Telenor Receives Rs. 68 Million from DTAC Thailand for Flood Relief

Telenor Group’s operating company DTAC Thailand handed over a cheque of Rs. 68 million to Telenor Pakistan as its contribution toward the ongoing flood relief efforts.

To announce the donation a press conference was organized by Telenor Pakistan at a local hotel. Present on the occasion from Telenor Pakistan were Aamir Ibrahim, Vice President Corporate Affairs & Chief Strategy Officer; and Affan Haider, Head of Corporate Communications & Responsibility.

LG Launches Andriod-Powered Optimus Smartphone

LG Electronics recently announced the launch of an Android-powered smartphone, LG Optimus (LG GT540), a handset offering an optimal environment for first-time smartphone users with easy and convenient mobile access.

LG Optimus allows users to enjoy diverse Android applications and automatic account synchronization with all Google mobile services. LG Optimus also features enhanced social networking functions in a high-powered multimedia environment.

GMail Priority Box Predicts and Sorts Your Important Emails

If you get hundreds of emails, or even thousands of them, Gmail Priority Inbox is going to be a heaven’s choice for you.

Google has today enabled this feature called “Gmail Priority Inbox” that sorts important messages for you based on various factors, including but not limited to:

Mobilink (Jazz) Gives Away 3 Cars and Air-Tickets

Mobilink presented the 6 lucky winners of the Jazz “Zabardast Recharge Offer” with three 1,800 cc cars and three air-tickets to any global destination of their choice.

Mobilink Jazz launched the Zabardast Recharge Offer in June 2010 to offer the opportunity to win thousands of free minutes and free SMS bundles to its customers. Offer included a lucky draw where the winners could get high-valued prizes including 1800 cc cars and air tickets to any global destination. The offer concluded earlier this month.

Google Realtime Search Launched

Google Inc launched a website on August 26 for users who want to sift through news, comments and other information on the Internet in real time, letting them follow conversations on social network hubs such as Facebook and Twitter in one place. The move expands the Internet search leader’s efforts to compete with Microsoft Corp’s Bing in letting Web surfers track up-to-the-minute comments and postings and could also be a useful tool for organisations tracking public opinion on everything from a movie to a new product.

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Smartphones will Soon Replace Credit Cards

UNITED STATES: The mobile service providing companies in USA are planning to develop a payment system that can be done using smartphone. This plan poses a threat to Credit cards such as Visa and MasterCard.

Telecom Sector to Spend Rs 2.3bn on Infrastructure

Landline and cellular operators’ expenses to repair damaged infrastructure are likely to cross Rs 2.3 billion in flood-hit areas across the country. Heavy rains and flash floods have destructed the network infrastructure of telecom operators unprecedentedly in different telecom regions of the country. The initial assessment report prepared by Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT) said the damage losses of the two sectors would increase manifold as the figures show these sites have became totally un-operational and destructed.

Sharp Launching 3D Smartphone

JAPAN: The international launching of the 3D smartphone by Sharp is set to happen by the end of the year. It’s 3D panel that can be easily viewed without the use of special glasses.

One of the features of this smartphone is 3D capable camera. Sharp Corporation, the biggest mobile phone maker of Japan but is a small player globally has been on a rapid growth in the market of smartphone.

PTA Checks Power Levels Of Mobile Towers

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) alongwith Frequency Allocation Board (FAB) recently conducted an extensive survey in Pakistan and AJ&K with the help of special equipment to check the emission of power level from transmitters and receivers of Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs)/Towers installed by cellular mobile companies. The survey was conducted at Karachi, Hyderabad, Lahore, Faisalabad, Mirpur, Muzaffarabad, Peshawar, Quetta, Sibi, Rawalpindi and Islamabad.

wi-tribe Employee Flood Relief Drive

wi-tribe Employee Flood Relief Drive

Pakistan is currently experiencing the worst kind of floods that we have seen in decades. Over 14 million people have been affected and this is increasing per hour. Diseases and hunger are causing further strife to those rendered homeless.

EasyPaisa launched ‘International Home Transfer’

Yet another addition to the bouquet of easypaisa services, it goes international now with the launch of ‘International Home Transfer’ in collaboration with Xpress Money, UK. This service adds on to the existing domestic remittance service Money Transfer by providing international home remittances receiving facility in Pakistan.

The latest easypaisa service can be availed by anyone with a valid CNIC irrespective of any mobile operator or bank affiliation through all Sales and Service Centres and Franchises of Telenor Pakistan and all branches of Tameer Microfinance Bank.

How to Use Internet on BlackBerry Without BIS Account

BlackBerry can be used as an internet device without activating any of usual blackberry packages. Blackberry is been known for its push email services like syncing Microsoft exchange and IBM lotus mail server on the phone device.

While, most of the users only want to use BlackBerry handsets with basic internet profiles without having monthly BlackBerry packages defined or what they call BIS Accountagainst their devices, we are presenting here a way to achieve this:

Warid and Seven Other Singtel Networks Working on One-Rate Roaming

Sintel is planning to introduce single-rate mobile roaming in at least 8 regions where it has full or partial investments, reported ITP, a technology website from Middle East.

Initial reports suggest that Warid Telecom of Pakistan, india’s Bharti Aitel, and Globe Telecom in the Philippines will be part of this singe-rate roaming plan.

NetSol Re-Appraised at Maturity Level 5 of CMMI V 1.2

In doing so, it has created a milestone for the Pakistani IT industry and placed Pakistan at the forefront of IT software producing countries.

NetSol had already been assessed at Maturity Level 5 against CMMI V1.1 in 2006, which was again a first for Pakistan. It was a distinction shared by few software companies in the world at the time. However, SEI introduced version 1.2 subsequently to make it even tougher for companies worldwide to be assessed at this level.

Nokia 5250: Nokia announces a new Symbian^1 device

Few days ago Nokia announced a new Symbian^1 device called Nokia 5250.This device is full touch screen with 2.8 display screen.

The good thing about seeing these types of continuing hardware announcements before Nokia World is that we should hopefully see some major news there. I know we will see the N8, but am hoping to see Nokia reveal their next flagship device (maybe the N9) since so many people still have a bad taste from the N97 that could have been so good.

TweetDeck Android v0.9.5 Beta 5 Released

Again TweetDeck give us a good platform for tweet and released “ TweetDect Android v0.9.5 Beta 5”.

Uplaod and Share Your Images in High Quality With Troovi

Troovi Newly Born Web 2.0 Tool For Sharing Images. This is Another Fantastic Exchange Platform to Share Photos in High Quality. It has a Simple and Friendly Interface. You Do Not Need any Registration to Download Photos. You Can Simply Upload Their Photos and Get a Unique Link To Share Your Photos. Sooo Enjoyy!!!!

Real-Time Face Tracker Application (Demo)

Researchers at the University of Manchester revealed a real-time face tracker on a mobile phone was developed and they decided to show their application demo on “Nokia 900”.This application work by using of mobile camera and microphone.

Another Tata Nano car catches fire

A brand new Tata Nano car which was on its way to be delivered to its new owner, caught fire. The driver of the car was safe.

This is second such instance in recent days. Last month, in Mumbai, a brand new Nano was reduced to ashes while being driven to home from showroom.

Free after 1st Minute: Jazz Bemisaal Ramadan Offer

Jazz brings “Bemisaal Ramadan offer”, which offers lowest Ghanta offer rates to its customers to talk as long as they want – all calls to Mobilink numbers will be free for an hour, after 1st minute, at any hour of day and night. This offer will be available on Jazz Octane as well.

Survey to Check Power Emission From BTS Conducted by PTA and FAB

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) along with Frequency Allocation Board (FAB) has recently carried out an far reaching survey in Pakistan and AJ&K with the help of special tools to check the emission of power level from transmitters and receivers of Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs)/Towers installed by cellular mobile companies.

PTCL Reports Net Profit Rs. 9.29 Billion for FY 09/10

PTCL reported a net profit of 9.29 billion rupees ($108.5 million) or Rs. 1.82 per share in the 2009/10 fiscal year compared with 9.15 billion rupees the previous year.

PTCL’s revenue for the quarter ending on June 30, 2010 stood at 57.17 billion rupees lower than previous year’s 59.24 billion rupees revenues, said PTCL in a statement to the Karachi stock exchange.

Google brings voice to Gmail with free calls

Google just shattered the pay wall between VoIP and telephones, letting Gmail users make free voice calls to the United States and Canada. Google promises that phone calls will remain free ‘for at least the rest of the year,’ while calls to other countries start at $0.02 per minute. The voice service for Gmail will roll out to users over the next few days. To get started using the service, you will have to install the free ‘voice and video chat’ Web-based service to your Gmail account here. Here's how it works: First, you'll need Google's Voice and Video plug-in.

First cyber police station opens in india

The first cyber police station in India's eastern West Bengal state's provincial capital Kolkata was opened on Tuesday.

Set up with technical support from Infosys Technologies, the cyber police station has been aims to keep a check on the increasing cyber related crimes. State chief Buddhadeb Bhatacharjee and Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys technologies, inaugurated the new police station. Bhatacharjee patted his police force saying the crime rate in Kolkata was comparatively less than any other metropolis in the country.

"Crimes are increasing all over the country and Kolkata is no exception. But I can humbly claim that with the little number, minimum number of police forces, we have only 26,000 policemen in this city. If you compare with any other metropolitan city our number is less than any other metropolitan city.

PTA Contributes Rs. 200 Million for Flood

Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Dr. Mohammed Yaseen presented cheque of Rs. 201.43 million to the Prime Minister, Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani for the “Prime Minister’s Flood Relief Fund 2010 for the Assistance of Flood Affected People”, established for the relief and rehabilitation of flood affected people.

wi-tribe Launches Social Media Bar for Easy Browsing

wi-tribe today launched its social media bar, probably the best available tool bar for internet browsers to ease users’ experience for exploring their favorite websites.

wi-tribe Social Media bar offers one click browsing to all major social and bookmarking networks, along with, it offers search results, weather updates, email alerts and that is not it – with wi-tribe social media bar.

Mobile Handset Import Bill Up 100%: FBS

The demand of handsets in the country has increased its imports sharply as reported almost 100 percent in terms of its imported cost in the first month of current fiscal year 2010-11, July.

Federal Bureau of Statistics figures showed the import bill of mobile handset reached US $ 39 million dollar in the month of July as against the same months cost stood at $ 19.59 million last year, showing 99.15 percent growth.

Call to Phone from Your Gmail

Google is easing our lives, this time by embedding a phone dialer in your Gmail. Earlier it was told that phone feature is only for people in US and Canada, however, phone dialer is appearing in all countries for now.

Google said that calls to the U.S. and Canada will be free for at least the rest of the year and calls to other countries will be billed at very nominal rates.

TSF Deploys Free Phones in Flood Hit Areas

The telecoms emergency aid charity, Telecoms sans Frontieres (TSF) says that it has now set up eight centres in Pakistan to assist aid agencies with communications services and help stranded locals phone relatives to assure them of their situation.

The eight mobile teams, equipped with satellite and GSM phones, are based in the districts of Peshawar, Nowshera and Charsadda and plan to operate for at least a month. The teams are composed of one man and one woman to allow both men and women to make a call.

Djuice: Call Free After 2 Minutes

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Following the footprints of Ufone, now Djuice is offering free call for FnF and on-net numbers after first two minutes. Offer can be subscribed at Rs. 4 plus tax for three days.

Broadband Subscribers Hit 0.9 Million Mark

At the end of fiscal year 2009-2010 broadband Internet users in Pakistan have reached 900,648 and are expected to cross 1 million mark by the end of August 2010.

In its detailed stats made exclusively available to ProPakistani, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority said that Internet Service Providers added a total of 39,948 subscribers in June 2010 compared to 43,893 subscribers in May 2010.

Broadband growth rate has leaned down in previous three months but if history repeats itself, growth rate is expected to shoot up in coming months due to slashed rates.

Telenor TalkShawlk 5 Paisa Offer

Telenor TalkShawk has also introduced a special Ramadan offer after Mobilink, Zong and warid. Telenor TalkShawk has come up with special discount rates in this Holy month of Ramadan. Now all TalkShawk subscribers can make calls at lowest rates during the day time only for the month of Ramadan.

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Subscription charges are Rs.12+tax (Rs. 14.34 inclusive of tax)

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For subscription dial *345*201# USSD. This offer is only for TalkShawk subscribers.

Mobilink Roaming Offer for Umrah

Mobilink introduces an amazing offer for its customers who are planning to move Saudi Arabia for performing Umrah in this holy month of Ramadan. This offer will let the Mobilink customers to share their religious experience with family and friends.

Warid Song Search and Caller Tunes

Warid has come up with new offer for its song loving customers, now they can set their favorite song as caller tune. Warid customers can now search for their favorite song’s caller tune and write the song name and send an SMS to 7172.

Pay PTCL Bills at Ufone Customer Services Centers

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) has launched its bill collection at Ufone Customer Services Centers to facilitate its customers.

This new facility would be in addition to already existing 84 bill collection points, operating through various one stop shops, walk in centers/revenue offices of PTCL in various cities of the country.

PM Urges PTA to Ensure Telecom Reconstruction in Flood-Hit Areas

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has urged the Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to ensure the reconstruction of telecommunication infrastructure in the flood-hit areas to strengthen the relief activities.

Telenor Pk Management Volunteered Flood Relief Activities

Telenor Pakistan Management Volunteered Flood Relief Activities

Telenor Pakistan Management volunteered recently to assist in the ongoing relief efforts in Charsadda, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa. They took active part in the registration of coupons, offloading relief goods from trucks and distributing them among the affected families. Relief items were distributed among 402 families during the day. Here they can be seen being briefed by a Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) team member before the distribution. Telenor Pakistan’s flood relief drive

Telecom Sector Suffered Rs. 1.8 Billion Loss in Floods

The telecom sector of the country has suffered Rs. 1.87 billion losses to its infrastructure and equipment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan because of the massive floods while the damage in Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan could be much more than that, said official source in a statement.

As per initial estimates of the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom, most of the losses had been suffered by companies using fiber optic cables, followed by cellular companies whose cell sites had been damaged.

Zong’s Free Phone Allows Flood Victims to Call for Help

Zong has given free handsets, SIMs & EDGE Dongles to International Organization for Migration (IOM) to provide free phone service to flood victims to get vital information, seek help and access relief services offered by the government and other aid agencies.

IOM is using these handsets and SIMs to establish free calling booths at the relief camps in flood affected areas of the country. On its part ZONG will not be charging these calls, in flood affected areas so that people can get in touch with their families in other parts of the country.

Ufone WAP Gaming Portal

Ufone Launches "WAP Gaming Portal"

Ufone brings you another fun service to keep you entertained...

...on your mobile phone. Play unlimited WAP games for as low as Rs. 5 per month on Ufone’s WAP Gaming Portal. Registeration on the WAP Gaming Portal is FREE.

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Robot to drill into Great Pyramid mystery

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the only Ancient Wonder of the World that's still in existence. But even 4,500 years after it was built (by real Egyptians, not aliens), much of it still hasn't been explored. The reason doesn't have to do with a curse, but a door deep in the heart of the structure that won't open.

To get past that door, a team of researchers from Leeds University developed a robot that can drill right through it. But it's not so simple. There are two rooms in the middle of the Pyramid, and they're called the Queens Chamber and the Kings Chamber. Two shafts lead from the Queen's Chamber, but no one knows why they exist. It's still a mystery, because those shafts each have doors that can't open, and some Egyptologists think an important discovery lies behind it. I won't raise expectations for what's behind this door, to avoid any comparisons to Geraldo Rivera and his infamous unveiling of Al Capone's Vault, which turned out to be a dud. But Zahi Hawass,

Orascom Campaigns to Raise Funds for Pakistani Floods

Orascom Telecom, the parent company of Mobilink, is leading a fundraising campaign in its native Egypt for Pakistani flood victims, trying to capitalize on the spirit of charity and giving during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

In a one-page advertisement in the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper, the Cairo-based company appeals to Egyptians to join the international community in supporting the flood victims, particularly during Ramadan.

The company has launched the campaign with a $1 million donation.

KASB Bank Automates its Reporting Chart of Accounts system

KASB Bank has automated its State Bank reporting structure by agreeing to implement a state of the art application designed by Ora-Tech Systems (Pvt) Ltd, one of Pakistan’s leading IT companies.

The application, which is expected to be up and running in about three months is best known as OTS RCOA (Ora-Tech Systems – Reporting Chart of Accounts System).

The software is designed to connect with the Banks Core Systems and Database to extract the required information for State Bank reporting without interfering with KASB Bank’s day to day activity. These reports can be provided to State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) with minimal user intervention with the provision to retrieve historical reports on demand.

Mobilink Jazz Announces Rs. 1 Crore Winner

Mobilink has announced the winner of Rs. 1 Crore bumper prize of the Jazz Super SMS Khanzana campaign, a trivia-based contest that provided Mobilink customers the opportunity to win high-valued cash-prizes on daily, weekly and instant-win basis.

This campaign concluded with the announcement of the final Bumper Prize winner of Rs. 10,000,000.

Telenor, Zong Complete 62 Solar Powered Sites

A population of 2.37 million people will benefit from the completion of 62 solar powered sites in Mirpur Khas (34 sites), Bahawalpur (13 sites) and Nasirabad (15 sites), constructed by Telenor and CMPak through the Rural Telecom Projects of Universal Service Fund.

Due to the non-availability of commercial power, the Telecom servicer providers had to rely on diesel engines to provide uninterrupted services. This ploy was very cost inefficient plus the maintenance and transportation to these far flung hard to reach sites was taking its toll. Therefore the stake holders put their heads together and decided that operators will bid for all future infrastructures in un-served areas with renewable energy solutions.

Aftab Iqbal Joined Jang Group and Geo Television Network

 Aftab Iqbal from Hasb-e-Haal with Geo News and Jang Group / The News

Aftab Iqbal Joined Jang Group and Geo Television Network

His First Column on Daily Jang is Here

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Universe will probably be expanding forever: Research

Galactic lens reveal that the Universe will probably be expanding forever. To work out the amount of dark energy in the cosmos, astronomers used the way that light from distant stars was distorted by a huge galactic cluster known as Abell 1689. Dark energy is known as mysterious force that speeds up the expansion of the

Windows Live Essentials 2011 beta 2 available now

Microsoft has just released the next major version of the Windows Live Essentials 2011 beta suite. The package comes with a number of improvements, bug fixes and added features.

GREY Trafficking: Senate Body Directs PTA to Take Strict Action Against Grey Traffic

The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology on Thursday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to take strict action against gray trafficking and officials involved in it.In the meeting Senate Body’s Chairman Senator Muhammad Idrees Khan Safi was of the view that the call centers across the country were using offensive and immoral discussion with customers.

Acer Appoints Adnan Siddiqui as Brand Ambassador for Acer Pakistan

Pakistan: Actor Adnan Siddiqui has been appointed as Acer’s Brand Ambassador in Pakistan. The Pakistani television actor made big waves with his work in the 2007 Hollywood feature film with Angelina Jolie, ‘A Mighty Heart’, and is considered to be thecountry’s top talent.

Elaborating on the association of Adnan Siddiqui with Acer, Zahid Mahmood, Country Sales Manager, Acer Pakistan said that, “Adnan is a key figure in Pakistan’s glamor arena and enjoys a very strong fan following, especially the youth..”

PTCL Report For The Quarter & Nine Months Ended March 2010

The Directors of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) are pleased to present to the shareholders unaudited financial statements of the

Company for the nine months ended March 31, 2010.

The PTCL Group Revenue of Rs. 73.6 billion for the period under review was 7% higher compared to the corresponding period last year. The revenue earned by PTML (Ufone), the wholly-owned subsidiary of PTCL, was higher by 22%, while PTCL’s revenue decreased by 4%. PTCL’s domestic revenue declined by 7% where as International revenue registered an increase of 23%.

Made in China Fake Phones – What is The Reality ?

There are rumors around the world that the products made in china are of low quality and poor standards because in their production they use low quality and cheap material. They use poor raw material and that’s how they reduce the prices of their material. Which is not true, if get a chance to visit the Nokia china manufacturing facility then you will get to know the truth. They maintain their good quality of products by checking quality at each and every stage of production. Their process of maintaining quality is same as Nokia’s other nine facilities across the world.

Ufone ICON Handset (Now at Low Price)

Ufone ICON Handset With New Features

Ufone Decreased The Price Of ICON Handset

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Nokia C7 – Combining E With N

Chinese site Zol.com.cn has spilled all their beans on the C7 and they have done it with style ( Vegas Keychain and Chivas Regal bottle included ) .

On the first look C7 looks what a Nokia should be a combination of finesse and quality , curving sides borrowed from E 66 and a Garnet metallic finish a reminiscent of N97 Mini makes it a sleek , ‘sexy’ package. Coupled with a 3.5 inch Capacitive screen , one hardware front button and touch sensitive Call End and Send keys it’s a looker.

Wide Angle Phone Camera Lenses

Works With Any Phone Camera

These two small yet powerful and finely constructed lenses, one fisheye and one combo wide-angle/macro, attach to your cell phone transforming your standard flat phone photos into wide and up-close wonders.

They work with any camera phone and attaching them is easy breezy! A detachable magnetic ring sticks to your cell, providing a sturdy, shake-free hold between the lens and your phone.

Scientists demonstrate fighting technique of pre-historic terror bird

Researchers used the kind of techniques more commonly seen on the computers of construction engineers to ascertain the attack methods of the andalgornis, an Argentine paleontologist said.

They say the agile creature repeatedly attacked and retreated, landing well-targeted blows and using hatchet-like jabs to take down its prey.

"The analysis of specific parts [of the body] is the tool which comes out of engineering, to test the resistance of specific structures of importance to man in construction. Its appearance in biology and paleontology is relatively recent. However, it has resulted in something new and it has been applied to a great diversity of organisms from dinosaurs to mammals," said Argentine paleontologist Federico Degrange.

The multinational team of scientists using three-dimensional X-ray scans and advanced engineering methods documented the structure of one bird's skull, thought to be six million years old. They even worked out its main strengths and weaknesses.

Upcoming Dell Thunder

Dell leaked the upcoming Dell Thunder. It is an Android 2.1-powered phone that comes with some execllent feature.

Feature
A 4.1-inch touchscreen display.
An 8-megapixel camera with 720p video recording.
A 800 x 480 resolution display and a 1400mAh battery.
Although the picture is blurry, at least we get to have a close look on the actual device. Stay tuned for more updates.

Samsung Launches Durable Adventure Cameras

Samsung Digital Imaging Co. Ltd, a market leader and award-winning innovator in digital imaging, has added two 12 mega-pixel point and‑shoot cameras to its digital imaging products lineup for 2010 the durable ES73 and the waterproof WP10.