Mobilink brings Call & SMS Block service

Obnoxious and crank calling is becoming a major complaint from mobile users these days.

Keeping this in mind Mobilink brings yet another useful service for its customers.

SMS and Call Block service is available for JAZZ, JAZBA and Indigo subscribers.

Now with Mobilink’s Call & SMS Block service customers can block unwanted calls and SMS. This frees customers from hassle of switching off their mobile phones and gives freedom to select people whose calls and SMS they want to receive.

PTCL launches 50Mb VDSL Broadband - An industry first

PTCL Announcing Bandwidth (DSL) Data Rate Up to 50 Mbps Using VDSL2 Bonding Technology

PTCL has become the 1st operator in the world to use VDSL2 Bonding technology to provide to its bandwidth hungry DSL customers with Bandwidth up to 50 Mbps on its existing Copper network.

Now Pay your PTCL bills at all Ufone outlets

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) launched its bill collection at Ufone Customer Services Centers only, back in August 2010, to facilitate its customers. But now PTCL can customers can pay their PTCL bills at all Ufone outlets.

Now, Ufone Customers Service Centers, Franchises and UShops will be accepting all your PTCL bill collections.

Govt. to establish Pakistan Technology Council for B.Tech graduates

More than 50,000 B.Tech graduates, after years-long struggle, received a green signal from National Assembly Standing Committee on Science and Technology to establish a separate Pakistan Technology Council (PTC) for registering them and safeguarding their interests and rights. B.Tech graduates have been deprived of access to higher studies, job opportunities in public departments and promotions due to undefined status of their degree and it was their longstanding demand to establish PTC.

Talking to APP, Chairman Pakistan Council of Technologists, Sheikh Javed said that after strenuous efforts of B.Tech community, Chairman NA Standing Committee on Science and Technology Dr. Abdul Qadir Khanzada in a meeting with Pakistan Council of Technologists (PCT) announced to establish the PTC.

PTCL to offer 50 Mbps Bandwidth via VDSL2 Bonding technology

Press Release: An industry first, Pakistan’s PTCL will be using VDSL2 Bonding technology to provide existing digital subscriber line (DSL) customers with speeds up to 50 Mbps. The project leverages Alcatel-Lucent’s (Euro next Paris and NYSE: ALU) VDSL2 Bonding expertise and should be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2011.

VDSL2 Bonding takes two copper-based VDSL2 lines per subscriber and aggregates them – almost doubling the bandwidths available to existing customers, or expanding high-speed broadband access to areas that are underserved today. Using VDSL2 Bonding, service providers can extend the life of their existing copper infrastructure - supporting the delivery of bandwidth-intensive services such as triple-play voice, data and IPTV.

Ufone Twitter Service: tweets via SMS

After Mobilink and Zong, Ufone becomes the third operator in Pakistan to officially support SMS-based access to twitter services in Pakistan.

Ufone customers in Pakistan can now send and receive tweets via SMS.

Tariff:

Ufone to Twitter Tariff: Charges for sending SMS to 40404/Twitter is Rs. 1 plus tax.

[Telenor] Android Phone Settings MMS - GPRS - EDGE

The news is; Telenor Pakistan to launch Andriod™ Mobile Phones in Pakistan soon and following are the Internet, GPRS, MMS, and EDGE settings of Telenor for any andriod handsets. you can configure any andriod smartphone on Telenor's Packet Data Network by using these settings.

Telenor GPRS or EDGE settings:

Access Point Name: internet

Telenor offers Summer Internship Program

The Telenor Pakistan Internship Program 2011 has been re-designed this year to not only train our apprentices for the corporate world but also to sieve talent for entry level positions at our company.

This year's program aims to ignite the passion for work and fuel the battle amongst our top interns to be our next leaders.

This summer let the best man win!

Zong Twitter Service: send and receive tweets via SMS

After Mobilink, Zong becomes the second operator in Pakistan to officially support SMS-based access to twitter services in Pakistan.

Zong customers in Pakistan can now send and receive tweets via SMS.

With the inclusion of Mobilink and Zong in the Twitter’s list of official carriers, while others gonna follow this, there are good chances of boost in Twitter usage in the country.

Telenor to Charge Rs. 2 for Helpline Calls from April 9

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Telenor Pakistan said, in an advertisement published in news papers, that they will charge helpline calls at Rs. 2 excluding taxes, from April 09, 2011.

These Rs. 2 + Tax charges would be in addition to IVR charges of Rs. 0.25 + Tax.

If you dial 345, you will be charged 25 paisas + Tax straight away. If you connect to Customer Representative Officer, you will be charged Rs. 2 (excluding taxes) plus the IVR charges, which are 25 paisas + Tax. So your total charges will be Rs. 2 + Tax Plus Rs. 0.25 + Tax to seek help from your own operator.

Ufone Super Call Offer: Call for just Rs. 2.99

Ufone brings back an offer which is truly Superb! Ufone is proud to announce Super Call Offer.

Now you can talk your heart out to all Ufone numbers, day in and day out. So go ahead talk as much as you want and make as many calls as you want to all Ufone numbers from 10:00 pm to 7:00 pm the next day at the lowest rate of Rs. 2.99 and that too without any daily charge. Now that’s what we call a truly super offer!