Attractive rates of cellular services are causing an increase in the number of subscribers with an accelerated pace. Furthermore, the subscribers availing internet services are showing tremendous growth of 161 percent by June-end. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s statistics made available to Daily Times reported the number of internet subscription...
THE Lahore High Court has ordered Pakistan Telecommunication Authority and Director Telecom Wireless to inform the court about the steps they have taken so far to remove blasphemous material from different websites and make it inaccessible in the country. Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry of the LHC passed the order while hearing a writ petition seeking...
The 10th ITCN Asia Exhibition and Conference to commence from August 3 at Karachi Expo Centre. The organizers announced here on Monday that the Federal IT Secretary will inaugurate the event. They said that more than 150 exhibitors are gathering to promote their products and services from the platform of this event. Participants from more than...
Sardar Latif Khosa, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Information Technology who resigned recently and wrote in detail to the PM that he would reveal billions of rupees scams to President Asif Ali Zardari at the right time. “At this stage I will offer no comment, however, I confirm that I have written letters to the ......
Telecom and Internet companies fear massive losses as their network infrastructure have been hit by ravaging floods and heavy rains that have unabatedly caused havoc in many cities and villages of the country. The telephony and internet services have been widely disrupted and paralyzed in flood and rain hit areas particularly in cities of Khyber ......
Pakistan Software House Association (PASHA) has registered 20 new Information Technology (IT) firms in the second quarter of 2010, depicting a significant growth over last year, when it enrolled the same number of companies in 12 months, Yusuf Jan, Chairman, PASHA, told The News on Wednesday. “There has been a focus on entrepreneurship in the...
LHC orders PTA to ban the 9 big giants including Google, Yahoo and Bing in the accusation of blasphemy and publishing modified contents in The Quran. Sudden orders were issued as the petition submitted by a Bahawalpur citizen, who provided court with proofs. Ban list includes: Google Yahoo Bing YouTube Hotmail MSN Amazon IslamExposed InTheNameofAllah Muhammad...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. a global leader in cutting-edge technology has unveiled its new range of mobile phones Samsung WAVE and CHAMP for its Pakistan customers. The launch was attended by senior media scribes who witnessed wide array of the new mobile phone features.Zeeshan Qureshi, Head of Mobile Phones Division, Samsung Pakistan & Afghanistan...
Samsung Electronics Company Limited, a global leader in electronic products and mobile phones, has sponsored a photo exhibition of a Korean photographer Yoo-Beyl-nam at the National Art Gallery Islamabad. Inaugurated by the Ambassador of Republic of Korea, this exhibition aims to promote photography and project a more positive image of Pakistan. The...
Dell brings a fine dining treat by giving 2 free Hardees food Vouchers to every customer on purchase of a Dell Notebook till June 20, 2010. Head of Marketing for Consumer and SMB at Dell Pakistan, Nubla Iftikhar stated, “This tech-licious collaboration of Dell and Hardees will surely attract the taste buds of tech-lovers. Dell believes in serving...
Stakeholders hailed the slashing of 2.5 percent general sales tax (GST) on telephony services for the next financial year 2010-11, saying the customers, service-providing companies and the government will benefit as a result. The GST has been levelled to 17 percent across-the-board for all products and services, which is likely to affect other sectors...
Samsung Electronics in Pakistan cautioned retailers against a series of fake promotions launched in some parts of the country, illegally using the company’s brand name, employee cards and misguiding people to buy deceptive coupons. The company has given a stern warning to these fraudulent groups and individuals who are using the name of Samsung...
Division Bench of the High Court of Sindh ordered the telecom regulator to take necessary measures to delete all obscene matter on YouTube Pakistan and to ensure that no obscene material is uploaded on YouTube, the world’s biggest video-sharing website that allows registered users to upload videos/photographs and permits unregistered users to watch...
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, has signed a sponsorship agreement with Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) to support the launch of Orbit’s High-Definition (HD) decoders and channel line-up. OSN is the first and only broadcaster, in the Middle-East region, offering an exclusive bouquet...
On the directives of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) for blocking Facebook in the country, all cellular companies froze Blackberry services until further notice. Although the PTA had blocked Facebook, the website was still accessible on Blackberry handsets as these services are routed through RIM servers. According to sources, the...
