
resolve this long
outstanding issue within a
month. Pakistan has come a
long way from the early
days of Internet in 1990s
with only one submarine
cable connecting the
country with rest of the
world.
The country today has
three submarine cables
linking Karachi with
Southeast Asia, Europe and
North America named as
SWM3, SMW4 and TWA, first two with the
PTCL and
the third with a private operator.
Image of minutes of the meeting between the ISPAK
(Internet Service Providers Association of Pakistan) and the PTCL
The total Internet bandwidth to the
country stands at around 18 gigabytes, growing
at around 45 per cent every year for the
last three years.
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PTCL: the dilemma
of my life
I want to share my personal experience of
PTCL’s so called “Broadband Internet Service”,
how they are treating their customers. I am
using PTCL’s DSL (256K) at my home from last
two months. In the early days it worked fine
but now-a-days, it really sucks. If I calculate its
average uptime, it will be maximum 10 hours a
day and they are charging me for 24 hours.
Problems are:
• Disconnect after every 10-30 minutes;
• DSL is synced but IP is not assigning;
• IP is assigned to my computer but
internet is not working; and
• Their customer service sucks.
I complained many time about these problems,
nobody even contacted me.
I talked to their CSR and asked to cancel the
DSL service. She told me that you have to go to
PTCL’s main office with all the equipments
(router etc.) and paid telephone bill, such a
stupid process.
Interesting thing is that my DSL is not
syncing while I am writing this review. By the
way a good Dial up is much better than PTCL’s
DSL service because at least you can continue
your online work/assignments. You can
change the ISP instantly if you are facing
problems but in case of DSL it is a nightmare to
change the DSL provider in Pakistan.
http://shafiq.pk/2007/11/18/ptcl-broadband-internet-dsl-service/
No more free!
Charging of PTCL Phone n net will be
in-line with prevailing industry tariff in
Pakistan which is Rs2 per 20 minutes
pulse: PR
It is quite often in Pakistan that companies
withdraw services or increase tariffs without
notifying customers. This has happened once
again. PTCL’s Phone n Net service, which was
previously free, is charged at Rs2 per 20
minutes pulse from May 16, 2008 which means
that internet will cost Rs6 per hour.
Interestingly this happened without any
advertisement, alert, notification but a press
release placed at a deep link on PTCL’s website:
effective from May 16 the charging of PTCL
Phone n net will be in-line with prevailing
industry tariff in Pakistan which is Rs2 per 20
minutes pulse, say P.
Telecom operators, whether cellular or
landline, are bold enough to neglect PTA,
government, customers or whatever comes in
their way to deception. By the way, PTCL is
already in court and it would not be a surprise
for us if they remain there for next lawsuit over
their current deed.
Moreover, there are cases of PTCL’s increase
in tariffs prior to advertisements. The company
has violently misused the power entrusted to it
by the government of Pakistan and we think
that it is time when we must held them
accountable for their misdeeds,
mismanagement and corruption.
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The end of negative
subscribers growth
After seeing a long winter season, the telecom sector
of Pakistan is finally brighten up by the sunny rays of
hopes. With the completion of blockage of illegal and
unauthorised SIMs by PTA, the number of
subscribers has finally increased though not with an
impressive number
akistan Telecommunication Authority
P (PTA) has revealed the statistics of
telecom subscribers for the month of
April. The cellular subscribers in Pakistan
are about to hit 92 million with a total of
91,978,760.
After showing decline, the sector has finally
reported an increase of 0.6 per cent - that’s second
highest since November 2008. Zong stood first by
capturing most customers in April 2009 while all
cellular companies collectively added 536,419
customers.
The remarkable growth showed by the telecom
sector started to see decline when PTA took the
bold decision of regulating the illegitimate
business governed within the telecom sector.
The negative growth is finally turned into
positive. The nationwide blockage of SIMs
(subscriber identity module) terribly decreased
the number of SIMs. Meanwhile, the new SIMs
were issued but, they were covered by the
declining number of already issued SIM cards.
Despite of financial crunch, with increasing
competition in the market, telecom operators are
introducing economical basic call rates plus value
added services. The race of giving rates in paisas
has moved not only the operators but also
subscribers. The lowest call rate given by the
cellular operators is Rs 0.6 (60 paisa) charged by
Warid telecom. Other networks like Mobilink,
Usman Yaqoob Telepedia
Zong, Telenor and Ufone are also giving
comparable rates with minor differences.
It is interesting to see that the highest number
of subscribers is achieved by Zong that is 148,035
followed by Mobilink that attained 141,637
subscribers. Warid achieved 135,128 members
where Telenor and Ufone achieved relatively low
number of customers.
It is good to see that the telecom sector has
finally started to make progress despite of all
those regulations which are belated implemented.
This will change the telecom trends in an
emerging market half of which is already
tele-penetrated.
Public awareness has paid vital role in meeting
the task of blocking illegal SIMs so the national
integrity can be saved from ruining by the hands
of militants. This is just the beginning. A thorough
policy is required to maintain the flow of cellular
traffic so the unauthorised activities, like SMS
(short message service) propaganda and others,
can be abolished.
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 Exclusive Flare Report
Ufone was the first and last to offer collect call service. With
Ufone Collect Call one can remain connected and make
calls even when he or she does not wish to pay for a call if
and only if the other person chooses to pick up Collect Call
A
fter bringing call rates to the bottom
line, all telecom operators indulged in
introducing more and more Value
Added Services. A value added
service (VAS) is:

Not a form of basic service but rather adds
value total service offering;

Stands alone in terms of profitability and/or
stimulates incremental demand for core
service(s);

Can sometimes stand alone operationally;

Does not cannibalise basic service unless
clearly favourable;

Can be an add-on to basic service, and as such,
may be sold at a premium price; and

May provide operational and/or administrative
synergy between or among other services - not
merely for diversification.
Every VAS will demonstrate one or more of
the above characteristics. Furthermore, a value-
added service will never stand in stark contrast
to any of the above characteristics.
VAS also has certain time dimension
associated with them. Subjectively speaking, a
value added service becomes a basic service
when it becomes sufficiently common place and
widely deployed to no longer provide
substantive differentiation on relative basis.
There are two types of VAS.

First are those services that stand alone from
an operational perspective. These types of
services need not be coupled with other services,
but they can be. Many non-voice services fall into
this category. They are often provided as an
optional service along with voice services, but
they could be offered and used by themselves
without the voice service. For example, SMS
could be offered and used as a service without
voice calling.
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The second, and arguably more numerous and
important type of VAS, are those services that do
not stand-alone. Instead, this category adds value
to existing services. While it seems implicit in the
definition of value-added, this is an important
principle that makes value-added services stand
apart from other services.
There is a variety of value added services
these are available with almost all cellular
operators. With every passing day, they are
ready to break any new VAS which can be made
successful only by popularity in public.
Unfortunately, all VAS do not narrate a
successful story. Improper planning,
misperception and false judgement often lead to
unpopular VAS. One of such unsuccessful VAP
Ufone Collect Call remained
fail in gaining expected
popularity. Ufoners started to
irk their friends and strangers
by making Collect Calls and
those who don’t know about
the service become prey to
the facility
is Ufone Collect Call.
Ufone was the first and last to offer collect call
service. With Ufone Collect Call one can remain
connected and make calls even when he or she
does not wish to pay for a call if the other person
chooses to pick up Collect Call. Despite of all that
irritation which one caused to others by these
Collect Calls, there is no need to send people
missed calls as the receiving party pays for the
call charges. It provided with the convenience of
calling even when one’s account balance does not
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allow making a call on the Ufone network.
Ufone claimed that the service is ideal for
users who run out of balance, and wish the other
party to pay the charges in a business-related call
or children who wish to call their parents and not
want to pay for the call charges.
Ufone Collect Call request can be made by
simply dialling 11 followed by the desired Ufone
number. e.g. 1103335199942. If the other party
accepts your collect call your call will be
connected right away. However, If the dialled
number does not have sufficient balance or
cancels your request you will receive an SMS
notification.
Interestingly, like all other Ufone ill-
advertised services, Ufone Collect Call’s details
are also available on only Ufone website. None
received Ufone’s SMS about the blockage of
Ufone Collect Call and if one wants to get rid of
these so called Collect Callers then you have to
visit Ufone. The terms and conditions are given
below:

This Service is available to calls from Ufone to
Ufone only. A & B party must be Ufone
subscribers.

Call will be charged to B party as per regular
package plan.(If connected)

All Post-Pay and Prepaid users can initiate
collect call request.(as A party)

All Post-Pay & Prepaid users can receive
collect call request.(as B party)

A subscriber on international roaming will not
be able to initiate collect call request.

If B party is on international roaming then
collect call request will not be sent to him.

If B party’s outgoing calls are barred (Post-
Pay) then A party will be informed accordingly
and collect call request will not be initiated.

Post-paid users will not be able to initiate
Ufone Collect Call if their outgoing calls are
barred.

Prepaid subs will be able to initiate a Collect
Call request even if they have zero credit in their
account.

The Party initiating a collect call will be
charged Rs 0.05 + tax per request.
Interestingly, many people tried to make
Collect Calls to their friends and those who have
some know how of the service rejected the
facility. When subscribers are frequently using
Ushare to transfer credit between Ufoners then
why this Collect Call? It is useless to trigger
service that is practically useless. It is good to
invest revenue in the promotion of those services
these are user friendly.

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aking notice of the poor service by the
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Pakistan Telecommunication Company
Limited (PTCL), a Supreme Court bench
headed by Justice Khalilur Rehman
Ramday called for the appearance of Chief
Technical Officer (CTO) Muhammad Nasrullah
and the PTCL chief legal manager on May 18.
Justice Fakir Muhammad Khokhar was also bench
member.
The bench looked with concern at the PTCL
slow attendance to the consumer’s sufferings.
Moreover, the delay in getting power generators
to keep batteries working round the clock to fend
off incessant line droppings was also questioned.
The Court was hearing a human right
complaint emanated from a press column of
Irshad Ahmad Haqqani published some two
months ago grousing about the poor telephone
service provided by the PTCL.
Following the Court direction, Regional
General Manager Rasheed Ahmad and other
officials appeared and described to the court load
shedding as basic reason for line droppings as the
batteries operating the system fail due to non-
supply of electricity.
Lack of coordination between the departments
was told to the court another reason for the said
problems. The GM said that WASA during roads
digging cuts off the telephone lines without
apprising the company in this regard. He said
they have recently gone in for the generators to
provide continuous supply of power to the
batteries.
Justice Ramday took this statement very
16 seriously in the context that more than a year had
gone since load-shedding was continuing and a
layman knew that once energy of a battery gets
exhausted, it needs recharging and the
department had become alive to the need of
purchasing the generators so late at the cost of
heavy troubles to the subscribers. The judge
remarked does this fact call for indulgence of this
court to look into the very privatisation of the
PTCL after which such situations have cropped
up.
The Court wanted the officers
to take initiative measures to
overcome problems within
this month but they requested
more time for which the court
felt reluctant. However, in
order to appraise the situation
fully, the court called for the
appearance of Chief
Technical Officer and
Principal Law Officer of the
PTCL.
Justice Ramday asked the company why it was
taking money from the subscribers if it was unable
to provide them the promised services. He said if
load shedding is affecting the service it is
responsibility of the department to overcome it
and not to let the subscribers suffer for that.
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The honourable justice said the department has
been sleeping over the matter and could get up
just a week back when it purchased the
generators. He said if you cannot provide due
service to the people, you had better pack up and
go. The Court wanted the officers to take initiative
measures to overcome problems within this
month but they requested for more time for which
the court felt reluctant. However, in order to
appraise the situation fully, the court called for the
appearance of Chief Technical Officer and
Principal Law Officer of the PTCL.
The bench gave five weeks time to PTCL to
remove all difficulties after which no excuse
would be accepted Flare has asked some people
to comment, which are being published here for
our valued readers.
Obaid saeed:
It’s nice to see that strict actions are being taken
in consumer court. A customer must know his
rights.
Amniah:
None other than SC can control this PTC Hell.
Ch. Sajid:
CLI not working nowadays on my land line, even
when I call from my cell phone, though every
month I am being charged Rs 30 for the same.
Only an —-E—- appears on set.
Massmedia:
It’s good decision of SC to take action against
PTCL. How the consumers are disturbed by their
poor services. My Phone line is dropping after
every hour due to power shut down as PTCL bat-
teries are not working and I have been facing this
problem for two weeks.
Farhan Butt:
We love our judiciary. Justice Sahib we love you.
People like you can put a full stop to poor services
in any field nationwide.
Xan:
PTCL should outsource their customer sup-
port, call centre to a third party. Every one in their
call centres has a different idea about every single
issue, so why don’t outsource it.
Humaira:
PTA can handle them but for that people need to
contact PTA. Companies which are in competi-
tion, are doing better than PTCL. Remove the P
from PTCL and they will be in deep trouble. Till
now, what they have enjoyed is just because of
that P.
Ahtasham:
You PTCL, Ufone, PTA, PEMRA, NTC…. all are
shit.
Furrukh:
I believe World Call should also be called in as
they have failed to install electricity backup sys-
tems. Service vanishes at least on my connection.
Customer support has been pathetic and com-
plaint to PTA has not worked. Next step will be
get rid of them.
Iqbal Yusuf:
I still have three numbers un-repaired from last
eight months, although applied for disconnection
after paying the PTCL dues four months before,
but bill is coming regularly of line rent.
Jalpari:
Thank God some people are here who can take
notice against poor customer support. I am sick of
PTCL exchange staff when I call
management then they claim everything but
nature can never be changed so exchange people
do what they want. They fix my line but left some
problem and ask management to solve them.

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inister of State for Finance and Whilst seven new schemes have been

M Economic Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar

announced the national budget for
2009-10 with a total outlay of
Rs 2.482 trillion. This budget was highly
anticipated as a relaxing, people friendly
approved out of which Rs10 million have been
allocated for High Performance Secure Network
at NTC; and Rs10 million have been allocated
for Prime Minister Initiative for Video
Conferencing facility at the Federal
budget and of course it has proved itself Secretariat and Provincial
as a refreshing breeze in the clustered Headquarters.
internally displaced and terror- In the last budget, the government
infected country. increased the FED from 16 per cent
The proposed budget has an to 21 per cent but in this budget the
allocation of Rs724 billion for debt government reduced Federal
servicing, funds for which will be Excise Duty (FED) on
financed through local and telecommunication services from
external borrowing. Non- 21 per cent to 19 per cent which is
development expenditures are aimed at reducing the cost of the
estimated at Rs1.55 trillion, Rs621 service. The government has
billion have been apportioned for reduced just two per cent FED! It
the public sector development seems to be a joke with the telecom
programme (PSDP) 2009-10 and the sector.
allocation for the defence budget is Reduction of activation charges of
likely to be around Rs 343 billion. cellular phones from Rs 500 to Rs 250 is
The budget proposal estimates aimed at reducing the cost of new
foreign and domestic debt servicing at connection of mobile phones. Enforced
Rs655 billion, Rs70 billion have been through SRO, 476(I)/2008 dated 13.06.2009,
earmarked for the Benazir Income Support effective from July 1, 2009.
Programme (BISP), allocation for However, there is some good

What budget brings

the rehabilitation of the internally news that government has
displaced persons (IDPs) is likely withdrawn Regulator Duty of Rs250
to Rs50 billion, while the per set of cellular phone eliminated
Earthquake Reconstruction and and custom duty reduced from Rs

for us?
Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) 500 to Rs 250 per set on cell.
is likely to get Rs25 billion for the The duties unnecessarily
year 2009-10. imposed last year were removed or
According to the government’s at least reduced but this is not
estimates, expenditures in the sufficient as the telecom sector has
coming year will amount to Rs745 The government has allocated an amount of suffered a lot and the exemption is
billion.
The tax collection target is
Rs1128.508 million for the Public Sector not satisfactory. The imposition of
Rs0.20 tax per SMS (short message
likely to be set at between Rs1.380 Development Projects (PSDP) for 83 projects of service) also targets the growth of
and Rs1.390 trillion, with new the widely used service. The tax will
taxes and duties amounting to Information Technology and halt the usage of SMS on massive
around Rs100 billion. The existing
petroleum development levy may
Telecommunications Division (IT&TD) for the level. Unfortunately the imposition
of 20 paisa tax will not help Advisor
be replaced by a Carbon tax of Financial Year 2009-10 to Prime Minister on Interior on
halting terrorist activities
of land at Karachi and nationwide but it will surely make lives of many
Lahore for the miserable as government has ruined the most
establishment of IT Parks; popular medium of communication.
Rs38.571 million have
been allocated for Whilst seven new schemes
Replication of E-Office at
all divisions of the federal have been approved out of
government; Rs48.625 which Rs10 million have
million have been
allocated for Federal been allocated for High
Government Data Center
and Internal, Islamabad;
Performance Secure
Rs20 million have been Network at NTC; and Rs10
Islamabad: Advisor to Prime Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Ms. Hina Rabbani
Khar presenting the national budget 2009-10 during National Assembly session at
earmarked for Online
Access to Statutory and
million have been allocated
Parliament House. Case Laws, Sindh. for Prime Minister Initiative
As far new IT schemes are concerned, Rs20
around Rs6 to 12 per litre on petroleum, oil and
lubricant products, likely to be imposed from July million have been allocated for strengthening of
for Video Conferencing
1, 2009. Pakistani IT industry on CMMI Phase-II, facility at the Federal
The government has allocated an amount of Islamabad.
Rs1128.508 million for the Public Sector For the Telecom Sector, Rs448.399 million have Secretariat and Provincial
Development Projects (PSDP) for 83 projects of been earmarked for eight ongoing schemes out of Headquarters
Information Technology and Telecommunications which Rs149.206 million have been allocated for
Division (IT&TD) for the Financial Year 2009-10. National ICT Scholarship Programme; Rs150 Let’s wait and watch how the budget for the
Out of the total amount, Rs680.109 million is million have been designated for Northern Areas fiscal year of 2009-10 will impact on the growth of
allocated for 53 ongoing and 15 new Information Terrestrial MW Link while Rs99.313 have been telecom and IT sector in particular and Pakistan in
Technology projects. The ongoing schemes earmarked for Interconnect Billing and Customer general.

include Rs107.052 million allocated for purchases Support System for the SCO. 17
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ateen has signed an agreement with Tejari is a world-class Business-to-Business The agreement was signed by Muhammad

W Tejari Pakistan to move its

procurement processes online via
“Tejari Transact”. Wateen Telecom
is the Abu Dhabi Group’s latest communication
investment in Pakistan, after the successful
launch of Warid Telecom which provides mobile
GSM services to over 10 million customers in 145
cities across Pakistan.
Wateen Telecom is set up to become the
leading "Carrier's Carrier" providing services
based on quality, reliability and affordability in
the communication and media sector.
(B2B) Marketplace, connecting companies to buy
and sell goods and services online, which
guarantees flexibility and transparency as well as
reduces purchasing costs. It is an initiative of HH
Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of
Dubai. Tejari FZ EEC is a subsidiary of the parent
group “Dubai World”, which consists of
companies such as DP World, P & 0 Ports,
Nakheel, One & Only, Jafza, Atlantis, Tamweel,
Limitless, Technopark, Dubai Maritime city,
Dubai Dry Docks, etc.
Aqib, Chief Financial Officer, Wateen and
Shehzad Shabbir Dahar, Director Operations,
Tejari Pakistan Ltd.
This move is anticipated to considerably help
Wateen to further streamline its procurement
processes and allow it to reach out and be
available to potential suppliers and business
associates in other parts of the world. Wateen is
one of the largest companies in the
telecommunication sector with an annual
procurement of more than Rs2 billion.

Lahore: Mr Aqib Zulfiqar, Chief Financial Officer, Wateen Telecom and Mr Shehzad Shabbir Dahar, Director Opera-
tions, Tejari Pakistan Ltd, sign the agreement.

Lahore: Mr Wajahat Moeez, Assistant Manager

Procurement, Wateen Telecom, with his team.

18 Lahore: Mr Muhammad Aqib, Chief Financial Officer, Wateen Telecom shakes hand with Mr Shehzad Shabbir Dahar,
Director Operations, Tejari Pakistan Ltd.
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Upon registration, each family was provided with the essential items like; a tent, bedding, water buckets
and jerry cans, chatai, kitchen utensils including cooking pots, cutlery and crockery, daily food rations,
personal hygiene kits including towel, washing and laundry soaps, tooth paste and toothbrush, combs,
water cooler and mosquito nets, and summer clothing for women and children
ince the beginning of the Swat operation,
S the number of internally displaced persons
(IDPs) is increasing day by day. The relief
camps established by the government have
proved to be insufficient for accommodating and
feeding the millions of shattered families. This
situation has been dubbed as the biggest
humanitarian crises of recent times.
Like always, the Pakistani nation has
demonstrated a strong will to help their fellow
citizens in the hour of need. Thousands of
government, semi-government, private and non-
profit and overseas Pakistani organisations have
started donations and relief drives for the
rehabilitation and support of their brethren. The
international community and friendly countries
have also made substantial contribution to the
noble cause.
Mobilink was among the first private
organisations to reach out and help the IDPs,
collecting and delivering generous donations and
essential relief goods from its corporate funds,
employee salaries and donations from the general
public.
During the catastrophe of a national scale, the
nation is proud of Mobilink, which quickly
organised relief team's comprising of
its employees, to work for the relief
of IDPs and alleviate their sufferings.
Mobilink, this time has made full
use of the relief work experience
acquired during the relief efforts to
the 2005 quake tragedy victims.
Since May 13, Mobilink’s Security
Team has worked tirelessly to
distribute over Rs3.3 million worth
of aid collected through external and
employee donations. So far more
than 14,500 devastated Pakistanis
have been supported through
combined efforts.
These include mostly
children, women and elderly in
villages located in Mardan,
Nowshera and Swabi. Despite the
fact that some of these areas are
located on very difficult and
dangerous terrain, the Mobilink
teams scouted out the remotest
villages and in many cases, were the
first ones to deliver any kind of aid
to these far flung villages.
Mobilink has also announced to
establish Mobilink Camp in Kund
with Rs 81m fund which has been
made possible by Orascom’s
continued support for this noble.
Mobilink’s contribution has been declared by the
Emergency Response Unit (ERU) to be the biggest
relief commitment for the IDPs from the private
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sector of Pakistan. Within just one
week of Mobilink’s announcement
to establish a relief camp for 1,000
displaced families i.e. roughly 7,000
IDPs, lived up to its commitment by
beginning the induction of the first
IDP families into the Mobilink relief
camp. Within a week hundreds of
IDPs were inhabited at Mobilink
Camp.
Upon registration, each family
provided with the essential items
like; a tent, bedding, water buckets
and jerry cans, chatai, kitchen
utensils including cooking pots,
cutlery and crockery, daily food
rations, personal hygiene kits including towel,
washing and laundry soaps, tooth paste and
toothbrush, combs, water cooler, mosquito nets,
and summer clothing for women and children.
Mobilink camp will also be providing basic health,
education and recreation facilities for the camps
inhabitants.
In line with Mobilink’s tradition of employee
volunteerism, teams of Mobilink employees have
been personally involved in various areas of camp
management, procurement of items and other
requirements to ensure that quality standards are
maintained. Despite the increasingly hot weather
and unsafe security situation these dedicated
teams have maintained a steady flow of
distribution of relief goods to the IDPs.
The example set by Mobilink is unique in its
nature and size. Other private sector organisations
can take lead and learn from this example to play
their part at a time when our country folks need a
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Search results are quite detailed (the list is

usually long) but they are irrelevant to your
current location. In addition, only names of the
search results are listed, no additional
information like phone numbers, web links,
email address, nothing! You can select a location
and can view it on map.
• View on Map
You can select one item from the search
results and can view it on map. The site shows
an image showing a street map with a marker
showing the destination. If you select a road to
be shown on map, it shows two markers named
Start and End.
• View larger map image
When viewing a map, you may want to see a
detailed map. This feature is available but the
link broken.
• Make a route
The only exciting feature for me but
unfortunately, this link was broken as well.
• Search nearby
Link again broken.
• Review Summary
In short, the solution is a total-
disappointment. Most of the features are not
working, but even if all its features start working,
it is no-where near its available competitions. I
will soon write a post about its competitors.
The application is browser based, so the
number of supported handsets is very large. A
The map that shows up is well detailed, but in small lot of places have been listed and are available for
size, its irritating orange and green coloured, road and search, thanks to Naqsha.net, but there is still so
much to feel sorry about. Some of the flaws are as
place names are hardly readable. Until you know the follows:

city well you cannot figure out much from the map
• There is no way you can search near your
current location, no self-location detection
mechanism utilised (GPS or Cell tower location);
• No details, phone numbers, email, web-

I
was so excited to see UTrack on Ufone’s list of related items link or photo etc. available for the public
website that despite of high charges, I was came up. I selected one locations/businesses available in the search.
determined to avail the opportunity. of the items and I could • The names of the roads, places and
see its location on locations are hardly readable on the map.
UTrack maps are an XHTML based mobile somewhat nastily • Orange colour dominance on the map
website. I was expecting it to be an installable orange-themed rip-off (just because of Ufone colour) is really irritating.
application. Anyways, before I go in details of the from Google maps • No voice support (obviously being a web
application features, I must tell you a bit about images. That’s it! You page) for people using it as in-car navigation
the background. cannot do much more system.
If you try using the than that.
solution, you will,
almost instantly
The map that shows
up is well detailed but in Worst part of this VAS is the
notice that it is an small size, its irritating breakage. Make-a-route
integration with orange and green
Naqsha.net. Well, coloured, road and place option to your searched
Naqsha.net is one of
the serious efforts
names are hardly readable
and until you know the
destination, the link is
done so far in navigation domain in Pakistan, but city well you cannot broken. View large map, the
I must say, things are pretty pre-mature right
now at Naqsha.net. Moreover, integrating with
figure out much from the
map. That really kills the
link is broken. Search-
Ufone, they have tried to increase there user base need of navigation nearby the link is broken
which is a good sign. On the other hand, they anyways. I could see three
have not anticipated such big traffic loads options under the map: • Too costly.
especially during the first few days free trial time 1) View Larger Image
Worst part of this VAS is the breakage: make-
and their site seems broken at several points. 2) Make a route
a-route option to your searched destination, the
As soon as I got Ufone connection, I dived in 3) Search nearby
link is broken. Either view large maps or search-
and launched the device browser. The first link But all links were broken (actually application
nearby the link is broken. The unavailability or
on Ufone’s mobile site http://wap.ufone.com crashed or something happened due to heavy
the congestion makes the service a cellular mess.
was U-track maps. traffic.
It is deplorable to see that Ufone has once again
I opened it up, Following is the feature list and comments for
deceived its subscribers by not making the
selected the city and each feature:
advertisement clear. It is advised that Ufone
the only thing I could • Solution Type
must change its strategy of keeping users in dark
do on the page was Web-based mobile application/web-site, I
through mocking advertisements that tells little
“Search”. expected it to be a GPS-enabled or at least
I typed a search about the facility itself.

location aware installable application.
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No more
bundle offers
Telecom operators are giving comparable rates of
calls, SMS/MMS, and value added services.
The average rate of SMS offered by the sector is
2paisa. How can government impose a tax of 20
paisa on single SMS…. You must be joking!
he government has come up with a very
T effective tool to increase its revenue that is
tax on SMS. Last year, after eyeing the
tremendous import of cell phones and
purchase of SIMs, it increased the Federal Excise
Tax by five per cent and after observing the
reduction in revenue generation (as per PTA
report) it decided not only to decrease tax by two
per cent but also to target some other service that
can better generate revenue.
Government has now imposed a tax of 20 paisa
per SMS in addition to the rate specified for
telecommunication services. This will be enforced
through amendment in Table II of First Schedule
to the Federal Excise Act, 2005, effective from July
2009. To levy tax on SMS is another blow to the
telecom sector to levy tax on SMS.
Short Message Service (SMS) is a
communication service standardised in the GSM
mobile communication system, using
standardised communications protocols allowing
the interchange of short text messages between
mobile telephone devices.
SMS text messaging is the most widely used
data application on the planet, with 2.4 billion
active users, or 74 per cent of all mobile phone
subscribers sending and receiving text messages
on their phones worldwide.
Like other countries, the trend of SMS has been
flourished in Pakistan. According to PTA report,
during 2007-08, cellular mobile operators
generated more than 25 billion SMS. One reason
for this growth is that a majority of user base in
Pakistan is youth and they prefer to communicate
via SMS as it is very cheap.
On major events and other celebrations, it is
now a common practice to send and receive
news/greetings through text messaging. Text
messaging also allows people to be more creative,
though the SMS may not always be original.
All cellular mobile operators have competed
aggressively for SMS and that has resulted in a
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price war. The mobile operators offered lucrative
SMS deals including special one-time buckets of
messages for nominal charges. They offer SMS
bundles to their subscribers and these packages
offer low priced (as low as 100 SMS per Rs1
offered by Ufone) for those who prefer text
messaging instead of voice calls, to save time and
money too.
Telenor launched SMS Fulltime offer for its
prepaid customers in which its subscribers can
send up to 10,000 on-net SMS with charge of
Rs 99. Zong, Ufone, Mobilink have similar offers:
500 SMS per day for just Rs3 only. Warid has also
introduced economy package to the customers.
A survey conducted and revealed that
Pakistan is among the top four countries with the
highest Short Message Service (SMS) traffic
processed over the festive season. A total of 6.37
billion text messages were sent through their
messaging systems across Asia Pacific over the
2008/2009 Christmas and New Year period.
In terms of year-on-year growth, Pakistan
traffic volume grew by 253 per cent compared to
last year during the same period. Other markets
that experienced high messaging growth include
Philippines (65 per cent), Australia (57 per cent),
Indonesia (27 per cent) and Malaysia (13 per cent).
The communication solutions provider, SMS
messages formed a large majority of the traffic
with 6.36 billion messages, while multimedia
messaging service (MMS) messages were
recorded at 9.54 million messages.
The festive season still remains a favourite high
traffic period for operators and consumers alike.
Compared to last year's traffic, this year the total
messaging traffic has grown by 40 per cent.
MMS traffic picking up pace across the region
with 9.5 million MMS messages processed during
this festive season. MMS traffic is bound to
increase as consumers become increasingly savvy
in interacting with their personal blogs sites and
applications.
The festive season still
remains a favourite high
traffic period for operators
and consumers alike.
Compared to last year's
traffic, this year the total
messaging traffic has
grown by 40 per cent
Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance, Shaukat
Tareen arguments that Pakistanis are spending
more on SMS than on food. We wonder as the
people of Pakistan are getting 100 SMS in just Rs1.
and buying a bucket of thousands of SMS once a
month at Rs70 – 100 is not lavishness, it is also not
comparable to what we spent on food.
However, now government has come in the
way of SMS growth and I am sure that operators
will come out with some other solution of cheap
communication. And in case they find none than
of course the usage of SMS will drop by heavy
numbers. The dilemma is not only the tax the
problem is its objective. As 20 paisa per SMS is still
very cheap for terrorists to continue their struggle
to distable Pakistan than why this tax is imposed?
I can’t get!
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USF commemorates
WTD by contracts of
Rs 600 million
Federal Secretary for Information Technology,
Hifz-ur-Rehman congratulated PTCL and
Wateen Telecom on winning the bidding for
Rural Telecom and Optic Fibre and projects in CEO PTCL, Walid Irshaid and General Manager Wateen Telecom, Mazhar Qayyum Butt,
Balochistan and Larkana respectively signed the contracts with Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund, Parvez
Iftikhar. Chairman PTA Mohammad Yasin was also present on the occasion.

o commemorate World Telecom and respectively.

T
Information Society Day (WTIS) 2009,
Ministry of Information Technology held
an event in Islamabad which was
attended by representatives of public sector,
industry and academia. WTIS theme for this year
is ‘Protecting children in cyberspace’.
Universal Service Fund also signed contracts
for two more projects for providing ‘Optic Fibre
Connectivity to un-served Tehsils in Balochistan’
and ‘Telecom Services in Rural Larkana’.
Giving his remarks, Federal Secretary for
Information Technology, Hifz-ur-Rehman
congratulated PTCL and Wateen Telecom on
winning the bidding for Rural Telecom and Optic
Fibre and projects in Balochistan and Larkana
Earlier, CEO of Universal Service Fund,
Parvez Iftikhar, while welcoming the audience,
stated that this year’s WTIS Day is playing a
useful role in bringing together all the
stakeholders to take concrete steps for ensuring
that children access Internet with safety.
He informed that two new projects of
Universal Service Fund are being awarded. One is
to provide optic Fibre connectivity to five un-
served Tehsils of Balochistan (Dasht, Noshki,
Dalbandin, Mashkhel and Taftan, touching also
the cities of Dringar, Ahmadwal, Nokundi and
Chaghi). He added that a subsidy of Rs 374
million is provided to Wateen Telecom for laying
900 kilometers of optic fibre cable to these Tehsils
which have a population of around 335,000.
Second project, he further informed, is to
provide basic telephony and data services in
unserved areas of Larkana and Shikarpur
districts. 72 muzas with a population of 165,000
will benefit. Subsidy of Rs 228 million is being
provided to PTCL for this project. Contract
signing of the two projects was held at the end
with Wateen Telecom and PTCL. CEO PTCL,
Walid Irshaid and General Manager Wateen
Telecom, Mazhar Qayyum Butt, signed the
contracts with Chief Executive Officer, Universal
Service Fund, Parvez Iftikhar. Dr Mohammad
Yaseen, Chairman PTA and other high officials of
the Ministry of IT, PTA, telecom and IT industry
were present at the occasion.

PTA issues notices

A show cause notice
was also issued to Dancom
Pvt. Ltd on contravention

to telecom operators
of Rule 12 of Access
Promotion Rules 2004
regarding the provision of

for violations
incorrect CDRs.
Subsequently, Authority
suspended its license for
not providing correct
After issuing show cause notice, PTA information
Authority.
to the
and failure of which may lead to cancellation of
immediately take action and suspend The PTA also passed an their licenses.
order to impose a fine to
International Incoming Traffic of Telecard the tune of Rs 1,000,000 to
It is interesting to see that PTA has issued
warnings and show cause notices to operators
and Dancom for not paying APC for USF Dancom for changing its but did not take strict action against the violators.
management without prior But this time PTA is not in a mood to spare those
akistan Telecommunication Authority intimation to the who remain failed to meet the commitment.

P (PTA) issued orders and show cause

notices to various telecom operators for
violation of license conditions during
past six months.
PTA issued a Show Cause Notice to Telecard
Authority. Wafai Communication Ltd. was also
issued
show cause
notice
changing
a

Telecom Limited on November, 15, 2008 being
found involved in concealment of international
incoming telecom traffic and misrepresenting the
same as national traffic, says a report issued by
the PTA.
A large number of missing minutes
manifested a huge loss to the foreign exchequer
on account of Access Promotion Contribution
(APC) for Universal Service Fund (USF) by the
licensee. The Authority has asked the licensee to
clear its position against the above mentioned
violations otherwise it will proceed against it
under Section 23 of Pakistan Telecommunication
22 (Re-organization) Act 1996.
for
After issuing show cause notice, PTA
immediately take action and suspend
International Incoming Traffic of Telecard and
Dancom for not paying APC for USF. This
extreme decision was made by the authority to
management make sure that all operators are abide by the
without regulations for APC with timely payments.
prior A total of Rs 5.84 billion is outstanding
approval of against LDI operators under the account of APC.
the It merits mentioning here that as per APC Rules,
Authority. 2004 all LDI operators are bound to pay APC for
Five WLL USF on monthly basis with-in 90 days of each
operators month.
failed to establish at least one Network It is good to see that PTA is changing ritual of
Connection Point in each of their respective pending and delayed payments. Such actions
regions as per the license condition and all of will not only regulate operators but also help in
them were issued show cause notices for this recovering due payments.

failure. However, the licensees have been given
eight weeks to complete their roll out obligations
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W
hether it is advertisement or some
subsidiary, companies in Pakistan
face tremendous competition. If
one offers a discount of 20 paisa, his
or her competitor will start to offer 23 paisa
subsidiary and the discount will go on until the
service become free of cost and companies will
only receive installation or maintainace charges.
Yes, we have seen this happening in the telecom
sector of Pakistan where companies have cut their
margin due to impressive penetration and strict
competition.
Recently, Mobilink and Ufone started to offer
navigation services. The following table gives an
over view of what both of these operators are
offering in case of tracking services.
Now through Mobi Track search an
address, navigate through cities or
locate any place with your mobile
handset. Discover real-time
navigational assistance coupled with
the most sophisticated technology of
interactive maps and satellite tracking
so that you are never lost again
At the moment Ufone has an edge on trial
period plus the ability to offer service for devices
which has GRPS (which covers most devices
available in market); Mobilink has a short coming
of tying this to GPS based devices only which
limits the usability.
Regarding pricing Ufone has click based model
while Mobilink might be offering (they does not
have it clearly mentioned though) subscription
based packages.
Ufone is a bit pricey but we cannot compare
yet because of Mobilink’s non clear pricing at the
moment. For Ufone searching a site then clicking
on it and zooming in would cost you Rs 3 (1 per
action) and if you wish to get a route you will pay
another Rs 2, for someone who wants to use this
occasionally this might make sense for some one
lost a lot more frequently this will cost a fortune.
Plus the fact that Google Latitude is available
free for any GPRS based device and it has not
maps for Pakistan. It remains to see how many
will use these services, but the fact remains that
Google at the moment does not offer directions
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which might be a winning point for these
solutions.
Mobi Track is no doubt a bit expensive but it
offers valued information. It provides one with
proper and detailed navigation. Ufone follows
naqsha.net but the website is based on incomplete
information and the zooming capacity is pathetic.
The information which Ufone provides is
insufficient and not better than one’s personal
information of his or her premises
Mobi Track
Have you ever been lost in an unfamiliar city?
Have you ever wasted precious time reaching
your destination as you didn't know the shortest
route? Do you find it annoying when you just
don't know where the closest
ATM or Shopping Centre is when
most needed? Mobilink - the
nation's largest cellular network -
proudly unveils, for the first time
in Pakistan. Mobi Track a solution
to all such dilemmas.
Welcome to the world of GPS
navigation, a solution that fits
right in your palm. Now through
Mobi Track search an address,
navigate through cities or locate
any place with your mobile
handset. Discover real-time
navigational assistance coupled with the most
sophisticated technology of interactive maps and
satellite tracking so that you are never lost again.
Simply SMS 'TEST' to 1000 to receive an SMS
with a link. Download the link and run the
application to enjoy the free five day trial. You
would require a GPRS and GPS enabled handset,
or a bluetooth GPS device to use Mobi Track.
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UTrack Maps
If you are new in town or are looking for the
place everyone’s
been talking about
let UTrack Maps
guide you there. All
you require is a
GPRS enabled
handset along with
GPRS settings to
access UTrack
Maps.
Simply go to http://wap.ufone.com (Can be
browsed from Phone only) click on the UTrack
Maps icon and it will direct you to the UTrack
Maps page. Simply choose a city from Islamabad,
Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Quetta
and start navigating at your own will.
In search bar, you can input Specific Street,
colony, road, area, school, market, airport or any
other popular place to locate. System will give you
back a list of results that you can view on map.
For first two weeks, only standard GPRS rates
will apply, however, later on, along with GPRS
charges while browsing the WAP site,

In case you click to view a location on
map, you will be charged Rs 1/click;

On clicking “View Route”, you will be
charged another Rs 2/click;

When you click on “Search” in the Search
Nearby option, you will be charged another
Rs1click;

Additional Rs 1/click will be charged
when you click on “View larger image”; and

All prices are exclusive of tax.

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Adding in handset’s dimension
The mobile market has always been much more
dynamic and receptive to new technologies than the
television market, as the whole idea of mobility is
based on dynamism
hree dimensional viewing has not yet
T
made it in a big way onto our television
and cinema screens. According to
European researchers, the story of 3D TV
is set to be quite different with mobile devices, as
the right standards and technology fall into place.
Simulating the third dimension is something
of a Holy Grail for cinema and television. The key
advantage of 3D film over the conventional two
dimensions is the illusion of depth and the sense
of ‘body’ the viewer experiences – as if the action
is leaping out of the screen rather than occurring
within it.
Despite the images it evokes of high-tech
wizardry, rudimentary 3D technologies have
been around practically since the dawn of
filmmaking. The first ever attempt came in 1890,
when the British film pioneer William Friese-
Greene invented a process in which two films
were projected side by side on screen, and the
viewer looked through a stereoscope to converge
the two images.
We’ve come a long way since this bulky and
impractical solution, yet 3D film and television is
still some way from becoming an everyday
reality, partly due to cost. But that looks set to
change, and mobile devices – with simpler and
hence cheaper 3D technology – could well lead
the charge.
“The mobile market has always been much
more dynamic and receptive to new technologies
than the television market, as the whole idea of
mobility is based on dynamism,” explains Atanas
Gotchev, the scientific coordinator of the EU-
funded Mobile3DTV project.
Gotchev also points out that the viewing
conditions, and hence technical requirements, for
mobile devices are not as exacting as they are for
cinema, which targets a mass audience who
expect a thrilling experience, and television,
which needs to be of ‘home entertainment’
quality. “In Mobile 3D technology, the viewing
mode is personal, the required display size is
small and the user is expected to adjust the
display position for the best viewing experience,”
he notes.
As early as 2003, Sharp
launched a 3D mobile
phone in Japan and Korea’s
SK Telecom launched a 3D
phone – from Samsung – in
2007, and Japan’s Hitachi
just launched one in 2009
• Glasses not necessary
The story of 3D television for mobile phones
has been one punctuated by stops and starts. As
early as 2003, Sharp launched a 3D mobile phone
in Japan and Korea’s SK Telecom launched a 3D
phone – from Samsung – in 2007, and Japan’s
Hitachi just launched one in 2009. But the big
challenges have been the paucity of content and
coming up with a profitable business model.
Apple’s iPhone also supports three-dimensional
television, but can currently only be viewed with
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special glasses.
Mobile3DTV is developing the core elements
of the next generation of three-dimensional
television for mobile devices. “One major
challenge is choosing the optimal format for
representing 3D video for mobile delivery,”
Gotchev points out.
The format should be adopted ideally by all
industrial players to avoid a ‘formats war’, he
suggests. For that reason, the project decided to
build its system around the EU standard known
as Digital Video Broadcasting – Handheld (DVB-
H).
“Another challenge is to ensure a comfortable
and enjoyable 3D viewing experience,” adds
Gotchev. Mobile3DTV is employing so-called
auto-stereoscopic displays, which produce 3D
images that do not require those awkward glasses
to view them – which is good news for people
who want to be incognito about their mobile
viewing.
“Auto-stereoscopic displays use additional
optical elements aligned on the surface of an
LCD, to ensure that the observer sees different
images with each eye,” explains Gotchev. “As
mobile devices are normally watched by a single
observer, two independent views are sufficient
for satisfactory 3D perception.”
The project has been working on specifications
for how mobile 3D content should be created,
coded and transmitted over DVB-H in order to be
visualised on a portable display with satisfactory
quality for the user.
“We have access to probably the most
advanced 3D portable display – one delivered by
the Japanese giant NEC LCD,” says Gotchev.
Mobile3DTV has already demonstrated these
technologies at a number of trade fairs.
• The market dimension
Content is, as it has long been, the major
obstacle on the road to the widespread take-up of
3D mobile TV. “A major market challenge is to
convince content providers and operators to start
producing and distributing 3D content,” observes
Gotchev.
“With our project, we try to provide the
necessary technical evidence of the technology’s
potential.”
And their efforts are paying off. Gotchev is
quietly confident that the Mobile3DTV project
can help prod the rollout of 3D television in the
mobile market.
“Just one year ago, operators and providers
did not really buy into the market benefits of
producing and broadcasting stereo-video, largely
because of the slow take off of the mobile TV
services in some European countries,” he says.
“The situation now seems to be changing as the
same players are looking for new opportunities,
and 3D looks like just such an opportunity.”
In addition, the take-off of 3D for mobiles
could accelerate the take-up of other 3D
technologies. “The rapidly-evolving mobile TV
market could serve as a ‘bandwagon’ for
introducing 3D TV broadcast to the general
public,” emphasises Gotchev.
Mobile3DTV is funded under the ICT strand of
the EU’s Framework Programme for research.
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tisalat, the buyer of Pakistan 10 percent surcharge for transferring the

E Telecommunication Company (PTCL),

has withheld USD799.3 million until the
Government of Pakistan (GoP) transfers
properties in Sindh and Punjab in favour of
PTCL, sources in Privatisation Commission told
Flare.
PTCL was privatised through sale of 26 per
cent shares for USD 2,598,960,000.00, to be paid
in nine equal instalments, payable on biannual
basis. As per Share Purchase Agreement (SPA),
GoP is required to provide clean titles of 100
percent of PTCL properties (3384 in number) by
January 12, 2008. Payment of balance sum of USD
1.198 billion was contingent upon transferring
titles to the properties in question.
Three further instalments of USD 133 million
were paid by the buyer upon transfer of the
corresponding number of properties. In the event
of non fulfilment of this obligation, GoP is
obliged to nominate a list of non-transferred
properties to the buyer where after GoP and
buyer will separately appoint property valuators
to determine the value of such properties. The
valuations have been procured.
Following such valuations, the buyer has the
option to surrender its right to the use of non-
transferred properties and deduct the estimated
value from balance payments or withhold such
payments till the titles to the properties are
transferred.
In order to ensure timely completion of
properties to the federal government or the
PTCL. Sindh government has, however, agreed
to charge fees at amenity rate (50 per cent of the
commercial rate). In this regard, Sindh
government has asked for Rs 11.4 billion,
whereas Punjab is demanding higher figure.
Sources said that meetings were also held
between Secretary Privatisation Commission,
Chief Secretary Sindh and Senior Member Board
of Revenue Sindh to discuss and finalise
valuation of these properties. "We are very close
to arriving at a figure for payment to
Government of Sindh for transfer of the
properties in that province," said one official.
They said that Chairman and CEO Etisalat
was kept updated by Secretary PC through
personal meetings, telephonic discussion, and
letters and was assured of GoP's full support
at all levels.
However, vide his letter
dated 10-3-2009, the Chairman
and CEO Etisalat, in a letter
on March 10, informed the
PC that EIP has decided to
exercise its rights under
clause 2.8(a) of the SPA
which allows the buyer to
instruct PTCL to surrender
the right to eleven high value
properties, together with a
surrender of EIP's

Etisalat withholds $799.3m

PTCL was privatised through sale of 26 per cent shares for USD 2,598,960,000.00
to be paid in nine equal instalments, payable on biannual basis. As per Share
Purchase Agreement (SPA), GoP is required to provide clean titles of 100 percent
of PTCL properties (3384 in number) by January 12, 2008
transfer of title and possession of the properties
in question, GoP constituted a steering
committee headed by Secretary, Ministry of
Information Technology, (who is also Chairman
of the PTCL Board of Directors).
However, to date, a balance of 161 non-
transferred properties (including 71 in Punjab
and 45 in Sindh) remain outstanding and
consequently the instalments USD 133.218
million each due on March 12, 2008 and
September 12, 2008 have been withheld by the
buyer.
Etisalat has now paid a total of USD 1.799
billion and the balance of USD 799.3 million
remains, which Etisalat intends to adjust against
the value of non-transferred properties, sources
said.
The Privatisation Commission (PC), on its
part, has followed up the case of transfer of
properties with earnestness and various
meetings have been held with the Provincial
Chief Secretaries/Senior Members, Boards of
Revenue for resolving the issue. The Minister for
Privatisation and Advisor to Prime Minister on
Finance wrote letters to the Chief Ministers of
Punjab and Sindh to help facilitate the transfers
but no progress has been made.
The Punjab government has conveyed that it
26 proposes to charge the current market price plus
corresponding payment obligations in respect of
such surrendered properties. The aggregated
value of these properties was far in excess of
Pakistan's own assessment carried out by our
external valuator, sources said.
The Minister for
Privatisation and Advisor to
Prime Minister on Finance
wrote letters to the Chief
Ministers of Punjab and
Sindh to help facilitate the
transfers but no progress
has been made
A Privatisation Commission team headed by
the Secretary visited Abu Dhabi on May 4, 2009
at the invitation of CEO, Etisalat, to discuss the
process of transfer of properties.
In the meeting, it was discussed that subject
to the approval of the GoP, PC/ GoP would
expedite the process of transfer of properties and
Etisalat agreed to a period of three months for
this purpose.
However, payment of balance sale
considerations and release of shares would
automatically happen at the end of this period.
Payment would be released in full by Etisalat
of outstanding amounts subject to deduction
for those properties not transferred at the end
of the three-month period.
The properties would be valued at market
price by the District Price Committees under
the supervision of senior member Board of
Revenue Punjab.
The Punjab Government would transfer
titles @ 50 per cent of the market price for all
the 71 properties located in that province
within a period of one month, provided the
payments of valuated price was made to them.
We wonder that PTCL is not ready to
compromise on the transfer of property, and
our authority is ordering to clear the property
issue as soon as possible, but letting its
customers compromise on not only connectivity
but also client services.
Property will be soon transferred in the
name of PTCL but Flare request the
government
of Pakistan to take strict action if
PTCL failed to meet the deadline issued
by Supreme Court.

 Exclusive Press Release
Help IDPs through SMS on 1199
Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication
Authority (PTA), in collaboration with the
cellular mobile industry, has started 1199 SMS
service for the welfare of Internally Displaced
Persons (IDPs). In order to accommodate the
displaced people in different areas of the
country, the prime minister’s special fund for
victims of terrorism has been established.
Warid contributing for IDPs
Lahore: As a responsible corporate citizen Warid
Telecom (Pvt.) Ltd has stood by the IDPs
(internally dislocated persons). The recent
operation in turbulent areas caused more than a
million Pakistanis to migrate from their
hometowns and almost 0.8 million people have
already migrated from the restive areas and they
are now living in very harsh conditions in Swabi,
Mardan, Nowshera, Rawalpindi, Attock and other
areas. The migrants are homeless, with no food
Mobilink relieves 500 families
Lahore: Mobilink distributed relief packages to
over 500 families in Mardan and Swabi districts
as part of its ongoing support for the IDPs.
Mobilink’s Security Team donated relief packs
containing food items such as flour, rice, sugar,
ghee etc as well as bars of soap for basic hygiene
to over 450 families in camps, hujras and schools.
PTCL’s free PCOs for IDPs
Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication
Company Limited (PTCL) in an effort to connect
the displaced families from Swat with their loved
ones and missing family members has established
PCOs at five different relief camps.
These PCO’s are providing free
communication services to the IDP’s. Besides the
company has also established medical teams and
has donated medicines. PTCL doctors and
paramedical staff will visit all the major relief
camps on a rotation basis. PTCL President and
CEO Walid Irshaid, has stated that the PTCL will
Ufone employees donate one day salary
Islamabad: Employees of Ufone have pledged
one day salary as humanitarian aid to the
devastated victims of the disrupted Swat.
A large number of people have been
28 displaced from Swat, Dir, Buner and Malakand
and healthcare.
Warid Telecom (Pvt.) Ltd has taken several
initiatives to support the migrants by deploying
Mobile PCOs in the affected areas. It also made
special arrangements to keep its network running
in all affected and surrounding areas despite
logistical difficulties. Exclusive mobile vans are
being moved to Sawabi, Nowshera and Jalozai
camps to meet the communications needs of the
displaced people.
Mobilink has set up a Salary Donation fund
to allow employees to contribute to the ongoing
relief efforts. To date, the fund has collected over
Rs2 million. Additionally, Mobilink employees
have contributed generously via donations in
cash and kind at camps set up by Mobilink across
the country.
do its utmost to provide relief to the IDPs
especially PTCL employees affected by this crisis.
Around 300 PTCL staff families have been
displaced on account of the confrontation going
on in Swat. The management has decided to
provide financial assistance to each of these
families. The company has also arranged
accommodation facilities for fourteen of these
families and this number is growing on a daily
basis as more and more staff families contact for
accommodation.
PTCL has always played a proactive role
due to the activities of the militants and
subsequent response of national security
agencies. This large displacement of the people
has resulted into a large strain on the
capacity of the camps established to
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According to PTA statement, through the
SMS service, subscribers of all mobile operators
would send an SMS to 1199 by writing FUND.
Each SMS would be charged at the rate of Rs 10
and the amount collected would be deposited in
the prime minister’s special fund. The PTA has
appealed to people to contribute to this national
cause by sending SMS to 1199.

Warid Telecom (Pvt.) Ltd. has also initiated
an exclusive short code for its customers to
contribute towards the relief for the IDPs. Warid
prepaid and postpaid customers can now donate
Rs 10 by sending an SMS “FUND” at 1199. All
the proceedings will be deposited into PM's IDP
relief fund with no deductions. Warid Telecom
(Pvt.) Ltd. has always taken the lead to help their
brethren in Pakistan in the difficult times.

Located in select Mobilink main offices
throughout Pakistan, these camps are also
receiving donations from customers and external
sources.
Total sum raised through these efforts,
including salary funds has crossed
Rs3 million.

during all difficult times to provide help to the
people in the camps. It had generously donated
during the 2005 earthquake in Kashmir, during
the Baluchistan earthquake and for Benazir
Income Support Fund created for assisting
poor families.
PTCL with its growing concern and empathy
is certainly pulling all the strings to
make things easier for the IDPs, and its
efforts are being highly acknowledged
and applauded by people from all
walks of life.

accommodate them. To share the agony of the
effected Pakistani nationals, Ufone’s employee
from all over Pakistan have donated
one day’s basic salary for this
national cause.

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large number of Internally Displaced
A Persons (IDPs) has been given refuge in
camps in various safe regions of NWFP.
According to estimates by international
volunteer organisations, more than two Million
IDPs are living in refugee camps, and require all
basic necessities like food and drinking water.
Bank Alfalah Limited has integrated into a
business model “Corporate Social Responsibility”
Bank Alfalah's team organises relief camp, monitors and sends trucks loaded with a variety of goods for the relief of IDPs.
Mr Talib Rizvi, Group Head Priority Banking & Wealth
Management, distributs bags among IDPs.
to transfer back society share which has been
earned from them. We are firmly working for the
impact on the environment, communities,
stakeholders and all other members of the public
sphere. BAL believes that success in competitive
market demands focused business approach along
with to proactively promote the public interest by
encouraging community growth and voluntarily
participations.
Group photograph of Mr Talib Rizvi, Group Head
Priority Banking & Wealth Management, with staff
members of Bank Alfalah.
Flare Report Exclusive
Considering the noble cause of this exercise
and on humanitarian grounds, we have always
stood up whenever there was a crisis in our
country. Once again the employees united and
contributed one day salary along with allocation
of the bank, total contribution made by Bank
Alfalah family is Rs. 20 million for providing the
relief goods to the Internally Displaced Persons of
Dir and Swat.

Officers of Bank Alfalah Limited unloading the trucks
for IDPs.
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Henri Mattila, Head of Category Marketing, Nseries Middle East and Africa, Finnish Deputy Head of Mission, H.E Miia Rainne and Imran Khalid
Mahmood, GM Nokia Pakistan showing the Nokia N97 at the launch ceremony.

In Nokia N97, we have combined the most-advanced smartphone capabilities to

enhance the Internet entertainment for our consumers and at the same time
ease-of use with one-touch access to their favourite online content
he highly anticipated Nokia N97, for our consumers and at the same time ease-of

T Nokia's flagship mobile computer has

been announced in Pakistan after its
global launch in 75 countries
worldwide. Along with a tilting 3.5" touch
display, QWERTY keyboard and a fully
customisable home screen, the Nokia N97 will
offer instant access to the full range of Ovi
services. The N97 is expected to be sold in
Pakistan at a retail price of PKR 58,000 only.
The device was announced at a glamorous
press event where two European models
brought the phone at the venue and the Finnish
First Secretary, Deputy Head of Mission H.E
Miia Rainne handed over the phone to the GM
Nokia Pakistan Imran Khalid Mahmood. Henri
Mattila, Head of Category Marketing, Nseries
Middle East and Africa was also present.
Speaking at the occasion, Imran Khalid
Mahmood, GM Nokia Pakistan said,
“Delivering on Nokia’s vision and thought
leadership based on mobile convergence,
Nokia Nseries has aimed to present the best in
class mobile computers to its internet savvy
consumers. Today, we take great pride in
introducing the newest addition to Nokia
Nseries - Nokia N97. We have combined the
most-advanced smartphone capabilities in this
30 device to enhance the internet entertainment
Models posing Nokia N97 on it’s launch in Pakistan
use with one-touch access to their favourite
online content.”
"The Nokia N97 is an important step
towards our vision of delivering a highly
personalised Internet experience," Henri
Mattila said. "Fuelled by a multitude of music,
maps, games, media and applications via Ovi,
the Nokia N97 transforms the Internet into an
experience that's completely tailored to the
tastes and interests of its owner."
The Nokia N97 is Nokia's first device to
feature a personalisable home screen, which
can be customised with a range of widgets
which bring live information directly to the
device. These widgets include key social
networking destinations like Facebook and
Hi5, news services like the Associated Press,
Bloomberg and Reuters, as well as shopping
and weather information. The Nokia N97 is the
first device to ship with the Ovi Store, which
offers easy access to applications, games,
videos, podcasts, productivity tools, web and
location-based services, and much more. Ovi
Store has paid and free content from a range of
global and local content providers and
developers, including Paramount Pictures,
Facebook and Qik, as well as a selection of
Twitter applications.

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The topic of WiMAX, a particular 4G
technology which promises to deliver 70
Mb/s data speeds over a 50 km radius, has
been the focus of much attention and hype
t last, the National Assembly Standing
A
Committee on Information Technology
and Telecommunications took a strong
notice of the violation of its directions
by the relevant ministry for non-submission of 3G
policy before the committee.
The Ministry was strongly recommended by
the Standing Committee in its last meeting to lay
Broadband proliferation in
Pakistan
road band internet access, often
B shortened to just broadband, is high data
rate internet access-typically contrasted
with dial-up access over a 56K modem.
Dial-up programmes are linked into a bit rate of
less than 56Kb and require the full use of
telephone line where as broad band technologies
supply more than double this rate and generally
without destructing telephone use.
Broad band proliferation is now treated as a
key economic indicator and often called “high
speed”. In general, any connection to the
customer of 256Kb (0.256Mbps) is greater is more
concisely considered broadband internet.
The international telecommunication union
standardisation sector (ITU-T) recommendation
I.113 has defined broad band as a transmission
capacity that is faster than FCC (Federal
communication commission) definition of broad
band is 768Kbps (0.8Mb). The organisation for
economic corporation in development (OECT)
has defined Broad band as 256Kbps in at least one
direction and this bit rate is the most common
baseline that is marketed as “broad band” around
the world. Broad band can mean lower-bit rate
transmission method.
The standard broad band technologies in most
areas are DSL and cable modem. Now
community organization in 2006 has begun to
install Wi-Fi networks and broad band mobile
access had become available at the consumer level
34 in some countries. The newest technologies being
down the 3G policy
before the Standing
Committee, before
sending it to the cabinet
for approval and the
Ministry did not follow
the direction.
Chaudhry
Muhammad Berjees
Tahir, Chairman,
Standing Committee on
Information Technology
and Telecommunications
chaired the meeting at the
Parliament House. The
Chairman said that in
future, the Ministry must
take the
recommendations of the
committee seriously. The
committee discussed the
Budget Proposals for the
year 2009-2010 of the
Ministry of Information
Technology and
Telecommunication and
its attached departments
while Ministry on 3G Licensing Policy also held
briefing.
The committee was briefed about the non-
development budget and the Public Sector
Development Programmes (PSDP) for 2009-10. In
its briefing, the Ministry did not provide the
details of the projects, which the committee said
they should have provided with statistical data.
Mobile subscribers are 91.44
million as of March 2009. In fact,
Pakistan has the highest mobile
penetration rate in the region
deployed for mobile and stationery broadband
access is WiMAX.
Back-channel allows bandwidth is less than
optimal, transmission channel opposite direction
main channel. In Pakistan the broadband
technologies are broadband, fibre-optic
communication, list of device bandwidth, local
loop narrow band, PSTN, residential gateway.

DSL (Digital subscriber line):
Digital data transmission over the verse used
in the local loop of a telephone network.

Local multipoint distribution service:
Broadband wireless access technology that
uses microwave signal operating between
26GHz-29GHz bands.

WiMAX:
A standard-base wireless technology that
provides high through put broadband connection
over long distance.

Other wireless technologies:
Including IEEE standard (802.11b, 802.11g and
802.11a) and many proprietary wireless protocols.
In 2008 with WiMAX still at the top of the
learning curve in term of price, these technologies
dominate the market for fined wireless
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MNAs Dr Talat Mahesar, Malik Azmat Khan,
Anusha Rahman Khan Advocate, Sardar Talib
Hussain Nakai, Sajid Ahmad, Ch. Iftikhar Nazir,
Secretary, IT&T and other senior officials of the
Ministry also attended the meeting.
The evolution of 2G, 3G, and 4G mobile
telecommunications technologies has been
researched and written about ad infinitum. More
recently, the topic of WiMAX, a particular 4G
technology which promises to deliver 70 Mb/s
data speeds over a 50 km radius, has been the
focus of much attention and hype.
Many telecom analysts had come to the
conclusion that 4G was just a distraction from
making 3G work until the IEEE approved the
802.16e standard for mobile WiMAX in December
2005. Subsequently, the WiMAX Forum
announced the first certified fixed WiMAX.
• With this new found credibility,
manufacturers and network operators are looking
again at the benefits promised by 4G technologies
and they are starting to invest serious time and
effort in developing fixed and mobile products
which should be commercialised within the next
three years.
The Impact of 3G & 4G Wireless Technology
on Carriers' Network Development Strategies
concludes that WiMAX will have a significant
role to play in the evolution of mobile networks.
A survey of manufacturers and network
operators indicates that they are making plans to
incorporate 4G technology as a value-adding
adjunct to existing mobile infrastructure and
services.

broadband.

Power line communication:
Wire line technology, using the current
electricity networks. Satellite internet access cable
modem designed to moderate a data signal over
cable television infrastructure.

Fibre to the premises:
Based on fibre-optic cables and associated
optical electronics.

High speed packet access (HSPA):
A new mobile telephony protocol sometimes
referred to as a 3.5G technology.

Evolution-data optimized (EVDO):
It is a wireless radio broadband data standard
adopted by many CDMA mobile phone service
providers.

Future broadband implementations:
White space coalition a group of technology
companies aiming to deliver broadband internet
access via un-used analogue television
frequencies.

High-speed down link package access:
Telecom sector is seeing exorbitant growth in
Pakistan. The sector is said to be growing at a fast
pace yearly. Mobile subscribers are 91.44 million
as of march 2009. In fact Pakistan has the highest
mobile penetration rate in the region. According
to PTA, Mobilink continues to lead the market
28.24 million subscribers, followed by Telenor
(19.98 million), Ufone (19.61 million), Warid
Telecom (17.37 million) and Zong (5.98 million).

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Falling prices slowing economic
recovery
Is deflation on the way? If it is, how bad will it be? Experts are far from unanimous on
the first question, with some arguing that deflation could be widespread, while others
insist an economic rebound and government stimulus efforts make deflation less likely
hen computers and flat screen
W television sets get cheaper, most
people are happy about it. But, real
deflation — an across-the-board
decline in prices and incomes—is another
matter. It was one of the horrors of the Great
Depression.
The term has been showing up in the news
this spring, as economists spot deflationary
trends in the United States, much of Europe and
parts of Asia. Is deflation on the way? If it is,
how bad will it be? Experts are far from
unanimous on the first question, with some
arguing that deflation could be widespread,
while others insist an economic rebound and
government stimulus efforts make deflation less
likely.
Among those who do think deflation has
arrived, or will soon, few expect it to be serious.
Many concede their forecasts could be off,
underscoring the deep uncertainties about
economic conditions today, and some say they
worry less about deflation than the opposite, a
surge in inflation. “I think we are going to avoid
outright deflation,” says Wharton finance
Professor Jeremy J. Siegel, noting that last year’s
free-fall in oil and other commodity prices has
ended.
Recent reports have shown wages holding
up well in the US, undercutting one of the forces
that can drive deflation, adds Howard Pack,
36 professor of business and public policy at
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Wharton. domestic product was primarily due to a
Japan, the United States and Spain have
registered slight consumer price drops recently.
But all those are declines of less than one per
cent, compared to a nearly 25 % drop in the US
during the depression years of 1929-1933. On
cutback in production as suppliers drew on
inventories instead of new production, he
asserts. With inventories down, demand should
push prices back up.
May 11, China reported a 1.5 per cent CPI
(consumer price index) decline for April, the
third straight month of falling consumer prices,
while wholesale prices fell 6.5 per cent. But,
most economists are unfazed by the price
declines reported recently, noting other signs of
economic turnaround. Many point out that such
declines are to be expected because figures from
the year prior reflected high fuel and food costs.
They will start going out to
restaurants again. They will
start buying clothes again, Others think deflation is more likely.
and they will start buying “I’d be very surprised if Japan didn’t have a
deflation problem,” says Franklin Allen,
cars again.... I’m definitely Professor of finance and economics at Wharton.
getting more optimistic “I think it’s quite likely in Europe and the US,”
he added, citing the rapid fall in inflation. He
interprets the decline in gross domestic product
“The economy is starting to turn around,” to be a signal that manufacturers have “huge
says Wharton finance professor Marshall E. excess capacity,” which equates to an excess of
Blume, who cites the slowing pace of new supply that can help drive prices down.
unemployment claims as evidence that deflation Coupled with falling demand due to rising
is not a serious threat. The recent drop in gross unemployment, these factors could make
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deflation a serious problem in the US and
Europe, Allen contends.
Mauro F. Guillén, Professor of international
management at Wharton, expects deflation to
spread, but does not think it will be serious.
Most price declines have been mild, he notes,
and the huge levels of government spending in
the US and elsewhere should eventually trigger
enough demand to drive prices up.
Some surveys show that economists expect
the consumer price indexes to fall in the next
few months, on a year over-year basis, in the
United States, United Kingdom, euro zone and
Japan.
But in a May 11 speech, Federal Reserve
Chairman Ben Bernanke said the deflation
threat is “receding,” though he added that it still
bears watching.
The Vicious Cycle Falling prices can be good,
up to a point. But when prices fall across the
board, businesses and consumers postpone
purchases because they expect lower prices
later, or worry their incomes will decline or
don’t want to acquire assets that will fall in
value. Shrinking demand forces sellers to cut
prices further, triggering a vicious cycle.
“It feeds on itself and it’s very hard to stop
once it gets going,” saysPack.
Deflation is especially devastating to
borrowers, because their incomes may shrink
while their debts do not. The collapse of US
home prices is a prime example, leaving
millions of home owners owing more than their
properties are worth. Unable to sell their homes
for enough to pay off their debts, homeowners
who lose their jobs cannot move to get new
ones.
Though deflation was devastating in the
Depression and became a serious problem in
Japan in the 1990s, Pack says the threat to the US
and other developed economies has diminished
because manufacturing and agriculture have
smaller roles in the economy than they once did.
“Manufacturing ac counts for a relatively small
percentage of expenditures in the US now,” he
says.
Instead, the economy is dominated by
service industries, and wages constitute their
biggest expense, he adds, arguing it is harder for
employers to cut wages than for manufacturers
to cut prices.
Blume adds that one cause of the Depression
was mismanagement of the Gold standard,
which governed currency values. The gold
standard was abandoned long ago. Other
experts say government stimulus efforts should
keep deflation at bay. Bernanke, they note,
studied the Depression extensively as an
academic, and appears willing to do just about
anything to keep deflation from taking hold.
Indeed, a number of experts interviewed
citied inflation as a bigger worry, as government
stimulus money allows consumers and
businesses to bid up prices. While the Fed has
made clear its willingness to reverse monetary
policy when conditions warrant, political
realities can get in the way when inflation
fighting requires higher interest rates, says
The US government is
battling deflationary trends
by keeping interest rate
slow and pouring money
into the economy. For the
Federal Reserve, adjusting
interest rates is a very, very
hard balancing act
Wharton finance professor Richard J. Herring.
“When it is time to tighten again,
unemployment will almost certainly still be
rising,” he says.
“If the Fed tightens at the appropriate time, it
will meet fierce resistance from Congress and
borrowers.” The worst case would be a repeat
of the overly long low-rate policy earlier in the
decade, as the US was recovering from the
dot.com bubble, Herring warns. The “political
asymmetry” — the political preference for low
rates over high ones—“is part of the reason we
got in to this mess.” The best situation,
according to Guillén, is a low level of inflation
rather than none at all. “The ideal rate would be
one consistent with sustained economic
growth,” he says.
The best inflation level depends on the
economy’s growth rate, but the 3 per cent to 5
per cent range is generally healthy, he estimates.
“In order to grow, you need to be aware of
which new products or services are in high
demand—and the symptom of high demand is
rising prices.” The mechanism helps an
economy distribute its capital efficiently, as
products and services with rising prices draw
investment dollars away from those whose
prices are falling, he notes.
Up to a point, consumers and businesses
benefit from rising asset prices. Homeowners,
for example, can use home equity loans for
spending money.
“That is going to stimulate consumption and
contribute to economic growth,” Guillén says.
Of course, that can go too far, he notes. The
house price bubble of a few years ago gave
homeowners plenty of spending money but
came back to haunt them when the bubble burst.
“Asset price inflation is okay, but if it turns in
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to a bubble there is going to be a day of
reckoning, and this is exactly what is happening
now.” The federal government is battling
deflationary trends by keeping interest rates
low and pouring money into the economy to
encourage consumers and businesses to spend.
While Guillén believes this will work
eventually, a quick turn around is hard to
accomplish.
Situation: ‘Weird’ “Right now, in the short
term, the situation is very weird,” he observed,
noting that individuals and businesses prefer to
use extra cash to pay down debt rather than to
spend. Worried that potential borrowers are too
risky, banks have been hoarding governments
tumulus money rather than lending it, as the
government intends. “If you don’t lend it — if
they keep it — then it doesn’t generate more
demand.”
For the Federal Reserve, adjusting interest
rates is “a very, very hard balancing act,”
Guillén says, as making money too easy to get
can spark a burst of inflation. In that case, the
Fed would likely raise interest rates though
raising them too much closes the spigot on
money the economy needs to grow.
“We don’t like the current situation, which is
deflation plus recession,” Guillén says. “We
would like to change recession into economic
growth, and we would like to change deflation
into mild inflation that will sustain economic
growth.” Worried about deflation after the
dot.com bubble burst early in the decade, the
Fed kept interest rates low in 2003, 2004 and
2005, recalls Richard Marston, professor of
finance and economics at Wharton. He argues
this was an over reaction based on a mistaken
belief that an economic slowdown was driving
prices down in a traditional deflationary
pattern, while the real cause was cheap imports
from countries like China.
Keeping rates too low for too long fed the
housing boom, leading to the financial crisis,
Marston says.
Now, government efforts to pour money into
the economy should prime the pump for
recovery, he adds, predicting that any
deflationary period will be very moderate.
“I believe it’s going to be the consumer that
leads us out of recession,” Marston says. “Most
American families have cut back on spending, but
not all of us have done it because our income has
fallen,” he says, pointing instead to consumers’
worries about the future.
People who do have healthy incomes will
loosen their purse strings as they start seeing
signs of recovery which are already becoming
apparent Marston believes. “They will start going
out to restaurants again. They will start buying
clothes again, and they will start buying cars
again.... I’m definitely getting more optimistic.”

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 InsighT Salim Ghauri
Pakistan at the crossroad
of IT revolution
Only 179 IT companies are so far registered with the
SBP and their export volume show only a meager
amount comparing with the actual size of the
industry
akistan is at the crossroads of
P
information technology (IT) revolution.
If we do not invest on automation of
Pakistan, we may go back to the Dark
Age. The upcoming budget must reflect this
critical situation of the country in order to ensure
an early entry to the electronic age.
The IT exports of Pakistan have reached to
half a billion dollar and number of highly skilled
human resource is very impressive in the sector
but still it needs from the government to do
more. Pakistan, with a population of 170 million,
60 per cent of which consists of under-25, is an
ideal country where IT sector can spearhead the
economy in the days to come.
Pakistan is also among few countries in the
world where general sales tax is imposed on
computer hardware. The IT industry is the most
important segment of Pakistan economy and it
will earn precious foreign exchange for the
country in the years to come.
The tax holiday for IT sector is expiring in
2016 and any failure in its extension for another
10 years would cripple the industry from
generating hundreds and thousands of jobs in
the years to come. We have already seen that a
good number of IT companies had shifted their
businesses from tax-burdened regimes to tax
free regimes in the past. The government of
38 Pakistan needs to move fast on this front.
Statistics of Pakistan’s IT industry
(Source: Pakistan Software Export Board)
The government of Pakistan has already
formed a Task Force on Information &
Communication Technologies (ICT) to place
Pakistan as a major player in software exports.
Other objectives include the development of
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domestic software/computer hardware and
telecom equipment industry, development of
citizen centric applications/services especially
in local language, raising quality and enrollment
of IT, education, creating large employment
opportunities in IT/telecom, making Pakistan a
major IT manpower exporter, making
recommendations for the promotion of
IT/telecom sectors, suggest incentives and
estimate the investment requirements for the
GOP and private sector.
The IT companies should also register with
the State Bank of Pakistan to expose their real
export potential in the eyes of the government.
Only 179 IT companies are so far register with
the SBP and their exports volume show only a
meager amount comparing with the actual size
of the industry.
A public awareness campaign on
Information Technology (IT) security issues
both in public and private sector is an urgent
need of the hour.
Pakistan Software House Association
(PASHA), Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory
Authority (PEMRA) and other industry
stakeholders to come up with better
understanding and share their knowledge and
experience to excel the sector fast. This is right
time to project positive developments on IT
security within Pakistan to avoid any further
damage to the business coming to Pakistan.
There is also a need of implementing the
concept of Computer Emergency Response
Team (CERT) in Pakistan as early as possible.
The IT companies should adopt standardisation
to win the trust of buyers. The Pakistan Telecom
Authority (PTA) should also ensure security of
infrastructure through enforcing SLA for PTCL
and cellular companies for its customers and
vendors.
In order to encourage more IT companies to
get registered with State Bank, PSEB and
PASHA, special incentives or exemption can be
extended to all such companies, to the extent of
their reported export revenue, as a
complete picture of industry’s
revenues would be in a better
positioning of IT industry in the eyes
of government as well as general
public.
The IT sector of Pakistan has
registered 30 per cent growth in
revenue in a very short span of time
and this growth pattern can easily be
doubled by simply reviewing our
priority list.
This growth in revenues has
enabled the industry to hire high-
skilled IT professionals and thus
contributed to the national
economy in a big way.
The trained human resource the IT
sector has, more Pakistan’s economy
will flourish and prosperity will
sustain on longer terms.

(The writer is Chairman Federal Task Force
on Information and Communication
Technologies, Honorary Consul of Australia for
the province of Punjab and Chairman & CEO of
NetSol Technologies Ltd)
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Pakistan's 1st mobile navigation service
The introduction of Mobi Track, the cell phone based mobile navigation solution with street level
navigation and search facility, is another milestone for Mobilink which continues to reiterate its
commitment to provide cutting edge communication solutions to its customers in Pakistan
arachi: Mobilink, Pakistan’s market
K leader in cellular services and part of
Orascom Telecom, has announced the
launch of Pakistan’s first cell-phone
based navigation service ‘Mobi Track.’
The introduction of Mobi Track, the cell
phone based mobile navigation solution with
street level navigation and search facility, is
another milestone for Mobilink which continues
to reiterate its commitment to provide cutting
edge communication solutions to its customers
in Pakistan.
Mobilink, a subsidiary of the Orascom
Telecom Group, is Pakistan’s leading cellular and
Blackberry service provider. Mobilink maintains
market leadership through cutting-edge,
integrated technology and the country’s largest
voice and data network with over 7,900 cell sites
covering more than 10,000 locations. Housing
Pakistan’s largest distribution and call centre
networks and an unparalleled 6,500 kilometers
fiber optic backbone, Mobilink has invested, to
date, over US $2.5 billion and provides
uninterrupted countrywide connectivity,
unmatched customer services and international
roaming in over 130 countries. As a responsible
corporate citizen, in addition to ensuring
employee well-being, Mobilink aims to support
education and health initiatives, protect the
environment and promote sustainable business
practices. It also offers a range of products and
services dedicated to enhance access to
PTA to develop SIM information system
Analysts of the telecom said the cellular operators’ offers of different calls and SMS packages have
attracted subscribers to use more than one SIM of different cellular phone operators. The security concerns
raises where a SIM registered under one subscriber(s) is being used by another unidentified user
akistan Telecommunication Authority
P (PTA) has decided to develop a SIM
(Subscriber
information
Identity
system to
associated risks on security and to ensure
Module)
address
subscription regulations in cellular sector, official
sources told.
The system will gather the data of all mobile
subscribers that would provide their numbers of
SIM(s) registered against with their respective
Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC)
numbers and with cellular phone operators of the
country.
Analysts of the telecom said the cellular
operators’ offers of different calls and SMS
packages have attracted subscribers to use more
than one SIM of different cellular phone
operators. The regulator has allowed 10
connections on single CNIC per mobile operator.
It has also blocked 2.92 million excess
connections last year. Therefore, the security
concerns raises where a SIM registered under one
subscriber(s) is being used by another
unidentified user. Moreover, sector people told a
information. The company is also the official
Telecom service provider for the Pakistan Cricket
Board.
Wasif Mustafa, Director VAS, Market Development, LDI and IR,
Mobilink and Omar S Hatmi, Chief Operating Officer, Trakker sign an
agreement to launch Mobi Track, Pakistan’s frist cell phone based
navigation service.
Wasif Mustafa, Director VAS, IR, LDI &
Market Development, Mobilink said, “Mobi
Track is a first-of-its-kind cell phone based
navigation service in Pakistan. The use of state-
of-the-art digital mapping system enables users
not only to find their ways to specific
destinations, but also includes options to locate
the nearest ATM, favorite restaurants, fuel
stations etc. The interface is hassle free,
enhancing the user experience and making this
service one to watch out for.”
Initially covering Karachi, Lahore and
significant number of subscribers avoid using
companies connections and missed the validity
dates of connection. They have to re-activate their
connections later on often when companies offer
free minutes in
the case of non-
use of the SIM
for long time.
According to
PTA, the
planned system
would facilitate
mobile
subscribers to
block those
SIM(s) which presently are not under their usage.
Official sources informed PTA intends to
develop robust system which is secure and
efficient enough to store a record size of approx
92 million subscribers’ data. The system should
also ensure proper data integrity mechanism
while answering back to multiple queries in a
specific time. The authority has started hiring of
consultancy firm to develop SIM information
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Islamabad, and nationwide highway (N5)
motorway networks, Mobi Track relies on the
extensive maps provided by Trakker, the
region’s largest vehicle tracking and fleet
management service provider.
Omar S Hatmi, COO Trakker shared, “We are
happy to partner with Mobilink on this ground-
breaking service and hope cell phone users in
Pakistan will be able to enjoy the convenience
and comfort of GPS navigation powered by
Trakker NAV. We are committed to empowering
our partners in the Telecom industry with best-
in-class navigation products for the benefit of
Pakistani consumers.”
Customers can subscribe to this service by
typing ‘Test’ and sending it to short code ‘1000’
from any Mobilink number. As an introductory
offer Mobilink subscribers can avail five day free
trial of the service. Mobi Track is compatible with
most medium range and high end mobile
handsets, It allows users to search the shortest
path to their destination from current location
with the help of turn-by-turn voice guidance
function. Using the route demo function, a user
can also check the estimated travel-time and
familiarise with the actual route before even
starting the trip.
A user can plan an optimal path to his
destination with the help of “easiest, fastest or
shortest route” function, including a trip report
to enable user to further analyze the trip and help
plan future trips more efficiently.

system, which may take six month roll out in the
public.
It has intended to develop software-based
system that would provide an internet and SMS
based interface to end-users in order to retrieve
the registered mobile SIM(s) information. In
order to facilitate the consumer, an SMS based
system would also be developed empowering
consumer to use his mobile phone for accessing
required information. The system would provide
the ability to send and receive SMS against a
pre-defined short code.
SMS based information system will handle all
request that comes through any mobile device. A
comprehensive SMS based information system is
required that could provide the consumer with
the mobile number information against the CNIC
number. The cellular phone subscribers base has
widened to touch 100 million benchmark,
however, its density has remained concentrated
in 25 to 30 cities. Telecom experts said the
information system also assists PTA to know the
teledensity of the cities and the traffic volumes of
calls and SMS across the country.
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Govt to pay for PTA negotiating to

cellular introduce mobile
expenditure banking service
Under the new policy, circulated to all PTA took initiative to pursue mobile
ministries/divisions, the facility of roaming operators for sharing of infrastructure to
mobile telephones has been extended to reduce BTS towers and other sites so that
secretaries, additional secretaries, head of costs of business can be brought down
attached departments and autonomous

C
hairman, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Dr
organisations, which are in or equivalent to Mohammed Yaseen has said that to achieve cost efficiency in the
operations, telecom operators need to enhance their collaboration
BS-21 and BS-22 by sharing infrastructure. They can save costs and yet maintain
quality. He said this while addressing at Nokia Siemens Networks Industry
The Cabinet Division has allowed officials in the BS-20 and below to
use mobile phones at government expense, with some allowed the facility of Seminar.
roaming, official sources told. Under the new policy, circulated to all The Chairman said that PTA took initiative to pursue mobile operators
ministries/divisions, the facility of roaming mobile telephones has been for sharing of infrastructure to reduce BTS towers and other sites so that
extended to secretaries, additional secretaries, head of attached departments costs of business can be brought down. He emphasised on the importance
and autonomous organisations, which are in or equivalent to BS-21 and BS- of broadband proliferation to achieve goal of setting up 'Information
22. Society. He said that massive
The policy clearly indicates use of tax money to facilitate the bureaucrats awareness campaign is needed to be
and senior government officials at public expense. These officials would be launched to improve broadband
permitted to use unlimited landline ceiling and Rs1000 mobile phone ceiling. growth besides developing contents
The revised phone policy and revised office ceiling on landline are effective in local languages and applications.
from May 11, 2009 subject to observance of the following conditions: He said PTA has made co-

For the joint secretaries (BS-20) or equivalent in the ministries/divisions
ordinated efforts to facilitate
and director generals in the Foreign Affairs Ministry, office phone ceiling on
broadband growth by forming a
landline number is unlimited per month; Rs1000 per month for mobile phone
"Broadband Stakeholders Group" and
ceiling.

For deputy secretaries (BS-19) or equivalent in the ministries/divisions other measures. He said that we are
and directors in the Foreign Affairs Ministry: Rs8221 plus line rent for the trying to develop contents for
office phone ceiling on landline number per month; Rs800 per month for different market segments like
mobile phone ceiling, while Rs7421 plus line rent for revised office phone agriculture. Similarly, PTA was
ceiling on landline number. negotiating with State Bank to

Similarly for Section Officer introduce Mobile Banking Services.
(BS-17-18) or equivalent in the He said that three operators are Chairman PTA,
ministries/divisions and Dr Mohammad Yaseen
in the process of launching mobile
assistant directors /deputy broadband. Two operators have launched E-Video services. This all will
directors in the Foreign Affairs help in provisioning of better information services to consumers on one
Ministry: Rs6711 plus line rent for hand and increased revenues for the industry on the other.
the office phone ceiling on
Dr Mohammed Yaseen said that in 2008 there was a slight slow down
landline number per month:
in telecom industry but in quarters of 2009 the industry has again started
Rs500 per month for mobile
getting momentum. Average Revenue per User (ARPU) in mobile sector
phone ceiling, while Rs6211 plus
line rent for revised office phone was recorded at USD2.5 to
ceiling on landline number. USD3 per user which is a
According to the revised policy, all entitled officers of Foreign Affairs and positive sign. Chairman
other ministries, posted in Pakistan missions abroad, are authorised 20 per said that PTA has
cent of combined ceiling (office and residential telephone) for use of mobile recommended tax
phone. Similarly, the roaming facility of mobile telephone has been extended reduction on telecom
to secretaries, additional secretaries, heads of attached department and products to FBR and it
autonomous organisations who are in or equivalent to BS-21 and BS-22. was hoping positive
It is mentioned in the policy that excess expenditure beyond ceiling on response on it in upcoming budget.
roaming mobile phone up to 25 per cent will be condoned by the concerned On this occasion Saad Waraich, Pakistan and Afghanistan Country
Principal Accounting Officer (PAO). The excess expenditure up to 50 per cent Director for Nokia Siemens Networks, said, "Service Providers need
will be condoned by the Cabinet Secretary on the recommendations of the
network efficiency to better face the current market challenges. To improve
concerned PAO.
operational efficiency, we focus on five approaches, analyse the customer
It is also clarified in the policy that only posted billing would be
admissible for use of mobile telephone. The facility allowed to the officers in situation, optimise business process, modernise existing assets, expand fast
BS-20 and below will also be subject to the condition that the officers will and flexibly, and maximise the growth opportunity."

arrange the equipment (mobile phone set) on their own. In the policy, it is
said that the officers will be allowed to have connection to any mobile
company they choose.

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Sources suggested that more time
could have been sought by the Home
Ministry to study the proposal since
Telenor operates in Pakistan and
elenor's investment into Unitech's Bangladesh
T telecom arm has now got stuck at the
Foreign Investment Promotion Board
(FIPB). The proposal had come up before
the FIPB and a decision on allowing the
investment into the company was deferred. A
clearance from the FIPB is mandatory for Unitech
for Telenor's investment in the company to go
through.
NDTV has learnt that the Home Ministry has
sought more time to study the proposal. Sources
suggested that more time could have been
sought by the Home Ministry to study the
proposal since Telenor operates in countries like
Pakistan and Bangladesh. However, the
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
says that Telenor's investment is in compliance
with India's foreign investment laws.
TalkShawk looting
in disguise
t is becoming quite regular now that cellular
I
companies come up with hidden packages.
This is done mainly to offer (very) attractive
package to limited customers - can be for
specific school, area, industry and so on.
Telenor TalkShawk 30 second Discount
Package is one of such packages which can be
extra treated for many subscribers - especially for
those who make long calls during day time.
Following are the details: This package is only
for Talkshawk 30 second subscribers - with this
promo customers can talk at discounted rates for
as low as 22 paisa per 30 second (friends and
family numbers) and as low as 37 paisa per 30
second to all Telenor numbers.
By the way, when we asked Telenor’s CSR (via
helpline) about why this package is not updated
on website, the representative said that these
bundle services are not advertised on website, as
part of policy, however, subscribers can check
helpline for such packages.
Eligibility criteria: Must be a Talkshawk 30 sec
subscriber
Offer: 50 per cent discount on all calls to Telenor
numbers (friends and family or others)
Discount timing: 1pm to 5pm
On-net (Telenor to Telenor): Rs0.46 (inclusive of
tax)
44 On-net FnF: Rs0.28 (inclusive of tax)
Unitech-Telenor
deal halted by
Govt of India
Unitech told NDTV that since they have not
heard from the government regarding the issue,
they would not like to make any comment.
The government views telecom as a strategic
sector and follows a stringent process of due
diligence. Investment proposals from global
telecom companies that operate in 'non-friendly'
countries is also closely monitored by the
government. In fact, the security agencies have
recently questioned the move by government-
run BSNL and MTNL to buy telecom equipment
manufactured by Chinese telecom companies.
Telenor, the world's seventh largest mobile
company, had agreed to invest Rs 6120 crore in
Unitech's telecom arm for a 67.25 per cent stake.
Two tranches of funding has already been paid
Activation charges:
Charges Rs49+tax
(Rs59.29)
Yes, activation
charges are high - so it is
good only if you make long duration and greater
amount of calls.
How to Subscribe: Dial 555, press 6, press 1
(feature is called “Call Discount” on IVR.
Remember

Discount timings are between 1pm to
5pm.

Only Talkshawk 30 second subscribers
can activate the offer.

Each subscription has a validity of seven
days from day of subscription.
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by Telenor to Unitech's wireless
arm and it already owns 49 per cent
stake in Unitech Wireless. Unitech
hopes to start services by the end of
the year from one of the states in
south India.
This is not the first time that the
government has raised the issue.
Russian telecom company ByCell's
India plans were nixed after FIPB
withdrew permission given to its
investments. Home Ministry and
Finance Ministry had asked FIPB to
reconsider the application after
concerns on the source of funds for
the company.
National Security Advisor had
earlier questioned Orascom holding
a stake in Hutch, which was bought
over by Vodafone two years ago.
Orascom operates in countries like
Pakistan and Bangladesh.
It seems that the point which Flare earlier
made about the suspicious intentions of Telenor
is also raised in India. It sounds good to hear
that the developing countries of Asia prefer
their security over FDI (foreign direct
investment). One thing that is revealed through
the objection raised by FIPB is the insecurity
which India feels about Pakistan. However, our
point of concern is very much clear. Telenor
must focus on improving the services of its
existing networks instead of moving towards
implanting other in the season of financial
crunch.


The offer will be visible in feature 2 of
Bonus Feature in ChrissXpress.

Discounted tariff is only applicable to
Telenor FnF and all other Telenor numbers.

All calls starting before 5pm and
continuing after 5pm
will continue to be
charged at discounted
rates.

Only calls
starting at or after 1pm
will be charged on
discounted rates, if call
starts before 1pm
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Bank Alfalah recently named its guest houses as Bagh. CEO Abu Dhabi Group, Mr Bashir A. Tahir inau-
gurated the Bagh, chain of Bank Alfalah guest houses, in Lahore which is decorated by Ismat Majid,
Consultant Interior, Designing and Administration, Bagh, Bank Alfalah
agh, the Bank Alfalah guest houses, is the expressed his reverend views on the inauguration make as much effort as possible. We have taken

B new name for Bank Alfalah’s guest

houses nationwide. Bank Alfalah has
made the guest houses more luxurious to
facilitate its employees and guests nationwide.
CEO Abu Dhabi Group Mr Bashir A. Tahir
ceremony of Bagh, “Bank Alfalah is a Pakistani
bank. We know our responsibilities and will
facilitate Pakistanis as much as possible whether it
is the settlement of IDPs or the residence of our
employees and guests. We are determined to
the initiative of making the Bank Alfalah guest
houses more comfortable. The crowing of Bagh is
to reintroduce this chain to our national and
international employees.”

Lahore: CEO Abu Dhabi Group, Mr Bashir A. Tahir cuts the ribbon of Bagh, Lahore: CEO Abu Dhabi Group, Mr Bashir A. Tahir expresses his views at the
the Bank Alfalah guest houses. Co Chairman, Central Management Commit- inauguration ceremony of Bagh.
tee, Mr Parvaz A. Shahid and Head of Marketing, Bank Alfalah, Hamid M.
Mirza stands besides. 45
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ow far are the Taliban from Islamabad?

H Can al-Qaeda grab the country’s

nuclear weapons? These are the types
of questions raised every day by the
American media, academia and policy circles. And
these are critical issues, given the nature of the
evolving crisis in Pakistan. The approximately two
dozen suicide bombings in 2009 so far, 66 in 2008,
and 61 in 2007, all of which have targeted armed
forces personnel, police, politicians, and ordinary
people not only in the country’s turbulent
northwest but also in its major urban centres,
indicate the seriousness of the threat. A major

A suffering child at IDPs camp with tears trickling down on his

face mourns his predicament in Islamabad.
ammunition factory area located close to some very

Who is responsible for

sensitive nuclear installations in Wah (Punjab) was
targeted by two suicide bombers in August 2008,
an act that sent shudders across the country’s
security establishment.

IDPs’ plight?
The devastating impact of suicide bombing
around the country has created widespread fear
and insecurity. On average, in 2008 Pakistan
experienced one suicide bombing every five days:

The girls hold their ration of bread and potato curry at a
UNHCR camp in the outskirts of Peshawar.
66 attacks in all which killed around 965 persons
(651 civilians, 159 security forces personnel, and 155
policemen). Despite of all that which citizens are
suffering, the worst part of the whole operation is
the settlement of refugees from war inflicted areas.
The internally displaced persons’ (IDPs) settlement
and rehabilitation is the most important part of
Pakistan’s battle against extremism.
They have lost their homes, now their children are prey
of a number of diseases. Who will protect them? How will
they survive? Who will come to rescue them? Where will
they live? How will they re-built their homes? Who will
answer their questioning eyes?
and daily use items is very important, but at the
same time preventive and curative healthcare
systems as well as medical facilities need to be
made available without delay.
government of Pakistan. It has triggered an
operation in Swat, Dir, Malkand, Bunair without
having any safeguards to protect the local people.
These Pakistanis are terribly suffering within
and/or without camps and government is able to
provide basic necessity to a very few number. The
refugees are not only suffering from lack of
residence but also from a number of diseases and
circumstantial troubles. If government is not able to

Red Crescent doctor is checking a girl in the camp setup by

Red Crescent at Malakand.
It is heart breaking to read that only some ten
per cent of refugees are living in camps, while the
majority have sought shelter with relatives or in
rented accommodation and public buildings. With
civilians continuing to flee the fighting, aid groups A relative carries an injured internally displaced girl, fleeing
and government officials are concerned that host from military operations against Taliban militants in troubled
Internally displaced children leave a school in a camp
in Mardan.
communities could also become destabilised as Swat valley, at a hospital in Mardan.
they use up money and resources to help the new provide shelter than they will ask whom! How will
According to the latest United Nations figures,
arrivals. It is very important that aid be channelled they manage to survive the floods of Moon Soon
the number of the IDPs had crossed three million.
through designated agencies that are directly Rains and the diseases it accompany? How will they
Our commitment to the IDPs’ settlement should
responsible for the relief and rehabilitation of the rebuilt their homes? How will they enrol their
not just remain restricted to the provision of
IDPs. The deficiency of aid is another issue. children while a majority is unable to get a CNIC?
46 material goods. Of course, the supply of food, water
The issue of IDPs has raised question on the Who will give answer to their questioning eyes?

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owadays electronic crimes are as
N common as anything. The cyber space
has certainly provided us with
unimaginable facilities but it also
disclosed us to number of unexpected and
extraordinary threats with no solution.
Unfortunately, besides cyber space’s temptation
the roots of such crimes lie in our own
mismanaged social structure and haphazard
electronic media.
Just remember Bruce Wills in Die Hard 4,
Napster in Italian Job and Fardeen Khan in Fida.
Bruce Wills is commissioned to capture a gang of
cyber terrorists intent on shutting down the entire
world’s internet, in Italian job Napster, a computer
engineer, who actually was not recognised for his
achievement, transformed into most fatal hacker
and succeeded to hack Las Angles traffic and train
system of traffic, and Fardeen Khan fraud USD50
million via internet.
Many of us watch these movies and thought
that it is just a film and in real life, such e-crimes
are either impossible or limited to targeted
departments or people. But, we are wrong as all
of us that are online and all that we have placed on
our respective email identities and social networks
is vulnerable to hackers. Hackers can steal our
passwords, pin codes, credit card numbers, data
and more than any other thing they have the
potency to penetrate into our personal computer
(PC).
Electronic crimes’ popularity and utility lies in
the fact that they are easy to learn, handy to
commit, need no physical presence, occurred in an
immeasurable space that is cyber world, very
cheap to meet, need no time, need almost no
resources just a bad brain and a computer with
internet cable and more than any other thing e-
crimes are legally so complicate that anyone can
commit and easily escape.
Electronic crimes prevail in almost all
developed countries but developing world has
remained unable to device a way to tackle such
cases and to catch the culprits. Government of
Pakistan, keeping in mind the need of electronic
regulation, passes the Electronic Crimes
Ordinance 2007 and became the 42nd country to
have a separate law against electronic offences.
The bill was promulgated by President Pervez
Musharraf on December 31, 2007.
The E-Ordinance shocked nationals when the
news of death penalty announced in severe
electronic crimes. Easy to go electronic
exploitations such as criminal access to data, e-
fraud, cyber-stalking, spamming were made
punishable offences.
President Asif Ali Zardari promulgated the
Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance
making cyber-terrorism punishable with death or
imprisonment for life. The penalty is limited to an
offence that ‘causes death of any person’,
according to the ordinance that is effective from
September 29, 2008. “Whoever commits the
offence of cyber terrorism and causes death of any
person shall be punishable with death or
imprisonment for life, and with fine,” the law
states. In other cases, “he shall be punishable with
imprisonment of either description for a term
which may extend to 10 years, or with fine not less
than Rs10 million, or with both”.
The ordinance also declares
the sending of unsolicited
short messages over cell
phones (SMSs), pictures
taken without the permission
of the person photographed,
and e-mails carrying
obscene material as cyber
crimes
Our concern here is the Electronic Crime
Ordinance and its deficiencies. Promulgated on
January 10 by the caretaker government in Pervez
Musharraf regime, the Ordinance encompasses 18
different offences that carry punishment ranging
from a couple of months' imprisonment and fines
to life imprisonment and even the death penalty.
Electronic prevention ordinance
It was claimed that the main objective of the
law was to increase security, safety and protection
for those segments of society that use or deal with
information technology (IT) but many believe that
in reality the law will be used to crack down on
free expression on the internet because it prohibits
the use of internet and cell phones to criticise
authorities or send out calls for rallies.
Blog sites and short messaging services (SMSs)
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were used extensively by Pakistanis inside the
country and abroad to condemn the imposition of
a state of emergency, gagging of independent
media and other 'unconstitutional' acts of the
Musharraf government. Their use increased
exponentially after the government imposed
restrictions on electronic channels through certain
amendments in the Pakistan Electronic Media
Regulatory Authority Ordinance in June.
The new ordinance has been criticised by
human rights bodies, business community and
citizen groups as a piece of legislation that has too
many loopholes for misuse.
In a statement, the South Asian Free Media
Association (SAFMA) said, “Against the backdrop
of the use of internet and cell phones to criticise
authorities or send calls for rallies, the ordinance is
liable to be interpreted as a drastic measure aimed
at putting curbs on civil rights.”
SAFMA asked that the law not be used to
obstruct freedom of information, said that the way
ordinance defines cyber crime and ‘terroristic
intent’ allows it to be grossly misused.
Cyber terrorism has been defined by the
ordinance thus: Any person, group or
organisation who, with terroristic intent utilises,
accesses or causes to be accessed a computer or
computer network or electronic system or
electronic device or by any available means, and
thereby knowingly engages in or attempts to
engage in a terroristic act commits the offense of
cyber terrorism.
The Ordinance also declares the sending of
unsolicited short messages over cell phones
(SMSs), pictures taken without the permission of
the person photographed, and e-mails carrying
obscene material as cyber crimes.
There is potency that the law can be misused
or abused. Following are few examples of
potential harms:
Karachi: Pakistani journalists chant anti-government slogans
during a demonstraion against ordinance
Ahmed is a Professor in a University. His
computer gets infected with a virus overnight
which results in ‘spam’ being generated from his
computer. Under the present law, an IO can arrest
him with warrant seize his computer and the
University’s main server. If the spam is received
in the computers of a bank, or post office, or any
government’s office: Ahmed can be arrested
without warrant. For a non-bailable offence. Any
one of us can be in place of ‘Ahmed’!
Mr Ali is a politician. His opponent asks a
hacker to infect Ali’s computer with a virus which
propagates itself to other computers. The virus
results in emails being generated which incite the
public to attack a religious sect. Mr Ali can be
charged with “Cyber Terrorism”. Mr Ali can be 49
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arrested without warrant for a non-bailable
offence. His computer and all information and
data can be seized by FIA without warrant. Later,
at the police station, his computer can be ‘infected’
by a dishonest IO with various other ‘cyber
terroristic’ emails. There is no protection in the
law currently against such ‘fabricated’ electronic
evidence. It can be years before Mr. Ali is released
on bail.
Coso is a data operations company with
multiple servers in a data center, which also
include the data servers of a bank. Coso’s network
was hacked, enabling access to the banks’ data
servers and transferring millions of dollars to a
fake account. In the morning, FIA can: raid
without warrant, arrest the CEO, CTO and other
officers, seal and/or remove all data servers
(grinding to a halt the operations of other
corporate who also have data servers at Coso).
ALL data, business information, confidential
information, etc. will become exposed to the IOs.
There is no assurance under the law: that the
business information of other companies will not
be compromised, the equipment and data in the
data servers will not be damaged. Which
company will want to do business in this
environment?
Najma is a poor IT student. She belongs to a
non-influential family and is given a ‘source code
piece’ by a friend who had stolen it from
University’s archives. Najma incorporates it in her
software programme for her thesis, and markets
her programme. She can be charged with
“Unauthorised Access to Code”, and can be
arrested with warrant. Her computer and all
information and data can be seized by FIA.
Jehan Ara, president of Pakistan Software
Houses' Association, told that the law had been
drafted without consulting the stakeholders and
does little good to the industry. She says the law
does not adhere to the principles or definitions of
Cyber Crime Convention (Budapest, 2001) which
has been signed by 42 countries.
She said Pakistan could have signed the
Budapest convention instead of coming out with
an ordinance which is full of errors, ambiguities
and socio-cultural influences. The law, she says,
allows investigating officers to take control of
computer networks and data without any chain
of custody. This means the data under the control
of the investigators can be corrupted, deleted or
amended by them. In short, no provision is made
to preserve the integrity of the data involved.
“The law gives officers of the Federal
Investigation Authority (FIA) full powers to
50 confiscate equipment and arrest anyone who is
Law had been drafted
without consulting the
stakeholders and does little
good to the industry. It does
not adhere to the principles
or definitions of Cyber
Crime Convention
(Budapest, 2001) which has
been signed by 42 countries
deemed by the government to be acting against
the 'integrity of Pakistan' or having terroristic
intent,” says Asif Bhatti, a software engineer
based in Lahore. Bhatti pointed out that the law
contains words like ‘lewd’, ‘obscene’ and
‘immoral’ which are not legal terms, and are
highly subjective. This gives the prosecuting
authorities a chance to use their discretion and
declare anything immoral or obscene, he added.
No. 2(3)/2007-ISPAK
Mr Hifz-ur-Rehman
Secretary
Ministry of IT
Government of Pakistan
Islamabad
Subject: Industry Reservations on
Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance,
2007
Dear Sir,
We’ve learnt from media reports that
Standing Committee of National Assembly is
currently debating the Prevention of
Electronic Crimes Ordinance 2007 soon to be
passed from the Parliament in the form of a
Bill.
IT and telecom industry of the country has
serious reservations as this Ordinance was
drafted without taking industry stakeholders
into confidence. If enacted, this statue would
become one of most repressive laws ever
passed in the history of this country and
would give enormous powers to trigger
happy government functionaries to harass,
arrest and prosecute anyone at their will.
What we’re particularly worried that
prime victim of this Bill would be IT/telecom
professionals who in the past have been
harassed and even arrested under the
fabricated charges in garb of Pakistan
Telecommunication (Re-organisation) Act,
The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders
(RSF) has also condemned the ordinance. In a
letter written to Pakistan's ministry of information
and technology, the media watchdog says: "This
law prevents any blogger from posting photos or
video showing persons who have not given their
consent... Pakistan has understood its right to give
itself a law for fighting cyber crime, but it is vital
that this law should not obstruct freedom of
information."
The organisation also condemns the clause
under which a service provider is required to
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retain its traffic data for a period of 90 days or
more and make it available to investigating
agencies when required. "This gives the
authorities control over internet users' data and
our organisation fears that this provision could be
abused," RSF said.
Moreover, IT and internet industry of the
country has expressed deep reservations on
Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance
(PECO), 2007 terming it draconian and oppressive
law that could plunge the country’s computer, IT
and telecom industry into dark ages.
PECO was promulgated as an Ordinance by
the Musharraf Government in 2007 and moved to
the floor of National Assembly in 2008 for its
promulgation as a Bill. The Standing Committee
on IT and Telecom, headed by MNA, Ch.
Muhammad Barjees Tahir, has formed a Sub
Committee headed by MNA Justice (R) Fakhar un
Nisa Khokher to review and revise the Ordinance
after a dialogue with the industry stakeholders.
Internet Service Providers Association of
Pakistan (ISPAK) in a letter to Justice (R) Fakhar
un Nisa Khokher termed the whole text of the Bill
1996 and Electronic Transaction Ordinance
2002. IT industry has not forgotten the famous
case of Faisal Chohan vs. PTA/FIA, December
2006, where an innocent CEO of an IT
company was arrested on false charges and
forced to spend precious days of his life in
prison.
We’ve previously written to the then
Minister for IT on this issue but no action was
taken by the Ministry to address the concerns
of the industry on this defective Bill. Copy of
our previous letter and recent comments and
analysis on the Bill are enclosed.
Ministry of IT has a mandate to promote
and protect the interest of the IT and telecom
industry but it seems that the Ministry itself is
spearheading an effort to plunge the industry
into dark ages.
We therefore request you to kindly look
into our comments and withdraw this Bill
from the Parliament so that it could be
debated in experts’ forums and a revised
draft, if at all required, is submitted for
approval and enactment.
Yours sincerely,
Wahaj us Siraj
Convener
C.C. Ch. Muhammad Barjees Tahir,
Chairman, Standing Committee on IT and
Telecom, National Assembly Secretariat,
Islamabad.
as fractious that was drafted by concerned
Ministry, i.e., Ministry of IT, without consultation
of the industry and included ridiculous clauses.
The industry believes that the Bill, if promulgated
by the Parliament in its present form, would give
sweeping powers to the law enforcement agencies
to apprehend and prosecute anybody without
solid evidence. The industry fears that prime
victim of this law would be innocent computer
and IT professionals by the hands of trigger
happy government functionaries.
Justice (R) Fakhar un Nisa Khokher, when
contacted by Mr Zubair A. Kasuri, told that she
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has received industry reservations on the draft
and her committee is working on to amend certain
clauses of the draft Bill in light of the feedback.
The industry however, believes that the draft
needs a complete overhaul and should be
completely rewritten after taking into account
laws of other countries and international best
practices. “If Government is serious in promoting
the IT and telecom in the country, it must
withdraw the Bill from the floor of National
Assembly and start a consultation process with
industry stakeholders to prepare a new and
revised draft if at all required”, said spokesman of
ISPAK while talking to Flare.
The concerned Ministry, i.e., Ministry of IT
(MOIT) has however been silent on the issue for
last many months. The MOIT has yet to get the
attention of PPP led Government as no Minister
of IT has been appointed to head MOIT which has
been a priority economic ministry throughout
eight years of Musharraf regime. IT industry is
particularly bitter of the Ordinance as according
to them, PTA and FIA used similar laws
(Electronic Transaction Ordinance, 2002 and
Telecom Act, 1996) in recent past to put innocent
IT professional behind the bars in fabricated cases
of electronic crimes.
Shortcomings
· Serious potential of political or personal
victimisation
· Wide ranging, unbridled investigatory
powers, search and seizure of personal and
corporate data
· Can take years to prove ‘innocence’ (no
intention to commit the offences)
· Discourages IT investment
· Obstructions and nuisances for IT enabled
businesses and individuals
· Legally and technically inaccurate concepts
· Does not represent international best practices
· Definitional Nightmare
· 4 pages of definitions for about 20 offences
· Requires experienced legislative drafting
· Casts a very wide net (broadly drafted
offences)
· Needless replication of offences already
covered under other laws
· The definitions are prolix and inaccurate, for
example, a ‘microwave oven’, an ‘electric
shaver’ or even an ‘electronic toy’ fall within
the scope of this law as ‘electronic device’ or
an ‘electronic system’
· Mature legal systems restrict these to
‘computer systems’ .e.g. the European
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Budapest Convention of 2001 such as frauds, theft, blackmailing, forgery, and
· Grave Risk to Citizen’s liberties embezzlement using the online medium. The law
· Sweeping Investigatory Powers should be limited to new offences against the
· There is no requirement for mandatory confidentiality, integrity and availability of
grounds being given for obtaining a search computer systems and data only. Actually,
and seizure warrant sophisticated IT equipment and technical
· Impossible to verify or challenge the grounds training programmes are required for the
· The law should provide for written grounds investigation agencies more than a long list of
stating: information received being the basis new offences.
for the application for the warrant
The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has
also condemned the ordinance. In a letter written to
Pakistan's ministry of information and technology, the
media watchdog says: "This law prevents any blogger
from posting photos or video showing persons who have
not given their consent... Pakistan has understood its right
to give itself a law for fighting cyber crime, but it is vital
that this law should not obstruct freedom of information
· Scope of search – limiting it to relevant content
or system The proponents of this law need to explain to
· Method of search, leaving the larger the Parliament why, in the presence of the
operations intact current laws, are all these proposed offences
· It is not sufficient to leave these to delegated required. Sweeping statements such as this law
legislation such as “Police Rules” because is supported by 99 per cent of the persons
these are made by the Executive and are interviewed do not address the critical issue that:
screened from Parliamentary scrutiny without building substantive and procedural
· Sweeping Investigatory Powers protections for the accused; without ensuring
· The search and seizure can take place at any
time and anywhere on any number of IT
systems, irrespective of whether they also
carry the data of non-related persons
· Copies can be made without any chain of
custody and cause serious threat to large
corporations. Sensitive business and trade
information will fall in the hands of IOs
without assurance of confidential treatment
· An Accused has no legal guarantees that the
computers taken into custody will not later be
implanted with fabricated or false evidence,
computers will not be damaged and data in
the computers will not be lost or damaged. integrity of investigations; without ensuring
integrity, confidentiality and safety of the
· The Computers Systems as a whole can be
seized. Regardless of these being vital for the systems and data seized by FIA; without
operations of a University, Company, Bank, Parliament’s scrutiny of the investigation
ISP, etc. procedures; without careful review by the
· Collapse of all operations just for the sake of country’s leading criminal lawyers under the
search of potential evidence for some aegis of the Parliament’s sub-committee; the
‘suspected’ crime. potential for abuse, injustice, violation of
· Contrary to international best practices fundamental civil liberties, victimisation of
· The accused / owner of the computer system opponents and underprivileged sections of the
is given no rights under PECO: to retain a society and detriment to investment and research
verified copy of the data/hard disk (protection in the IT industry is much greater than the
against implanted evidence); for protection of potential harm this law is supposed to avert.
its Intellectual Property; for security, It is worth noticing that the Ordinance is
confidentiality and integrity of its data and for designed to minimise and handle the electronic
destruction of data after investigation is
crimes, but it can encompass a majority of
completed.
innocent people that can be victimised under the
ISPPAK claim it is myth that all other
law and will be provided with no chance to
countries have passed the same laws. PECO is
justify their position.
much more sweeping in its language. Most
Government of Pakistan must rectify the
developed jurisdictions have a robust judicial
Ordinance initiated by a dictator to facilitate the
system for accountability of investigation
nationals and to make the law more effective. The
agencies. There must be some distinction
amendments must be made by keeping
between the emergence of new types of crime
in mind the IT industry which is creating
versus commission of traditional crimes by
heavy revenue for the country.
means of new technologies while some of the
crimes may be new, the others are simply Although Musharraf regime took the decision
different ways to commit conventional crimes blindly but its never too late.
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BlackBerry Curve 8900

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BlackBerry 8900 Curve doesn't pack the groundbreaking punch
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Samsung S5230
Samsung S5230 is obviously a no-nonsense phones
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S5230 is stylish, runs on TouchWiz and can read your
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It seems an even more direct competitor to the already
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It is quite obvious that sleek looks and youthful appeal are very
high on the LG list of priorities recently. Just as we gave you the
flamboyant LG KF600, LG KF510 makes us wonder how much
sweeter Chocolate can get. Undoubtedly of the same bloodline, the
two handsets take a different approach to full touch navigation with
InteractPad and Touch Lighting. The rest of the ammo is basically
the same. The really sleek metallic finish and bigger 2.2" display (no
InteractPad to shrink the screen) are the LG KF510 major assets.
The ultra slim slider has the looks and handling to get us exited so
let's get rolling.
In addition, the KF510 touchpad has some interesting anima-
tions and interactions with the interface, which partially make up for
the lack of a full colour navigation display. It's fair to say that in terms
of navigation, LG KF510 comes within reach of Samsung U900
Soul. And that's a downright compliment. The Soul is a high ball
with HSDPA and a five megapixel shooter.

Nokia 6220 Classic

We can call the Nokia 6220 classic an attempt to regain some five
megapixel ground. The compact smartphone carries some serious
imaging power. Xenon flash, active lens cover, VGA video @ 30 fps and
TV-out do sound exciting, don't they? It would've been all too easy but
that's not all Nokia 6220 classic is about. One of the most compact bod-
ies in the Symbian realm squeezes in GPS, HSDPA and Feature Pack
2. The new classic sure has a range of skills.
Nokia 6220 classic is a Symbian all-rounder, which takes photogra-
phy seriously. The xenon flash, the active lens cover and the best imple-
mentation of the S60 user interface are possibly its strongest selling
points. The inexpensive price tag makes it really hard to compete with
(around 260 euro or 380 US dollars at the time of writing).

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Palm Pre
The crowds gathered for the official launch of Pre, the smart-
phone seen as Palm Inc's best chance to claw back market
share from Apple Inc's iPhone and Research In Motion Ltd's
Blackberry.
The new high-end phone, considered a pivotal product for
both Palm and Sprint Nextel, has been greeted by rave reviews.
Lines were far shorter than those that snaked around Apple
stores for its first hugely popular iPhone two years ago, but
many consumers said they were eager for the new product.
Sprint, the No. 3 U.S. mobile telephone service, is depending
on Pre to help stem defections and win back subscribers from
rivals such as AT&T and Verizon Wireless, a venture of Verizon
Communications <VZ.N> and Vodafone Group Plc.
Sprint spokeswoman Jennifer Walsh Keifer said late on
Saturday that Sprint had sold out of Pre phones at a number of
different locations around the country and that the company
was doing its best to restock stores.

Motorola RIZR Z8
Out-of-this-world design, head-turning exterior, non-
touch Symbian UIQ, excellent multimedia equipment.
We're testing a Motorola kick-slider!
With the RIZR Z8 Motorola is creatively revisiting the
realms of Symbian UIQ. Except for Wi-Fi, the handset
offers full data connectivity, perfect display and high-
capacity memory card support - all packed in an attractive
black slider.
A high-end multimedia device, the RIZR Z8 offers a few
unique features: it's a UIQ 3.1 and yet a non-touchscreen
handset, plus the kick-slide form factor is a true show-off.
Almost all is staked on multimedia with this phone, so
much so that the improvements offered by the enhanced
RIZR Z10 model are limited to the imaging: a 3-megapixel
camera and xenon flash.
Along with some of the usual Motorola design and
functionality solutions, the Z8 brings exciting multimedia
power and the unique slide-and-bend action for high-end
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Rs. Rs.
14,500 9,700

Nokia 6303 Motorola Rizr Z3

Dimension Dimension
108.8 x 46.2 x 11.7 mm, 57 cc 106 x 46 x 16 mm
Weight Weight
96 g 115 g
Battery Battery
Talk time Up to 7 h, Stand-by Up to Talk time Up to 6 h 40 min, Stand-by
450 h Up to 350 h
Memory Memory
64 MB Built-in + 1GB microSD card 16 MB internal memory +
included (Supports up to 4GB, hot Extendable (microSD TransFlash)
swappable) Connectivity
Connectivity Bluetooth, USB, EDGE, GPRS
Bluetooth v2.0 with EDR, USB, Class 12 (48 Kbps)
GPRS Class 32, EDGE Class 32. Display Size
Display Size 176 x 220 pixels, 30 x 37 mm
240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches Display Colour
Display Colour TFT, 256K colors
TFT, 16M colors

Rs. Rs.
11,300 27,000

Motorola KRAZR K1 Samsung S7350 Ultra

Dimension Dimension
103 x 42 x 16 mm 109 x 50.5 x 12.6 mm
Weight Weight
102 g 108 g
Battery Battery
Talk time: Up to 6 h, Stand-by Time: Talk time Up to 4 h, Stand-by Up to
Up to 300 h 350 h
Memory Memory
20 MB internal memory, + microSD 10 MB Built-in + microSD
(TransFlash) Memory Card
Connectivity (Supports up to 8BG)
Bluetooth, USB, GPRS Class 10 (48 Connectivity
kbps), EDGE Class 12. Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, USB,
Display Size GPRS Class 10 (48 kbps), EDGE
176 x 220 pixels, 30 x 37 mm, (2nd Class 10 (236.8 kbps), 3G (HSDPA
external 96 x 80 pixels) 7.2 Mbps)
Display Colour Display Size
TFT, 256K colors, (2nd external 240 x 400 pixels, 2.6 inches
CSTN, 256K colors) Display Colour
TFT, 16M colors

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Rs. Rs.
34,000 24,600

Nokia N85 Samsung S7220 Ultra b

Dimension Dimension
103 x 50 x 16 mm, 76 cc 114 x 46.3 x 11.8 mm
Weight Weight
128 g 90 g
Battery Battery
Talk time Up to 6 h 50 min, Stand-by Talk time Up to 5 h 30 min, Stand-
Up to 363 h by Up to 400 h
Memory Memory
85 MB internal + microSD Card (up to 110 MB Built-in + microSD Card
8GB) (supports up to 8 GB)
Connectivity Connectivity
Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP, USB, GPRS Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, USB,
Class 32 (107 / 64.2 kbps), HSCSD GPRS Class 10 (48 kbps), EDGE
(43.2 kbps), 3G (HSDPA 3.6 Mbps), Class 10
WLAN (Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP tech- (236.8 kbps), 3G (HSDPA 7.2
nology) Mbps)
Display Size Display Size
240 x 320 pixels, 2.6 inches 320 x 240 pixels, 2.2 inches
(Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate Display Colour
+ Touch-sensitive Navi wheel) 256K colors,
Display Colour
OLED, 16M colors

Rs. Rs.
21,400 58,000

Nokia 6220 Classic Nokia N97

Dimension Dimension
108 x 47 x 15 mm, 66 cc 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm, 88 cc
Weight Weight
90 g 150 g
Battery Battery
Talk time Up to 3 h 30 min, Stand- Talk time Up to 9 h 30 min (2G) /
by Up to 250 h Up to 6 h (3G), Stand-by Up to
Memory 432 h (2G) / 408 h (3G), Music
120 MB user memory + microSD play Up to 40 h
card (TransFlash, up to 8GB), Memory
Connectivity 32 GB storage, 128 MB RAM
Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP, USB, Processor
GPRS Class 11, HSCSD 43.2 ARM 11 434 MHz
kbps, 3G (HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps) Connectivity
Display Size Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP, WLAN
240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technolo-
(Ambient light sensor to optimize gy, GPRS Class 32, HSCSD,
brightness EDGE Class 32
& power consumption) Display Size
Display Colour 360 x 640 pixels, 3.5 inches
TFT, 16M colors Display Colour
TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M
colors

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Rs. Rs.
35,000 67,000

BlackBerry Pearl Flip imate Ultimate 9502

Dimension
8220 116 x 60 x 17.8 mm
Weight
Dimension 200 g
101.1 x 50 x 17.5 mm Battery
Weight Talk time Up to 4 h 20 min, Stand-
102 g by Up to 180 h
Battery Memory
Talk time Up to 4h, Stand-by Up to 256 MB ROM, 128 MB RAM +
336 h Memory Card (microSD,
Memory TransFlash)
128 MB built-in + microSD Card Connectivity
(microSDHC, up to 8 GB) Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP, USB,
Connectivity GPRS Class 12 (48 kbps), EDGE
Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP, USB, Class 12, 3G (HSDPA), WLAN (Wi-
GPRS, EDGE, WLAN (Wi-Fi 802.11 Fi 802.11 b/g)
a/b/g) Display Size
Display Size 640 x 480 pixels, 2.8 inches
240 x 320 pixels, 2.6 inches Display Colour
Display Colour TFT touchscreen, 256K colors (65K
65K colors effective)

Rs. Rs.
55,000 49,000

HTC Touch Pro Apple iphone 3G

Dimension 8GB
102 x 51 x 18.1 mm Dimension
Weight 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.2 mm
165 g Weight
Battery 133 g
Talk time Up to 8 h, Stand-by Battery
Up to 406 h Stand-by Up to 300 h, Talk
Memory time Up to 10 h
288 MB RAM + 512 MB ROM Memory
+ microSD Memory Card 8GB shared memory (No
Processor Memory Card)
528 Mhz (Qualcomm MSM7201A) Connectivity
Connectivity Bluetooth v2.0 (headset sup-
Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP, port only), USB, GPRS,
USB, GPRS Class 10 EDGE, 3G (HSDPA), WLAN
(48 kbps), WLAN (Wi-Fi 802.11 (Wi-Fi 802.11b/g) Display
b/g) Display Size Size
480 x 640 pixels, 2.8 320 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches
inches (TouchFLO 3D finger Display Colour
swipe navigation + 16M colors, Multi-touch input
Accelerometer sensor for
auto-rotate)
Display Colour
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Nokia's latest Internet
equipped palmsets
The power of the internet is undeniable. We've seen mobile
technologies catalyse the growth of the informal sector
across the world, empowering local entrepreneurs and
having an immediate and lasting impact on people's lives
okia brings the internet in emerging
N
markets closer to reality with the
announcement of three new mobile
phones that open the door to
information, entertainment, family and friends.
The Nokia 2730 classic, Nokia 2720 fold and
Nokia 7020 each come internet-ready, and work
with Nokia's range of emerging market services
such as Nokia Life Tools and Ovi Mail, creating
solutions that help people get ahead.
"The power of the internet is undeniable,"
says Alex Lambeek, Vice President at Nokia.
"We've seen mobile technologies catalyse the
growth of the informal sector across the world,
empowering local entrepreneurs and having an
immediate and lasting impact on people's lives.
Services like Nokia Life Tools and Ovi Mail,
combined with the mobile phones we're
launching today, bring powerful solutions that
can be the gateway to knowledge, entertainment
and people, without the need for a PC."
According to extensive Nokia consumer
research, nearly half of emerging market
customers said that they would rather connect
to the Internet over a mobile phone than a PC.
As a result, Nokia has developed locally
relevant solutions that consist of affordable
mobile phones and applications, designed and
built from the ground up to meet the specific
needs of customers in the developing world.
Lambeek continues, “Whilst many people
are still primarily using voice and text, the
internet does offer a whole new range of
opportunities.
“Unlike most other email
services, an Ovi Mail account
can be created and used
directly on a Nokia device
without ever having to use a
PC. Since the launch of the
beta service in December
2008, around 90 per cent of
the accounts have been
created on a Nokia phone”
“Nokia Life Tools is a service that enables
people to make better informed decisions, find
timely and relevant information, access learning
opportunities and enjoy entertainment
regardless of time or place. In a pilot study in
Flare Report Exclusive
India, results showed that the services
had high appeal for livelihood and life
improvement services. Another
service aimed at the developing world
is Ovi Mail, which has the potential to
be the first digital identity for many
people in emerging markets.
Nokia 2730 Classic
Competitively priced and
equipped at EUR 80. Unlike most
other email services, an Ovi Mail
account can be created and used
directly on a Nokia device without
ever having to use a PC. Since the
launch of the beta service in December
2008, around 90 per cent of the
accounts have been created on a Nokia
phone, the Nokia 2730 classic is
Nokia's most affordable 3G phone
offering faster access to the internet
and a richer browsing experience.
With the steady spread of 3G data
networks across the developing
world, the Nokia 2730 classic is ideal for staying
connected with friends and family, hence
sharing one's life with others. The Nokia 2730
classic is expected to start shipping in the third
quarter of 2009.
Nokia 2720 fold
The Nokia 2720 fold is a compact fold phone
with an exciting mirror-effect design, which
helps people stay organised with easy access to
email, calendar, internet connectivity and file
sharing applications. Email can be activated by
completing a simple three step set-up process,
and in select markets will be offered with Nokia
Life Tools.
The Nokia 2720 fold is expected to begin
shipping in the third quarter of 2009 for an
estimated retail price of EUR 55 before subsidies
and taxes.
Nokia 7020
A fashionable fold phone that uses light,
colour and metal finishes to convey personal
style, you will never miss a thing with the
stardust effect when you get a call or message,
or tap twice to have the cover light up. Connect
to social networks, and share pictures taken
with the two mega pixel camera and shown on
the bright display.
The Nokia 7020 is expected to begin shipping
in the fourth quarter of 2009 for an estimated
retail price of EUR 90 before subsidies and taxes.
Lambeek concludes, "With our longstanding
commitment to emerging markets, a Nokia
customer can be confident that any product we
offer meets a strict and consistent set of high-
quality standards. This is particularly important
in markets where technical assistance and repair
shops are not easily accessible."

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Rs. Rs
5,950 3,499

LG KP175 Trend T-180 Ultimate

Dimension 105.2 x 45.6 x 13.9 mm Design: Navigation option 1.5
Weight 72 g inch CSTN color
Battery Talk time Up to 4 h, Stand-by screen embedded
Up to 100 h antenna
Memory 4 MB Built-in + microSD Card Image & Messaging:
(up to 2GB) 300K pixel camera,
Connectivity Bluetooth v2.0, USB, GPRS SMS, MMS, Email
Class 10 (48 kbps), Connectivity: GPRS class 12, WAP
Display Size 128 x 160 pixels, 1.77 inches 2.0, PC Sync
Display Colour TFT, 256K colors Entertainment: MP3 Player,
Embedded Games

Rs. Rs.
2,450 6,000

Samsung E1100 Nokia 2630

Dimension 106 x 47 x 15.5 mm Dimension 105x45x9.9 mm, 45cc
Weight 79 g Weight 66 g
Battery Talk time Up to 6 h, Stand-by Battery Talk time Up to 6 h,
Up to 250 h Stand-by Up to 310 h
Memory 200 phonebook entries + 100 Memory 11 MB user memory
SMS (30 dialed, 30 received, (No Card Slot)
30 missed calls) Connectivity Bluetooth v2.0, USB,
Connectivity GPRS Class 10 (48 kbps), GPRS Class 10 (48
EDGE Class 10 (236.8 kbps) kbps), EDGE Class 6
Display Size 128 x 128 pixels, 1.53 inches (177.6 kbps)
Display Colour CSTN, 65K colors Display Size 128 x 160 pixels
Display Colour TFT, 65K colors

Rs. Rs.
3,100 5,400

Motorola C168 Nokia 2600 Classic

Dimension 104.4 x 46 x 14 mm, 63 cc Dimension 109.6x46.7x12 mm, 63.5cc
Weight 77 g Weight 73.2 g
Battery Talk Time: Up to 9 h 30 min, Battery Talk time Up to 6 h, Stand-
Standby Time: Up to 340 h by Up to 580 h
Memory 640 KB shared memory Memory 10MB user memory
Connectivity GPRS: Class 8 (4+1 slots), 32 - (Phonebook 1000 entries,
40 kbps 20 dialed, 20 received, 20
Display Size 128 x 128 pixels missed calls)
Display Colour CSTN, 4096 colors Connectivity Bluetooth v2.0, GPRS,
EDGE
Display Size 128 x 160 pixels
Display Colour TFT, 65K colors

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Rs.
37,900
Nokia N95 8GB
A new look. A bigger screen.
Up to 8GB of internal memory. The
Nokia N95 8GB multimedia computer
has more of what you're looking for. 5
megapixels, DVD-like quality video,
Carl Zeiss Optics. Access your music,
emails, plus advanced web browsing &
integrated GPS & Nokia Maps. Upload
photos instantly to Flickr, download
videos with ease. It's what you need.
It's where you are.
Rs.
16,500
LG KF600
LG KF600 - Changing navigation
keypad as you need it
Smartly Intelligent LG KF600 has a
unique interactive touch-based virtual
navigation keypad that interacts with
upper display and with the users.The
LG KF600's highly sophisticated
design will keep your attention as oth-
ers lean in to take notice. The Interact
Pad will create a whole new experi-
ence in your mobile life – one of com-
fort and convenience.
Rs.
45,000
BlackBerry Bold 9000
Be Bold
The BlackBerry® Bold™ 900 smart-
phone embodies elegant design –
without sacrificing the features or
functionality you expect from a premi-
um smartphone. BlackBerry Bold 900
connects you, helping you stay on
top of your day. With BlackBerry®
Bold™ 900 camera and video record-
ing, you can capture and share the
moment with just a few clicks.
BlackBerry® Bold™ 900 - The
BlackBerry Experience:
Compromises
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High Range Mobiles Tech Tool
Rs.
42,500
Samsung i900 Omnia
SAMSUNG i900 OMNIA, More Than
a Phone
Slim, Sleek, and Bursting with fea-
tures, the Samsung i900 Omnia pro-
vides the ultimate in Mobile technolo-
gy. The awesome Samsung i900
Omnia offers a superb 3.2" touch-
screen with patented TouchWiz UI,
5MP camera with face detection,
HSPDA at 7.2 Mbps, and a mind blow-
ing 8GB memory. Based on the most
up to date Windows Mobile 6.1
Professional OS, you’ll also find
Pocket Office, GPS including naviga-
tion and much more..SAMSUNG i900
OMNIA, Everything in One Touch.
OT-800
RGENERAL: Dimensions: 111 x 58.2 x
13.9 mm Full
QWERTY Keypad Stereo Bluetooth: 2.0
MicroSD: Expandable to
4GB Camera/Video: 2 Mega Pixel FM
Radio, RDS
SCREEN: Dimensions: 2.2'' TFT QVGA
Landscape
Display
MESSAGING: MSN®
Messenger Google
Talk™ ICQ SIP Twitter Yahoo!™ AIM®
EMAIL: POP3, IMAP4, SMTP
FEATURES: Edge Class
12 Music Player Opera
Mini JAVA Facebook MySpace Audio
& Video Streaming
WIDGETS: Weather
Forecast News`
Rs.
56,000
Apple-iPhone 3G (16GB)
Apple iphone 3G 16GB... Twice as
Fast. Half the Price
This 133 grams phone has a Lithium
Ion battery, which provides talk time
of 600 minutes and standby time of
300 hours. It has added features like
Quad band, 16m coloured touch-
screen display with resolution of 320
x 480 pixels and a music player sup-
porting MP3, AAC, Audible, Apple
Lossless, AIFF and WAV music for-
mats. It also comes with an inbuilt
memory of 16GB, 3G compatibility, 2
megapixel camera, Wi-fi, Bluetooth,
No
USB connector and EDGE.
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Samsung M8910 Pixon12
Size
Dimensions 108x53x13.8 mm, Weight 120 g
Display
Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M
colors, Size 480 x 800 pixels, 3.1 inches,
Sound, Alert types Vibration; Downloadable
polyphonic, MP3 ringtones, Speakerphone
Yes
Memory
Phonebook 1000 contacts, Photo call, Call
records, Yes Internal, 150 MB, Card slot
microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB
Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD No, EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps, 3G
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA, WLAN Yes,
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, Infrared port
No, USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB, Camera
Primary, 12 MP, 4000x3000 pixels, wide
28mm lens, autofocus, xenon flash, Power
LED flash
Features
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email Browser WAP
2.0/xHTML, HTML, Radio Stereo FM radio
with RDS, Games Yes + downloadable,
Colors Black, GPS Yes, Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
DivX/XviD/H.263/H.264/WMV/MP4 player
MP3/eAAC+/WMA/AMR player, TV-out
Organizer, Document viewer (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, PDF), Voice memo/dial.
Nokia 6600i Slide
Size
Dimensions 93x45x14 mm, 52cc, Weight 110g
Display
Type TFT, 16M colors, Size 240 x 320 pixels,
2.2 inches, Accelerometer, Sound Alert types
Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ring-
tones, Speakerphone Yes, 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory
Phonebook Yes, up to 1000 entries, Photocall
Call records Yes, Internal 20 MB, Card slot
microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB, 1GB
included
Data
GPRS Class 32, 88 kbps, HSCSD Yes, EDGE
Class 32, 296 kbits, 3G Yes, 384 kbps, WLAN
No, Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP, Infrared
port No, USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Camera Primary 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, aut-
ofocus, dual-LED flash, Video Yes,
VGA@15fps, Secondary, Yes, VGA@30fps
Features
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant
Messaging, Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
(Opera mini), Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes, Colors Black, Silver GPS No Java
Yes, MIDP 2.0, MP3/eAAC+/WMA player
MPEG-4/3gp player, Flash Lite 3.0, Nokia
Maps, T9, Voice memo/commands
Battery
Up to 348 h (2G) / Up to 300 h (3G), Talk time
Up to 4 h (2G) / Up to 3 h (3G)
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Samsung S5050
Size
Dimensions 105 x 49 x 14.9 mm, Weight 102g
Display
Type AMOLED, 256K colors, Size 240 x 320 pix-
els, 2.2 inches, Sound Alert types, Vibration;
Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, WAV ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
Memory
Phonebook 1000 contacts, Photo call, Call
records Yes, Internal 40 MB, Card slot microSD
(TransFlash) up to 8GB
Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps,
HSCSD Yes, EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps, 3G No
WLAN No, Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP,
Infrared port No, USB Yes, v2.0, Camera Primary
3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, LED flash, Video
Yes, QVGA@15fps (MPEG4, H.263)
Features
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email Browser, WAP
2.0/xHTML, HTML (Net Front 3.5), Radio FM
radio with RDS, FM recording, Games Yes +
downloadable, Colors Yes, GPS No, Java Yes,
MIDP 2.0, MP3/AAC/WMA player, Organizer
Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
PDF), Voice memo, Mobile Tracker, T9
Battery
Stand-by Up to 390h, Talk time Up to 7h 40 min.
Samsung i637 Jack
Size
Dimensions 117x61x12.7 mm, Weight 102.1 g
Display
Type TFT, 65K colors, Size 320 x 240 pixels, 2.4
inches, QWERTY keyboard, Sound A l e r t
types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3
ringtones, Speakerphone Yes
Memory
Phonebook, Practically unlimited entries and
fields, Photo call, Call records Practically unlimit-
ed, Internal 256 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM, Card slot
microSD (TransFlash) up to 16GB,
Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD Yes, EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps, 3G
HSDPA 3.6 Mbps, WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g,
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP, Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 Camera Primary, 3.15 MP,
2048x1536 pixels, Video Yes, Secondary No
Features
OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard CPU
528 MHz processor, Messaging SMS, MMS,
Email, IM, Browser WAP 2.0 / xHTML, HTML
Radio No, Games Yes, Colors Yes, GPS Yes, with
A-GPS support; AT&T Navigator, Java Yes, MIDP
2.0 Windows Media Player 10, Windows Live,
Yahoo!, AOL, Adobe Flash Lite, Microsoft Outlook
Mobile, Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
PDF viewer), Voice memo/dial, T9
Battery
Stand-by Up to 288h, Talk time Up to 7h
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Nokia 7020
Size
Dimensions 91.2x46.7x17.3mm, 64.5cc Weight
86.2g
Display
Type TFT, 256K colors, Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.2
inches, Second external monochrome display, 128
x160 pixels, Tap-for-time, Sound Alert types,
Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes, 2.5 mm audio jack
Memory
Phonebook 1000 entries, Photocall, Call records 20
dialed, 20 received, 20 missed calls, Internal 45 MB
Card slot microSD (TransFlash) up to 16GB
Data
GPRS Class 32, HSCSD Yes, EDGE Class 32
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1, Infrared port No, USB Yes,
microUSB v2.0, Camera Primary, 2 MP, 1600x1200
pixels, Video Yes, QVGA@30fps, Secondary No
Features
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email Browser WAP
2.0/xHTML, HTML, Radio Stereo FM radio with
RDS, Games 9 + Downloadable, Colors Graphite,
Hot Pink, Silver, Blue, GPS No, Java Yes, MIDP 2.1
MP3/MPEG-4 player, Organizer, Voice memo/dial
Nokia Maps, Flash Lite 3.0, Windows Live messen-
ger, English-Chinese dictionary, T9
Battery
Up to 360h, Talk time Up to 4h 30 min
Music play Up to 20h
Motorola W7 Active Edition
Size
Dimensions 99x49x15mm, Weight 105g
Display
Type TFT, 256K colors, Size 240 x 320 pix-
els, 2.2 inches, Accelerometer sensor
Turn-to-mute, Gesture control Sound Alert
types, Vibration; Downloadable polyphon-
ic, MP3 ringtones, Speakerphone Yes
Memory
Phonebook 500 entries, Photocall, Call
records, 20 dialed, 20 received, 20 missed
calls, Internal 30 MB, Card slot microSD
(TransFlash) up to 8GB
Data
GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots),
32 - 48 kbps, HSCSD No, EDGE Class 12
3G Yes, 384 kbps, WLAN No, Bluetooth
Yes, v2.0 with A2DP, Infrared port No, USB
Yes, miniUSB Camera Primary 2 MP, 1600
x 1200 pixels, Video Yes, QCIF@15fps
Secondary Yes, VGA
Features
Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS, Email
Browser AP 2.0/xHTML, Radio FM radio
Games Yes, motion-based, Colors Black,
Licorice and Alpine White, GPS No, Java
Yes, MIDP 2.0, MP3/AAC+ player,
Organizer, Voice memo, Fitness applica-
tions, Pedometer, Stopwatch, MotoID
music recognition, Push-to-Talk, T9
Battery
Stand-by Up to 300 h (2G) / Up to 300 h
(3G), Talk time Up to 8 h (2G) / Up to 3 h
30 min (3G)
Upcoming Mobiles Tech Tool
Nokia 6730 Classic
Size
Dimensions 112x46x12.6mm, Weight 83g
Display
Type TFT, 16M colors, Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.2
inches, Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable
polyphonic, MP3 ringtones, Speakerphone Yes
2.5 mm audio jack
Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields,
Photocall Call records, Detailed, max 30 days
Internal 48 MB, Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up
to 8GB, 1GB included
Data
GPRS Class 32, HSCSD Yes, EDGE Class 32, 296
/ 178.8 kbits, 3G HSDPA, WLAN No, Bluetooth Yes,
v2.0 with A2DP, Infrared port No, USB Yes, v2.0
microUSB, Camera Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536
pixels, autofocus, Video Yes, VGA@15fps,
Secondary VGA videocall camera
Features
OS Symbian OS, S60 rel. 3.2, Messaging SMS,
MMS, Email Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML,
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS, Games Yes +
downloadable, Colors Yes, GPS Yes, with A-GPS
support; Nokia Maps, Java Yes, MIDP 2.1
MP3/MP4/eAAC+/WMA player, Voice memo, T9
Battery
Stand-by Up to 500 h (2G) / Up to 500 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 10 h (2G) / Up to 4 h (3G)
LG GT505
Display
Type TFT touchscreen, Size 3.0 inches, Sound
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic,
MP3 ringtones, composer Speakerphone Yes
Memory
Phonebook Yes, Photocall, Call records Yes Card
slot, microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB,
Data
GPRS CLASS 10 (4+1/3+2 SLOTS), 32 - 48
KBPS HSCSD Yes, EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps, WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP, Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 Camera Primary, 5 MP, 2592 x
1944 pixels, autofocus, Features Geo-tagging
Video Yes, Secondary Videocall camera
Features
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email,
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Radio Games
Yes, Colors Black, GPS Yes, with A-GPS support;
WisePilot, Java Yes, MIDP 2.0, MP3/MPEG4 play-
er, Organizer, Document viewer (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, PDF), Voice memo, T9
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CeBIT 2009 waterproof camera

Fujifilm's stand at CeBIT is a great attraction for photo enthusiasts and one of the
digital cameras that enjoy the most attention from the crowd is the Fujifilm FinePix
Z33WP waterproof camera. Touted as the world's smallest and lightest waterproof
digital camera, this device is innovative and powerful, yet slim and durable, meant
for any active lifestyle. Plus, it comes in four very attractive colour schemes - black,
green, blue, gold and pink.
The big, rubber-like buttons are easy to use (even by kids) when you’re quickly
trying to capture those awesome adventure shots. And to get the best possible action
shots, the Fujifilm FinePix Z33WP features Picture Stabilisation and Face Detection
technology.
It is also fitted with Ascene Recognition AUTO technology and Blog Mode, comes
with a 3xoptical zoom lens, large 2.7 inch LCD Screen, excellent low-light capabilities
for underwater shots, protective silicon jacket and wrist strap. It retails for USD 200.

Suunto Regatta Wrist Watch

When it comes to sailing, the “Regatta” device is the best one can get, as it features
calendar and time settings, dual time display, one of Suunto's famous digital com-
pass, a barometer and a big bonus sailing timer, designed to meet your timing
requirements during enraged races.
As it comes packed with so many nice features, you might think it's complicate to
handle. Well, think again, as this multifunction wrist watch has an intuitive interface
and a logical structure, not to mention the generous large screen display with some
bug numerals and an electro-luminescent back light for the low lighting conditions.
An interesting detail is that the Regatta manages to combine the exclusive yacht
club-like design with a hard rock construction. Stuunto guarantees that the Regatta is
waterproof to 30m/ 100 ft and also shock proof. All these complimented with a
weatherproof leather band. The price tag is around USD 350.

Elise.co Puddlejumper
The Puddlejumper is a luminescent raincoat that glows in the rain. Hand silk
screened electroluminescent lamps on the front of the jacket are wired to interior elec-
tronics and conductive water sensors on the back and left sleeve. When water hits one
of the sensors, the corresponding lamp lights up, creating a flickering pattern of illu-
mination that mirrors the rhythm of rainfall.
The water sensor is simple enough to make, embroidered conductive thread in
places where the rain interaction should take place. When the textile gets wet the elec-
tricity can flow between the two threads of the sensor and the switch is activated
turning on the light.

Xbox 360 Arcade GameStick

The most classically obvious feature of the controller is its top-buttoned joystick,
looking just as it's supposed to, plus a 360-degree spinner and a 4-direction D-pad. As
for compatibility issues, the controller can be easily connected to Microsoft's console
by means of a simple USB plug. Even if it looks blocky and massive, its colour pat-
tern proclaims it to be part of the Xbox 360 device family.
The joystick and the thumbstick have the same in-game effects, but in games like
Street Fighter 2 Hyper Fighting, the former will give you one hell of an edge. The only
real problem is to decide on the best way to handle the controller while playing: some
users may find it's too large and squarish to hold in their hands as they would a nor-
mal Xbox 360 controller.

A4Tech X-718F Gaming Mouse

X-718F Gaming Mouse is a device that provides users with the same enhanced
gaming features as the X-718, but also adds a few interesting extras. It allows the
users to chose the optical sensor's resolution, since the 5 DPI Shift functions allows
both gamers and ordinary users to chose between 600, 800,1200,1600 and 2000 DPI
resolutions. Moreover, the scroll wheel changes colour between shifts thus allow-
ing the users to know exactly what resolution they're using at a certain time.
The X-718F Gaming Mouse is available at several online retailers somewhere
in the USD 15-30 price range, which seems to be quite a small price to pay for such
a versatile mouse.
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Key chain video recorder Video PENTeK

DVR! It used to be merely a dream to
have a working video and DVR
World's smallest high grade DVR core
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However, amazing break-
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though nano technology has now
shots. Photo quality 1280 x 1024 resolution. Built-
made that dream a reality! This
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amazing device is a high grade
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working pen that conceals a one
resolution snap shot. Covert vibration feature lets
mega pixel video camera and
you know you got your video evidence.
camcorder built right into it's
Hours video recording time and three hours
top! Simply push one button to take video!
battery life. Up to 4,000 still photos.
Extremely easy to use. Out of the box 30
second learning curve.

Sunglass cum video built in DVR! World's 1st covert video camera
The next generation covert
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The digital video recorder is built right
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GB digital video recorder.

Disguised Zippo lighter 3 in 1 covert digital spy camera

digital camera This was the first
tyoe of really small
There is a modern digital camera
digital camera to
out at a fraction of it's original cost.
come on to the market
The even more good news is that the
and started causing a downward
digital versions sold a year or so ago
movement of conventional subminiture cameras.
for USD295.00 and in high demand
The XP Compatible SpyCam is a still camera,
but they are just a fraction of price for
camcorder and web-cam all in one tiny unit. 16 MM of
a very limited time.
memory. Depply discountyed pricing and closeout.

Absurdly small cellphone Samsung HMX-H106 Camcorder

We've shown you tiny phones before, but
Rolled Out
this is getting ridiculous: the Xun Chi 138
Samsung HMX-H106 is
is scarcely larger than an AA battery
an64GB SSD Full HD
and it weighs just two ounces. Too
Camcorder which was
small to even dial, it requires you to use
introduced at CES this year.
a stylus on a touchscreen and plug in a
Good news for our Korean
headset to talk and listen. Since it only
friends, Samsung HMX-
supports Chinese character recognition, we
H106 is now available in the
won't be seeing it stateside anytime soon, but
country. OK, if you’re a bit lost
before it's shipped here the company might
about this camcorder, here’s its specs. Samsung HMX-H106
consider learning how to spell the word
sport 64Gb SSD for storage, 4.7MP CMOS sensor to take still
"megapixels."
image, sport 37mm wide angle lens and capable to record
video in full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution.

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New MacBook Pro 2.66GHz 15-inch HP PAVILION HDX16-1155

Rs. Rs.
208,000 132,088

Product Details Product Details

The latest Intel processor, a bigger hard drive, plenty of memory, and even more Our latest titanium "liquid metallic" design
new features all fit inside just one liberating inch. The MacBook Pro has the perform- A full-size, color-matched keyboard with numeric keypad (HD) display
ance, power, and connectivity of a desktop computer. Without the desk part. (16.0”) for intense realism while watching HD movies and playing games
Product Features

Built-in lithium-polymer battery. Up to 8 hours of wireless productivity. Product Specifications

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT discrete graphics processor and NVIDIA
Operating System Microsoft Vista Home Premium
GeForce 9400M integrated graphics processor; 512MB of GDDR3 memory
Processor Intel® Core 2 Duo P8600 2.4 GHz

320GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive
Hard Drive 320 GB

4GB of 1066MHz DDR3 memory; two SO-DIMM slots support up to 8GB
Display 16.0" W TrueBrite

SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Memory 4 GB

Dell VOSTRO 47O V1510 IBM TP X300 (N1214)

Rs. Rs.
112,018 224,978

Product Details Product Details

Dell VostroTM laptops are designed for small business and made for life. Lenovo’s amazing new ThinkPad X300 ultra portable notebook is the
Packed with customized features and a choice of software, the Vostro line deliv- thinnest ThinkPad ever – less than 19mm at its thinnest. It’s light too, just 1.4 kg.
ers easy-to-use technology, flexible connectivity options and exceptional sup- But the X300 is more than ultra-thin and ultra-light. It’s ultra-functional, too,
port all with a thin, durable design. thanks for available performance and convenience features like these:
Product Specifications Product Specifications
Operating System: Vista Basic Operating System Microsoft Vista Businesses
Processor Type: Core 2 Duo Processor Intel Core 2 Duo SL 70 (1.2GHz)
Processor Speed: 2.5 GHz Hard Drive 64GB SATA SSD
Ram: 3 GB Display 13.3" WXGA+ (1440x900) LED
Hard Drive: 320 GB Memory 2x1 GB

SAMSUNG R410P-FB01AE SONY VAIO VGN–FW36G/B

Rs. Rs.
71,878 160,989

Product Details Product Details

A unique combination of advanced technology and design As part of the The Clear Bright LCD [Rich Colour] and Blu-ray™ Disc Combo Drive let you
new generation of SAMSUNG’s Aura range of notebooks the R410 effortlessly enjoy high-quality AV entertainment anywhere, anytime. The newly-developed
unites the highest specification and finish. Incorporating the latest innovations 16.4-inch, 16:9 Real Wide LCD offers extremely accurate colour reproduction.
in mobile communications technology the R410 is the ideal choice for style and The stylish black finish matches refined interiors.
budget conscious users. Specifications
Specifications Operation System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium 64-bit
Operation System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (English Version) with Service Pack 1
Processor Processor Intel Core 2 Duo processor T5800 2.0Ghz Processor Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P8700 (2.53 GHz)*1*2
Memory System Memory 3GB Main Memory Pre-installed/Max 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM*3*4
66 Display LCD 35.8cm (14.1) WXGA Hard Disk Drive 400 GB*5 (Serial ATA, 5400 rpm) 100
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Apple 2.66Ghz 24-inch iMac Sony VAIO VGCLT33E

Photos, movies, games, videos,
and applications with palettes.
Anything you see on the 20- or 24-
inch glossy widescreen display will
be a pixel-perfect experience. iMac
features a flat-panel LCD screen with
1680-by-1050 resolution (20-inch) or
1920-by-1200 resolution (24-inch),
giving you vivid colors and breath-
taking high-definition clarity. And
there’s nothing quite like seeing your
life’s events on the big screen, thanks to the new iLife ’09 built into
every iMac.
Every new iMac includes high-performance NVIDIA graphics stan-
dard. Now games run smoother, photos load faster, and pro applica-
tions have even more power. The 20-inch iMac with the NVIDIA
GeForce 9400M integrated graphics processor delivers up to 2.3x faster
graphics performance.1 The 24-inch iMac gives you even more graph-
ics options. The NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics processor
makes viewing web pages and searching through your.
When space is at a pre-
mium, the Sony VAIO
VGC-LT33E all-in-one
desktop PC offers a slen-
der, space-saving design
that will complement
your living space while
also providing a power-
ful home computing
platform with an inte-
grated widescreen LCD
display. Reminiscent of a classic glass picture frame, this remark-
ably thin All-in-One PC is enclosed in a transparent polycarbonate
frame, giving it a stunning, floating effect. Wired connections are
minimized (with the integrated Wi-Fi LAN and included wireless
keyboard and mouse) to enhance its clutter-free design, and it can
be wall-mounted for a chic presentation.
Under the hood, it's powered by the 2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
T8100 processor, which offers a super-fast 800 MHz front-side bus
speed and extra-large 3 MB L2 cache.

HP Touchsmart Iq770 PC Details Dell XPS 210 Desktop Computer

AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-

Core Mobile Technology
TL-52 processor (1.6GHz)
Genuine Windows Vista
Home Premium Integrated Dell XPS 210 Desktop
system with computer, Computer. Intel®
monitor, wireless keyboard Core™2 Duo Processor
and mouse 2GB PC2 4200 E6400 (2MB L2
DDR SDRAM 320GB Cache,2.13GHz,1066
hard drive Slot-loading FSB). 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2DIMMs,
SuperMulti DVD drive with LightScribe Touch-enabled, 19" diago- 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst
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ics with up to 528MB total memory Stereo speakers 8-in-1 digital X1300 Pro. 8x DVD+/-RW Drive. Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio.
media card reader Remote Integrated 1.3 MP webcam with micro- Integrated Intel® PRO 10/100 Ethernet. Integrated 56K Data /
phone NTSC TV tuner with personal video recorder, over-air ATSC Fax modem. Dell USB Multimedia Keyboard and Dell Optical
high-definition TV tuner Stylus Pocket Media Drive bay One-year USB Mouse.
limited warranty

Samsung-2033SW Dell-3008WFP

This 20-inch, LCD, widescreen colour monitor consumes 37 watts of
power per hour, has digital user controls and a maximum resolution
of 1600x900 dpi. The screen is flat with anti-glare and anti-static coat-
ing. It has a contrast ratio of 15000:1 (dynamic contrast ratio) and
response time of 5ms. It has others features like Magic Bright 3, image
size, colour effect, customised key, Magic Tune safe mode for better
quality viewing. It has DVI-D connectivity.
This 30-inch, LCD, wide screen colour monitor has digital user con-
trols and a maximum resolution of 2560x1600 dpi. The screen is flat
with anti-glare and anti-static coating. It has Analog and DVI-D inter-
face with HDCP. It has 8ms response time and a contrast ratio of
3000:1. It has tilt, swivel and height adjustable stand. It has other fea-
tures like S-Video, composite, component, USB 2.0 Ports and HDMI.

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There are thousands of computer games but only a handful of classics. Kyle
Ackerman, one of America's most prolific games journalists and a regular
contributor to PC gamer and computer games magazine,
Of all the "massively multiplayer" online games, World of Warcraft is easily the best for both
experienced online gamers and PC owners with a broadband connection who want to try online
gaming. World of Warcraft is the perfect way to explore an alternate life and make new friends from
every corner of the globe.
For older or less-experienced gamers, World of Warcraft is the surest way to test the water for
this genre of social games. The colourful and engaging graphics evoke a Tolkienesque fantasy
world filled with elves and orcs, like in The Lord of the Rings without the need for a high-end
machine. The tutorials are straightforward and plentiful, and the fact that World of
Warcraft has the largest community of any massively multiplayer online game means
that it's easy to find a like-minded community of gamers with whom to while away the
online hours.
While MMOGs are best as a social experience, more than any other MMOG, World
of Warcraft supports solo play. Plentiful quests allow gamers to find more than enough
to do in the world of Azeroth, even when friends are busy. This also allows novices to get
used to the conventions of online gaming before joining up with a group of players.
The game's crafting system and dynamic auction houses create an economy robust enough to
keep some players fully occupied just playing the market. Dungeons and even more difficult high-
level raids provide the challenges requiring experience, co-ordination and extensive planning.
There are even different styles of player-vs.-player battlegrounds for gamers who prefer to test their
mettle against other human beings.
There is an assortment of races and playable classes (each with multiple variations). They are
divided into two factions (The Alliance and Horde), each of which has access to different quests,
dungeons and areas. The vast variety of activities means that, regardless of your experience with
MMOGs, you can play this game for an hour here and there, or for dozens of hours per week. World
of Warcraft is a successful online game that many have tried to emulate, but no one has yet
surpassed.

Pirates of the Barbary Coast

Every so often there comes a "little" game that's difficult to describe in a
short software review. It might not have stunning graphics, or an arcade
theme. It also might not be a clone of something successful. Pirates of the
Barbary Coast is such a programme. While it is not something so great
that you would rave about it to your friends, you won't take the disk and
use it for a Frisbee, either. It's an educational-style game that teaches
history from an interesting perspective.
Pirates of the Barbary Coast is a one-person game, set in the 18th
century, that allows you to be the captain of a sailing frigate. The object of
the game is to earn enough money to ransom off your daughter, who's
been kidnapped by the fearsome pirate Bloodthroat.
There are many factors involved in both earning money and learning
how to fight. You are shown a map of the Mediterranean with eight
destinations. You start out with various supplies and trading materials on
your ship and you must sail to a port so you can sell your goods for the
highest price. The object (not surprisingly) is to buy low and sell high. You
can also purchase information from friendly and unfriendly shopkeepers
that will aid in your quest.
As you sail along you can attack pirate ships, and if you sink them they
will yield both treasure and information. In this game, however, information
can be more valuable than gold doubloons. Your ship has a number of
cannons which must be loaded in the old-fashioned manner - get some
gunpowder, pour it in the cannon, tamp it down with a push rod, and load a
cannon ball.
There are several songs that are played during the game. Most of the data
entry is done using the mouse and this is very effective. There is a small
amount of animation involved. Each game is different and will take about 30
minutes to an hour to play.

The Chronicles of one at a time. You'll always know how sneaky you are -
the screen takes on a bluish tint to show you haven't been

RIDDICK
detected. Sometimes you have no choice but to fight. The
action comes in short, intense doses.
In one level, I had to navigate a dank sewer system
while staving off packs of leaping zombies. The patient
Perhaps Vin Diesel should stick with video games: "The Chronicles of
sneaking is rewarded toward the end of the game, when
Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay" is a superlative new title for the Xbox.
you take control of a nearly indestructible robot and go
Critics generally have bashed his movie, "The Chronicles of Riddick.
on a rampage against hapless guards.
"Butcher Bay," however, delivers with great graphics, precise controls, a
Some will complain that the game is too short. I
streamlined interface and immersive gameplay.
finished it in a day, but I prefer quality over quantity. For
Butcher Bay" is actually a prequel of sorts to "Pitch Black," the 2000
$50, "Butcher Bay" successfully melds flashy looks with
movie where hardened criminal Riddick crash-lands on a darkened
unforgettable, cinematic game play. Games like this only
planet overrun with bloodthirsty aliens. This time, Riddick - a sunglass-
come along once every few years.
wearing antihero - is the newest arrival at Butcher Bay, a giant detention
centre on a desert planet.
There are dozens of detailed and expressive characters to interact
with, from fellow inmates to hateful wardens. And once you get Riddick's
special night vision, prepare to see darkened surroundings painted in
surreal, tie-dyed hues of red and purple.
Instead of shooting wildly into a cavern full of enemies, you have to
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Half-Life 2 is a technically amazing, sharply honed first-person shooter that pulls all the tricks that
made Half-Life such a beloved experience.
In Half-Life 2, you assume the role of Gordon Freeman, the theoretical physicist and dimension-
hopping commando who saved the world from an alien invasion at the end of Half-Life. Half-Life 2
starts you off facing the infamous G-Man, the mysterious blue-suited character from the first game. At
the end of Half-Life, the G-Man offered you a choice: work for him or die. Since there would be no
sequel if you chose the latter, Half-Life 2 assumes you chose the former, and you start the
game in a train entering City 17 for your introduction into this new world.
City 17 is a run-down urban centre that's the equivalent of the Warsaw ghettos
during World War II but instead of Jews being rounded up to live in City 17, it's
all the remnants of a defeated humanity. Half-Life 2 takes place an untold
number of years after the Black Mesa incident, but it is clear that much has
changed.

Half-Life 2 As soon as the shooting begins you'll join an essentially non-stop battle that
will last the remainder of the game. Like the original Half-Life, Half-Life 2 is
presented as a nearly seamless experience - you play entirely from Gordon
Freeman's perspective, there are no cut scenes or perspective changes to take
It is a very impressive and
you out of the moment, and are there no narrative jumps that skip ahead in
engaging shooter, and a time.
faithful follow-up to one of the Half-Life 2 doesn't revolutionise the genre, instead sticking with the familiar
formula of run-and-gun action, occasional puzzle solving, and scripted sequences
greatest PC games of all time. established by Half-Life.

The Mouse Ball is a trackball that plugs into the mouse port of your
ST. It works just like the ST mouse,
You've probably seen trackballs before, either on a computer or an
arcade video game. It works something like a mouse that's been flipped
on its back. The mouse has a ball on its underside that rolls along your
desk or mouse-pad; when you move the mouse, the ball turns and tells the
ST where the on-screen pointer should be. A trackball doesn't slide across
the desk; instead, you turn the ball with your fingers.
There's one obvious advantage to the trackball: You don't need lots of
open space on your desk to push a mouse. The Mouse Ball takes up just a
5-by-6-inch spot, and with a cluttered desk, that's a nice feature. There's
also a clear disadvantage to a trackball: It's not quite as easy to position the
mouse pointer accurately on screen.
But that's not what you really notice with the Mouse Ball. A trackball is
fun. It's like putting roller skates on your ST. With a mouse, you have to
move your hand across your desk to click on "OK." With the Mouse Ball, a
Mouse Ball
flick of your thumb sends the pointer zipping across the screen - then
skidding to a stop at "OK," just in time for you to punch the oversized button.
No, it's not as easy to be precise as with a mousebut it sure livens up a
spreadsheet.
The Mouse Ball is a specially modified trackball originally made by Wico.
Wico makes the Cadillac of tr4ckballs: The ball is heavy, with a good solid
feel, and it turns easily in any direction, so it's extremely responsive.
The Mouse Ball works like a mouse in every way. The buttons are on the
upper left-hand corner of the track-ball case - the "left" button is much larger
than the "right" button, so you can't mistake them.
I originally got interested in the Mouse Ball when my mouse disappeared
- and at $29.95, the Mouse Ball is the least expensive mouse replacement you
can buy. But once you've tried it, you may find that you don't want to go back
to an ordinary mouse when you can skate around the screen with a trackball.

Medieval II: Total War

In our version of the Hundred Years' War, England was well on its way to spanking France in record time
when those dastardly Danes betrayed our alliance and ruined the fun. With its huge scale, deep gameplay, and
beautiful graphics, this is perhaps the most seductive game about the Middle Ages yet, but it's admittedly quite a
handful to take in.
Your goal in Medieval 2 is to try to conquer the known world. And as a ruler of a medieval kingdom, this
means you have to rely on knights, men-at-arms, archers, catapults, cannons, and everything else you'd expect
out of a movie such as Braveheart or Kingdom of Heaven.
Since it's a Total War game, Medieval 2 sports two layers. The "big picture" is covered in the turn-based
strategic layer, where you can examine a map of Europe and manage your empire. From here, you have
command of all your settlements, armies, navies, and agents.
All of this costs cash, of course, and it's safe to say that you'll be scrimping for every spare gold
piece possible, especially early on in the game. The economic game has been bulked up a bit with
the addition of merchants and resources.
All of this skull daggering and manoeuvring is going on while you're busy with your main
task, raising armies and issuing them movement orders. The sheer variety of units that you can
call upon is impressive, and each faction has its own distinct units, such as the English
long bowmen or the Holy Roman Empire's gothic knights.
After a battle, you'll be sending these units back to a castle or a town to
replace losses, so there's a lot of army management throughout the game.
Put this all together and it sounds like a lot of management overall, and it
is, though aside from a few interface tweaks that we'd like to see, this is
an engrossing experience. There's so much depth in the strategic game
that you could automatically generate the results of battles and you'll
still spend hours trying to outmanoeuvre your opponents
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Sony unveiled a sleek next-generation PSP Go handheld
videogame, movie and music gadget in a direct challenge to
Nintendo's freshly-launched DSi devices
ony Computer Entertainment president quipped, referring to news of Go news leaks more
S Kaz Hirai showed off a new PSP Go at a
press conference in the Shrine Auditorium
as a major Electronics Entertainment Expo
(E3) got under way nearby in Los Angeles.
"We call it the worst kept secret of E3," Hirai
akin to streams. "There will be more content that
is easier to get on your PSP. It's entertainment
everywhere."
Go is half the size of the original PSP and built
to download and
Jack Tretton, President and CEO Sony Computer Entertainment America, unveils the new pink
Hannah Montana-branded version of the PSP portable gaming device, at the Sony Electronics
and Entertainment Expo (E3) media briefing in Los Angeles, California. Models with a Dragon character outside the Koei display at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles.
store video, pictures and
games, according to Hirai.
Go devices have built-in
wireless internet and
bluetooth capabilities.
All future PSP
videogame titles will be
available for digital
download, skipping any
need to buy software on
disks, according to Sony.
A new Sense Me feature
analyses music stored in Go
devices and then creates
playlists to suit users'
Models pose as two gamers try out a boxing game made by Nyko at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles.
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moods. Go gadgets will also be built with a video
delivery service Sony launched last year.
Hot videogame franchises including "Gran
Gamers, bloggers and members for the media follow Sony's media
briefing at the Electronics and Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los An-
geles, California
Turismo," "Metal Gear Solid," and "Resident Evil"
are creating new games tailored to Go devices,
according to Sony.
Go devices will be priced at 249 dollars, or 249
euros respectively, when they are released in the
United States and Europe in October, according
to Sony. The gadgets will be available in Japan in
April, Hirai said.
Nintendo reports that it has sold more than a
million of its new-generation DSi handheld
videogame gadgets in the United States since they
became available in April. Sony demonstrated a
prototype motion-sensing videogame controller,
as the maker of PlayStation consoles joined rivals
in a trend away from playing with complicated
buttons and joysticks.
Sony Computer Entertainment researcher
Richard Marks provided a glimpse of the
prototype controller at the Japanese firm's press
conference at the open of the Electronic
Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles.
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Spectators take snaps as two dogs display creations during a fashion show in Russia's St. Petersburg Zoo
in Russia.

London: Seven Chinese gymnasts balance on a bicycle as the Chinese State

Circus arrives at Alexandra Palace.

Karachi: Computer equipment displayed for sale on a sidewalk.

Yokohama: Members of the French performance group "La Machine" operate

one of two large spider robots, 12 metres tall and weighing 37 tonnes, as they Storkow:Velo designer and self-appointed "Devil of the Tour de France" Didi Senft, also nicknamed "El Dia-
parade down a street in Yokohama in Kanagawa prefecture. bolo", riedes one of his latest creations, the so-called "Decagon bike", in Storkow, some 50km near Berlin.
The bike is 6,17 meters long and 2,69 meters high. Didi Senft has 20 entries in the Guinness book of records
and owns the world's biggest collection of record bycicles..

US actor Verne Troyer (front), British actress Lily Cole (2ndL), British direc-
tor Terry Gilliam (3rdL), British actor Andrew Garfield (3rdR) and British
producer Amy Gilliam (2ndR) arrive for the screening of the movie "The
Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" presented out of competition at the 62nd Monaco: Bees attack members of the crowd of the Monte-Carlo ATP Masters Series Tournament tennis
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Sindh Provincial Minister of Information Shazia Marri lessening problems of peoples at Chief
Minister House in Karachi.

Karachi: Usman Ahmed receives a ticket and stay at Dubai from

Telenor Pakistan’s Regional Director Sales and Distribution – South I
Adnan Hasan after winning the ‘Telenor Cricket Trivia Contest’ aired
on TenSports from 10-25 April 09. The contest was arranged by Telenor
Pakistan and TenSports during Pakistan-Australia series April-May, 09,
in Dubai.

Group Picture shows, Mr Jingak Chung, Senior Manager Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. with Mr Rizwan
Butt, COO DWP, Khurram Farooq, Head of Marketing (AV) Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Mr
Shoaib Younas, Deputy Manager Marketing DWP at the Brand shop opening in Karachi Bahdurabad.
The Samsung display centers caters all products of Samsung available for consumers.

Risalpur: May 28 – Guests attending the Airmen Graduation ceremony at PAF Academy.
A gypsy youngster playing with his cell phone while sitting under the
shadow of a tree in Islamabad.
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Federal Minister for IT and Telecom Qamar Zaman Kaira in meeting with Paul Falkner Vice President
British Telecom Global Services in Islamabad.

A student playing with her cell phone while on the way back after
attending the college in Islamabad.

Telenor Pakistan set up an employee contribution fund for IDPs from Swat and Buner. A cheque worth
Rs 1,685,900 was handed over to the Pakistan Red Crescent Society's (PRCS) relief fund. In the picture,
Telenor Pakistan's Director Corporate Communications and Responsibility, Syed Hasnat Masood
(center left) along with his Corporate Responsibility team is seen handing over the contribution to the
Secretary-General PRCS, Retired Brigadier Muhammad Ilyas Khan (center right) on 20 May 2009 at
PRCHS Headquarters, Islamabad.

Lahore: Harris Seunghyun Kwak, (3-L) Marketing & Sales Manager MENA region Samsung Electronics
is pictured with senior management of Samsung Electronics Pakistan and DWP group at an introductory A young labourer playing with his cell phone during his lean
seminar on Samsung Thin Client equipments.
time in Islamabad.
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SMS could be the next big thing, but we have to redefine the importance of this
strategic messaging system since companies around the world using this medium in
various applications such as mobile banking, mobile purchasing, mobile bill payment
etc. But, in Pakistan there is a much need to have a different perspective of this
technology so people can facilitate this service as a problem solving solution. SMS can
be used in organisations such as.

1) Hospitals (one can send SMS and get information about doctors and hospitals);
2) Schools/Universities (if students wants to know about their grades they can
send SMS along with their role numbers to receive their grades);
3) Locations (if someone wants to know the directions of the city he or she can
SMS and know about
the specific locations);
4) Fast food deals can be
learnt via SMS; and
5) Companies want to run a
consumer based campaign, they
can do it in least expensive way
compared with other mediums
such as TV, Radio, Billboard etc.

A case study that tells about the

reality after implementing SMS
based solution. With more than six
million Dunkin Donuts consumed
across the world each day, the
SMS marketing campaign, which
has proved successful in Rome
over the past 2.5 months,
represents a new and exciting
promotional tool for the global
chain.
Within the first three weeks of
the campaign, the company was
able to increase its sales in Italy by
nine per cent.
Eocean team says, “SMS is the
next big thing for sure! Our SMS
based business solutions and
consultations are very powerful
tool for many businesses operating
in Pakistan.”
“Today mobile network
coverage is reaching to almost 90
per cent of the total population of
Pakistan, SMS has become one of
the main forms of communication
among the younger generation,
however, a much needed education
is required to use the technology in
correct way. Many organisations
think that SMS is only use for SMS
marketing, nonetheless, if correct
solutions are implemented with well
crafted business strategy, business
can hit bulls eye every time they
use SMS technology.”

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Group picture shows Dr. Mohammad Yaseen, Chairman PTA along

with Saad Waraich Country Director Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN),
Parvaiz Iftikhar, Salman Ansari, Muslim Khan, Tomi Ahonen, Tomasso
Ricucci & Atifa Asghar at the Pakistan Telecom Industry Seminar by
Nokia Siemens Network.

CEO and President of PTCL Walid Irshaid presenting a cheque of Rs.20 million to Prime Minister
Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani at Prime Minister House.

Mr Tauqeer Ahmed Khan awarded by Dell as a Best Sales person

in Dell Malaysia also announced the praise trip for three days
and two nights at Lotus Deira Hotel Dubai.

Microsoft and Aga Khan Foundation inked an agreement to establish the country’s first pilot Com-
munity Technology Learning Centers in remote northern areas of Gilgit and Hunza. By expanding
ICT access and training resources to the rural areas, these centers will offer local residents new social
and economic opportunities. Seen at the ceremony are (L-R Aftab Iqbal, Fahad bin Hasnain, Kamal
Ahmad (CM Microsoft Pakistan), Al-Nashir Jamal (CEO AKFP), Malik Imran and Ali Effendi.

Islamabad: Asher Yaqub Khan, Vice President Marketing Ufone,

handing over a return Air Ticket for Dubai to Ufone McDonald's
Free Upsize Offer Lucky Draw Winner

Lahore: Watching the four year old Shayan Taimur Khan swing the club to secure a hole at the lush
green DHA golf course is an experience in itself. Golfing skills of this kindergarten student of the La-
hore Preschool is a living testament of the fact that there is no scarcity of talent in our country. Little
master Shayan is a class act when it comes to golf and is the youngest member of the DHA golf club.
He is all set to make his mark in the golfing world in the not so distant future and to make sure
Karachi: Guests capturing the moments through their cameras Shayan excels at his game, he is being coached by Garrison Golf Club’s professional golfer and
during 14th PTV Awards ceremony at PAF Museum. Shayan’s grandfather Maj (Retd) Shamim Shafqat Khan. 77
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton holds up a mobile phone as she describes how Americans can
send a text message to help displaced Pakistanis in support of US aid to Pakistan in Washington, US.

Softbank president Masayoshi Son dispays the solar powered mobile

phone "Solar Hybrid", produced by Sharp, which enables it to make a
one-minute call with a 10-minute charge under the sun in Tokyo, Japan.

An Albanian AC Milan supporter takes photos with a mobile phone during the friendly soccer match
between Albania and AC Milan at the Qemal Stafa stadium in Tirana. Albania.

Japan's most famous commercial TV character dog, 'Kai' wears the

baseball uniform of professional baseball team the Softbank Hawks, as
US actor Dante Carver holds up Softbank's new mobile phone, the
'Softbank 830SC Emporio Armani model', designed by Italian fashion A woman dressed in a traditional costume checks her mobile phone during the Saint Isidro Festi-
designer Giorgio Armani and produced by Samsung in Tokyo, Japan. val in Madrid, Spain.
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A watermelon vendor uses his mobile phone at a market in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China

Models display new mobile phones by Japan's second largest mobile An Indian model poses with the Acer Gatway and eMachines PC during the launch in New Delhi,
operator KDDI and produced by Toshiba, in Tokyo, Japan. India.

A model dispays Softbank's solar powered mobile phone "Solar Hybrid", produced by Sharp, which
Ecuador's Health Minister Caroline Chang uses the phone before a enables it to make a one-minute call with a 10-minute charge under the sun in Tokyo, Japan.. The
news conference in Pelileo, Ecuador. Solar Hybrid phone is also equipped with an 8 mega-pixel camera on the water-proof body.
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KHL sponsors Connect 2009 Conference
he 4th Connect information and
T communications technology exhibition
and conference was held on May 6,
2009 at expo centre Karachi it was co-
organised by PTA and the main theme was
“The future of the ICT Industry”.
The conference showcased leading IT and
telecom service providers of the telecom market
who in the past few years have massively
contributed in attracting huge amounts of
Mr Usman A. Sheikh presenting his paper “Telecom with broadcasting
infrastructure and services”.
Mobilink pledges Rs 81m for IDPs’ relief
obilink, the country’s market leader
M in cellular communication services
and a subsidiary of Orascom Tele-
com signed a MoU with the Emer-
gency Response Unit (ERU) to establish Mobilink
Camp in Kund which will support 1,000 families
of IDPs for a period of three months.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Omar
Manzur, Director Public Relations and Corporate
Social Responsibility, Mobilink commented, “The
Government of NWFP and ERU have been very
kind in allowing us to establish an entire camp.
Estimated at about Rs81 million, the project has
been made possible by Orascom’s continued sup-
port for this noble cause.”
Manzur added that while Mobilink will be re-
lying on the expertise of ERU and UN’s imple-
menting partner agencies, Mobilink employees
have taken great initiative to take on this im-
mense responsibility. Our teams will remain per-
sonally involved in various areas of camp
Samsung brings Thin Client to Pakistan
amsung Electronics Co. Ltd, world’s num-
S ber one manufacturer of LCD monitors
and Mobile phones carried out a seminar
to impart knowledge about the state of the
art technology of “Thin Client”. Lot of compa-
nies’ representative attended the seminar and
some media scribes were also seen at the briefing
session.
Samsung 730XT rides the crest of the wave
with its ultra secure enhanced security features
and ultra efficient reduced total cost of owner-
ship. With a dedicated thin client capability, it is
not only an exceptional monitor, but also a re-
mote graphical desktop, which makes the need
National Synopsis
foreign investment along with
bringing Pakistan in one of the
world’s leading nations for
telecom services.
KHL participated in the
conference as a sponsor and
showcased its main strengths in
the telecom sector such as OFC
laying, BTS rollout and
provision of 24/7 managed
services. In the
past few years
KHL has also
played the role of
Mr Usman A. Sheikh and Chairman PTA, Mr Mohammad Yasin during the
innovator by shield awarding ceremony.
introducing
cutting edge ideas such as with broadcasting infrastructure and services”
GSM/GPS based automated in which he elaborated the pros and cons that
meter’s, remote fuel management the telecom service providers face while
systems and solar solutions as broadcasting models changes according to
per telecom and commercial technological changes. He also emphasised the
sector requirement. importance of alternate power development
A research paper was resources, ROW issues, time to market and the
presented by Mr Usman A. challenging aspects of technological
advancement.

Sheikh on the topic “Telecom
Incharge of ERU Muhammad Azam Khan
said that this is the largest commitment of
its kind shown to date by the private
sector of Pakistan for IDPs’ relief. A great
value addition is that Mobilink and
Orascom are providing logistical and
procurement support to facilitate speedy
deployment of the camp so that the
incoming IDPs have a place to go to at the
earliest, Khan added. This mass-scale
suffering is one of the largest
(L-R) Omar Manzur, Director Public Relations and Corporate Social humanitarian crises in recent years, he
Responsibility, Mobilink signed an MoU with Adnan Zafar, Member said, urging the private sector to take
Operation, Emergency Response Unit to establish Mobilink Camp Mobilink’s lead in helping their
which will support 1,000 families of IDPs.
countrymen in this hour of need.
management, procurement of items and other re- Adnan Zafar, ERU Member Operation and
quirements. At Mobilink, we strongly encourage Fawad Hussain, National Humanitarian Affairs
employee volunteerism which remains the key Officer UNOCHA and other officials were also
driving force behind this project, he said. present on the occasion along with Mobilink’s
Commenting on this historic move by CSR team.

Mobilink, Provincial Relief Commissioner and
for the peripheral equipments like CPU redun- ful tool for different organisations in Pakistan.”
dant. Hence this stylish monitor with built-in thin
client module gives a clean and clear desktop.
Harris Seunghyun Kwak, Manager Marketing
and Sales Middle East and Africa region, Sam-
sung Electronics stated, “This technology will
Mr Baber Ali Kazmi, The Category Head of IT
Division, Samsung Pakistan stated, “Samsung
being committed towards the future of network
computing brings fully optimised Samsung
730XT for our consumers who can benefit in var-
bring phenomenal improvements in the opera- ious ways to increase their work efficiency.”
tions of various sectors like banking, education, Samsung 730XT is compatible with Windows
hospitals, and airports etc. The Thin Client facil- server version and the built in Windows XP_OS,
itates data sharing and controlling of information supports MS RDP, Citrix ICA. It uses less cables
at one centralised point and allowing various including plug in for the USB, keyboard and
users to access, change or retrieve the data as well mouse, LAN & power cable. The LCD display
as use an application, simultaneously from the vivid and crisp images on the Thin Client
main server. I am sure this product will be a help- 730XT.
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Mobilink reshaping website Telenor persona strengthen

Karobar
obilink’s redesigned website, which is far better than the

M previous one. They tried not to copy any other operator’s

web site, but still theme looks somewhat similar with
significant area given to featured/newly launched products.
Navigation is clearly made simple with dropdown menu while menu
names are easily translatable. No new feature added into plate; instead
T
elenor Pakistan has launched the industry first ‘Telenor Persona
Karobar’ package catering the needs of small and medium
enterprises (SMEs). Telenor Pakistan will arrange events in several
cities of Pakistan as part of the ‘Telenor Persona Karobar’ launch
events. Representative from SME’s, Trade Unions, NGOs, Embassies and
things are now placed in a small office home offices (SOHO) will be
disciplined format, that’s it. attending these gatherings.
Technically speaking, Addressing in house announcement
Mobilink’s new website is not session, Telenor Pakistan’s Director
up to the mark. With tons of Postpaid Markets, Bilal Kazmi said,
“Telenor Pakistan strongly believes that
media objects, though we
small and medium sized businesses are
know that broadband is the backbone of Pakistan’s economy.
getting popular, but still However, their common needs of
webmaster must consider communication have not yet been met in
reducing image sizes, such as a targeted way in Pakistan. That’s where
consider following images. Telenor Persona comes in. We, through
Original image, copied from our simple, dependable and innovative
Telenor Persona Karobar package are
Mobilink’s website (Homepage) -
introducing services which are the
Size: 11.94 KB. customised for SMEs. My management
Optimised image - Size: 6.89 KB team and I look forward to meet our
With current specification, respected ambassadors from various
download time for home page for SMEs during our regional events. I am
different connection speeds is as sure that our SME solution, which is
tailor made according to the needs of such
following:
enterprises, will go a long way towards
I am sure this download time is serving them better as customers.”
not considered ideal by any Telenor Pakistan arrange road shows for
webmaster, but thanks to 47 objects, invited SMEs with the upcoming star Amanat
including 36 images, one may end up Ali and regional talents like Malkoo, Zeek
clicking the cross button on right top. Afridi and several local singers from each part
of Pakistan. The concerts will be held in the
Here again, using CSS techniques such as coloured backgrounds, border or
cities, including Lahore (31-May), Karachi (7-
spacing would be beneficial instead of using background images. June), Gujranwala (12-June), Islamabad
Search button is there, but search algorithm is not efficient, try (14-June), Faisalabad (21-june), Multan (26-June), Sialkot (28-June),
searching for SMS and check out results to better understand what I mean. Hyderabad (30-June) and Peshawar (1-July).
Moreover, RSS feeds are not there, but wait my browser detected this RSS Telenor Pakistan recently introduced the new Persona Postpaid
feed: http://mobilinkgsm.com/rss/feeds.xml - I wonder why its link is promising the simplicity with innovation. Launching a new offer for SMEs
not given anywhere. Anyway, you can subscribe to this feed which is under Telenor Persona is the first industry initiative of its kind where SMEs
will be recognised as a separate community, having special packages
apparently working.

designed for them.

Ufone raises tariff on SMS by 66pc told the that she was not informed about the
raise in international SMS tariff, as a result, she
had to suffer due to the extra billing.

U
fone has increased its international
SMS pricing up to 66 per cent - from
Rs1.50 per SMS to Rs2.50 per
international SMS.
Ufone consumers say all this has been done
without information of the customers which are
against the telecom guidelines laid down by the
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)
rules, under which the regulator also needs to be
informed before increasing the price packages.
However, Ufone spokesman, Mozzam Ali
Khan, Head of the PR, in an exclusive talk with
this scribe, contradicted the consumers' version,
saying still the international SMS charges of
Ufone are half of the rates other operators
charging from their customers in Pakistan.
"The matter of fact is that a heavy electronic
media campaign has been advertising the new
rates; the customers were informed of these rates
via an SMS broadcast while the PTA has also
been informed of the raise in prices," he added.
"Ufone is providing best value in both voice
and SMS packages and international SMS is no
exception - as other operators in the country
charge Rs5 per International SMS, while ufone's
rate is only Rs2.50."
However, the Ufone users say they had no
such intimation. Sadia Khan, a Ufone subscriber,
Mubasher Javed, another Ufone user who is
an intermediate student, said he had no
information about the prices' raise and he
suffered as he had to pay all his pocket money
for texting his uncle who lives in United
Kingdom.
When contacted, PTA spokesperson,
Khurram Ali Mehran, endorsed the version by
the Ufone, saying the company had informed
the PTA of the prices raise. "Ufone informed the
PTA on May 5 that it is revising tariffs of
International SMS to Rs2.50 per message from Rs
1.50 per message to be effective from May 2009".
He said the PTA advised Ufone to give prior
notice to consumers before increasing the
charges.

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Green technology by Warid Jazz facilitate favourite

Lahore: The green technology has finally landed in Pakistan – another
first by Warid Telecom. To protect environment by introducing the numbers
environment friendly or green energy for mobile in Pakistan, Warid is in Islamabad: Mobilink, the country’s market leader in cellular
lead to introduce/deploy solar powered Macro Base Stations (BTS). communication and a subsidiary of Orascom Telecom, has launched a new
The non-hybrid site is 100 per cent powered on solar energy thereby Jazz friends and family offer allowing
reducing carbon dioxide emissions and noise pollution, both of which are Jazz customers to talk to up to three
unfriendly to the favourite numbers at very economical
environment. The rates throughout the day.
solution also reduces Elaborating on the new tariff
pressure on Pakistan's package, Bilal Munir Sheikh, Vice
overall energy supply President Marketing, Mobilink said,
which further benefits “Mobilink Jazz has consistently
the environment. delivered on its promise to never
Environment- compromise on quality, convenience
friendly Solar and connectivity. Our philosophy has
Powered Macro BTS been on putting the consumer first and
allows Warid to the response has always been
extend its network overwhelmingly positive. Our latest
reach to the rural areas “Favourite Numbers Offer” offers
of the country where highly competitive rates to our
there is no commercial customers under the Jazz One
power or frequent electric failures. Solar power system integrated with Package” The Jazz One “Favourite
energy storage can also provide backup power during the worst power Numbers Offer” enables Jazz One
outages. Every residential PV system reduces greenhouse gas emissions as Package subscribers to talk to 3
much as removing one car from the road. favourite numbers for just Rs. 1.5 per 3 minutes (taxes apply) at any time.
In four year of operations Warid has covered 450 cities and having Current Jazz users can convert to Jazz One by dialing 123 and pressing
further ambition to aggressively expand its network coverage especially in ‘3’. Subsequently, Jazz One subscribers can add favourite numbers by
small and medium sized cities, suburban areas, countryside, as well as in dialing 121 and pressing ‘1’. This is a limited time offer.

mountainous areas with poor transportation links.

50pc discount on roaming

SMEs by Telenor
Karachi: Telenor Pakistan, in an announcement
launched the industry's first 'Telenor Persona
Karobar' package catering the needs of Small and
Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Telenor Pakistan will
arrange events in several cities of Pakistan as part
of the Telenor Persona Karobar' launch events.
Representative from SMEs, trade unions,
NGOs, embassies and Small Office Home Offices
(SOHO) will be attending these gatherings.
Telenor Pakistan will arrange road shows for
invited SMEs with upcoming star Amanat Ali,
regional talents like Malkoo, Zeek Afridi and several local singers from
each part of Pakistan. The concerts will cover the cities of Lahore (31 May),
Karachi (7 June), Gujranwala (12 June), Islamabad (14 June), Faisalabad (21
June), Multan (26 June), Sialkot (28 June), Hyderabad (30 June) and
Peshawar (1 July).

Islamabad: Ufone, one of the leading telecom companies of Pakistan,
has come up with another innovative package that offers up to 50 per cent
discount for its postpay customers, travelling to UK, on international
roaming tariff including voice, SMS and
data services.
This offer is exclusively available for
all postpay customers having
international roaming service provisioned
on their numbers/subscriptions.
The offer, valid for the month of June,
will not only benefit all the tourists visiting the United Kingdom for their
vacations but also cricket fans who plan to spend their summers enjoying
the upcoming Twenty20 Cricket Tournament in UK.
“We are not only a competitive telecom leader in the country but an
organization that has always worked towards developing the most unique
offers & packages that are not only practical but provide immediate
benefits to our valued customers”, said Syed Zeeshan Ali, Head of
International Roaming Ufone.

PTCL improving services

and its
customer
centres had
Hyderabad: The Pakistan package and also been
Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) test converted
is improving its services for expanding the transmission of into one-stop
customer base with affordable tariffs. PTCL IPTV had shops where
Regional General Manager Zulfikar Ursani started while various
made these remarks while talking to newsmen regular service facilities
at a reception at the Hyderabad Press Club. would be were
Press Club President Junaid Khanzada, launched next extended to
Secretary Mahesh Kumar, Hyderabad Chamber month. He said efforts were under way to the customers. On the occasion, he also
of Commerce and Industry’s PTCL Sub- reduce the tariff for these three facilities so that announced free broadband connection and IPTV
committee Chairman Abdul Rehman Rajput and it could be availed by ordinary people as well as for the Hyderabad Press Club.

PTCL officials attended the programme. those residing in far flung areas.
Ursani said three types of services would be He said the PTCL was spending heavily on
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operations in Pakistan by not only providing the affordable

Pakistan on means of communication but a truly reliable
May 23rd network quality and a caring service. With the
2009. In just mission to maintain and deliver with unmatched
four years of a class quality network services Warid has
commercial expanded its reach from cosmopolitan cities to
operations rural areas of country and still has plans to set
Warid has off where other service providers are yet to
expanded its reach.
quality Warid offers international roaming facilities
network in 138 countries through 222 operators
reach to 450 worldwide, offering GPRS roaming in 88

Warid completes 4 years

cities. The countries and 115 operators. For prepaid
subscriber roaming Warid currently has 18 roaming
base has partners in 16 countries with more to be
crossed over launched.

of success 17
customers
million

with over 6000

Lahore: Warid Telecom, the country’s most
reliable and fastest growing cellular company
has completed its fourth year of successful
destinations throughout Pakistan.
Warid since its inception has always focused
on delivering with the best to the people of
Warid Telecom has plans to expand its
network coverage to deliver quality services for
people living across the diverse landscape of
Pakistan. Warid has one of the largest coverage
networks available in Pakistan offering best
available services in the telecom sector.

Ufone Song Catcher - catch the song you like

Islamabad: Ufone, one of the leading telecom from a huge database as soon as one calls out the
companies of the country, now through its song name. This would enable customers to
innovative new service “Song Catcher” brings frequently change their ringtones and UTunes
the convenience of finding Pakistani, Hollywood with tremendous ease.
or Bollywood songs on mobile phone from the Speaking about this significant new service
huge collection for the first time in Pakistan. Mr Ali Ikram, Head of VAS, Ufone said, “At
Through Song Catcher, any Ufone family Ufone, we understand the combination of
member can search a song by dialing 676 from technology and creativity that results in the
their handset and simply saying the song name. development of some of the most unique and
There are thousands of songs in this collection user friendly services for our valued customers.
which is growing every day so that customers of Ufone has always been much ahead of the
varying tastes of music can have access to their rest in offering mobile value added services in
favorite songs- anytime, anywhere. this market and we are proud to offer this
Previously with the Ufone Song Catcher any incredible song search feature in ‘Ufone Song
song could be identified, downloaded as Catcher’ for the first time in Pakistan that
ringtone or set as a UTune by placing the phone ensures that our valued customers continuously
next to the speaker playing that song. But now enjoy the edge in mobile services over those of
with the amazing voice recognition state of art other networks.”

technology, songs are searched and pulled out

Telenor, Nokia Siemens greenly communicate

Islamabad: Telenor has teamed up with
Nokia Siemens Networks to implement an
energy efficient GSM network that will enable
the communication service provider (CSP) to
reduce its energy consumption by up to 50 per
cent. Nokia Siemens Networks will build the
network using its award-winning Flexi Base
Stations which help to minimise a network’s
environmental impact through
reducing its carbon emissions.
Nokia Siemens Networks
innovative Flexi Base Station
helps operators to reduce the
use of electricity in their
network, the bulk of which is
generated in fossil fuel-powered plants in
Pakistan, by helping the battery banks of the
station to last longer as well as requiring smaller
generators to be used in new sites. Impact to
Telenor’s carbon footprint can be described as
significant since well over 80 per cent of a mobile
operator’s energy use happens in the network.
Nokia Siemens Networks’ market-leading
Flexi Base Station is a small, lightweight,
modular, weatherproof, and energy efficient
base station which enables rapid roll out of
services in varied
geographies. Depending on
the configuration and
installation, as part of Nokia
Siemens Networks Energy
Efficiency solution, it can help
CSPs reduce energy
consumption by up to 70 per cent. Since it is
small and easy to deploy, the environmental
impact and cost of implementation can be
significantly reduced. Also, the product
supports multiple technologies and can be
seamlessly upgraded from 2G to 3G and even
further to the future network technology LTE
(Long Term Evolution), making it a future proof
investment for CSPs.
“Nokia Siemens Networks is committed to
innovations that not only help our customers
succeed, but also enable their success in the most
environmentally responsible manner,” said Saad
Waraich, Country Director Afghanistan and
Pakistan for Nokia Siemens Networks. “With
Telenor pioneering the use of our Flexi Base
Station in Pakistan, we are confident that
running an environmentally conscious and cost
friendly network will become a priority for
others in the industry too.”

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Telecom companies to invest more US $1 billion
ll Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of
A telecom companies in Pakistan called
on Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza
Gilani at the Prime Minister’s House
and discussed with him matters relating to the
cellular companies in perspective of the upcoming
budget.
The CEOs of Mobilink, Warid, Ufone, Telenor
and China Mobile expressed their commitment to
jointly invest at least USD one billion in
infrastructure, capital expenditure and technology
in the next fiscal year to complement the enabling
environment that the government is providing as
a stimulus.
Ambassadors of China, Luo Zhaohui; Egypt,
Megly Amer; Norway, Robert Kvite and UAE, Ali
Saif Al-Awani were also present during the
meeting.
The Prime Minister appreciated the investment
made by the mobile companies in the telecom
Wateen & PTCL win WLL licence for AJK, NAs
akistan Telecommunication Authority
P (PTA) on June 3, 2009, awarded Wireless
Local Loop (WLL) licenses to M/s Wateen
Telecom and M/s Pakistan
Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) for
three regions of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
(AJ&K) and Northern Areas (NAs).
The WLL licenses were awarded at a license
signing ceremony held at PTA Headquarters
which was presided over by Chairman PTA,
Dr Mohammed Yaseen while Member (Finance),
Syed Nasrul Karim Ghaznavi, Member
(Technical) Dr Khawar Siddique Khokhar, senior
officers of the Authority and representatives of
PTCL and Wateen were also present on the
occasion.
The issuance of WLL licenses would augment
the efforts of government to provide enhanced
and affordable telecom services to the people of
the AJ&K and NAs. This step is likely to capture
Literacy drive up UNESCO joined Mobilink
he UN Educational, Scientific and
T Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and
Mobilink signed an agreement to
facilitate literacy among adolescent
girls in Pakistan using mobile phones. The first
phase of the programme will target 250 learners
in Punjab.
The traditional mode of learning based on
text books has many challenges. It takes
significant resources - time and money - to
updates curriculum, print and distribute the
books. Delivering education services via widely
available digital channel such as cell phones has
many benefits.
The key to a successful education porgramme
is to involve educationists and to fine tune the
content and delivery according to local needs
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government
would continue
to provide
incentives to the
telecom industry
so that the sector
may continue to
attract more
investment and
create more jobs.
The Prime
Minister was
informed that the
telecom industry
CEO’s of Telecom companies in a meeting with Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani at Prime has been
Minister House here Islamabad.
contributing
sector of Pakistan, which has so far attracted substantial revenue to the national exchequer
foreign direct investment of USD nine billion besides creating over one million jobs. Minister for
amounting to 46 per cent of country’s total FDI in Investment, Senator Waqar Ahmad Khan also
the last three years. attended the meeting.

The Prime Minister assured the CEOs that the
huge investment in three telecom regions (TR) 37.46 per cent. Mobile subscribers figure of 0.167
including Mirpur, Muzaffarabad and Northern
Areas.
Speaking on
this occasion,
Chairman PTA
million of 2005-06 has now jumped to 1.84
millions.
The Chairman said that WLL is a wireless
technology, which best suits to the environments
in AJ&K and NAs as the service had proved very
said that earlier useful in other far-flung areas of the country.
there was only In the bidding of spectrum in 3.5 GHz for
one telecom Mirpur (TR-1) one block was taken by PTCL at the
operator in highest bid of Rs 10 million while other was
AJ&K and NAs, but when competition was withdrawn because there was no second bidder
introduced and new operators started their for the TR-1.
services, all segments of the sector witnessed rapid For Muzaffarabad (TR-2) PTCL gave the
growth. highest bid of Rs four million followed by Wateen
With a teledensity of 3.59 per cent in the Year which matched the price.
2005-06, the region was lagging far behind from For Northern Areas (TR-3) Wateen offered
the rest of the country in terms of highest bid of Rs four million and second block
telecommunication services. went to PTCL for the same price. In total 26
Two years after the deregulation in the area, million rupees were collected against the auction
the teledensity of AJ&K and NAs today stands at price of five WLL licenses in three regions.

of electronic/distance learning is how content As a result, after graduating from basic
can be re-used and distributed to a very large
number of users without much additional cost.
The agency notes that in order to maintain
literacy skills after basic literacy courses, the new
literacy courses, the new literates return to a
non-literate environment and it is difficult for
them to retain their newly acquired literacy
skills.
Under UNESCO and
Mobilink programme,
adolescent girls will
receive interesting and
informative text messages
in Urdu and are expected
to respond. The second
literates should have constant access to reading part of the programme includes evaluation every
materials at least for three months after learning month to assess the knowledge that learners
to read. However, it points out, for most of the have gained, interactive exercises, a glossary of
new literates in Pakistan, reading materials are educational terms and additional resources.

scarce and the occasions to use the acquired
literacy skills are rare.
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UET and Huawei strengthen alliance
UET celebrated the World Telecom Day 2009
in collaboration with Huawei Technologies in Al-
Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science, UET,
Lahore. This is the right way to support research
and development - think global, act local.
The technology leaders and decision makers of
telecom industry attended the event. The Chief
Technical Officer of Huawei Technologies Mr Li
Ke was the guest of honour. In addition Ch. Irfan
(CTO Warid), Dr Tanveer (CTO Zong) and Mr
Mian Zulqarnain Amir, Secretary Information
Technology joined the event. Minister of
Education, Mian Mujtuba Shuja-ur-Rahman was
Chief Guest.
The Vice-Chancellor, University of
Ufone signs agreement
with Jaffer Brothers
Karachi: Pak Telecom Mobile Limited (Ufone)
and Jaffer Brothers (Pvt.) Limited (JBL) have
signed an agreement for I.T Storage Consolidation
and Replication Project. Under the agreement, JBL
will implement and deploy Enterprise Storage
Consolidation & Replication Solution to enable
Ufone strengthening its storage and correlated
Zong acknowledge PTA role
Islamabad: On the World Telecom Day, Zong
has lauded the pioneering role of the Government
of Pakistan, the Ministry of IT and
Telecommunication and the PTA in development
of the telecommunication industry in Pakistan.
The company also extended greetings to its
customers and telecom industry on the occasion
of World Telecom Day. The theme, Protecting
Children in Cyber Space, aims at ensuring that
children can safely access the internet and its
valuable resources without fear of falling prey to
unscrupulous predators in cyberspace.
In his message on the occasion, Qian Li, Chief
Executive Officer Zong said, "All of us need to
contribute positively towards promoting the
objectives behind this year's theme for our future
generations. Given the rapidly developing nexus
Wateen holds countrywide road show
Karachi: Wateen conducted a countrywide
road show introducing customers to their product
and service portfolio. During the events which
took place in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, the
company's senior management presented
demonstrations about Wateen's Data, Voice and
IP-based solutions, which included Security
Surveillance, Hosted Contact and Data Centre
along with their System Integration Solutions.
Representatives from the Banking and
Financial sectors, Service and Distribution, Media
houses, IT companies, Call Centres, Manufacturing
and Construction sectors attended and
reciprocated their interest. Wateen interacted with
Telepedia
Engineering and Technology, Lahore said that
UET has been playing its major role in the
academia and industry of Pakistan. To step up its
contribution towards the telecom industry, UET
joined hands with Huawei technologies, China.
systems.
The agreement was
signed by Abdul Aziz
Khan, CEO and President,
Ufone and Nasser N. Jaffer, CEO Jaffer Brothers
(Pvt.) Limited. The signing ceremony was also
graced by the presence of Mr. Faisal Khaliq, CIO,
Ufone, Saleem A Chauhan, GM Administration &
Procurement, Ufone and Tanveer Ahmed Shaikh,
Deputy General Manager, Jaffer Brothers (Pvt.)
of cellular technology with the internet and full
internet capability on cell phones already a reality,
Zong is fully committed to make its contribution
to this cause."
"Thus while we take this opportunity to extend
our greetings to all our customers on the occasion
of the World Telecommunication and Information
Society Day, we would also like to assure them
that Zong will take all necessary measures to
safeguard the security of networks and protect
audiences at each event and explained how these
products could be integrated into their existing
infrastructure for better business, accelerated
growth and robust development.
Wateen has positioned itself as the Telecom
System Integrator of choice and provided
awareness to the customers of the importance of
IP-based solutions and how they can be effective
in matching the demands of the market today.
The fact, that they targeted a diverse range of
audiences and markets across the country,
demonstrates the confidence they have for their
products and services and the potential alignment
opportunity they see across verticals. The events
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As a result, Huwaei UET
Joint telecom IT Centre was
established in the university
premises. In 2003, Huawei
provided UET its latest GSM equipment that was
worth USD three million. And now in 2008,
Huawei has provided the latest high-tech
GSM/GPRS equipment, which makes the centre
worth USD 8.3 million in full amount. He also said
that Huawei Center is providing a platform to
Engineers for their trainings and practice on the
equipment which they cannot perform in the field.
The centre also strengthens the industry-academia
relation by offering different training courses to
the students of engineering universities all over
Pakistan. This way HUTIC proves to be a great
learning opportunity for the students as well as
professionals at a national level. It is a symbol of
Pak-China friendship.

Limited.
Ufone is an Etisalat Group Company
and the premier telecom carrier with its
presence in all the major cities of Pakistan
along with a comprehensive coverage across all
major towns, villages and tehsil headquarters of
the country.
Jaffer Brothers Private Limited (JBL) has
expanded its operations over the past 25 years,
venturing into the multi-dimensional domain of
Information Technology and Security. JBL enjoys
the position of being one of the most reputed IT
companies in Pakistan with an extensive branch
network all over the nation.

children in cyberspace", he added.
He further said that ZONG is a vibrant,
youthful and high-energy brand that focuses on
providing real value-addition to customers and
especially the youth.
"We are, therefore, determined to develop
cellular products that benefit society in terms of
improving efficiencies, promoting positive values
and making life more enjoyable. Challenges exist
but all of us - parents, policymakers, practitioners
and the civil society in general, need to contribute
to create an internet environment in which our
children are able to safely play, learn and grow in
cyberspace", said Qian Li.
Zong has so far invested USD 1.66 billion in
Pakistan and has generated more than 2000 direct
and over 40,000 indirect jobs in the country, have
paid USD 106 million in direct taxation and paid
another USD 91.5 million under various heads to
the government.

began with an overview of
Wateen's growth,
development and
achievements over the years
by Furqan Qureshi, Head
Corporate Sales of Wateen. "Wateen is the only
company offering a complete suite of connectivity
solution for the market," explained Qureshi.
The top management gave presentations of
Wateen's range of products and value-added
services which include voice and telephony over
Wimax, Fibre and Satellite connectivity, automated
intelligent security and surveillance and managed
services and applications. While addressing the
audience in Islamabad, Wateen's Chief Executive
Officer Tariq Malik said, "Our solutions help to
increase the productivity and efficiency levels.
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To fit 300 DVDs on 1 disc
T
he different colours and polarisations of
light access different images. A new
optical recording method could pave the
way for data discs with 300 times the
storage capacity of standard DVDs, Nature
journal reports.
The researchers say this could see a whopping
1.6 terabytes of information fit on a DVD-sized
disc. They describe their method as "five-
dimensional" optical recording and say it could
be commercialised. The technique employs
nanometre-scale particles of gold as a recording
medium.
Researchers at Swinburne University of
Technology in Australia have exploited the
particular properties of these gold "nano-rods" by
manipulating the light pointed at them. The team
members described what they did as adding two
"dimensions" to the three spatial dimensions that
Attractions of the next iPhone
or an idea of how the next-generation
F
iPhone operating system could spur new
revenue streams for Apple Inc., consider
"iFluff Friends."
The free application, known as an app, lets
players groom and feed virtual pets on their
iPhone. Some buy fancier collars or better food
for their creations directly from Social Gaming
Network, the game's distributor.
Players even buy and sell the virtual pets;
some digital kitties are valued at more than
USD500, of which SGN gets a cut. Shervin
Pishevar, the company's co-founder, says,
"We've done very well for selling a free app."
So could Apple once it launches iPhone 3.0 in
June. The new operating system will likely
contain hundreds of tweaks to the iPhone's most
basic software that make the device more user-
friendly. Among the most significant: Allowing
Intel’s software rivals Windows
I
ntel Corp. unveiled a new version of
Moblin, a variant of the Linux operating
system, that has emerged as a dark-horse
alternative to Windows in the hot market for
low-end laptops called netbooks.
The move provides new evidence of Intel's
ambitions to become a bigger player in software,
a strategy that could conflict with the plans of
allies such as Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc. and
Google Inc.
Moblin version 2.0, designed for use with an
Intel chip called Atom, comes with a distinctive
interface called M-zone that's designed to help
users play digital media, use the Internet and
engage in social networking.
Partners such as Novell Inc., which will help
adapt and sell Moblin, say the easy-to-use
software could help Linux finally expand beyond
a tiny niche in the PC market.
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improvement over traditional DVDs, which are
recorded in a single colour wavelength with a
laser.
Also, the amount of incoming laser light
discs already have.
absorbed by the nano-particles depends on its
They say they were able to introduce a
polarisation. This allowed the researchers to
spectral - or colour - dimension and a
record different layers of information at different
polarisation dimension. The scientists used the
angles. The researchers thus refer to the approach
as 5-D recording. Previous research has
demonstrated recording techniques based on
colour or polarisation. But, this is the first work
that shows the integration of both. As a result,
the scientists say they have achieved
unprecedented data density.
Their approach used 10-layer stacks
composed of thin glass plates as the recording
medium. If scaled up to a DVD-sized disk, the
team would be able to record 1.6 terabytes - that
is, 1,600 gigabytes - or over 300 times the quantity
stored on a standard DVD. It's not just elegant -
nano-particles to record information in a range
there are a lot of experiments that are elegant -
of different colour wavelengths on the same
it's relatively straightforward.

physical disc location. This is a major
main focus. For one, it is
supposed to address a
key shortcoming of the
iPhone - its inability to
"in-app" payments for items like an expensive
run more than one
collar for a virtual pet.
program
Allowing transactions to be completed within
simultaneously. This
applications may mark a sea change in the
makes Internet
economics of the iPhone and what it means to
telephone calls and
the Cupertino, Calif., consumer-products giant.
other communications
Investors are already anticipating the
features more difficult
changes. The company's shares have risen about
to use. It will also
44 per cent this year amid expectations the new
include picture
operating system - and the flashy new phone it
messaging and peer-to-
will run on - will be big sellers.
peer connectivity, as
In-app payments aren't the only changes
well as add functions -
coming to the iPhone. Apple watchers, who
like the ability to cut-
expect a new version of the handset this year,
and-paste text - that
say a new iPhone will likely include design
other smart phones
changes, such as more memory and processing
already have.

power and a sharper digital camera.
But, the new programming is sure to be the
software and services group, said the company
isn't trying to replace Windows or other
alternatives. Developing Moblin was necessary
for a broader goal - to create a consistent
"For users who are looking for an alternative
foundation of software as the company tries to
to Windows, it's disruptive," said Guy Lunardi,
take its chips into several new markets, including
whose title at Novell is director of client preloads.
consumer electronics and control consoles in
But Microsoft, a longtime Intel partner, is not
cars.
the only company that could be affected. Moblin,
Mr Fisher said Intel was uniquely qualified to
for example, was also designed to run on smart
develop software to exploit features of Atom,
phones and other pocket-sized Internet devices.
which allow netbooks to boot up quickly and
Doug Fisher, a vice president in Intel's
provide longer battery life. The company is
contributing features it develops to the Linux
Foundation, a nonprofit organisation that is now
overseeing development of Moblin.
Martin Sacchi, senior director of marketing in
Microsoft's Windows client group, said Windows
has quickly outdistanced other Linux versions to
account for about 96 per cent of netbook sales
now. "We remain confident our partners will
continue choosing Windows," he said.

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Samsung brings Microwave Oven
Samsung Electronics Co.
Ltd, world’s number one
manufacturer of
semiconductors, mobile
handsets and LCD monitors
has started local assembly of
its high technology
microwave ovens (MWO) in
Pakistan, under the
supervision of Samsung’s
Korean engineers.
Samsung entered the
global Microwave Oven
business in 1978. Therefore,
today this company brings to
Pakistan, a vast experience of
20 years in MWO
production.
Mr Baber Ali Kazmi,
Category Head Home
Appliances, Samsung
Electronics Co. Ltd said,
“Samsung started local
assembly of Microwave
Ovens, keeping in mind its
extensive usage and
potential demand in
Pakistani household market.
PTA celebrates World Telecom & Information Society Day
World Telecom and
Information Society Day
(WTISD) is being celebrated
on May 17 with a theme
“Protecting Children in
Cyber Space”. According to
the latest figures compiled by
Pakistan Telecommunication
Authority (PTA) the overall
teledensity in the country has
reached 60.6 per cent. There
are currently 91.4 million
mobile subscribers with
mobile penetration reaching
56.78 per cent. Cellular
segment leads the share in
total teledensity by 93.7 per
cent followed by FLL 3.8 per
cent and WLL 2.5 per cent.
There are total 10,001
cities/towns/villages
covered and 26,300 cell sites
installed by all cellular
Warid facilitates customers of Bank Alfalah
Warid Telecom, one of
leading telecom service
provider in Pakistan, has
introduced Hand in hand, to
serve even better with 20 per
cent discount to post-paid
and value added services
exclusively for Bank Alfalah’s
customers.
It is another thrilling
package introduced by Warid
Telecom to boost its business
and serve the customers. No
doubt, such kind of package
will increase the sale of Warid
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It demonstrates Samsung’s technology has started in
Telecom FDI of $716m
will to encourage transfer of Pakistan. These models
technology from developed include healthy features such Islamabad: Pakistan has The country has already
countries into Pakistan. as; Power steam Bowl for a attracted USD 716 million in three under sea cables while
Samsung Microwave Ovens’ healthy and nutritious
the form of foreign direct fourth under sea cable was
investment (FDI) during the in the pipe line, he added.
last six month of current A project has already
financial year in cellular been rolled out to provide
sector only, Secretary optic fibre to country's all
Ministry of Information tehsil headquarters.
Technology and Telecom First project for Sindh
Hifz-Ur-Rehman said. amounting to Rs 700 million
“Over USD three billion has already been approved.
were invested in telecom While second project to
sector during the last provide optic fibre
financial year 2007-08.Out of to tehsil head quarters of
the total amount a sum of Balochistan has also
USD two billion were been in advance stage,he
Lahore: Mr. Baber Ali Kazmi category head home appliances standing with Korean
invested in mobile sector. added.
and local engineers introducing Samsung 1st MWO assembled in Pakistan
While USD 1.4 billion were Also 3G technology
are preferred globally lifestyle, steam-clean, easy-
because of its Triple Heating to-wipe surface that keeps FDI out of total $ 3 billion would be rolled soon as a
system that penetrates the the oven clean and hygienic, investment. draft policy would be put
food deeply and evenly, while the ceramic enamel Pakistan is still attractive forth before the next
saving time and energy”. cavity with antibacterial for investment in telecom cabinet meeting to secure
The local assembly of coating maintains surface sector despite teledensity of its final approval,he
both solo and grill hygiene.
63 per cent. concluded.

operators covering almost 90 from 0.04 per cent in Dec 07 to about 28 per cent of total FDI. cent in the national GDP.
per cent of the land area of 0.17 per cent in Dec, 08. The FDI received by the Sector is contributing a
Pakistan. Despite a slowdown in sector during six month (July- handsome amount in
There are 384,187 PCOs national exchequer through
operational in the country, taxes and duties. During
major portion of these PCOs 2007-08 total revenues
is on wireless and mobile collected by the Government
networks. in the form of taxes and
Broadband is regulatory fee was more than
experiencing healthy growth Rs 111 billion, which is about
since last year and companies 11 per cent higher than the
are providing broadband previous year. The
services with DSL, Cable, government collected almost
FTTH and WiMax Rs 55 billion from telecom
technologies across Pakistan sector in the form of taxes
whereas DSL is the most during (July-Dec 08). The
popular technology. There economy as well as in Dec 08) was USD 716 million, total revenues of telecom
are currently 267,180 telecom sector, FDI in telecom almost five per cent more sector in 2007-08 reached Rs
broadband subscribers sector of Pakistan continued than what the sector received 279 billion whereas total
showing almost 59 per cent to pour in during last few during Jan-June 08. investment remained at USD
growth in six months time. years. During 2007-2008, Telecom is an important 3.1 billion of which mobile
Broadband penetration in the telecom sector attracted USD sector of Pakistan economy operators constitute USD 2.3
country has also been raised 1,438 million FDI, which is contributing about three per billion.

Cut in GST on IT
Mostly
telecom
operators have
industry sought
engaged in Islamabad: The Pakistan diminished the business. He
these days to Computer Association has said reports of various surveys
introduce demanded reduction in the 16 showed that growth in IT
per cent general sales tax industry had declined during
various
(GST) imposed on the IT the last three years, says a
attractive
industry by the previous press release.
packages to
government. The association had time
facilitate the PCA Chief Munawar Iqbal and again raised the issue with
customers. said global recession, energy the authorities but to
Warid Telecom crisis, political instability, law no avail.
offered Hand in and order situation and He hoped the government
hand to serve the inflation had affected the IT would devise
customer even industry, adding that the a businessfriendly policy
better.
imposition of GST had towards IT industry.

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Early arrivals at the
airports for security
checks
All PIA passengers for
Domestic and International
flights are requested to reach
the airports at least half an
hour before the standard
check - in time i.e. 04 and a
half hours for International
Flights and 02 and a half
hours for Domestic Flights
before the departure time
due to security checks.
Airports in Lahore,
Islamabad, Karachi,
Peshawar and Quetta are
witnessing long queues
starting right at the entry
Bank Alfalah inks accord with Teradata
Islamabad: Bank Alfalah
Limited signed an agreement
with Teradata Corporation
for the expansion of the
Karachi: Teradata Pakistan Director Khuram Rahat and Bank Alfalah CEO Executive Officer, Bank
Sirajuddin Aziz exchange documents after signing agreement.
Bank’s Teradata Enterprise Director, Teradata Pakistan, Alfalah are committed to
Data Warehouse.
The signing ceremony
was held at the Bank Alfalah occasion were ,Mr Ghazanfer stakeholders.
Rs 1.50/3minutes with Jazz
Mobilink, Pakistan’s
market leader in cellular
communication and a “Our latest Favourite
subsidiary of Orascom
Telecom has launched a new
Jazz Friends and Family
Offer, allowing Jazz
customers to talk to upto 3
favourite numbers at very
economical rates throughout
the day.
Elaborating the new tariff
package, Vice President
Marketing of Mobilink Bilal
Munir Sheikh said, “Mobilink
Jazz has consistently
delivered on its promise to
never compromise on quality,
convenience and connectivity.
Our philosophy has been on
putting the consumer first
and the response has always
points for vehicle checking,
then scanning of the luggage
at the terminals due to
which issue of boarding
cards and briefing of the
passengers get delayed, at
times confirmed passengers
also miss their flights.
To maintain on time
departures, PIA check-in
counters close 45 minutes
before departure time for
international flights and 35
minutes before Domestic
Departure time for Domestic
flights.

head office. Mr Sirajuddin
Aziz, Chief Executive Officer,
Bank Alfalah and Mr.
Khuram Rahat, Managing
signed the agreement.
Also present on the internal as well as external
been overwhelmingly
positive.
Numbers Offer provides
highly competitive rates to
our customers under the Jazz
One Package,” Bilal Munir
Sheikh said by adding that the
Jazz One “Favourite Numbers
Offer” enables Jazz One
Package subscribers to talk to
three favourite numbers for
just Rs 1.5 per three minutes
(taxes apply) at any time.
Current Jazz users can
convert to Jazz One by dialing
123 and pressing ‘3’.
Subsequently, Jazz One
subscribers can add favourite
numbers by dialing 121 and
pressing ‘1’. This is a limited
time offer.

Telenor entering banking sector
Earlier, it was just
Telenor which acquired 51
per cent stakes in the Tameer
Microfinance Bank. Now
Orascom (the group
Mobilink is part of) a
telecommunication
company having no
experience in banking, has
also joined the race to win
Royal Bank of Scotland
(RBS) operations in Pakistan,
while June 5, 2009 has been
set as last date for
submitting offers for
acquiring local assets of the
London-based bank.
The State Bank of
Iqbal, Account Director,
Teradata; Mr Adeel Qaiser,
Project Manager, Teradata;
Mr Muhammad Yousaf,
Group Head Credit &
Collection Group, Bank
Alfalah, Mr Zahid Ali H.
Jamall, Chief Financial
Officer, Bank Alfalah, Mr
Imtiaz Ahmad Sheikh,
General Manager IT, Bank
Alfalah, Mr Ghulam Qadir -
DGM Finance, Bank Alfalah,
and Mr Fahim Khan,
Manager DW & BI Services,
Bank Alfalah.
Speaking at the ceremony,
Mr. Sirajuddin Aziz, Chief
Alfalah, said, “We at Bank
creating value both for
This
Wateen brings online gaming
Wateen has commercially
launched WOGS (Wateen
online gaming service).
WOGS is a subscription
based service which will
allow customers to connect to
Wateen dedicated servers
through a software client and
play multi-player computer
games online with friends
from the comforts of their
home or favorite gaming café.
Support for dedicated
servers for PC games
Web-hosted game and
server statistics for select
games
Proprietary software
client for end-user
Monthly Prize based
tournaments for the most
popular games
Synopsis
Pakistan allowed Orascom HBL despite being a heavy
to conduct due diligence.
Two largest Pakistani banks,
weight could not go beyond
a certain limit.
MCB Bank and Habib Bank, However, JS Bank, which
are in the forefront to has strong financial backing,
acquire the RBS operations. could try to get the RBS
JS Bank, a relatively small operations at the highest
bank, is also interested in cost.
buying RBS operations in It must be noted here that
Pakistan and is conducting Orascom (Mobilink) among
due diligence. If JS acquires the Telecos holds a
the RBS, it will suddenly put strong interest of Mobile
the JS Bank among the list of Banking scope in Pakistan
large banks operating in and this move can
Pakistan. make things easier for them.
Analysts believe that Lets hope to see
MCB Bank is the strongest Mobile Banking in Pakistan
candidate for the RBS and soon.

Telenor
commitment, along with our
inherent business values,
reshuffles
aims to provide efficient and
innovative banking solutions
executives
throughout the bank’s Telenor Pakistan
network across Pakistan. In announced that Irfan Wahab
order to provide our Khan, Executive Vice
customers with superior President Corporate Affairs
banking service to meet their
and CEO, Telenor LDI will
evolving needs, it was a
take on a new role in the areas
natural decision to partner
of Group Strategy and New
with the world’s leading data
Business Development at
warehousing company.”
Telenor Corporate
Mr. Khuram Rahat,
Headquarters in Oslo from
Managing Director, Teradata
Pakistan, said, “We are August 24.
extremely proud to be The company has
associated with Bank Alfalah appointed Aamir Ibrahim as
in this strategic venture. We its Chief Strategy Officer, a
newly created position
are committed to providing
Bank Alfalah with a state-of- resulting from the merger of
the-art data warehousing two functions - Corporate
solution to enhance their Affairs and Strategic
analytical capabilities”.
Planning.

Gaming Portal with free- Wateen has made
to-play web games, account following games available:
management and community Call of Duty 4, Call of duty 5,
services (forums etc.) Team Fortress II, Left 4 Dead,
Internet independent and Counter Strike 1.6, Counter
can be connected via any Strike: Source, Battle Field II,
broadband internet medium Quake III and MOHAA. The
No internet volume package structure is simple:
deduction of gaming traffic Rs 900 for three
on Wateen’s network months.
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Naveed Saeed becomes SEVP Another trap of Ufone

Commercial of PTCL
Naveed Saeed, Senior
Executive Vice President
(SEVP), Pakistan
Telecommunication Company
Limited (PTCL) had taken
charge as SEVP Commercial.
Saeed is a well learnt man
of diverse interest and has an
experience of working with
high profile companies. He
has served in leading telecom
companies of Pakistan. His
efforts for the development of
telecom sector are
commendable.
Saeed has worked with
Mobilink, Teletec, Instaphone,
Thuraya, Paktel and Warid
Telecom as General Manager Executive Vice President
Sales and Marketing. (SEVP). In his tenure, almost
all companies enjoyed his
experienced and well-version
personality.
Tariq Salman has replaced
Naveed Saeed as the new
Pakistan Telecommunication
Company Limited (PTCL)
Senior Executive Vice
President, North. Former
PTCL senior advisor Tariq
Salman has taken the charge
as the PTCL, SEVP, North
Recently, he left Warid and while his predecessor Naveed
jointed Pakistan Saeed has taken the charge of
Telecommunication Company post of SEVP, Commercial,
Limited (PTCL) as Senior North.

Ufone activated Utunes on
thousands of numbers without
customers’ consent and
informing them via SMS that
they will get Utunes free for
one month and they can un-
subscribe by sending this and
this message to this number.
There are not sufficient
details yet that Ufone activated
Utunes on all Ufone numbers,
or if they are activating them in
phases. Propakistani claims
that one of its reader called
helpline and asked about why
Ufone activated this service,
without asking him - CSR
replied that he can de-activate
it if he doesn’t require it.
But the question is why
was the service activated in
first place? And moreover,
service is free for one month
only - and latter on it will cost
the customers - which is Rs24.2
per month. This reminds me of
PTCL (parent company of
Ufone) when they had
activated Pakistan Package on
all of their numbers.
It will take customers on-
board for Utunes, and will
make huge money and it is free
advertisement for all on-net
and off-net numbers calling to
or from Ufone as its default
tune is a promotional Ufone
song. if your Ufone number
has got Utunes activated on
unwillingly, shout at CSR and
ask him to un-subscribe.

3G Comtech contracts Warid IR with 117 roaming partners

in 89 countries
Huawei West Africa Lahore: A few years ago, around the globe.
Warid was a new player in
providing extensive coverage
Warid continues to stand with over 117 roaming
town with a goal to dominate out and be the fastest growing partners in 89 countries to its
3G Comtech, leading It emerged as a reliable roamers and esteemed
turnkey solution roll out manager in BlackBerry users.
providers, signed the competitive market and is Expansion has led Warid’s
Future Cooperation registered as private roaming services farther into
Europe, Middle East, Africa
Partnership with Huawei companies’ ordinance,
and North America. Warid IR
West 1984. has other innovative products
Africa. The company conducts to offer such as SMS Roaming,
3G the site acquisition by Safe Arrival SMS, WiFi
Comtech conducting surveys (SSR, Roaming, In-Flight Roaming
will build TSSR) for site hunting as and Maritime Roaming which
allow its customers to stay
turnkey required by the client by the GSM cellular market in network in providing Data connected to home, whether
solutions Lease agreement, NOC, Pakistan and since the roaming coverage across the they travel by sea, air or land.
for the sites specially Ivory Provision of Prime Power inception Warid has well been globe with launches of tailored Warid Telecom presently
Coast and Ghana. on site, etc. with a motive on the right path to achieving services throughout the year, has over 223 live GSM
3G Comtech was to render services to the that goal. providing solutions to allow roaming partners in 138
The Warid IR department its subscribers to stay countries within its
incorporated as turnkey international telecom
has stood steadfast and made connected with their loved International Roaming
solution provider sector according to the good on their promise: ones anywhere in the world. umbrella which shows a
dedicated to GSM standard and Innovative solutions, Warid International Roaming progressive growth over the
communication. specs.
unparalleled connectivity, has successfully implemented years impacting its bottom
beefed-up live GSM roaming and launched GPRS services; line.

Now compliant PTCL from cell Telenor gives Rs19m to

phones
Islamabad: Pakistan
Telecommunication
Company Limited (PTCL)
launched a facility for its
consumers to directly lodge
a complaint regarding any
fault of any PTCL number
through mobile phones.
The PTCL spokesman,
Syed Ali Qadir Gillani,
informed the APP that "In
order to lodge any complaint
against any fault with any
subscriber's PTCL number,
one could directly dial 1218
without local codes through
any mobile phone
connection."
He said the subscribers
IDPs
would not have to wait and on all mobile phone Telenor Group pledged The camps offer shelter,
would be directly connected networks and subscribers Rs15 million to the Pakistan food, health, clean water,
Red Crescent Society sanitation and psycho-social
(PRCS). Earlier, Telenor rehabilitation. In near future
Pakistan employees had PRCS aims to extend its
voluntarily donated Rs1.7 services to 400,000 IDPs.
million to PRCS. Telenor Telenor’s contribution is
Pakistan has also previously meant to help provide
supported relief work with essentials to the people who
Rs2 million in the are innocently caught in the
immediate aftermath of the conflict and who are in dire
massive displacement need of assistance.
bringing its total monetary Telenor also provided
contribution to Rs18.7 free SIMS for the use of
million. rescue workers in the field
to the call center where the even have not to dial PRCS is providing relief along with SMS broadcast
subscriber would be able to local codes prior to services to about 120,000 facility and free air time for
get the complaint registered. dialing 1218."
IDPs of Swat, Lower Dir and them to coordinate activities
"This facility is available Buner through eight camps. at camp sites.
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 Greatest challenge face by Pakistan
As per different reports there
are about three million Inter-
nally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
as a result of ongoing Swat con-
flict and recent Army Operation
against Militants in Malakand
Dvision (Swat, Bunair and Deir).
In October, 2006, during the
Earthquake crisis, Pakistanis did
show their strength and unity as
a nation and every one partici-
pated in the relief efforts for
Earthquake affected people in
NWFP and Kashmir. Same spirit
is required now and even more
because it is not a result of natu-
ral disaster and there is political
fall back of current crisis.
Government of Pakistan
started a nationwide IDPs fund
collection campaign through
SMS which received a remark-
able response from all nooks
and corners of Pakistan. Those
who cannot do anything for the
displaced Pakistanis are making
a contribution of just Rs 10 via
their short message. Stepping
into the shoes of Pakistan Gov-
ernment, Punjab Government
has also started SMS service for
gathering fund for IDPs. Need
of the hour is the proper utilisa-
tion of all that has been gathered
to rescue the displaced persons
from a number o residential, hy-
giene, health, etc troubles.
Today we have to provide
them with temporary shelter.
After the finishing of war
against terrorism, the greatest
challenge for the government of
Pakistan will be the re-settle-
ment of IDPs in their respective
areas.
The private sector has made
spectacular contribution for the
IDPs specially telecom sector. If
the corporate sector specially
telecom, IT, banking, etc. and
the industry join hand with a de-
termination to change the fate of
millions than the task will be a
mole hole.
The entire political leadership
should come forward in this
hour of trial irrespective of their
political affiliation and join
hands with the government in
relief activities for IDPs as it is a
national disaster and we need to
collectively deal with it.

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Nokia launches Ovi Store Worldwide
Finland: Ovi Store by including the forthcoming Nokia device browser to
Nokia is available globally to flagship device, the Nokia immediately begin
an estimated 50 million Nokia N97. downloading, personalising
and making their devices
smarter and more
fun with applications,
games, videos, podcasts,
productivity tools, web
and location-based services
and much more.
"Ovi Store is open for
business and we've
stocked the shelves with both
local and global content for
a broad range of
Nokia devices," said
Tero Ojanperä, Executive
device owners across more Customers can visit Vice President, Nokia
than 50 Nokia devices store.ovi.com through their Services.

Bharti, MTN seek $61bn Taoglas’ 1st small-scale, six-band
merger surface mount antenna
New Delhi: India's Bharti and shares to end up with 49
Airtel and South Africa's per cent of MTN, after MTN US: Taoglas announced its
MTN have revived merger pays cash and stock for an new PA-25 “Anam” antenna.
talks to create a USD61 billion effective 36 per cent stake in The PA-25 is the first six-band
telecoms giant spanning the Indian firm. surface mount antenna (SMT)
that delivers efficiency of
over 50 per cent on all bands
in a design that
significantly smaller than
current market designs. This
multi-band cellular antenna
covers all worldwide cellular
bands including 850 /900
/1700 /1800 /1900 and
Africa, Asia and the Middle Just over a third of India's 2100Mhz for GSM, CDMA,
East a year after their previous 1.1 billion population has a cell DCS, PCS, WCDMA, UMTS,
attempt foundered over who phone, while MTN operates in HSDPA, GPRS and EDGE.
would control the combined virtually untapped markets The PA-25 is unique in the
entity. such as Afghanistan and market for the combination of
Bharti and MTN are Sudan, as well as in Africa, over 50 per cent efficiency on
mulling an initial deal worth where some analysts believe all bands, coupled with a
over USD 23 billion, under users could almost double to more reliable connection
which Bharti would pay cash 700 million by 2013.
allowing for better reception,
India adds 11.75m subscribers
The number of subscribers teledensity increased to 37.94 mobile subscriber base was
to phone services in India per cent from 36.98 per cent in 403.66 million at the end of
grew to 441.47 million at the March. In the mobile April.
Indian operator Bharti
Airtel remained market
leader with 96.735 million
customers, followed by
Reliance with 74.837 million
subscribers, Vodafone with
71.542 million subscribers
and Idea with 40 million
subscribers. Tata Teleservices
ended April with 35.727
subscribers, while BSNL saw
its subscriber base reach 53.18
million. The wireline
subscriber base decreased to
37.81 million from 37.96
end of April from 429.72 segment, 11.90 million million. Total broadband
million in March. According subscribers were added in connections in India
to figures from market April, down from 15.64 increased to 6.28 million
regulator TRAI, the overall million subscribers. The total versus 6.22 million.

International
Sky puts content on
Xbox console
The Xbox 360 controller
has not changed since it
launched in 2005 British
broadcaster Sky has struck a
deal with Microsoft that will
see live football, TV and film
content brought to the Xbox
360.
The deal marks the Xbox's
first move into live linear
broadcast TV. Rival consoles,
Sony's PlayStation 3 and
Nintendo's Wii, can access
catch-up TV content via the
BBC's iPlayer.
Sky's channels will be
available on the Xbox 360
from the autumn,
transmission, sensitivity and consistency. At a size of
power consumption. 36x6x5 mm, it has one of the
is
The PA-25, has many
advantages over existing
technologies in the market.
The antenna is delivered on
tape and reel and can be
surface mounted saving on
assembly costs and delivering
greater performance
Stolen credit data posted
online
Victorian police is
investigating a massive
identity fraud involving the
personal details of thousands
of Australians that have been
available on a blog site for
more than a month.
The data, discovered by
The Australian, includes
thousands of Visa, Mastercard
and American Express
numbers, including expiry
dates, together with home
addresses, phone numbers
and email addresses.
The list was posted on a
free blogging site, where it
was copied by search engine
Google as part of its routine
cataloguing of internet sites on
Synopsis
but no specific line-up or
pricing details have been
given.
Users of Microsoft's Xbox
Live online service on the 360
in the UK and Ireland
will be able to watch Sky's
live sport, programmes,
catch-up TV and on
demand films, without the
need for a satellite dish or set-
top box, or to be an
existing Sky customer.
Sky's commercial group
director Stephen Nuttall
hinted there could be
deals for some current Sky
subscribers.

highest efficiencies of a small-
scale multiband antenna
enabling customers to
achieve greater device
performance and sensitivity
in areas of low signal, and a
consistent reliable connection
to all cellular networks.

April 21.
Victoria Police Sergeant
Dave Spencer said the list
appeared to have been
collected from a number of
sources before being sold to
criminals.
"Lists like this come up for
sale on the internet, and this is
basically the end product of
skimming and hacking of
ATMs and other point-of-sale
systems," Sergeant Spencer
said.
"It's really important for
people to check their credit
card transactions and report
anything suspicious to their
banks so we can instigate an
inquiry."
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Pakistani executives prefer business over social relationships

There has been no shortage
of conversation about online
networking in the last year.
Communities such as
Facebook, MySpace and
Twitter are a fantastic resource
to all - but what are the true
business benefits of social
networking, and can Pakistan
be the first to take advantage
of it?
‘Social networking sites are
great to catch-up with old
friends, share photographs,
music and links but in this
climate does the executive
community have time for
this?’ Asked Spencer Green
CEO of MeettheBoss.com,
business networking service, show he is right with 200,000 economic crisis and unite in
“Credit isn’t the only casualty executives flooding to his this unreliable climate.
of the crunch: time is another business site for answers, 9,000 Anxious concerns are common
now in Pakistan, due to the
lack of investment in the
country which has resulted
from a multitude of security
scares. Pakistani executives are
turning to MeettheBoss.com in
order to reach out to the
outside world to gain more
investment and make valuable
business relationships, which
in turn could help lead to an
economic upturn within the
country.
scarce resource for executives, from Pakistan. MeettheBoss.com first
they need immediate value Communication is vital to launched for the financial
when online” and reports work through the current services sector in 2008 and has
just unveiled a new and
improved version –
redesigned with increased
functionality and features.
Rolling out with the new
version is an upgraded version
of MeettheBossTV, the
online television channel
dedicated to business leaders.
Members can pick up
leadership lessons and
business learning from
executives including Tim
Hussain, Head of Mobile
Advertising for Sky and Dr
Ulrich Hammerschmidt, VP
Innovation for Deutsche
Telekom both confirmed for
interviews on the site.

USA mobility leaders Technology stage in Taipei trade fair

face to face
While services are
converging in telecoms, so are
the executives that lead the
top enterprises. Miriam
Holzman, VP of Content
Production and Distribution
for Fox Mobile Entertainment
as well as cross Telco sector
giants Bradford Duea,
President of Napster, and
Tom Saine, CIO of USA
Mobility, have all confirmed
attendance at the Next
Generation Telecoms Summit
this month.
The summit, which was
held from June 17th-19th in
Marina Del Ray, California,
has been organised for the
telecom industry’s thought
leaders to combat the current
economic crisis and unite in
this unreliable climate.
The summit is rightfully
being dubbed ‘The Converged
Services Summit,’ as now
more than ever, the top
leaders from all corners of the
field recognise the
need to understand how they
are affected by each
and every other service,
especially during the
current climate. Amit Singh,
Director of IT, Technology
Integration and Architecture
for Verizon as well as Geoff
Loui, SVP of Strategy and
Marketing for Hawaiian
Telecom represent how vast
and committed these industry
leaders are to more open
communication and better
understanding of how the
industry will grow together as
a unit.

Asia's biggest The event was given enabled Taiwanese notebook
information technology extra significance this year
PC companies to grab the
trade show opened in by the participation of 36
spotlight ahead of
Taiwan, with the spotlight Chinese exhibitors in the
competitors as they
on low-priced notebook Computex Taipei, the first
showcase their new
"netbook" models - laptops
designed primarily for web
browsing and emailing.
With many netbooks
weighing less than a
kilogram (2.2 pounds) and
costing as little as 250 USD,
the crowded market is
heating up as the cheaper
products gain traction
over higher priced
computers in the economic
downturn.
Worldwide demand for
netbooks is expected to more
computers and advanced time since its launch 29 years than double this year
broadband internet mobile ago. to 32 million units from 13
technology. The five day event also million units last year.

Pakistan’s Nayatel to Websites 'keeping

deliver advanced triple play services
Paris: Alcatel-Lucent
(Euronext Paris and NYSE:
ALU) announced that Nayatel
(Pvt) Ltd. is preparing to
deploy the first gigabit passive
optical network (GPON) in
Pakistan; to provide its
customers with the most
advanced triple-play services
- such as high-definition
television, innovative
telephony services and
ultraband Internet access.
Nayatel’s Pakistani customers
can expect the new network to
be up and running by the end
of 2009.
“In 2005, Nayatel was the
first operator to deploy a fiber-
98 to-the-home (FTTH) network
solution in South Asia, and deployment in Pakistan, will
today we have once again enable their end-users to truly
pioneered the Pakistani experience the power of next-
generation triple-play
services,” said Vincenzo
Nesci, President of Alcatel-
Lucent’s business in the
Middle East and Africa. “This
contract highlights Nayatel’s
continuous confidence in our
solutions and expertise,” he
adds.
According to the latest
MRG IPTV Market Leaders
report, Alcatel-Lucent
market by becoming the first dominates the global IPTV
adopter of GPON technology Access market with a 41 per
in the country,” says Wahaj us cent market share (four times
Siraj, CEO, Nayatel. the market share of its nearest
“Nayatel’s GPON competitor).

deleted photos
User photographs can still
be found on many social
networking sites even after
people have deleted them,
Cambridge University
researchers have said. They
put photos on 16 popular
websites - noting the web
addresses where the images
were stored - and deleted
them.
The team said it was able
to find them on seven sites -
including Facebook - using
the direct addresses, even
after the photos appeared to
have gone. Facebook says
deleted photos are removed
from its servers
"immediately".
The Cambridge University
researchers said special
photo-sharing sites, such as
Flickr and Google's Picasa,
did better and Microsoft's
Windows Live Spaces
removed the photos instantly.
To perform their
experiment, the researchers
uploaded photos to each of
the sites, then deleted them,
but kept a note of direct URLs
to the photos from the sites'
content delivery networks.
When they checked 30
days later, these links
continued to work for seven
of the sites even though a
typical user might think the
photos had been removed.

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3m UK homes are web
'Notspots'
London: About 15 per
cent of homes in Britain have
internet broadband access
under two-megabits per
second (Mb), the minimum
speed envisaged by the
government for the whole
country, research shows.
In January,
Communications Minister
Lord Carter said the
government intended to
ensure universal broadband
access through a mixture of
fixed and wireless
connections by 2012 to make
Britain more competitive and
Toshiba to end cell phone output in Japan
Tokyo: Japanese
electronics group Toshiba
Corp said it would end
production of mobile phones
in Japan in October and
outsource some output to
overseas manufacturers to
cut costs as demand slumps.
Baby buy $20,000
excavator on website
Wellington: Three-year-
old New Zealand girl Pipi
Quinlan is pretty smart on
the computer - too smart for
her parents, who woke up
one morning to find she had
bought a full-size excavating
digger on an auction
website for 20,000 New
Zealand dollars (USD
12200).
Waking up early at their
home in Stanmore Bay, near
Auckland, Pipi decided to
play with the computer
while her parents slept in,
Rodney Times reported. She
soon found the New
Zealand auction site
China’s 1st 3G CDMA EVDO by
Nokia Siemens
help drag it out of recession. China: Close on the heels
Currently, around 60 per of its 3G service launch, China
cent of the country takes Telecom rolls out high end
broadband, while some 99 video streaming services
per cent have access to it. across mainland China.
However, preliminary Subscribers now for the first
research by broadband time have access to higher
performance website speed and richer mobile
SamKnows on behalf of the applications such as live
BBC found that as Mobile TV, video on demand
many three million homes and download. The new
had internet connectivity features are a result of the 3G
under 2Mb. CDMA EVDO (Evolution,
It shows they are not Data Optimised) Video
limited to rural areas Streaming Service delivered
but are spread across the by Nokia Siemens Networks.
whole country.
The centralised 3G CDMA
Cell phone sales in Japan While the economic
tumbled about 30 per cent downturn also weakened
last financial year as a new demand. Toshiba's mobile
business model came into phone unit sales halved last
financial year, causing it to
log its first annual operating
loss on these operations in
five years.
The company, Japan's
number six cell phone maker
with a seven per cent market
share, said it would continue
to make smartphones in
China on its own as
it shifts focus to the
growing segment of phones
with computer capabilities.
The planned outsourcing
would help it cut 4.5
effect that led to handset billion yen ($47 million)
price hikes, prompting in annual fixed costs,
consumers to hold onto their a Toshiba spokesman
phones longer. said.

Kabul restricts internet
Afghan Ministry
Technology seeks to set
of
TradeMe, which her mother limitations on internet to ban
had bookmarked and 'un-Islamic' websites. Despite
after a few clicks of the a vast development in
mouse she unwittingly technology in Afghanistan,
the new restrictions on
made the top bid for a
internet are termed by some
Kobelco digger, the most
Afghan citizens a
recent item listed on the
'censorship', but many have
homepage. welcomed the initiative.
The first mum Sarah "Some people come to our
Quinlan knew about it was net club and visit bad [porn]
when she got up and went websites that are even not
to the computer. allowed in Islam," Ahmad
"I saw an email from Ramin, owner of a net shop in
TradeMe saying I had won Kabul said.
an auction and another The government has not
email from the seller saying specified whether only
something like 'I think you'll pornography websites will be
love this digger'," she told banned or this restriction
the paper.
meets psychological and
International Synopsis
EVDO video streaming streaming service platform,
platform supports nationwide we are very proud to provide
diversified audio/video unique and compelling 3G
format, with quality that is at video services in the region,”
least 50% higher than the added Zhang Tong, Vice
traditional 2G solution. The President of Nokia Siemens
large capacity, advanced Networks Greater China
features, high stability and Region. “Our flexible and
reliability of the streaming secure streaming control
server engine makes it an capability ensures service
ideal solution to support live stability and an improved user
broadcasts, video on demand experience.
and downloading, not to Nokia Siemens Networks
mention highly convenient for has implemented 3G video
new application expansions. streaming solutions for more
“As the main supplier of than 25 operators across the
China Telecom’s video globe.

3G rollouts in China
20 billion will be spent
US: In a recently initial phases of their 3G
published report by Dell’Oro deployments,” stated Scott
Group, the trusted source for Siegler, Senior Analyst at
market information about Dell’Oro Group. “China
the networking and Unicom’s WCDMA
telecommunications deployment is shaping up to
industries, the worldwide be the single largest 3G
mobile infrastructure market deployment in history and
revenue contracted nine per was the primary contributor
cent year-over-year in the to the most ever - 100
first quarter of 2009, despite thousand - Node B
a record number of 3G base shipments in the quarter.
station shipments. The GSM During the quarter,
market experienced its Huawei and ZTE
largest year-over-year experienced the greatest rate
decline as Chinese mobile of growth, almost
operators focused on 3G doubling their combined
network deployments. share of the total
“The three Chinese infrastructure market to
mobile operators plan to over 20 percent compared
spend over USD 20 billion to the same quarter last
this year on rolling out the year.

political websites as well. Meanwhile, the price rate
Meanwhile, the ministry of of Internet and the low
technology is getting closer to quality have damaged the
the end of a project that internet market in
connects Afghanistan to solar Afghanistan as its
fibre, a service that will residents suffer the rocking
impact on minimising the level of poverty and
cost of the internet. unemployment.
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Samsung unveils new Pixon12 handset Ebbing violence heralds

has megapixel camera phone Key offering 'one-touch' IT boom in restive IHK !
South Korean device claims is the world's first 12- Dedicated Camera Power
vendor Samsung
access to the camera function Srinagar: Providing subsequent arrival of other IT
and an image saving for next sleeping facilities might be software and service
shots, allowing users to seen as good management companies is being seen as
move to the next shot in practice at your average, evidence of a mini-boom in
around two seconds. round-the-clock call centre, IHK, which has been a
The device comes with but in Indian-held Kashmir byword for economic
high-connectivity functions (IHK) it has the advantage of stagnation and high
including Wi-Fi and preventing workers getting unemployment.
HSUPA capabilities, Touch shot. Beds at work:
Auto- Focus (AF) Opened in 2004, Access Nevertheless, on and off
tracking and 3.1-inch Infrastructure was born of a violence in Srinagar accounts
Amoled screen. Samsung's period of relative peace in a for the beds in the office. “We
Pixon12 handset is due for region where at least 47,000 have arrangements for
release in Europe at people have been killed since employees to sleep over in
the end of June and an armed insurgency against case of curfews and other
unveiled its new Pixon12 with full-touch screen. elsewhere at the end of Indian rule began 20 years disturbances,” said Access
(M8910) handset, which it The device comes with a August.
ago. Its presence and the executive Khalid Abbas.

Egypt's OT buys $140m of Dell aims netbook for younger

Pak unit's debt students
Seattle: Dell Inc., already plopping the computer on performance remains
Cairo: Egypt's Orascom principal amount, on the the largest seller of PCs to spilled milk would not do debatable but Dell Chief
Telecom said that its 8.625 per cent coupon debt. schools worldwide, is trying any damage. And a light on Executive Michael Dell,
Pakistan unit had One analyst said the debt to extend its lead with its the lid of the computer tells perhaps not surprisingly,
traded over the counter at a first ‘netbook’ designed for
discount due to political risk young students at a time
in Pakistan and the poor when adult consumers and
performance of the unit. businesses have cut back on
"We believe that buying technology spending.
repurchased up to USD 140 back those debts is generally Dell’s new Latitude 2100,
which is being unveiled at an
million in senior notes at a 27 positive news for OT as the
event in Australia, is part of a
per cent discount to face Pakistani subsidiary was
newly popular category of
value. already highly leveraged,"
computer that’s much like a
The unit, Pakistan Mobile said Marise Ananian, laptop, but cheaper, smaller,
Communications Limited telecom analyst at EFG- lighter and less powerful.
(Mobilink) will spend Hermes. Unlike Dell’s other
around USD 100.6 million to The offer was conducted netbooks, the 2100’s shell is
buy back almost USD 138 with Citigroup and Deutsche made from brightly
million of senior notes due in Bank as joint dealer coloured, easily gripped teachers when kids are argues that computers in
2013, OT said in a statement. managers and lead rubber, not slippery plastic. connected to the internet. classrooms are a key
Mobilink will pay managers, and Standard Its underside is free from The extent to which ingredient to better
USD730 per USD1000 of Chartered as lead manager.
vents and other openings, so laptops improve academic schooling.

3G & 4G product expansion Europe's fastest

opportunities supercomputer unveiled
Berlin: A new United States, said Kosta
US: Mobile phone Analytics Connected Home 100 million installed devices supercomputer with the Schinarakis from the Juelich
operators are now looking Device Strategies report, for wireless operators in the
power of 50,000 home PCs - research centre, where the
“Beyond the US by 2014.
Handset - By the end of 2009, more
Wireless than half of the 8.4 million
Consumer consumer electronics devices
Electronics: US installed and enabled for 3G
Market and 4G will be consumer
Forecast,” notebook PCs. This entire
identifies up to device population of 3G and
20 new device 4G enabled products will
segments in nearly double to 16.6 million in
which 3G and 2010, and continue to expand the fastest in Europe and the computer is located.
4G wireless toward 101 million by 2014. third worldwide - was Jugene will be used for a
beyond the handset to fuel technologies will be This Strategy Analytics unveiled in Germany. wide variety of operations.
further growth. They foresee a embedded, and which report also concludes that The "Jugene," capable of The machine is no
broad range of consumer operators could support with today’s 3G technologies will 1,000,000,000,000,000 ordinary PC, requiring
electronics devices as vehicles data and media services. The dominate the consumer calculations per second, ranks 295,000 processors located in
for 3G and 4G wireless service new range of embedded CE electronics device market in behind the "Roadrunner" and 72 lockers each the
100 access. The new Strategy devices will create a market of the near term.
"Jaguar" computers in the size of a telephone box.