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Wasim Akram welcomes Mobilink Jazz cricket experts 19

Glow Valentines Week, Valentine’s treat by Indigo 34

Ufone snatches PRO award from deserves 38

Telenor catches red-handed

in HTC ad cheating case

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PTCL launches Telepresence

6 38 Ufone snatches PRO award from deserves

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Editor s
N ote
War on terror
and role of telcos
Not only Pakistan but the entire world is also under
extreme threat of terrorism. In this scenario the utmost and
soul responsibility lies on the shoulders of every individual
and citizen to perform their due role in educating the Zubair Ahmed Kasuri Editor-in-Chief

community. It is the prime responsibility of the Pakistan Z. A. Kasuri Editor

Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and telecommunication Irfan Khan Assistant Editor

service providers to aware the masses about the possible Usman Yaqoob
threat of terrorism. Terrorists use these communications tools Director Marketing (Lhr)
M. Farooq Malik
in order to accomplish their nefarious designs. In recent past, Manager Marketing (Lhr)
Rashid Hussain Mughal
the SIM have been used in the tragic incident of terrorism at Marketing Executive (Khi)
Lahore by those abetting and facilitating the heinous crime
which resulted in the loss of many invaluable and innocent Zafar Khan Afridi
lives. Senior Graphic Designer
M. Naeem Mughal
But our cellular service providers are continuously Graphic Designer
showing their irresponsible attitude by issuing SIMs without
Khawar Shahzad
proper verification. They issued SIMs on fake names which Manager Islamabad Office
resulted in massive destruction and casualties when used in Azhar Javed
General Manager
terrorism incidents. In previous attacks, the SIMs used by Muhammad Saeed
terrorists issued with fake names by Ufone. Chief Photographer
Mobile: 0321 - 8404389
Nowadays all the cellular service providers are busy in
marketing their campaigns and trying to sell as many SIMs as
they can, like Telenor Pakistan which sponsors Indian show Lahore Office
“Fear Factor” that is running on a private channel in Pakistan. 46J-Gulberg III, Lahore-Pakistan.
Ph: +92-42-38350195, 042-35880183
All the cellular brands announcing new packages and million Fax: +92-42-35880183
rupees are being spent on their marketing, but they put aside Islamabad Office
Phone: +92-51-5892027 +92-51-8235066
the actual procedure to issue a SIM and make sure all the Kasur Office
process done according to the law. Phone: +92-492-770820-763250
Karachi Office
It is the utmost responsibility of the whole nation to keep Phone: + 92-21-34602620
an eye on the outlaws who are trying to destabilise the
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country. There should be check and balance in every field as PCPB/105
nation is facing its worst circumstances in its history. The
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should come on board to form such strategies, which can help
in minimising the destruction and loss. Colour Sepration:
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The telecommunication service providers should properly Ph: 042-37111906, 37234042.
train their call centre agents and give them directions not to
issue or activate SIMs without authentic information. PTA
and all the concerned authorities should maintain the process Zubair Ahmed Kasuri, publisher of FLARE
of check and balance on regular basis and dealt severely with leading telecom magazine, printed it from
Qasim Naeem Art Press, Near Bank
the culprits. PTA should adopt such measures which help in Road, Main Bund Road, Lahore and
countering this menace. It is good omen that the Authority published from 46J, Gulberg III, Lahore.
has imposed Rs. 150 million fine to Ufone for issuing illegal
SIMs. The Authority has a power to cancel the licences of the
service provider companies, if they could not improve their
working mechanism.

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akistan Telecommunication Authority

P (PTA) has launched a special programme

for the promotion of Information
Communication Technologies (ICT)
sector of Pakistan. The ceremony inaugurated by
ICT promotion
Advisor to Prime Minister on IT and Telecom,
Sardar Muhammad Latif Khan Khosa,
Parliamentary Secretary Interior, Capt (Retd)
Rai Ghulam Mujtaba Kharal, Secretary Cabinet
programme launched
Division, Abdul Rauf Ch, Secretary IT and
Telecom, Naguibullah Malik, Chairman PTA, Dr
Mohammed Yaseen and representatives of IT
and telecom industry were also present on the
occasion.
Advisor on IT and Telecom, Latif Khosa said
that the government is committed to enhancing
the quality of manpower in the ICT sector. He
said that we would continue to provide the
necessary support to industry and the academia.
Following the global scenario of technological
development and application promotions, ICT
will play even more important role in human
society. And to realise that, he said, we need the
effort and close cooperation from all of us
including operators, equipment manufacturers,
content providers and academia. He appreciated
the efforts of PTA towards proliferation of ICT
sector of the country. He said that the massive
growth of telecommunication services is an eye-
opener and it is firmly believed that still there is
room for expansion and growth. New ICT
applications have generated new forms of
consumption
and attracted
large
number of The massive growth of telecommunication services is
consumers.
Secretary
an eye-opener and it is firmly believed that still there is
IT and room for expansion and growth
Telecom said
that ICT dependent on availability of value added data regional content was missing.
industry has services. Key issue in further development of "Academia and market players should join
already been data segment is non-availability of local content hands to meet the market demands so as new
transformed and applications, which can contribute towards and innovative solutions and content could be
over the last ICT-based economical contribution. developed. In this regard, Research and
Rashid Khan decade. In
President & CEO Mobilink Meanwhile, PTA Chairman Dr Mohammed Development (R&D) sector has to play a lead role
response to Yaseen called for shifting maximum focus on the in collaboration with academia, universities and
transparent policy and regulatory apparatus, our development of local and regional contents, the students besides telecom operators," he
market has observed liberalisation, greater which could help, grow broadband manifold. added.
private sector participation and competition. He He was addressing the participants of a President, Mobilink, Rashid Khan, said his
said that the IT and telecom sector is now a seminar titled "Promoting ICT Sector: Enabling company was working vigorously to bridge gaps
sector dominated by private players competing Information Based Society" held here by PTA in between different stakeholders of Information
strategically on new technologies, pricing and collaboration with Motorolla. Communications Technology (ICT).
customer services. The ICT has emerged as the "Mobilink launched polio eradication
most promising segment in Pakistan’s economy campaign, provision of school bags and
brining in substantial revenues and creating President, Mobilink, Rashid textbooks to IDPs children. Besides, we have also
remarkable job opportunities for the country’s Khan said his company was introduced SMS literacy programmes and others
youth. students facilitation services. Moreover students
Chairman PTA said that Pakistan has working vigorously to bridge development workshops were conducted in
emerged as one of the leading markets in
telecommunications especially in the voice
gaps between different numerous universities," he added.
Amir Rao, Country Manager, Motorolla, said
segment. In broadband sector, by December stakeholders of ICT all the stakeholders needed to work in tandem to
2008, we had approx 250,000 broadband bridge gaps in ICT market.
subscribers and within a span of one year, by Chairman PTA said the government was "Mobile broadband is changing our world and
December 2009 the figure has just crossed planning to connect the country with China and it is also changing country markets demands and
600,000 showing a massive annual growth rate Central Asian states through cable while another its paradigm. Technology is evolving and so is
of more than 200 per cent. However, at the same operator would also join the telecom market the market demands and no one can get hold of
time, we still are lagging behind in overall through cable to compete PTCL. it. Rather, we would have to work together to
broadband penetration. 600,000 subscribers "Pakistani telecom marker today is one of the meet these demands," he added.
reflect a penetration level of only 0.36 per cent. cheapest service providers across the globe. He termed the Wimax as 4G technology
This is where we require a mutual collaboration However, we have to add education, innovation which was rapidly changing the country's market
for development of local applications and and ICT usage for our broadband consumers," he dynamics. However, he said that revenue growth
content to promote usage of broadband in all added. He said telecom solutions are needed for was not increasing in comparison to traffic
spheres of life. He said, operators are looking for the redressal of grievances of the telecom growth as the country had only 600,000
10 future revenue streams which are very much services consumers while value addition and broadband users today.

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Snatchers take away 0.82
million handsets in one year: CPLC
PTA had launched a service of IMEI system but mostly
people did not procedure to block the stolen handset.
PTA should educate the people in this respect. IMEI based
blockage system had failed when shopkeepers started
re-setting IMEI numbers of blocked cell phones through
easily available software in the market.
itizens Police Liaison Committee (CPLC)
C has issued the report on mobile phones
thefts in the country. Karachi is the most
effected city of the country. 36,377 cell
phone thefts or snatched have been reported in
Karachi from February 2009 to January 2010.
Whereas, 45568 cell phone thefts/snatches have
been reported in rest of the country.
April and September were the most and least
effected months respectively. 2,479 incidents took
place in September 2009 and 3,603 in April 2009
respectively.
Earlier, CPLC did not give the figure of
snatch/stolen incidents of cell phones to the media.
It compiled data areas-wise, brands and colours
such as…
Samsung has been most stolen mobile after
Nokia. Nokia made almost 75 per cent of total
snatched/stolen phones
Snatchers like black colour mobile phones more.
Or let’s put it this way, there are more black phones
in the country than any other colour. A total of 77.4
per cent snatched cell phones were of black.
44.4% of the incidents occurred in Karachi alone
Karachi Saddar came second in the list after
Gulsh-e-Iqbal
12.529 mobiles are reportedly snatched
23.848 cellphones are reported in theft
columns.
45,568 reports of cell phones snatched/thefts
were from Punjab.
Karachi West is having least reported incidents.
Only 4.9 per cent of the total!
It must be noted that there is no information
regarding the recovery of cellphones, meaning that,
there were either no recoveries made at all, or they
are very little in numbers.
Pakistani Telecommunication Authority (PTA)
has launched a service of IMEI system but mostly
people did not procedure to block the stolen
handset. PTA should educate the people through
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print media in this respect. IMEI based blockage
system had failed when shopkeepers started re-
setting IMEI numbers of blocked cell phones
(through easily available software) in the market.
Furthermore cheap Chinese cell phones may be
a great hurdle for the law enforcement agencies as
these phones facilitate the criminals and terrorists
because they lack an identification number to trace
calls. International Mobile Equipment Identity
(IMEI) number is a unique code that is allotted to
every mobile device, which is used to trace or block
the device as and when required. On the other
hand, more than 100 Chinese mobile phones
possess a same IMEI number and blocking of one
such device may result in the blockage of several
mobile phones at the same time. Or neighboring
country India has already banned the sale of
Chinese phones. The government of Pakistan
particularly the concerned authorities like PTA and
CPLC should take a serious notice to ban the sale of
Chinese mobile phones in the country. The
unremitting decline in the foreign investments in
telecom sector is an alarming economic indicator
for the country’s economy. This is a high time when
the government and non-government bodies
should endeavor to eliminate the factors being
responsible for the demise of economy.
More than 100 Chinese
mobile phones possess a
same IMEI number and
blocking of one such device
may result in the blockage
of several mobile phones
at the same time
CPLC is given some useful tips follow as:
Keep your children away of having their own
mobile phone. It can harm their lives as well.
Don’t let your children under 18 use mobile
phones, especially when they are out of house. The
snatcher can harm their lives as well.
Make sure that your mobile connection is
against your own name.
Always make sure that the SIM is transferred to
your own name so you can block your SIM when
your cell phone is missing.
Don’t forget to note down your phone IMEI
Number.
It is a 15 digit phone manufacturer number
found behind the battery, or you can see it on your
cell by dialing *#06#. It will help you to block your
handset to be used after missing or snatching.
If your phone is found missing, immediately call
15 or CPLC 1261 at once. Call your service provide
and block your SIM, so no one can use your number
for any wrong deed.
Try to use your SIM card memory for number
saving as well as the phone memory, also take
backup of your contact records regularly so in case
of losing your mobile, the contact information
would be remain save.
Always be Alert, make yourself will keep your
handset 90 percent secure of being missing.
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Govt reiterates to
launch 3G: Khosa
It is a technology era and you cannot leg behind the
world in technology. As a forward-looking country,
Pakistan has to progress and we would have to adopt
new technology trends
dvisor to Prime Minister on IT and
A Telecom Sardar Muhammad Latif
Khan Khosa reiterated government's
strong resolve to launch the Third
Generation (3G) Technology as the country
needed to match the modern trends of the new
age.
"It is a technology era and you cannot leg
behind the world in technology. As a forward-
looking country, Pakistan has to progress and
we would have to adopt new technology trends.
Since my party believes in reconciliation, we
would take all the stakeholders into confidence
over the initiative," he said during his maiden
visit to National ICT R&D Fund.
When asked about resistance by some
leading cellular operators against 3G launch, he
said telecom operators wanted to be taken on
board over the new technology.
Khosa said he would take the technology to
the poor living in far-flung areas. "My mission
is to provide computers in schools at villages
and towns to bring the poor and deprived
children at par with those belonging to the
privileged class," he added.
Khosa said he would also focus
manufacturing of the technology gadgets in the
country, which would not only save foreign
exchange reserves but "I would conduct
countrywide visits to pursue the companies for
upgrading basic infrastructure of the telecom
sector," he added.
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Senate Standing Committee on IT and
Telecom along with PTA must draw a timeline
for the 3G services so that subscribers enjoy the
long-waited service and Pakistan too can meet
the pace with which the technology is
progressing around the world.
In August 2009 PTA stated that the
Authority is also working towards introducing
new technologies in Pakistan and in this regard
PTA plans to introduce much awaited 3G
services very soon. It is expected that once the
service would be available with all mobile
operators it would increase the data usage and
more value added services. The state of telecom
industry today is portraying a healthy situation.
There are total 5 mobile operators, 14 long
distance and international, 37 local loop
operators and 11 WLL operators working in the
country. Telecom sector that is already
contributing two per cent of the GDP and it is
expected that it will grow up to three per cent in
the coming years.
Secretary of the Ministry of Information
Technology and Telecom Naguibullah Malik has
said first Pakistan-made cell phone would be
available in the market within a year.
Talking to the news agency, he said:
“Dialogue with China and British companies in
this regard is underway and the first made-in-
Pakistan mobile handset would be available in
Dialogue with foreign
companies is underway and
the first made-in-Pakistan
handset would be available
in the market within a year.
elapsed, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority I don’t know it is possible
(PTA) had announced to launch 3G services in
the country and given many timeframe to launch
3G services in the country. In 2005, the first
promise made by former chairman Pakistan
Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Major-
within a year, a company will
establish and started its
business in Pakistan
General (Retd) Shahzada Alam Malik who had whereas long-awaited 3G
said that PTA would continue to introduce latest
telecom technologies for the benefit of the
services did not start
consumers and shifting of cellular mobile
technology the market within a year.” I don’t know it is
from 2nd possible within a year, a company will establish
generation and started its business in Pakistan where long-
to 3rd awaited 3G services did not start. Although, it is
generation good news for general public that Advisor to
would take Prime Minister on IT and Telecom
place within Sardar Latif Khan Khosa has given positive
due course statement in this regard. God give courage
of time. He him to accomplish the task in 2010.
did not Later, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the
mention the Fund Dr Qasim Sheikh briefed the Advisor to
period of Prime Minister about the vision and role of the
launching National ICT R&D Fund.
Sardar Muhammad Latif Khan Khosa 3G services. "The Fund was formed to transform the
Advisor to Prime Minister on Likewise, country's economy into a knowledge-based one
Information Technology by promoting efficient, sustainable and
the new PTA
Chairman Dr Mohammad Yaseen has also effective ICT initiatives through synergic
hinted many timed during his speeches at development of industrial and academic
various occasion to launch 3G service soon. The resources.
new year is expected to be a significant The Fund has taken up a challenging task of
year for the Pakistan telecom sector capacity building in the arena of ICT and
and it is hoped that PTA to succeed to launch 3G nurturing it towards sustained development of
service. an R&D culture in Pakistan," he added.

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3G auctions to start
in India; telcos ready!
4G provide 10 times faster internet speed than 3G if
TRAI seriously plans on bringing 4G to the country, why
would any telecom operator waste money and time on
implementing the 10-year-old 3G technology
ndia's long-delayed dollar auction of third-
I generation (3G) mobile phone bandwidth
will be held on April 9. Applications from
bidders for the multi-billion-dollar auction
will be accepted until March 19.
Indian government had given many date for
3G auctions but failed to fix the date. Now
question is that it will complete bidding on the
prescribe time.
Last couple of weeks, there were words about
the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s
(TRAI) seeking views of the industry on 4G
Mobile Services and now according to a report,
Tata Teleservices strongly supports the TRAI to
phase out the process for introducing 4G mobile
technology in India. 3G are already an old
technology launched way back in 2001 and we are
late by 9 years already. Also, 23 international
operators will launch the 4G services globally this
year. And if India gives in too, it will only help us
match advanced countries in terms of high
Internet speeds.
There has been much fuss about the 3G
launch in India and it still looks like the 3G
launch is not going anywhere at least among the
private players. In such a situation we cannot
comment on what may happen if 4G-spectrum
bidding is announced too! We have earlier told
you that 4G won’t hamper the 3G auctions, but
now it seems things may change to some extent.
4G provide 10 times faster Internet speed than
3G and has support for live Hi-Def TV content.
Now, if TRAI seriously plans on bringing 4G to
the country, why would any telecom operator
waste money and time on implementing the 10-
year-old 3G technology?
BSNL already has 3G services up and running
in various parts of India and the reaction of its 3G
services have been mixed, i.e. both good and bad.
Tata Tele’s interest in the 4G technology may
have many implications. It is quite possible that
Tata Tele is working hard to get infrastructure
and machinery required for 4G and may be very
well one of the first and earliest bidders for the
4G spectrum.
The auction is seen as key to developing
India's mobile market which has been growing by
15 million to 20 million subscribers a month,
making it the world's fastest expanding.
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3G, common in developed countries, allows
mobile phone users to surf the Internet, engage
in video conferencing or download music, video
and other content at a much faster rate than the
current second-generation or 2G service.
It is also crucial to improving the quality of
existing voice and data services in India.
"These auctions cannot come too soon for the
(telecom) companies, they need that spectrum to
boost their voice networks," said Harit Shah,
telecom analyst at Karvy Stock Broking.
The sale has been postponed three times since
it was first slated for January 2009 by
disagreements over the base price, number of
slots to be sold and bandwidth availability.
The government will auction bandwidth for
broadband wireless access, or high-speed
wireless Internet, two days after the sale of 3G
bandwidth is finished.
The announcement came a day after
Telecommunications Minister A. Raja said "all
pending issues have been resolved."
Analysts, however, said there still was a lack
of information about the number of slots that
would be available.
India earlier said it would sell four 3G licences
and three broadband wireless access licences in
20 of the country's 22 telecom zones. It does not
have available spectrum to sell in the other two
zones.
BSNL already has 3G
services up and running in
various parts of India and the
reaction of its 3G services
have been mixed, i.e. both
good and bad. Tata Tele’s
interest in the 4G technology
may have many implications
"The problem is there is a lack of clarity, if
there are fewer slots than expected, the price
could go higher," said Romal Shetty, head of
telecommunications at global consultancy
KPMG’s Indian unit.
Raja said he could not estimate how much the
government would raise through the auctions.
In August 2009, he said the government
hoped to get 250 billion rupees or 5.4 billion
dollars from the auction but later reports have
said it expects seven billion dollars or more.
The government has set the starting price for
auction of nationwide spectrum at 35 billion
rupees but analysts say bids could go far higher
because of the scramble for spectrum in the
highly competitive market.
Leading mobile company Bharti Airtel has
already said it plans to bid for 3G spectrum as
well as second-place Reliance Communications
and other market leaders such as Vodafone
Essar.
The government had said earlier "interested
foreign entities" could take part in the auctions
directly and apply for licences later.
Analysts say AT&T, which has been eyeing
India, could participate along with Australia's
Telstra. But non-Indian players must find Indian
partners as India caps foreign ownership in
telecommunication companies at 74 per cent.
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PTA sets targets
and goals for 2010
PTA will carry out consultation paper on
charging of calls to toll free numbers from
mobile, broadband tariffs-benchmark study,
financial analysis of mobile operators
akistan Telecommunications Authority
P
(PTA) has successfully achieved 95 per
cent of its targets and goals for the year
2009 and set new targets and goals for
the year 2010. The annual meeting was held at
PTA Headquarters, Islamabad wherein progress
of division and directorates of PTA for the year
2009 was reviewed and proposed targets and
goals for the year 2010 were discussed and
finalised. Chairman PTA Dr Mohammed Yaseen
chaired the session while Member (Finance),
Syed Nasrul Karim Ghaznavi, Member
(Technical), Dr. Khawar Siddique Khokhar,
Director Generals, Directors and Officers of the
Authority attended the meeting.
Some of the important achievements of PTA
during year 2009, presented during the meeting,
including financial analysis of telecom sector,
finalisation of DSL agreement with PTCL, review
of pricing policies of cellular mobile operators
(CMOs) for improved ARPUs, fixed and mobile
tariff analysis of SAARC region, analysis of PTCL
The Licencing Division will carry
out studies on regulatory changes
in WLL regime in line with
technological advancements, 3G
licencing and low power GSM
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trends, etc.
performance in post-
privatisation period,
financial evaluation of
new licenses,
establishment
industry working group
on GSM-VAS,
of
preparation of
broadband and GPRS-
EDGE KPIs,
implementation of new
number plan in AJ&K
and NAs and auction of
universal access
numbers (UAN) and
much more.
During the year
2009, consumer
protection regulations
and regulations against
spam, obnoxious,
fraudulent and
unsolicited
communications were
formulated and
promulgated.
Establishment of
redressal of consumers’
grievances mechanism,
preparation of code of
commercial practices for
all licensees,
development of
maritime
communication
regulatory framework,
launch of SIM
information system
668, introduction of
mobile agri-application
and mobile commerce, formulation of
ICT/telecommunication security guidelines,
formulation of broadband stakeholders group,
establishment of E-commerce gateway of
Pakistan, re-delegation of PK domain,
completion of international traffic monitoring
system and reconciliation of International
telephone traffic system were some of PTA’s
other significant initiatives in the last year.
In addition to above PTA also did number of
studies, prepared several research papers and
reports, carried out reviews, surveys and
monitoring of different telecom services and
systems. Mobile subscribers’ online verification
(789) system, towers environmental hazards
survey, comprehensive QoS survey of mobile
companies, spectrum monitoring, grey
traffic/illegal call termination, studies on in-
house cabling, socio economic impact of telecom
growth, study on disaster communication,
review of different regulations, research paper
on international trends in legislation and
reforms in telecommunication, research paper
on concept of financial compensation for telecom
service providers and consumers in line with the
best international practices and study on
development of public domain database i.e. for
SIM information system were some of the
research activities done by PTA in 2009.
On this occasion, Chairman PTA showed his
satisfaction over the progress of different PTA
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departments and lauded their efforts in carrying
the vision and objectives of the Authority. He
emphasised on the expeditious completion of
incomplete tasks and directed the concerned
divisional heads to supervise and ensure their
compliance in this regard.
So far, 10.5 million queries have
been received through SMS while
4.8 million through PTA website
including from Pakistanis living
abroad
The Chairman PTA said the telecom
subscribers have registered 0.74 million
complaints regarding discrepancies in the SIM
ownership while on the basis of these complaints
more than 2.2 million SIMs have been removed
from their names, 0.818 million SIMs
regularised and 0.416 million have been blocked
since the launch of the system.
“SIM data of consumers is being corrected
and the whole process is expected to be
completed by the middle of the current year.
Once the data is cleaned, it would resolve the
issue of documentation of all legitimate users of
telecom networks,” he added. “Figures show that
mobile subscribers are seeking details of number
of SIMs in their names along with operator name
through SMS at PTA website link. So far, 10.5
million queries have been received through SMS
while 4.8 million through PTA website including
from Pakistanis living abroad,” he concluded.
It was decided in the meeting that during the
year 2010, PTA Commercial Affairs Division will
carry out consultation paper on charging of calls
to toll free numbers from mobile, broadband
tariffs-benchmark study, financial analysis of
mobile operators and some other studies.
The Enforcement Division, along with other
tasks, will conduct QoS surveys of different
telecom services in the country.
The Finance Division of PTA will work on the
comparative study of MVNO with different
countries, review of mergers and acquisitions in
the telecom sector of Pakistan and some other
studies. PTA Strategy and Development (S&D)
Division will conduct different studies including
study on status of 4G and 3G deployments
globally and way forward for Pakistan.
The Licencing Division will carry out studies
on regulatory changes in WLL regime in line
with technological advancements, 3G licencing
and low power GSM trends, etc. The Law and
Regulations Division will work on the
preparation of research papers on different
topics including unification of license: provision
of coveraged services i.e. voice, video and data
under one umbrella and their regulatory issues,
etc.
The ICT Directorate will conduct consultancy
on recommending various strategies for
improving telecom market in Pakistan and will
be responsible for carrying out some other
important tasks. The Economic Affairs
Directorate of PTA will arrange studies on
telecom regulatory reforms, impact on economic
growth in Pakistan and economic analysis of
privatisation of PTCL, etc.

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Pakistan will have 135 million

subscribers in 2014: R&M
esearch and Market, the world’s leading

R source for international market

research and market data has published
forecast reports of next five years for
mobile operators of Pakistan and other
countries. Pakistan will have 134.8 million
mobile subscribers in 2014 with market share of
China Mobile Pakistan rising to 13.7 per cent.
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50+ countries, making up 80 per cent of the
world’s population. Research and Market
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expected in a particular country; and relate these
to company operational and financial metrics.
Subscriber growth is slowing down in
Pakistan’s wireless market; +7.0 per cent
industry average subscriber growth in 3Q.2009
The wireless penetration rate is still low at
approximately 60 per cent in 2009, and it is
expected that the country’s wireless market will
continue to show strong growth. The forecasts
say that total mobile subscribers in Pakistan will
The market shares expected at Warid, Telenor, and
increase from 96 million in 2009 to 134.8 million Ufone will be approximately 19.2 per cent, 21.6 per cent
in 2014. So, we might touch 100 million by 2010
end. and 18.8 per cent respectively in 2014
Mobilink will continue to be the largest player
in Pakistan’s mobile operator space over the next In 2014, Mobilink’s monthly ARPU will be at GrameenPhone's market share declining to 36.6
five years. The expected mobile subscribers of highest among operators at US$ 2.64. The per cent
Mobilink will be 36 million in 2014. operator with the lowest monthly ARPU will be Mobile Operator Forecast on Bangladesh
Also, given the latest quarter figures, the Warid Telecom with US$ 1.67 in 2014. There is a provides over 50 operational and financial
forecast predicts that Ufone will have 25.8 high chance of Mobilink’s ARPU being metrics for Bangladesh’s wireless market and is
million, Telenor will have 29 million, and Warid dependent on its post-paid subscriber base, one of the best forecasts in the industry. The
will have 25.3 million mobile subscribers by the which will continue to be the largest. publisher provides five-year forecasts at the
end of 2014. In this case Mobilink will still be Minutes of Use per Subscriber are increasing operator level going out to 2013. The publisher
playing on its first mover advantage and lead the at Mobilink and Telenor; +12.5 per cent industry also provides quarterly historical and forecast
market with Telenor at second. average MOU/Sub growth in 3Q.2009 data starting in 1Q2003 and ending in 2Q2011.
Market share loss at Mobilink and market Operators covered for Bangladesh include:
share gain at China Mobile Pakistan from 2010 – Banglalink/Sheba (Orascom Telecom Holding
2014 is expected. In terms of shares of total
Bangladesh will have 63.2 S.A.E), GrameenPhone (Telenor ASA), TM Int'l
subscribers, we expect that Mobilink’s market million wireless subscribers (Telekom Malaysia Berhad), PBTL (Singapore
Telecommunications Ltd), Warid Telecom
share will decline over the next five years, from in 2013 with International, and BTTB (Bangladesh Telegraph
30 per cent in 2009 to 26.7 per cent in 2014. On
the other hand, we expect China Mobile Grameen Phone's market and Telephone Board). The publisher's Mobile
Operator Forecasts are updated quarterly and
Pakistan’s (Zong) market share to increase from share declining to 36.6 % are available for one-time delivery or through
8 per cent in 2009 to 13.7 per cent in 2014. The
Zong’s growth predicted is quite low. regular updates.
The market shares expected at Warid, Strong EBITDA growth at Telenor in the Global Mobile Operator Forecast covers 50
Telenor, and Ufone will be approximately 19.2 latest quarter; Industry average EBITDA growth operational metrics of 200+ mobile operators in
per cent, 21.6 per cent and 18.8 per cent was +0.4 per cent in 3Q.2009 50+ countries, making up 80% of the world’s
respectively in 2014. Given the excellent performance by Norway’s population.
ARPUs are decreasing in Pakistan’s mobile Telenor in Pakistan’s wireless market in the The publisher's forecasts are based on their
operator space; -8.0 per cent operator-wide recent past, the forecasts is that its EBITDA proprietary, country-specific forecasting models.
average ARPU growth in 3Q.2009 margin (calculated as EBITDA / reported These models deploy multiple regression
ARPU levels will remain low in Pakistan’s revenue) will be increasing from about 23 per analysis and cross-impact matrices that estimate
mobile operator space. We expect that the cent in 2009 to 35 per cent in 2014. relationships between subscriber data,
industry average ARPU will remain in the range Mobilink shall maintain its EBITDA margin technology use and deployment data, overall
of US$ 2 – US$ 3 over the next five years. This of approximately 35 per cent over the forecast economic and demographic changes expected in
could be the worst consequence of indulging into period, 2010 – 2014. a particular country; and
price war. On the other hand, Bangladesh will have 63.2 relate these to company operational and
16 million wireless subscribers in 2013 with financial metrics.

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Shahzad Rauf, Chief Strategy Officer, Warid Telecom addresses the audience.
Shahid M. Murtaz, GM, Corporate Accounts and Enterprise Solutions, Warid Reema Khan, Brand Ambassador, Warid Telecom speaks
Telecom, Tariq Gulzar, Chief Finance Officer (CFO) Warid Telecom and Suhail to the participants.
Jan, General Manager Commercial, Warid Telecom stand with him.

A Warid team with Shahzad Rauf, CSO, Shahid M. Murtaz, GM, Tariq Gulzar, The participants applauding the performance of
CFO, Suhail Jan, GM Commercial, Reema Khan and others officials. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.

Taniya Shafi presents the event.

Mudassar Bilal Malik, DGM, Warid Telecom and high officials An eye catching view Mohatta Palace Museum decorated by
at corporate event Warid Telecom on the occasion of corporate event. 17
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PTCL launches Telepresence

first of its kind in Pakistan:
Naveed Saeed
n advanced and modern communication

A system of its kind in Pakistan has

launched in Pakistan enabling the
customers and corporate clients to hold
audio-visual conferences from across the globe.
They call it Tele Presence which combines rich
audio with high-definition video to deliver a true
"in-person" interaction with one or a group of
people from anywhere around the world.
This cost-effective experience also enables live
face-to-face meetings reducing travel costs,
reduced investment risks and time saving.
Pakistan Telecommunication Company
Limited (PTCL) unveiled Telepresence, the first of
its kind in Pakistan. Senior Executive Vice-
President (SEVP) Commercial Naveed Saeed told
a press conference here on Thursday that PTCL
Telepresence is a giant leap ahead in multi-media
conferencing technology.
Naveed Saeed said: "Our aim is to provide our
customers with the most updated and
sophisticated communication technology and also
provide them with the best solutions possible Islamabad: SEVP (Commercial) PTCL Naveed Saeed addressing the media from Islamabad
which serves all their business needs by increasing
during the PTCL Tele Presence inaugural session.
productivity through more interactions and less
travel".
The press
The press conference was simultaneously addressed at
conference was Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi, connecting the
simultaneously
addressed at journalists from all the three cities through
Islamabad,
Lahore and
Telepresence. The journalists, on the occasion,
Karachi, experienced the performance of the modern technology
connecting the
journalists from and raised queries about the new system
all the three
PTCL offers Telepresence conferencing studios for anywhere around the world," he added.
cities through
hire currently in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad. Quality, simplicity, and reliability let user
Telepresence.
Aside from this, these conferencing centers will be focus on the meeting, and communicate as
The journalists,
able to connect to Middle East, Europe, and North naturally and effectively as if they were face to
on the occasion,
Naveed Saeed America and to any other Telepresence suites face, this increases the speed of decision making
SEVP (Commercial) PTCL
experienced the
around the world. These studios with the special and helps in developing better relationships with
performance of
conference table can seat up to six people per colleagues, associates and customers, all of which
the modern technology and raised queries about
location and incorporates video monitors to create is crucial to a company's success in today's thriving
the new system.
a "virtual table" of up to 30 participants. and competitive business environment.
He explained to the media that the main
In addition to this PTCL operated conferencing
drivers in introducing this technology is to reduce
PTCL's global network, studios, a Managed Service offering is also
costs, improve corporate social responsibility
available for our high usage customers, whereby
(CSR) credentials through reduced environmental would cost Rs 12500 per site enterprises could opt for PTCL to build and equip
impact and improve responses to business
challenges and opportunities. for each meetings and at a a studio at the customer's premise itself.
Naveed also extended free-of-cost
The product which ensures efficient end-to- time, 49 parties from 5000 Telepresence services for the journalists, journalist
end life size meeting experience by providing fully
managed and scalable services over PTCL's global cities across the globe could bodies and media-related commercial and
editorial interactions.
network, would cost Rs 12500 per site for each get in touch with each other "The system has been installed with initial
meetings and at a time, 49 parties from 5000 cities
across the globe could get in touch with each other
simultaneously amount of around Rs 35 million and it could vary.
Moreover, PTCL would also its offer to corporate
simultaneously.
"PTCL allow customers to come in and rent our sector or banks for installation at their own
In Pakistan, this facility has been introduced in
Telepresence studio on an hourly basis, without premises," he added.
three cities initially - Islamabad, Karachi and
having to invest in the expensive technology, thus He said that this system also could help the
Lahore - and would later be expanded to other
increase productivity through more interactions government or embassies hold tele-conferences
cities like Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Sialkot, etc.
and less travel. PTCL Telepresence provides high without any security hazard or traveling risks or
18 EVP Corporate Solutions Zaman Gulzar said,
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Brand Ambassador Wasim appreciated Mobilink and
Jazz for their efforts in the uplift of cricket in the country.
He also praised Mobilink’s Hunt for Heroes Programme
obilink Jazz, Pakistan’s favorite
M
prepaid cellular brand organised an
exciting event at Royal Palm Country
Club, Lahore, to enable the lucky
winners of Jazz Cricket Experts contest to meet
the cricket legends of Pakistan.
At the event was present, Mobilink Brand
Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq and Mobilink Brand Ambassador, Wasim Akram along with winners of Jazz Cricket Experts
contest at "Jazz Welcomes the Cricket Experts" event held at Royal Palm, Lahore.
Mobilink Brand Ambassador Wasim Akram and Shahid Afridi signing autograph on the bats received by the winners.
Ambassador Wasim Akram along with Shahid
Afridi and Abdul Razzaq, who enjoyed an
interactive session with the winners. The cricket
stars answered questions of the participants and
gave them helpful tips.
Speaking to the media at the ceremony, Wasim
appreciated Mobilink and Jazz for their efforts in
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Mobilink Brand Ambassador Wasim Akram congratulating the
winners of Jazz Cricket Experts.
the uplift of cricket in the country. He also praised
Mobilink’s Hunt for Heroes Programme, which in
association with PCB, is playing a great role in
grooming and polishing the young talent of
Pakistan.
The winners were thrilled to meet the cricket
heroes and their enthusiasm was appreciated by
the cricket stars. Hanif Soomro, one of the lucky
winners, expressed his joy saying that standing in
a room full of heroes, Jazz has made them feel like
heroes as well. Belonging to different ages, cities
and professions, the cricket expert winners were
truly thankful to Mobilink for bringing them on
one platform to meet with their much loved cricket
legends.
Tapping into the pulse of nation’s flare for
cricket, Mobilink, Pakistan’s market leader in
cellular services and a subsidiary of Orascom
Telecom Holding, frequently brings interesting
campaigns for cricket fans. Mobilink Jazz Cricket
Experts was a trivia contest based on cricket
Picture shows Cricketer Abdul Razzaq while signing the
autograph on a bat for the winner of contest.
knowledge promising the lucky winners a chance
of a lifetime to meet with their favorite cricket
stars. Mobilink is also the official mobile partner of
Pakistan Cricket Board.
Meanwhile, Mobilink’s vision of ‘Reshaping
Lives’, the objective of this programme was to
discover hidden talent from every nook and corner
of the country. This programme presents an
opportunity for the highly talented individuals to
catch the attention of the cricketing legends
through open trials and then being nurtured in
one of the most prestigious cricket coaching
institution of Pakistan, National Cricket Academy
in Lahore. Mobilink Hunt for Heroes discovers
and grooms talented novice cricketers by
entrusting the coaches to make a pathway for
them to 2011 World Cup. This programme
introduced by Mobilink and NCA under the name
of “Mobilink Hunt for Heroes”. Mobilink is a
vanguard when it comes to social responsibility
and with this programme. Mobilink has
honoured to introduce many top-class cricket
heroes through this programme.

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 Exclusive Irfan Khan
Telenor catches red-handed in
HTC ad cheating case
After watching the commercial, the people requested to Telenor that it should
continue its traditional “Naach Gaana” ads instead of foolishly copying the sober ads
of international companies.
he communication and media in the
T present era has been progressed manifold.
What a wonderful commercial produced
by Telenor, if only were original and not
badly imitated and plagiarised. The concept of the
commercial is 100 per cent copied from the
advertisement of a prestigious multinational
“High Tech Computer Corporation” (HTC). In
Telenor ad, the way a hand walks towards a mobile
Original TV Commercial of HTC phone
handset is exactly the same as it is in the HTC
advertisement. It is unbelievable that a company
of Telenor’s stature thinks that they can pinch the
concept of a huge TVC and no one will point it out.
Unfortunately, some people have seen the HTC
20 Corporation commercial, which Telenor stolen the
idea.
There is a dearth of creativity in advertising
industry but what is worse is that Telenor did not
demand originality of concept and approved such
a blatant copy of the HTC commercial without a
thought spared for ethical concerns.
Ethics in the advertising industry seem to be
dying a rapid death as large companies with
millions of rupees to spend encourage stealing
Copied TV Commercial of Telenor easypaisa
ideas that have worked instead of coming up with
new concepts themselves. The tragedy is that as
this approach of ‘stealing ideas’ for creative output
becomes more rampant, the audience is also
becoming savvier. We know how to search the
internet and most of the most popular
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advertisements worldwide find themselves on our
facebook pages. Perhaps it’s time to send a
message to companies like Telenor stating
categorically that we are not fools and we know
when they have stolen a campaign idea.
Stealing certainly pays off in the short run but
when you use an idea that is already out there we
will find out and it does offend us that you are
unethical!
Whatever happened to originality? Why is
there suddenly no creativity left amongst the
‘biggest and brightest’ in our industries and why
do companies think they can get away with
stealing ideas and concepts?
After watching the commercial, the people
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requested to Telenor that it should continue its
traditional “Naach Gaana” ads instead of foolishly
copying the sober ads of international companies.
Some people realised the failure of easypaisa
outlet concept and moved ahead by copying
Mobilink Genie. The whole team behind easypaisa
should be fired for wasting huge marketing and
capital/operational budgets on something that did
not fly. Launching Mobile Account confirms their
failure in outlet concept.
Security would be more on internal threats,
which cannot really be overlooked in financial
transactions. USSD cannot be encrypted, and
hence be intercepted by someone having access to
the USSD gateway. Probability: very
little…implications: really bad, not just for the
operator, but for the complete industry as
consumers may lose faith.
Easypaisa is quite expensive for someone who
is already using internet banking, where all the bill
payments are done free, and inter-bank money
transfer is free.
Some people realised the
failure of easypaisa outlet
concept and moved ahead
by copying Mobilink
Genie. The whole team
behind easypaisa should
be fired for wasting mar-
keting budgets
In fact, Telenor is trying to mind the money by
all means, the company befool the people to
introducing such kind services. The customers
want instant connectivity, interruption free service
and affordable price.
Recently launched easypaisa Mobile Accounts
are actual bank accounts and work just like a
normal bank account.
It is remembered that in India, Nokia has
introduced such kind of service on February 15
last. Transferring money from your account to
another person's account just got easier. Nokia's
new commercial pilot project called Nokia Money
will let you transfer money just by using the other
person's mobile number. Not just that, you'll also
be able to pay utility bills as well as recharge
prepaid SIM cards (SIM top-up) by using this new
service.
Finnish handset maker Nokia has joined hands
with Yes Bank to launch this project. Nokia has
said that, in the near future, consumers will also
be able to pay merchants for goods and services.
The service will make its debut in Pune city and
will be called Mobile Money Services by Yes Bank.
The Nokia Money initiative is based.
On the other hand, Telenor management
extended its wings in Indian telecom sector and
Indian security concerns agencies needed to
Irfan Khan Exclusive
(Right to left) Governor Punjab Salman Taseer, Federal Minister for
Information Qamar Zaman Qaira, President Lahore Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Zafar Iqbal Chaudhry and CEO
Telenor Pakistan, Jon Eddy Abdullah seen in a picture at the inaugura-
tion of Gilgit Baltistan (GB) Investment Week at LCCI, Lahore.
address while granting the go-ahead. It is against
this background that MHA came up with a
reasonable solution that no employees who at
anytime were part of its Pakistan operations are
moved to the Indian subsidiary.
This means, staff currently working in
countries other than Pakistan but have served
there at some point of time will come under the
‘ban’. Though a manager working here can always
be sent to Pakistan, he or she would not be allowed
to return to the Indian arm of Telenor.
Keeping human assets of the Indian and
Pakistani arms of Telenor separate is expected to
take care of risks such as spying and subversion.
MHA will be submitting to FIPB its views
favouring a conditional security nod for Unitech
Wireless’ FDI proposal ahead of the next meeting
of the Board.
Telenor has 49 per cent stake in Unitech and
now requires FIPB nod to complete its deal for 67
per cent stake. This would give Telenor
management control and four of the seven seats
on the board of directors. Telenor-Wireless
combine is expected to start services later this
year. Unitech has a pan-India licence and has
secured spectrum in 21 of the 22 telecom circles.
Few months ago, Telenor hit-hard the
emotions of the Muslims when it hired a Christian
model Nasir Naz Masih for Ummrah ad. In the
history of Pakistan, it is the first commercial of its
kind in which a non-Muslim model acts in the
commercial. A lot of people have protested against
this act of Telenor where a Christian guy was hired
to do an Umrah TVC.
People are demanding a strict action against
Telenor Pakistan and asking government to take
notice of such acts.
Nasir Maish blamed Telenor Director for the
mishap. At such a point, Telenor should make an
official announcement to cater to all negative
commenting, staying silent would increasingly fuel
the arguments.
On the other hand, the people has demanded
action should be taken against fear factor India
running on Pakistani channels and brand who is
supporting such Indian shows like Telenor and
djuice should be banned, sponsor should not
sponsor such Indian shows then channels will not
show it.
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 Event Usman Yaqoob
Bank Alfalah sponsors
games & healthy events
Colony Sugar polo team won the Bank Alfalah National
Polo Championship by beating HSBC polo team by 9 goals
to 8 in the finals. Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani
gave away prizes to the winners
ountry’s most prestigious polo event, Bank years”, he said.
C Alfalah National Polo championship for
Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup went into action
on February 22 here in Lahore at Lahore
Polo Club, with seven foreign players represented
various teams.
In the two-week long Bank Alfalah National Polo
Championship Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup, the final
match concluded on March 7 last, Colony Sugar polo
team won the National Polo Championship by
beating HSBC polo team by 9 goals to 8 in the finals.
Chief Operating Officer (COO), Bank Alfalah, Tag Heuer/Army polo team bagged the 3rd position.
Shakil Sadiq, and Head of Marketing, Bank Alfalah, The final, quite unexpectedly, was watched by a
Hamid Mirza, during the press conference has said: handsome crowd despite extraordinary security
“Bank Alfalah has been sponsoring the event for the measures due to the arrival of the Prime Minister
last four years and it will be the fifth successive year Yusuf Raza Gilani who was the chief guest. Later,
and its association with LPC is growing stronger with Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani gave away
each passing day.” prizes to the winners.
Shakil Sadiq of sponsors underlined the need to
organise such events to send a message to the world The need to organise such
that Pakistan is safe to organise sporting events, events to send a message
which have the participation of foreign players.
“We are to the world that Pakistan is
delighted that safe to organise sporting
seven players from
different parts of events, which have the
the world will be participation of foreign players
representing the
teams and their HSBC led the match 8-6 when the fourth chukker
presence will help ended and the general impression was that they
support the cause would run away with the title but Fernando Quinto
of sports in the Bourdieu who dealt the decisive blow, hitting all the
present three goals of the fifth chukker.
circumstances Incidentally, it was Fernando who had opened
when foreign the match with two goals - a spot penalty for Colony
Spectators watching the polo match teams are not Sugar and a long lofted shot giving his side the edge.
at Lahore Polo Club. willing to visit When umpires awarded an undefended 30-yarder
Pakistan,” he said. to HSBC, it was Tomas Pieres who hit their first goal
Highlighting his bank’s contribution in the uplift to finish the first chukker at 2-1.
of sports in Pakistan, he said we are patronising a Pakistan top-notch player Hissam Ali Hyder hit
number of games and healthy events to play our due second goal for HSBC on a 60-yard penalty and in a
role in national cause. repeat of the first chukker, Fernando first hit a spot
“It is good to see that we are sponsoring this elite penalty followed by a field goal off a long lofted shot.
event for the fifth time in a row and we look forward Tomas Pieres, in a replay, hit the undefended 30-
22 to continue our association with polo in coming yarder and the second chukker ended with 4-3 on
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scoreboard.
Hissam showed his prowess with the mallet with
a field goal after a long chase leveling the match for
the first time. Fernando converted a 60-yarder and
Naveed M Sheikh added a field goal for Colony
Sugar. Tomas Pieres continued the practice of hitting
the last goal of the chukker -this time concluding the
third chukker with a field goal off a long-lofted shot.
With 6-5 score, it was anybody's game when the
fourth chukker started and Tomas Pieres brought
the odds well in favour of HSBC with two flawless
30-yarder penalty hits. Hissam, on his part, hit a
field goal after a long chase and HSBC were well in
the lead 8-6 when the fourth chukker ended.
Players of Colony Sugar and HSBC Bank Polo teams strug-
gling to get hold on the ball during the final of Bank Alfalah
National Polo Championship for Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup 2010.
Colony Sugar had an uphill battle at hand and
Fernando lived up his billing by adding three goals
and intriguingly, converted his goals in almost the
same pattern - first a spot penalty near the goalpost
and then 60- yard penalty and finally, field goal.
HSBC failed to score any goal in the final chukker.
Simon Macleran Tosh and Julio Nevillo Astrada
officiated the match.
A lady watching the final match between Colony Sugar and
HSBC polo teams during the Bank Alfalah
National Polo Championship.
Earlier, in the match up for the third position,
Tag Heuer-Army edged out Al Khan-Tip Moor by 9-
8. Julio Neville Astrada hit six goals for the winning
side.
Tomas Pieres converted six goals for Al Khan Tip
Moor. Tomas played for the two teams and both the
teams lost. It is worth a mention that Tomas Pieres
replaced Gaston Moore who has been hospitalised
due to food poisoning.
Maj. Isfandyar Pataudi hit two goals for the
winning side. Simon Macleran and Vierree Antinoro
served as umpires.
In the chief guest, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf
Raza Gillani distributed prizes among the
participants.
Teams:
TAG HEUER - ARMY: Ibrahim Pataudi, Capt.
Shaukat Ali Malik, Julio Nevillo Astrada, Maj. Gen
Isfandiyar Ali Khan Pataudi.
AL KHAN/TIP MOOR - UK: Dr. Iftikhar Ali
Khan Simba, Bilal Haye, Ahmed Ali Tiwana, Tomas
Piers.
HSBC BANK: Sufi Muhammad Aamir, Hissam
Ali Hyder, Tomas Pieres, Sufi Muhammad Haris.
COLONY SUGAR: Naveed M Sheikh, Atif Yar
Tiwana, Fernando Quinto Bourdieu, Saqib Khan
Khakwani.

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n order to give a boost to their businesses and

I attractive the subscribers, mostly cellular

companies had changed their logos and
tagline. Telenor have changed its logo but not
Telenor Pakistan, the logo changed in all countries
Trend of replacing
logos on the peak
where Telenor operates and new logo was created
by the London based company Wolff Olins.
The Ufone has also changed its logo. The
management has considered that new logo would
attract the subscribers and in this regard a
comprehensive advertisements campaign
launched. PTML is a wholly owned subsidiary of
PTCL, established to operate cellular telephony.
The company commenced its operations, under the
brand name of Ufone seven years ago.
Paktel was Pakistan first mobile phone service
provider company, which took over by China
Mobile and introduced its brand as Zong.
The new brand “Zong”, China Mobile’s first
offshore mobile phone network, presents itself to
people in all of the country. The management of the
cellular company not only changed logo but also its
name from Paktel to Zong.
August 14, 2007 The Pakistan
Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) had
changed its logo. State-run PTCL tried to look
different.
On May 21, 2008, Warid Telecom has also
announced change its logo with tagline. This
announcement made on the occasion of three years
celebration of Warid Telecom in Pakistan. The most
people appreciated the fascinated and well-planned
campaign by Warid.
In the recent past, Pepsi has changed its logo
with new one. The trend of replaces of logos has
been started in Pakistan. Customers are the
lifeblood of every business and they want boost August 14, 2007 The Pakistan Telecommunication Company
their businesses in all means. Limited (PTCL) had changed its logo. State-run PTCL tried to
It is pertaining to mention that subscribers
increasingly rely on cell phone service to meet their look different. On May 21, 2008, Warid Telecom has also
basic communication needs. The use of wireless
communications has skyrocketed over the past few announced change its logo with tagline. This announcement
years, jumping from approximately 24 million made on the occasion of three years celebration of Warid
subscribers in 1994 to an estimated 97 million
today. Along with the growth in the industry has Telecom in Pakistan. The most people appreciated the
come an increase in consumer complaints. The fascinated and well-planned campaign by Warid Telecom
problems consumers experience with cell phone
service have taken on increasing importance as It is fact, in Pakistan the cell phone calls rates the presence of leading multinationals (MNCs)
more consumers begin to use their cell phones as reduced on bottom line and some companies have and qualified telecom professionals in India. Vast
substitutes for traditional landline phones. planned to give more incentives to their subscribers opportunities exist for engineers in the field of
There are need to approve quality services not but need is that they should focused on the quality projects, maintenance and software development
to change the logos. The country is adding number service and priority to the subscribers problems. not only in India but also around the world due to
of subscribers every month and due to congestion No doubt, the ultimate beneficiaries of the global presence of most of the MNCs. A person
level at the POIs in the inter operators networks; whole development would be the subscribers, who once experienced can easily get absorbed at a
quality of service has become a major issue. would get cheaper service amid rising competition. higher pay in any one of the rival organisations.
Some of the prominent reasons of customer Cellular phones do not require wires or cables Also a project executive, while implementing a
dissatisfaction are low quality voice, dropped calls, as a communication medium. With the government project, can get absorbed by the client organisation
slow data connection, non-or delayed SMS/MMS relaxing its policies a lot of companies are set to tap on attractive packages.
delivery, blocked or non-satisfactory roaming. the cellular market. Today, cellular or mobile Though most of the engineering institutes and
It always comes down to availability and phones are no longer a status symbol but offer universities provide curriculum on
performance problems, which result in low usage, several other advantages apart from simple telecommunication, there are still not many
low customer satisfaction and loss of subscribers. communication. specific courses for mobile or cellular technology.
Service providers do not have the correct A majority of population in the countries like the Most of the hardware manufacturing or software
information to know where to focus their USA, UK, Canada, is utilising cellular services as firms provide in house on-the-job training to their
troubleshooting efforts in order to maximize the frequently as they use fixed phones. This has not employees. Some of the candidates are taken to
performance. only reduced call tariff but has also led to the headquarters of the firms at Sweden,
Network performance, reliability and development of instruments with additional Finland or Germany and are given extensive
availability have become the single most impacting features. Companies like Alcatel, Philips, Samsung, training on product design, application and
parameter from the subscriber's point of view. The Panasonic, Huawei and Motorola are developing operations.
other important parameter is billing services. cell phones that incorporate features that might Since the mobile or cellular telecom industry is
Maintainability and help services are also altogether replace notebook or palmtop PCs. These growing at an extremely fast pace, career growth
important for basic service subscribers, although cell phones will not only help in communication but for those who enter this field now are tremendous.
they are less important for cellular subscribers. shall provide basic computing and Internet services A professional shall not only be earning a
Similarly, supplementary services are important for too. handsome pay package but will also be exposed to
cellular subscribers, while they are not so for basic Indian cellular industry is equally developed, at the latest as well as the best management and
24 subscribers. par with the international standards, mainly due to technological practices.

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he electronic payments continued to

T show a rising trend as both the number

and value of such transactions increased
in the second quarter (Oct-December) of
the current 2009-10 fiscal year (FY10).
E-payments jump to
Rs 4.1 trillion
According to State Bank of Pakistan’s second
quarterly report on retail e-payments and paper
based instruments released recently, the volume
and value of e-payments transactions in the
country during the second quarter of FY10
reached 46.4 million and Rs 4.1 trillion
respectively showing an increase of 0.2 per cent
in number and 6.1 per cent increase in value as
compared to 4.0 per cent increase in number and
0.3 per cent increase in value in the previous
quarter.
The Report said the use of electronic channels
has showed a consistent growth as during the
second quarter contribution of electronic
transactions in total retail transactions recorded
at 35.3 per cent in number compared to 35.7 per
cent share recorded during the previous quarter.
In terms of value, the electronic channel’s
composition recorded at 10.90 per cent against
10.1 per cent share recorded in the previous
quarter.
During the second quarter of FY10, the
volume and value of ATM transactions in the
country reached 27.3 million and Rs 210.7 billion
respectively showing a decline of 2.2 per cent in
number and 0.5 per cent decline in value as
compared to 10.5 per cent increase in number

During the second quarter of FY10, the volume and

and 12.0 per cent increase in value in the
previous quarter. Whereas, the volume and value
of online banking transactions in the country
reached to 14.2 million and Rs. 3.9 trillion
respectively showing an increase of 8.8pc in
numbers and 6.4 per cent increase in value as
compared to 4.5 per cent decline in numbers and
0.4 per cent decrease in value in the previous
quarter.
According to the Report, total number of
Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) during the
second quarter reached to 4,217 registering a
growth of 4.0 per cent as compared to 1.4 per
cent increase in the previous quarter. The
volume of Real Time Online Branches (RTOB)
during second quarter reached at 6,587 and
recorded a growth of 7.6 per cent as compared to
1.3 per cent increase recorded in the previous
quarter. The total quantity of POS terminal
reached 50,920 showing a decrease of 1.5 per
cent in number as compared to 4.0 per cent
increase in previous quarter.
The volume and value of debit cards
transactions were reported at 29.98 million and
Rs. 235.25 billion respectively showing an
increase of 3.7 per cent in numbers and 9.7 per
cent increase in value as compared to 3.0 per
cent increase in numbers and 2.2 per cent
value of ATM transactions in the country reached 27.3
million and Rs 210.7 billion
increase in value in the previous quarter.
Similarly, during the second quarter of FY10 the
volume and value of credit cards transactions
were reported to be 3.8 million and Rs. 17.0
billion respectively showing a decrease of 10.0
per cent in numbers and 8.7 per cent decrease in
value as compared to 6.9pc decrease in numbers
and 2.6pc decrease in value in the previous
quarter.
In addition, the total number of cards (debit
/ credit /ATM only) in circulation during the
second quarter reached to 9.95 million which
shows an increase of 6.8 per cent compared to
4.3 per cent increase in the previous quarter.
Globally banking is no longer
confined to the four walls of a
branch. Many countries are
far ahead of the facilities
being available in Pakistan
The Report pointed out that during October-
December 2009 quarter, the volume and value
of Point of Sales (POS) transactions in the
country were recorded at 3.9 million and Rs 18.4
billion respectively showing a decline of 11.8 per
cent in numbers and 20.25 per cent decrease in
value as compared to 5.3 per cent decrease in
numbers and 1.75 per cent decrease in value in
the previous quarter.
Globally banking is no longer confined to the
four walls of a branch. Many countries are far
ahead of the facilities being available in Pakistan.
The initiative in e-banking in the country was
taken a bit late, but now focused efforts are being
made to catch up with rest of the world.
The level of low banking, a few years back,
was confined to the four walls of branch. With
the entry of private banks, having limited
number of branches, investment in technology
was chosen, as alternative, to overcome this
deficiency. The advent and common use of
Internet, leading to e-commerce, forced the
banks globally to incorporate e-banking.
Pakistani banks are still far behind their global
counter parts. One such example is complete
lack of merchant accounts in Pakistan.
However, lately a task force was established
to study and implement formation of Electronic
Clearing House (ECH). Simultaneously, the local
banks also went for on-line banking, though still
not a norm. Another step forward was
installation of ATMs by the banks. While some
banks have their own ATMs, some other banks
started using a dedicated network. In this system
an ATM card holder of a particular bank could
use teller machines installed by all the sponsors
of this network. The system is working to a
satisfactory level.
Though efforts are being made to increase the
number of on-line branches, it is still a capital
intensive proposal. It is getting popular in urban
areas, but has not become common in rural
areas, mainly due to low literacy level in the
country. However, some analysts believe that
with the passage of time, confidence in the
system and increasing use, traffic to branches in
urban areas will go down considerably.
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Paksat-1 Pakistan’s first communication satellite since its
deployment in December 2002 at GSO is offering telecom
services within and surroundings of Pakistan. It has a
number of i-direct and DVB-S2 hubs to offer innovative and
cost effective data and internet services
pace Technology for under-developing
S countries consider as a million dollar
business, which cannot play any part to
uplift the living standard of a common
man where the basic need of life, circulates
among food, cloths and shutters only. Besides
that it is also a truth-worthy fact that the space
technology may not do any upgradation in living
standard but it is necessary for the survival of life
especially for countries like Pakistan where
disaster prone and huge loss of life and property
caused by natural calamities are common.
According to United Nations Economics and
Social Commission for Asia and Pacific
(UNESCAP), Asia-Pacific region is prone for 85
per cent of natural disasters in the world and the
economic losses due to natural disaster in Asia-
Pacific region are about 25 per cent of the world.
Natural disasters include floods, cyclone,
earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruption, etc.
It cannot be prevented from occurring, but it is
possible to minimise the loss of property and
human lives by adopting effective disaster
management strategies. In several countries,
activities on hydro-meteorological disaster
reduction are conceived as an important part of
an environmental management strategy, while
for Pakistan, the earthquake of 2005 and other
natural disasters which occurs at regular
Earthquake of 2005 and other
natural disasters which occurs
at regular intervals underline
the need for a greater and more
efficient role for space
26 technology
intervals underline the need for a greater and
more efficient role for space technology not only
in the prediction, monitoring but in emergency
communication and access to its mitigation.
Satellite technology has proven itself reliable
and cost effective. Geo-stationary satellites
provide continuous observations over large areas
on weather including cyclone and hurricane
monitoring. The communication satellites are
available for timely dissemination of early
warning and real-time coordination of relief
operations. Polar orbiting satellites have the
advantage of providing much higher resolution
imageries, even though at low temporal
frequency, which could be used for detailed
monitoring, damage assessment and long-term
relief management. Satellite communication
capabilities-fixed and mobile is an effective
communication tool, especially in data
collection, distress alerting, position location and
co-coordinating relief operations in the field. In
addition, onboard facilities for position
determination can be useful in land, sea, and air
distress situation can be worked out through
Search and Rescue Satellites.
Pakistan’s space programme may also
encompass diverse scientific and technological
fields, and include research in atmospheric and
space sciences using satellites and sounding
rockets, satellite meteorology, atmospheric
research, environmental monitoring, climate
change studies, ionospheric and geometric
research studies and space applications
including communication telemedicine,
emergency communication etc.
Pakistan is a recognised member of COSPAR-
SARSAT International Programme for search
and rescue using satellite aided tracking
technology. This programme accrues benefits of
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efficient search and rescue operations that
includes an early indication of a possible air
crash, a marine accident or beacon-equipped
person in distress by receiving a radio distress
signal, detection and location of distress beacons
in addition to the safety of the personnel
involved in search and rescue from unnecessary
risks due to the network of low earth orbiting
operational satellite within an hour or so.
Pakistan has also other resources which may
be utilised to develop a mega infrastructure for
public benefits in case of natural hazards.
Satellite Ground Station (SGS), located near the
Federal Capital Islamabad can be an effective
part of this mega infrastructure. It acquires,
archives, processes and disseminates remote
sensing data from SPOT series of satellites. This
data can be helpful in natural and anthropogenic
hazards monitoring, hazard risk assessment and
mapping, natural resource management and for
socio economic services, etc.
In addition, Paksat-1 Pakistan’s first
communication satellite since its deployment in
December 2002 at GSO is offering telecom
services within and surroundings of Pakistan. It
has a number of i-direct and DVB-S2 hubs to
offer innovative and cost effective data and
internet services. It may also be used as
emergency communication needs and disaster
management during natural hazards.
The future plan of Pakistan is to replace
Paksat-1 (at 38oE in GSO) with Paksat-1R
towards Q3 of 2011.
The replaced satellite will support all
conventional and modern fixed satellite service
(FSS) applications.
The satellite will have a total of 30
transponders: 18 in Ku-band and 12 in C-band.
PakSat-1R may also help in increasing tele-
density in remote and rural areas and spreading
of telecommunication services.
Moreover, there is still a need of considerable
research to be conducted in the field of space
technologies especially in satellite remote
sensing applications. Currently, capacity
building in the adoption and use of space
technology to get maximum benefits in the case
of natural disasters / hazards is necessary. To get
maximum benefits from advancement in space
technologies we must also have to involve in
international activities of outer space conducted
by international bodies like UN platform for
Space-based Information for Disaster
Management and Emergency Response
(SPIDER), UN Office of Outer Space Affairs
(OOSA) etc. On the other hand, these
international bodies may also pay special
attention to the sharing of experience, know-how
of space-based technologies on non-
discriminatory basis to under-developing
countries which are prone to natural hazards.

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n the last two issues of Flare Magazine, we

I have published about the corruption and

nepotism of Dr Jabbar who did not give
proof to his innocence. For your knowledge
and information, we have presented a letter
written by Ashfak Jumani. Dr Jabbar cautioned
the Authority if he will have chance he will sold
the country for money.
Director General, PEMRA, Dr Abdul Jabbar
not looting the country through his corruption but
also is hazards for the security. He has arranged a
tour in which around 20 owners of various radio
stations to visited Dubai recently. PEMRA has
arranged a seminar in Islamabad and Karachi
under the chairmanship of Dr Abdul Jabbar. The
reliable sources disclosed that object behind the
visit to Dubai to radio stations owners and others
just to give confidential and important
information to the New Delhi-based satellite
private radio station BBC Urdu Service.
We have no words to tell the looting and
extravaganza of DG PEMRA who arranged a tour
to radio stations and some others close people.
One of the owner of radio station has said that I
was surprised to see the lavish and extravaganza
of Dr Jabbar in which special focused on Indian
agendas and arranged the meeting with officials
of Indian high-ups.
He further said I did not on air any news Dr. Abdul Jabbar
against the security and supremacy of Islam and Director General Enforcement &
in this regard, I strongly protested against the Executive Member of PEMRA
management of BBC Urdu Service. He appealed
the government to halt the BBC new service on air
news bulletin from New Delhi. The channel on
aired programmes about the Army and security
agencies and flourish the terrorist activities in the
country. The channel always on aired false and
baseless bulletin as well.
He said the object to arrange seminars by Dr
Abdul Jabbar just mint the money. In this respect,
they have collected the millions of rupees for
arranging the seminars and distribute the amount
to their favourite FM radio stations owners. One is the most victims, Ashfak Jumani, who was the
He further said those radio stations have not
NOC to aired the news bulletin, PEMRA will issue
Director General Quetta, PEMRA disclosed in a letter
NOC to the radio stations if they continue.
Another radio station owner told Flare
written to the Chairman PEMRA about terrible tale
Magazine that radio channel is means of our
income and I don’t know in which law BBC news
of Dr Abdul Jabbar
bulletin aired countrywide. On the query, he said, approached us and disclosed in a letter written to elapsed of two years he has been working as
Mr Jabbar sb will reply to this query. the Chairman PEMRA about terrible tale of Dr Director General on permanent basis. Following
The local private radio stations on airing the Abdul Jabbar. He did not spare his colleagues and is the letter:
BBC news bulletin live from Indian capital city companions. Jumani informed that PEMRA did Islamabad
New Delhi at 9.00 pm on daily basis in which they not reply my letter elapsed of two years. With the 1st March, 2008
used to focus on the law enforcement agencies of grace of God, now I am working in National Chairman,
Pakistan and criticised their performance and Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority,
working mechanism. The local private radio Islamabad
Islam does not support liberalism under any Subject: Representation/Appeal
circumstances. Liberalism goes against every stations on airing the BBC against Absorption of Dr Abdul Jabbar in
principle in Islam. On the contrary, PEMRA has PEMRA as Director General (Tech) (PS-10)
flourished the liberalism in Pakistan. In the recent news bulletin live from Indian
past, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory capital city New Delhi at 9.00 Reference: Office Order No.
Authority (PEMRA), and BBC World Service F-4(318)/2005-P.Admn. dated 08.02.2008
jointly conducted two days workshop. pm on daily basis in which Respected Sir,
This invited all the radio stations for boosting This is with reference to Office Order No.F-
up the modern and soft image of Pakistan. The they used to focus on the law 4(318)/2005-P.Admn. dated 08.02.2008,
invitation issued by PEMRA’s deputy general enforcement agencies of whereby services of Dr. Abdul Jabbar working on
manager Tariq Mehmood, in which he requested deputation in PEMRA have been absorbed on
all the radio stations owners and editors to attend Pakistan and criticised their permanent basis as Director General (Tech)(PS-
the training workshop, which held in a local hotel 10) w.e.f. 07.02.2008.
in Islamabad. PEMRA have given the name and performance and working By the instant representation, I hereby assail
contact number of the BBC’s coordinator instead mechanism Dr. Abdul Jabbar’s aforesaid absorption in
of its own for further information. PEMRA being marred by serious irregularities
One is the most victim, Ashfak Jumani, who Highway Authority as Member. He alleged that Dr and mala fides giving him preferential treatment
was the Director General Quetta, PEMRA Jabbar appointed on deputation in PEMRA but over eligible regular/permanent employees of 27
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PEMRA, including the undersigned.
Feeling aggrieved, I respectfully submit as
follows:
Background
1. Dr. Abdul Jabbar was serving in Pakistan
Telecommunication Authority (PTA) as Director
(International Liaison) (BPS-19 equivalent), when
in April 2005, his services were requisitioned by
PEMRA on deputation for a period of three (03)
years, whereby despite holding a non-technical
post in PTA, he was posted as Acting Director
General (Technical) (BPS-20 equivalent) in
PEMRA in his own payscale.
2. In late January 2008, whilst still on
deputation with PEMRA, Dr. Abdul Jabbar was
promoted by his parent department i.e. PTA as
Director General (BPS-20 equivalent).
Thereupon, on 24.01.2008, PEMRA forthwith
prematurely repatriated him to PTA merely to let
him avail and actualise his promotion.
3. Later, within days of his promotion and
taking charge as Director General in PTA and
while he was yet to be assigned a portfolio
apparently for lack of any vacancy in PTA, Dr.
Abdul Jabbar’s services were once again
requisitioned by PEMRA on deputation and, upon
rejoining PEMRA on 01.02.2008, he was posted
as Director General (Technical).
4. Within a few days of his rejoining, Dr.
Abdul Jabbar hastily managed to obtain an NOC
from his parent department (PTA) and forthwith
submitted an application for permanent
absorption in PEMRA as Director General in PS-
10 i.e. BPS-20 equivalent.
5. Within next few days, Dr. Abdul Jabbar’s
application for absorption was processed within
PEMRA in extreme haste and a so-called
committee (of junior officers and an unconcerned
consultant) was hurriedly formed by the then
Chairman to consider Dr. Abdul Jabbar’s
application for absorption, which after a rather
superfluous consideration on 06.02.2008
recommended absorption of Dr. Abdul Jabbar.
6. The then Chairman thereafter took no
time to approve the permanent absorption of Dr.
Abdul Jabbar the very next day on 07.02.2008. It
may importantly be mentioned that that day also
happened to be the last working day of the then
Chairman in PEMRA, which apparently explains
the haste shown in processing of Dr. Abdul
Jabbar’s case.
Material irregularities/Grounds
Absence of Delegated Powers with the then
Chairman
7. As per the Revised Delegation of
Administrative & Financial Powers – 2006
(“DOP”), certain specific powers are delegated to
the Chairman PEMRA under section 13 of the
PEMRA Ordinance, 2002.
8. These delegated powers, however, do not
include the power to approve the absorption of a
deputationist in PEMRA. In fact, no such power
has been delegated to anyone else either by the
Authority.
9. As such, all cases of absorption of persons
working on deputation in PEMRA must have been
approved by PEMRA as an Authority since the
said powers did not stand delegated to anyone
else.
10. These powers include all incidental
powers relating to the processing of a case for
permanent absorption, including inter alia
powers like constitution of any committee to
consider or recommend any action thereon to the
28 Authority.
11. Dr. Abdul Jabbar’s application for
permanent absorption should, therefore, have
been placed before the Authority for
consideration and further necessary
action/decision thereon.
12. However, in Dr. Abdul Jabbar’s case, the
then Chairman wrongfully assumed all relevant
powers of the Authority i.e. the power of
approving the absorption case and that of
constituting and referring the matter to a
committee.
13. The then Chairman and the so-called
committee having acted without lawful authority
usurping the powers rightly belonging to the
Authority, the entire exercise of processing and
approval of Dr. Abdul Jabbar’s application for
absorption is void ab initio and a nullity in the
eyes of law. His consequent absorption must also,
therefore, be accordingly treated and reversed.
Flawed Composition of the so-called
Committee
14. Without conceding any of the foregoing,
even the composition of the so-called committee,
which recommended Dr. Abdul Jabbar’s
absorption as Director General (Technical), was
highly flawed, improper and against established
norms and practices observed in government
departments/bodies.
15. The committee comprised of two junior
officers and an unconcerned consultant hired by
PEMRA, who had highly insufficient and
inappropriate credentials for considering
absorption of an officer in PS-10 (BPS-20
equivalent) as evident from the following:
16. With such serious lack of credentials,
especially all the three constituents/members of
the committee holding junior posts and payscales
and two of the members (at Sr.No.2 and 3 above)
working directly under Dr. Abdul Jabbar in the
Technical Wing, the so-called committee could
neither undertake consideration of Dr. Abdul
Jabbar’s request for absorption in the senior-most
post/payscale for officers in the Authority i.e.
Director General (BPS-20 equivalent), nor its
recommendations carried any value or weight
which were liable to be entirely discarded and
disregarded.
17. As per the practice in vogue in PEMRA,
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the Executive Member of the Authority is the
convener of the committee for appointments
against posts equivalent to BPS-11 through BPS-
17. On the other hand, despite the availability of
the Executive Member and Director General
(Admin.), they were not made the convenor,
chairman or member of the so-called committee
formed in Dr. Abdul Jabbar’s absorption case.
18. It is also pertinent to mention that
recently, when a much junior post of Deputy
General Manger (Legal) was being filled in
Ashfak Jumani
Former DG PEMRA Quetta
PEMRA on regular/permanent basis, a high level
Selection Committee was constituted consisting
of the then Chairman himself, the Executive
Member of the Authority, Director General
(Admin.), General Manager (Establishment) and
a senior legal practitioner for expert input.
19. No plausible reason exists on record
regarding the sudden, inexplicable and radical
departure by the then Chairman from his own
past practice in Dr. Abdul Jabbar’s case, which
clearly suggests an arbitrary and injudicious
exercise of discretion by the then Chairman (even
if assuming, though not conceding, that he had
power to absorb a deputationist in PEMRA).
Lack of Special Credentials
20. Dr. Abdul Jabbar does not possess any
special credentials which could make him
uniquely suitable for the post of Director General
(Technical) in PEMRA.
21. He is not a qualified engineer. His
Masters degree is in Physics, while his Ph.D. on
“conductors” is also totally unrelated to the fields
relevant to PEMRA’s functioning. Nor does he
possess any specialized experience in the field of
broadcasting/electronic media.
22. In short, there is nothing special about
Dr. Abdul Jabbar by virtue of which he could
stand out among, and be preferred over, the other
regular permanent employees of PEMRA eligible
for appointment/promotion to the post of
Director General (Technical), including the
undersigned. It may be mentioned that the
undersigned is fully eligible for being promoted to
the post of Director General (Technical) as well as
other posts of Director General in PEMRA.
Discrimination hit by Article 25 of the
Constitution
23. The preferential treatment, thus, meted
out to Dr. Abdul Jabbar is clearly a case of gross
discrimination hit by Article 25 of the
Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan,
1973. Rather more than that, since Dr. Abdul
Jabbar was not a regular permanent employee of
PEMRA and could not even be treated at par with
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eligible regular permanent employees for filling
in the post of Director General (Technical) or, for
that matter, any other post of Director General in
PEMRA.
Lack of Sanctioned/Notified Post
24. Prior to the appointment of Dr. Abdul
Jabbar against the post of Director General
(Technical), there were only the following three
sanctioned/notified posts of Director General
(BPS-20 equivalent) in PEMRA:
a. Director General Administration
b. Director General Enforcement South
c. Director General North
25. The mala fides in absorption of Dr. Abdul
Jabbar in PEMRA become further evident by the
fact that he was absorbed against the post of
Director General (Technical), that was not
previously sanctioned/notified.
Disregard of PEMRA Employees Service
Regulations, 2007 approved in-principle by the
Authority
26. PEMRA Employees Service Regulations,
2007 (“Service Regulations”) were, in principle,
approved by PEMRA in its 42nd Meeting held on
03.05.2007. However, the enforceability of the
Service Regulations was left to the then Chairman
after reviewing the same and finding them
satisfactory.
27. Regulation 53 contained in Part-XIII of
the Service Regulations, together with other
relevant provisions thereof, sets out a number of
conditions to be satisfied before a person serving
on deputation in PEMRA may be absorbed
permanently. All of these conditions were not met
in the case of Dr. Abdul Jabbar, including inter
alia:
a. Condition of holding equivalent post on
“regular” basis in lending organization i.e. PTA:
Dr. Abdul Jabbar was still on probation after his
promotion as Director General in PTA when he
was requisitioned back on deputation in PEMRA
and then forthwith absorbed in PEMRA. As such,
he could not be said to hold the post of Director
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General on a “regular” basis so as to be eligible for
absorption in PEMRA. Dr. Abdul Jabbar suffered
from this ineligibility even otherwise under the
Estacode.
b. Condition of resigning from post held in
lending organization i.e. PTA: Dr. Abdul Jabbar
was required to resign from his post in PTA,
which he never did. Failing this, he was ineligible
for absorption in PEMRA.
c. Condition of filling the post first by
promotion than any other mode: The post of
Director General (Technical) in PEMRA was
required to be filled in sixty percent (60%) by
promotion and forty percent (40%) by other
methods. As per established practice in
governmental departments/bodies and as per
Estacode, the post was to be first filled in by
promotion, for which the undersigned was also
fully eligible as per the Service Regulations. This
is also separately discussed in paragraph 32
below.
28. In Dr. Abdul Jabbar’s case, the then
Chairman completely disregarded these
conditions stipulated in the Service Regulations,
although he was required to enforce the Service
Regulations after reviewing the same as per the
Authority’s directions passed eight (08) months
ago in May 2007.
29. On the other hand, despite the fact that
the post of Director General (Technical) was not
otherwise a sanctioned/notified post and was only
provided for in the Service Regulations, the then
Chairman resorted to pick and choose and
appointed Dr. Abdul Jabbar against the said post
(only provided for in the Service Regulations)
while ignoring the other provisions of the Service
Regulations and keeping then un-enforced.
30. Thus, having resorted to pick and choose
from the Service Regulations and having ignored
and violated the same, instead of first reviewing
and enforcing the Service Regulations despite a
lapse of eight months, the then Chairman’s hasty
act of absorption of Dr. Abdul Jabbar in PEMRA
was not only arbitrary and self-contradictory but
also constituted serious mala fides of both fact
and law, which must therefore be set at naught.
Violations of Estacode
31. Bar against Recruitment without
Rules/Regulations: Pursuant to Estt. Division
O.M. No.11/1/81-R-5, dated 20.08.1981, there is
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a bar against recruitment for civil posts without
framing recruitment rules for such posts.
Accordingly, it is submitted that Dr. Abdul
Jabbar’s application for absorption was approved
in the absence of recruitment/service rules and,
hence, the instructions of the said OM have been
violated as the Regulations have not been
enforced after due approval by PEMRA.
32. Promotion Quota to be filled in first:
Pursuant to Estt Division O.M. No.15/38/52-SE
II, dated 22.06.1953, Establishment Division is of
the view and has recommended that, for the
purposes of efficiency in public service and to
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safeguard the legitimate interests of the
departmental candidates, departments should
first promote the deserving individuals against
the quota fixed for promotion and then meet the
remaining vacancies via direct recruitment. The
then Chairman did not follow these instructions
and preference was given to Dr. Abdul Jabbar
over eligible departmental candidates for
promotion from within PEMRA.
33. Absence of Eligible Departmental
Candidates for Promotion – Reasons to be
recorded: Pursuant to O.M. Estt. Division O.M.
No. 6/15/48-ME, dated 31.03.1951 read with O.M.
No. 6/39/57-ME, dated 05.02.1958, it has been
decided that, in fairness to the persons employed
in the office in which a vacancy occurs, a person
from another office should be appointed only if no
person eligible and suitable for appointment is
available in the office concerned. For this
purpose, it should be placed on record by the
appointing authority, or the Departmental
Promotion Committee concerned, as the case may
be, that none of the persons eligible concerned,
for appointment from amongst the persons is
available in the office. The reasons for declaring
the persons employed in the office concerned as
unfit for appointment to the post in question
should be recorded by the authority concerned.
Hence, all cases of deputation holding posts BPS-
17 and above require approval of the competent
authority, and the competent authority must
record reasons in writing in the event that no
person within the relevant department is available
or unfit for appointment. In Dr. Abdul Jabbar’s
30 absorption case, however, the then Chairman,
without citing any plausible reason whatsoever,
completely ignored the eligible departmental
candidates for promotion from within PEMRA,
including the undersigned, and did not assign any
plausible reason whatsoever for this.
Violation of Section 24A of the General
Clauses Act, 1897
34. Section 24A of the General Clauses Act,
1897 provides that:
"24A. Exercise of power under enactments.–
(1) Where, by or under any enactment, a power to
make any order or give any direction is conferred
on any authority, office or person such power
shall be exercised reasonably, fairly, justly and for
the advancement of the purposes of the
enactment.
(2) The authority, office or person making any
order or issuing any direction under the powers
conferred by or under any enactment shall, so far
as necessary or appropriate, give reasons for
making the order or, as the case may be, for issuing
the direction and shall provide a copy of the order
or, as the case may be, the direction to the person
affected prejudicially." [Emphasis added]
35. All appointments in PEMRA are made
pursuant to the Authority’s powers in this regard
vested under section 11 of the PEMRA Ordinance,
2002, which is clearly an “enactment” as referred
to in section 24A of the General Clauses Act, 1897.
36. As such, any order of absorption
appointing a deputationist to the regular
permanent service of PEMRA must meet the
requirements of the said section 24A i.e. it must be
fair, just, reasonable, for the advancement of the
purposes of PEMRA Ordinance, 2002 and the
reasons for the same must also be duly
given/recorded.
37. However, it is obvious from the entire
foregoing narration that Dr. Abdul Jabbar’s case is
tainted with serious instances of mala fides and
irregularities and the order of his absorption can by
no means be termed as having been passed fairly,
justly and reasonably.
38. Since leaving Dr. Abdul Jabbar’s
absorption in PEMRA intact shall amount to
perpetuating an illegality, the same can never be
intended to be for the advancement of the purposes
of the PEMRA Ordinance, 2002.
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Mala fides and Arbitrariness in Dr. Abdul
Jabbar’s Absorption
39. Extreme Undue Haste: The extreme undue
haste exhibited in processing his absorption case
alone suffices as a clear instance of mala fides,
which renders Dr. Abdul Jabbar’s absorption illegal
and liable to cancellation. It may be noted that the
whole exercise of receiving, processing and
approving his application and formally passing the
order of his absorption was completed within less
than a week’s time. The haste was deliberately
imposed so as to ensure the approval of Dr. Abdul
Jabbar’s absorption by the then Chairman, which
was given by him on the very last day of his working
in PEMRA.
40. Serious Illegalities/Irregularities: The
other serious illegalities and irregularities
committed in Dr. Abdul Jabbar’s absorption leave
no doubt regarding the mala fides involved his
absorption, which motivated commission of these
serious illegalities in such extreme undue haste.
These include (as explained in the preceding
paragraphs):
a. The then Chairman acting entirely without
lawful authority in the absence of delegation of
requisite powers to him by the Authority in respect
of absorption of deputationists.
b. The appointment of junior non-regular
(contractual and deputationist) officers/consultant
on the committee tasked to consider and
recommend Dr. Abdul Jabbar’s absorption.
c. Arbitrary and self-contradictory pick and
choose from the Service Regulations.
d. Deliberate and total disregard of not only
the Service Regulations but also the relevant
provisions of Estacode.
e. Blatant discrimination against the eligible
regular permanent employees of PEMRA
(including the undersigned) for
appointment/promotion to the post of Director
General (Technical) and denial of their right to be
even considered for the said post.
f. An absolutely whimsical, arbitrary,
unreasonable, unfair and unjust manner of
processing and approving his absorption case in
total violation of the binding provisions of section
24A of the General Clauses Act, 1897.
Prayer
In view of the above, it is humbly requested, as
a matter of critical importance not only for the
smooth functioning of the department but also to
protect the legitimate interest of all eligible regular
permanent officers within the department having
served PEMRA with full dedication and honesty,
that:
(a) Dr. Abdul Jabbar’s absorption in PEMRA
as Director General (Technical) may be reviewed
and set aside/reversed/cancelled.
(b) The PEMRA Employees Service
Regulations, 2007 may kindly be forthwith
reviewed and enforced as per the directions of the
Authority in its 42nd Meeting held on 03.05.2007.
(c) The undersigned alongwith other eligible
regular permanent officers be considered for
promotion to all posts of Directors General (PS-10),
regardless of portfolios, subject to their promotion
quota of sixty percent (60%) as per the Service
Regulations and Estacode.
(d) Any further better relief may also kindly be
granted.
Yours sincerely,
Ashfak Jumani
Director General
Quetta, PEMRA
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arid Telecom has organised ‘Glow

W Valentines Week’ in which a series

of concerts were conducted in
between 13th and 20th February
2010 where Warid brand ambassadors Strings
performed and rocked the youth.
Strings performed at PC Bhurban on 13th
February, where the concert was attended by
over 500 people. Families and prominent figures
from corporate sector of Islamabad traveled all
the way to Bhurban to witness this performance.
Venue was branded one week prior to the concert
with Glow standees, banners and streamers.
Strings performed at the Lok Virsa Open Air
Theatre in Islamabad on the Valentine’s Day.
This concert was attended by more than 1500
people, which is a record attendance for any Glow
concert. Live interviews were conducted where
people expressed their views and appreciated
efforts of Warid for entertaining people during a
time when country’s security conditions are
threatening and considered this effort of Warid
as a step forward against terrorism.
On 17th February 2010, Strings performed at
Lahore University of Management Sciences
(LUMS), Lahore. The venue was decorated with a
valentine theme. Over 650 students/alumni of
LUMS witnessed this evening and danced the
night away with a memorable Strings
performance.
Last concert of the valentine week concert
series was organised at Daud Public School in
hometown of Strings, Karachi. A large number of
students and their families attended this concert
and enjoyed a great performance by Strings.
Awareness branding was done at the school one
week prior to the concert.

BlackBerry a Valentine’s treat by Indigo

obilink has announced a first- Megapixel camera, a crisp display, and built-

M of-its-kind, Valentine’s offer;

all customers who purchased a
BlackBerry®

smartphone with it absolutely free.

Storm™
smartphone received a BlackBerry® Pearl™
This
in GPS.
The BlackBerry® Pearl™ is one of the
most popular BlackBerry handsets due to its
sleek design and smaller size, which still
packs all the great applications our
offer was valid for all corporate and customers have come to expect from
individual customers till 28th Feb 2010. The Mobilink. This includes email, web browsing,
offer from Mobilink indigo was a perfect gift multimedia, and various applications to keep
for all its subscribers to celebrate the spirit one in touch wherever they may be.
of Valentine’s Day. With that ‘buy one get Customers can choose between either of its
one free’ BlackBerry® offer have proved models – the 8110 (with in-built GPS) or the
once again, Mobilink’s domination of the 8120 (with in-built WiFi).
BlackBerry® market in Pakistan. It was a Mobilink was the first cellular operator to
Valentine’s treat for all the Mobilink’s introduce BlackBerry Services in Pakistan
customers. and provides unmatched after sales customer
The BlackBerry® Storm™ 9500 is the support. Moreover, BlackBerry from
capabilities, the BlackBerry® Storm™
next generation of functionality mixed with Mobilink provides users with a secure,
smartphone makes a great impression as one
the perfect blend of style. With a unique wireless access to a full suite of business and
travels across town or to almost any corner
touch screen and cutting-edge multimedia social networking applications.

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Smartphones showdown at MWC
he rather pompously titled “Mobile World
T Congress” (MWC) has come and gone for
another year. This event is the successor to
the previous GSM Conferences when the
European GSM standard was fiercely battling the
North American developed CDMA for global
mobile supremacy. GSM effectively triumphed in
terms of global user numbers although ironically it
uses (Wideband) CDMA as the wireless link in its
3G version.
Two key reasons that GSM won out were the
users’ identity actually being on the SIM card rather
than the handset meaning no hassles changing
from one phone to another, and the amount of
standardisation (GSM is grafted neatly onto ISDN)
to aid interoperability which was born out of a
desire to have harmonious communications across
Europe. Occasionally design by committee
produces good results and GSM turned out to scale
very well.
As an aside, a Lucent engineer told that in 2003
that the US mobile operators instructed their
CDMA infrastructure providers to prevent roaming
and interoperability between US networks so as to
stop customers moving from one network to the
other.
And at the same time the networks have gotten
so much better with HSPA now delivering wireless
broadband performance. Which brings us back to
MWC 2010 held in Barcelona, one of the major
European cities, because it looks like the only ones
who can match Apple, are the other US computer
industry giants. Yes 2010 at MWC.
MWC 2010 held in Barcelona,
one of the major European
cities. Because it looks like the
only ones who can match Apple
are the other US computer
industry giants
However, these two worlds were on a collision
course with 3G providing usable mobile access to
the internet from about 2004. In Europe this
mobile internet experience was very much
controlled by the mobile operators (walled gardens)
who could dictate design features to the traditional
handset vendors (Nokia, Ericsson). The US mobile
operators were equally restrictive but there was also
a drive for more openness coming from the US PC
and internet tech industries with Palm, Microsoft’s
Windows Mobile (on HP, Palm and HTC devices)
and BlackBerry from Canada. At first these were
focused on business users who wanted access to
their information without operator restrictions
which operators let them have while they focussed
on their Consumer customers. This meant the open
mobile internet model was now in place but the
uptake of mobile internet usage was held back by
very high and uncertain mobile data pricing and
devices that were difficult to configure.
BlackBerry’s success came from price certainty ($x
for your monthly email) and relatively easy set-up,
especially for Corporates.
Microsoft announced Windows Phone 7
Series. Despite the mouthful this is a major step
forwards and real break with the previous Windows
Mobile 6.5. It was generally very well received even
though we won’t see devices in market until
‘holiday’ season 2010 - which I think means
somewhere in Oct or Nov. Of course Apple and
Android will have gone through further upgrades
by then. The ecosystem around Windows Phone
looks to be very rich including; Zune, Xbox,
Windows Live and My Phone, Facebook and Bing
search and maps. While a range of OEM’s were
listed as partners there were no specific device
announcements. Development for WinPho7 will be
a major topic at the Microsoft developer conference
‘MIX’ in Las Vegas in March.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt presented the
official MWC keynote address saying that mobile is
the #1 focus for Google now. While lacking any big
product announcements he revealed that 60,000
Android handsets are now being sold daily around
the world which equates to some 20million in a
year - a very impressive number. He also talked
about features like voice recognition with real-time
translation, and photo translation of text in street
signs. These types of services play to Google’s
strength in massive cloud based processing in a way
that maybe no-one else can match. And Android
support for Flash was demonstrated in the keynote
by Eric Tseng who is really getting around these
days as the public face of Android.
On the Android device side there were a number
of new Android devices announced with the most
exciting coming from HTC including the HTC
Legend made from a single block of aluminium.
Also of note are vendors like Huawei who might
drive Android device prices to new levels that could
really stimulate Smartphone adoption amongst
new market segments. It seems that the main
challenge for Google is to not be a victim of their
own success - there are so many new handsets
coming out so quickly with the HTC Desire looking
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like it has already trumped the Google Nexus One -
also made by HTC - which was only released on Jan
5th. Perhaps it’s a good problem to have but reports
are that a number of customers are annoyed that
they have an obsolete phone so soon after its
release.
Nokia is the last one standing from the old
GSM world maintaining their own OS but they
chose not to even be present at the official MWC
instead holding their own alternative conference
nearby - although I saw very little coverage of it on
the web. Along with Intel they announced that they
would merge their two Linux mobile initiatives -
MobLin and Maemo - into MeeGo! Good lord, what
this means and how it fits into the open sourcing of
Symbian and a cohesive mobile OS strategy is
anyone’s guess. And not a single new device was
announced.
So the Europeans won the Telco mobile
Samsung announced their own
OS and SDK etc. to add to the
others they support; Android,
Linux Mobile, Windows Mobile
standards battle with GSM prevailing over CDMA.
But as MWC 2010 showed the Americans have
rendered that irrelevant by delivering a great user
experience through quality of the handset software
and the richness of the internet services it connects
to - and the business case is in more than just
hardware margins. The network in the middle just
needs to be effective, scalable and interoperable, so
thanks for that GSM and thanks for handing over
the stage at your Mobile World Congress.
BlackBerry was there but made little noise.
One announcement regarding some new BES
version, and another that amounted to ‘hold tight,
we know our web browser sucks but trust us we are
working on a decent one’. I just can’t see how they
are going to reach into Consumer markets in a
meaningful way.
Samsung announced their own OS and SDK
etc. to add to the others they support; Android,
Linux Mobile, Windows Mobile. The recently
dropped Symbian - glad they decided to rationalise!
Sony Ericsson announced a new Symbian and
Android device and they also support WinMo. Then
made the incredible admission that they had
declined Google's request to build the Nexus One.
Why would you turn that down? And then why
would you admit it?

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Purchasing the perfect laptop
Do not get sucked in by shady suggestions to buy more than 64 MB of RAM or a
glow-in-the-dark mouse pad. You can save a lot on your laptop purchase by writing
out a budget of exactly what you need and want and sticking to it
laptop is a notebook-sized computer that
A generally incorporates all of the other
features you have come to depend on
every day. Smaller than a desktop
computer, a laptop usually includes a monitor, a
keyboard, a system unit and a mouse or touch pad.
There are plenty of advantages to owning a
laptop. The number one reason people get laptops
is because they can bring them anywhere - the
beach, to church or even to the bathroom - so if
you are constantly on the go, a laptop will come in
very handy. Laptops are also lighter and much
more compact than a desktop computer, so they
will help you save tons of space. And when you are
not using it, you can fold it up in a briefcase and
store it.
However, laptops have their disadvantages,
too. Because laptops are so compact, they are
always a step behind desktops when it comes to
capability and efficiency. You are going to have to
sacrifice decent sound devices, keyboard comfort
and your mouse for the sake of portability. Also, if
you are planning on adding stuff onto your
computer, get yourself a desktop and not a laptop.
While upgrading a laptop is not entirely
impossible, it is often impossible to add elements
like RAM and hard drive without shipping the
entire computer back to the manufacturer. And
even if you do decide to upgrade, you are still
limited in the selection of extra equipment: Most
laptops require that you install parts
manufactured by the same company.
There are certain facts and figures that must be
kept in mind before buying laptop.

Most laptops weigh between three and
eight lbs., with the majority coming in at just over
five lbs. If you will often be taking your laptop
outside your house, you want to buy a thinner and
lighter one that will fit into your bag or briefcase.
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The most common screen sizes on laptops
are 12.1, 13.3 and 14.4 inches, although some really
tiny laptops feature screens that are as small as 8.4
inches. Again, a tiny screen is appropriate for
frequent travelers, but it would be ideal to have a
larger, squint-free screen if you are willing to
sacrifice some portability.

Instead of a hand-driven mouse, laptops
come with other, more cumbersome "input
devices" for navigating a cursor around the screen,
such as touch pads and pointing sticks.
If possible, test-drive a
laptop before purchasing it.
You cannot easily replace an
annoying keyboard, an irritat-
ing pointing device or a poor
display, so make sure you
are compatible with a laptop
by playing around with it. If
you are buying your laptop
online, try to find the same
model in a store and test it
out there first

A touch pad is a square-shaped surface
located below the space bar of a laptop keyboard
that is touch-sensitive, and you navigate the screen
by moving your finger around the box; you have to
be careful not to let your thumb fall on it while
typing, or it'll move the cursor, but touch pads
work quite nicely.

A pointing stick is a tiny rubber nub that
sticks out of the keyboard between the G, H and B
keys and responds to pressure from your index
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finger. You navigate the cursor by applying
pressure in the direction you want it to go, like a
joystick, though some people find the slightest
touch causes the arrow to go flying across the
screen. Keep in mind, though, that all laptops
allow you to plug in a standard mouse.

Sure, you can always plug your laptop into
a wall. But you probably got a laptop to give you a
bit of freedom, so if you are on a subway or in the
park, you will need a battery to give your computer
some juice. There are three main types of
batteries: Lithium-ion (Li+) batteries, considered
the best option especially if you get one with a
high-milliampere (mAh) and high-voltage
measurements; nickel metal-hydride (NiMH)
batteries, which need to be recharged every hour
or so; and a nickel cadmium (NiCad) battery,
which should be avoided because of their charging
requirements.

There are two types of displays to choose
between: active-matrix (a.k.a. thin-film transistor
or TFT) and passive-matrix, or dual-scan).

Pictures come out sharper and moving
images play out more smoothly on an active-
matrix (TFT) display. In fact, most laptops now
come with active-matrix displays because they're
so widely preferred.

Passive-matrix technology is the older and
cheaper display. Images that run on this display
react more slowly. It's not a pretty sight, but if
you're strapped for money, it's tolerable.

To figure out what type of display you are
dealing with on a laptop, move the cursor very
quickly across the screen. If the cursor disappears
while moving, the display is passive-matrix; if you
can keep your eye on it, it is active.

Other things to look out for are the
keyboard, durability and compatibility. All laptops
feature cramped keyboards, but try to find a laptop
with a keyboard with which you can comfortably
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type, and consider getting a spill-resistant
keyboard if you are accident-prone.

If you plan on taking your laptop just
about everywhere, consider a model with shock-
resistant hard-drive mounts, which are specifically
designed to protect your laptop from bumpy
adventures.

A hard drive is your computer's main,
permanent storage unit. It holds large amounts of
data and programmes, and all of the information
stays put until you decide to delete it. The more
space your hard drive has, the more things you can
do. Most laptops start with at least 4.3 gigabytes
(GB) of hard drive space, but you might want to
consider getting more.

If your hard drive is your computer's
"long-term memory," then the RAM is its "short-
term memory." RAM stores information on your
computer, but when you shut down the computer,
everything that is stored on the RAM is lost. Words
that you type or a computer game that you are
playing are stored in RAM unless you specifically
request for the information to be moved onto your
hard drive by saving it.
If it is your habit to simultaneously type a
paper, play solitaire and e-mail your mom, you will
need lots of RAM, because the more applications
you run at once, the more RAM you use. You want
at least 32 megabytes (MB) of RAM in your laptop,
but 64 MB is highly recommended. Don't get more
than 64 MB unless you are a graphic designer.

The CPU is the brain of your computer; it
does all the necessary thinking and runs the
programmes. While the CPU speed is not as
important as hard drive or RAM space, get as
much speed as you can afford, because it does
make a slight difference. Get at least 233 MHz in
processing speed for your laptop. There are a
variety of CPUs to choose from, including Intel
Celeron, Pentium II, Pentium III, and AMD K6.

A port is a slot through which you connect
peripheral material, such as microphones or
cameras. You can also avoid using the laptop's
uncomfortable keyboard or input device by
connecting a desktop keyboard and mouse to the
laptop through its ports. Currently, almost all
laptops feature a serial, a parallel, an infrared, and
a universal serial bus (USB) port. When buying
your laptop, try to get at least two USB ports.

While neither is completely necessary, it
is a good idea to splurge for at least a CD-ROM
drive, which is not a standard feature on many
laptops, because most software comes in CD form
these days. However, if you get a DVD-ROM drive,
you would not need a CD-ROM drive, too, because
a DVD-ROM drive can read CD-ROMs. Another
incentive to get the DVD-ROM drive is that if you
are going to travel with your laptop, you can watch
DVDs as you are waiting for a delayed flight to
board.

The modem's main job is to turn the
While upgrading a laptop is not entirely impossible, it is
often impossible to add elements like RAM and hard drive
without shipping the entire computer back to the
manufacturer. And even if you do decide to upgrade, you
are still limited in the selection of extra equipment: Most
laptops require that you install parts manufactured by the
same company
digital information from your computer into
analogue signals that your phone line can
understand, and vice versa. A modem allows you
to use the internet and check email. Modems come
in all types of speeds; better modems allow for
faster downloading. With laptops, there are two
modem options: Internal modems, and PC card-
based modems which stick out of your computer.
External modems might require some configuring,
so be sure you have a tech support hotline.
You can get a decent laptop for about USD
1,000, while the best can cost as much as USD
6,000. Think about all you will be getting: A laptop
might look small, but it is a full-functioning
computer, and you can still use it to read your
email or spell-check your documents. In addition,
laptop prices are constantly dropping, due to the
fact that their popularity is increasing dramatically
and vendors are in fierce competition with each
other.
If the thought of blowing over USD 1,000 on a
smaller, slower computer is still making you
swoon, consider these suggestions:

Make a budget: Do not get sucked in by
shady suggestions to buy more than 64 MB of
RAM or a glow-in-the-dark mouse pad. You can
save a lot on your laptop purchase by writing out a
budget of exactly what you need and want and
sticking to it.

Get a used laptop: Of course, you run the
same risks as when you buy any second-hand
product. But if you do your research and check out
stores for refurbished laptops, you might luck out
with a really wonderful model for under USD
1,000.

Bargain: If you make the trip to your local
computer store, you might find the opportunity to
haggle. Nothing is set in stone at these places, and
it never hurts to try to bargain the price down. Just
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make sure you check out the store with the better
business bureau before making the trek.
Before you make your purchase, strongly
consider shopping online. There's much more
variety, and you will find better deals. You can visit
online computer stores like CDW, Office Depot,
Geeks.com and CompUSA, or you can go straight
to some top computer manufacturers, including
Acer America, Apple Computer, Dell, IBM, Micro
Express, MPC, Sony and Toshiba.
Before settling on a purchase, it is a good idea
to compare brands at web sites like Pricescan or
CNET, which are designed to give you unbiased
opinions on quality and price.
Always remember to ask for a detailed
written explanation of the company's warranty,
especially if you are shopping at a small local
store. The warranty should cover details e.g.
who installs replacement parts, who pays for
return shipping for major repairs, and for how
long your computer is covered.
When buying something as expensive as a
laptop, it is always a good idea to pay by credit
card. If there is a problem with your purchase or
delivery, the Fair Credit Billing
Act states that buyers have 60 days from the
occurrence of the problem in which
to report the details in writing.
It is not the end of the world if you come across
a problem with a
purchase you made by check, money order, debit
card or even cash, but it is easiest to enforce your
rights as a consumer if you pay by credit card.
If possible, test-drive a laptop before
purchasing it. You cannot easily replace an
annoying keyboard, an irritating pointing device
or a poor display, so make sure you are compatible
with a laptop by playing
around with it. If you are buying your laptop
online, try to find the same model in a
store and test it out there first.
While a laptop is unique in its own way, it is
still a computer, and there are some basic features
you should know about when buying any
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n award is something given to a person to

A recognise his excellence in a certain field;

as a certificate of excellence. However,
recently held All Pakistan Newspapers
Society (APNS) award ceremony was totally forged
by corporations that recognised no value,
performance and ability of winners instead it
showed utter favouritism, biased, baseless, made-
up and most controversial event in the history of
APNS, once reputed consortium of all newspapers,
advertising and PR agencies of Pakistan.
Above favouritism, these awards lacked the
common sense that should have been borne by the
APNS. For instance, it gave an award for best PRO
for year 2005-06 to Moazzam Ali Khan of Ufone,
who was not at all associated with PR field in
reported time duration.
Instead he was working with an Islamabad
based advertising agency during 2005-06.
Moazzam Khan joined Ufone only after February
2008.
Not only this, Moazzam Khan has no Public
Relation experience during his entire career. He is
and was an advertising guy. Let’s have a look at his
advertising career
• Moazzam Khan was Executive Director
with MCom during September 2005 - January
2007
• He was Director Operations/Business
Development with Orient Mccann Erickson during
July 2002 to September 2005
• Mr. Khan was Project Manager at Texture
and Shades during April 1999 — June 2002
• Moazzam Ali Khan remained Resident
Manager at ACSYS (AT&T) from June 1994 to May
1998
• He was Client Services Manager at Bond
Advertising PVT LTD during December 1992 -
May 1998
At the same time, another question arises, that
Ufone snatches PRO
award from deserves
why Ufone hired an advertising professional to
head company’s Public Relation Department?

Another interesting fact is

that there was no Public
Relation Department at
Ufone during 2005-06, it is
un-comprehendible mystery
that how in this world was
possible for Ufone to get
best Public Relation Award?
Another interesting fact is that there was no
Public Relation Department at Ufone during
2005-06, it is un-comprehendible mystery that
how in this world was possible for Ufone to get
best Public Relation Award?
Ufone’s cyclic dishonesty with the profession
and the business is evident from this. This tells us
how the company works not only internally but its
relation with external organisations, such as with
APNS. This depicts that either company paid
kickbacks or there were mutual benefits involved
for both Ufone and APNS.
After it was revealed to the world that
Moazzam Ali Khan was not the worthy winner of
best PRO award, instead of being tackling the
situation sensibly, Ufone bluntly owned the award
and credited it to Ufone’s so-called succsess. Read
on following statement to know yourself;
38 A company statement quoting Moazzam Ali
APNS gave an award for best PRO for year 2005-06 to
Moazzam Ali Khan of Ufone, who was not at all associated
with PR. He joined Ufone after February 2008
Khan Said, “This is indeed a great honor for both
Ufone and myself and I am thankful to all those
who have supported my efforts over the years.
Over the last two years Ufone has clearly moved
ahead with its aggressive achievements and public
relations has played a vital role in the buildup and
continuous engagement with stakeholders and
common public. I would like to thank APNS for
bestowing this great honor on me.”
Now let’s review the background on why Ufone
had to do all the drama for this very award. You
may know that Ufone was heavily penalized by
PTA with 150 million rupees, moreover, company
fears further penalty from the authority over
quality of service decision, which is pending as of
now. Along with, Ufone’s chief is not feeling
comfortable with Etisalat’s sword on his head all
the times.
Poor performance of marketing department,
massive subscriber cut during last year, and what
not. All these factors left Ufone on the verge of
shock and virtual destruction, before time. Ufone’s
strategist are doing everything to get back the lost
glory, during which they carried total flawed
policies such as lobbying for APNS award, in
which they succeeded but ultimately lost the game
on ethical grounds.
Etisalat is closely eying the whole situation,
they are well aware of the performance of Ufone’s
management and obviously they are not happy.
Inside sources have revealed that Etisalat is going
to take very severe decisions very soon, such as
removal of CEO, re-shuffle in top management
including the CMO.
It was further told that Etisalat, the parent
company of Ufone is already looking for CEO’s
replacement, which is likely to be announced very
soon. If not found, Deputy CEO is going to be good
candidate for the said position. In fact Etisalat had
wisely injected the Deputy CEO slot to tackle such
situations as it is now.
It merits mentioning here that Saoud
Abdulaziz Bin Hadef Al Shamsi was appointed
Deputy CEO of Ufone back in October 2009, while
Walid Irshaid became Group CEO of Ufone and
PTCL back in November 2009. This reshuffle was
to backup the current management of Ufone if it
ever fails.

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Outsourcing watered by IT revolution
Companies in Pakistan are developing hardware and software at lower cost than our
competitors. Our trained professional call centre operators are techno-literate individuals
and undergo special language training courses to ensure that callers are unable to detect
that they are talking to someone in another part of the world
ll over the globe, information technology
A (IT) is stretching its abilities and
efficiencies in influencing organisations
to relook their business processes for
increasing productivity and reducing overall
costs. This upswing in IT trends has given rise to
the process of outsourcing non-core business
practices to the business service providers (BSPs).
The prospective outsourcing clients around the
globe, particularly the U.S, are becoming
increasingly choosy and major BPO (business
process outsourcing) service providers such as
India, Ireland and the Philippines are getting
major share of revenue by providing the required
services.
According to research findings, the global
ITES/IT Services market has grown from USD
1,184 billion in 2002 to USD 1,322 billion in 2003
and is expected to achieve a turnover of around
USD 2,497 by 2008-09 and USD 33,991 billion by
2012.
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) includes
but not limited to accounting, order processing,
insurance claim processing, procurement,
different administrative and logistic functions and
outsourcing through call centres. Pakistan is at
the threshold of one of the greatest opportunities
in the global BPO market. We have acquired
virtually all of the pre-requisites for success
ranging from low cost to government incentives
and funding.
The government is using all its resources to
create the infrastructure required to jumpstart
growth in the business process outsourcing sector
so the BSPs could concentrate on marketing their
services abroad and get due share in the
international BPO market. In Pakistan BPO
industry, although the growth in the fields of
medical transcription, legal transcription, data
capture and forms processing has not been
substantial but in the last few years, there has
been a major boom in outsourcing voice-based
call centre work.
Business Process Outsourcing
42 Globalisation has not only broken the
traditional business boundaries across countries
but also opened vast markets for companies.
Enterprises are now looking to focus on a core set
of competencies that have the greatest positive
impact on their business models and are seeking
new ways to streamline processes, realise further
cost reductions and decrease time to market. One
of the main outcomes of these trends has been the
rise of business process outsourcing among
leading companies to achieve significant growth
and bottom line benefits.
Business Process Outsourc-
ing (BPO) includes but not
limited to accounting, order
processing, insurance claim
processing, procurement,
different administrative and
logistic functions and
outsourcing through call
centres. Pakistan is at the
threshold of one of the
greatest opportunities in the
global BPO market
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) is the
delegation of one or more business processes to
an external entity that in turn owns, administers
and manages the outsourced process based on
defined and measurable performance criteria.
Such back end functions may include anything
that can be moved over the bandwidth and
include services such as customer support
through call centres, accounting, order
processing, insurance claim processing,
procurement or other logistic functions.
On the other hand, offshore IT outsourcing is
the relocation of activities, tasks and processes to
entities in countries with lower overall
operational cost in order to reduce the total cost of
developing and maintaining IT software, systems
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and infrastructure.
One of the leading firms conducting research
in the field of IT, Forrester Research, has referred
to global outsourcing as the “trend of the decade”
while Gartner Group refers to it as a “mega-
trend”. Outsourcing has demonstrable,
quantifiable benefits. It gives companies access to
state-of-the-art technology without the overheads
and risks associated with developing in-house
solutions. “Companies can save as much as 41 per
cent in hidden costs by outsourcing” - U.S.
Chamber of Commerce.
Outsource-able Services
There are a number of services/operations
which can be outsourced. Services which are
commonly outsourced include: Website Design &
Development, Marketing Outsourcing, Graphic
Design, Presentations & Multimedia Outsourcing,
Programming, Software & Database Outsourcing,
Game Design & Development Outsourcing, ERP
& CRM Implementation Outsourcing,
Networking, Hardware & Telephony Outsourcing,
Writing, Editing & Translation Outsourcing,
Business Consulting Outsourcing, Management
Outsourcing, Finance & Accounting Outsourcing,
Sales & Marketing Outsourcing, Admin Support
(Legal, Medical, & Accounting) Outsourcing,
Advertising & Broadcasting Outsourcing,
Illustration & Art Outsourcing, Photography &
Videography Outsourcing, Fashion & Interior
Design Outsourcing and Legal Outsourcing.
Analysis of BPO in Pakistan
In Pakistan, BPO sector is trying its level best
to get mature and there is a wide potential for
growth in this field. Although we have not been
successful in the fields of medical transcription,
legal transcription, data capture and forms
processing but in the last few years, there has
been a major boom in outsourcing voice-based
call centre work in Pakistan. These include both
domestic and international call centres. The
sector has provided jobs to a majority of youth
with reasonable pays and commission.
Incentives induced by Government
The establishment of a reliable IT
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infrastructure and provisioning of an incentive
package are instrumental in the development of
local IT industry. The Government of Pakistan has
provided several incentives to investors. Because
of these incentives an increasing number of
foreign IT companies have chosen Pakistan for
their outsourcing operations.
Some of the areas where Government is
providing facilities to the private sector
companies are:

Information Technology Parks with low
rents, fibre optic connectivity, libraries and
conference rooms

Provision of funds for software
companies to get ISO-9000 and CMM level
certifications

Foreign investors allowed 100 per cent
ownership of equity in "Software
Houses/Software Companies"

Tax exemptions for IT companies till
2016

100 per cent repatriation of profits
allowed to IT companies

Nominal custom duties on import of IT
related equipment

The rate of depreciation on computer
equipment is 30 per cent

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has
allowed opening of Internet Merchant Accounts
by banks

Instant, reliable and high speed
connectivity available

Over 85 per cent of telecom infrastructure
on fibre optic cables

Pakistan is the first country in this region
to establish DWDM telecom infrastructure

Several cellular companies using digital
transmission (GSM and TDMA)

Redundant backup connectivity available
through PTCL for call centres
Infrastructure
Pakistan offers state-of-the-art technology and
infrastructure for establishing world class call
centres. Our telecom infrastructure is 100 per cent
digital and provides a robust backbone for
providing mission critical services such as call
centres. Fibre optic infrastructure, initially laid in
the early 1990s, now accounts for well over 85 per
cent of the backbone that supports international
and national exchange of data. Currently more then
40 cities of Pakistan operate through fibre optic
exchanges. Telephone density is on the increase and
LL (local loop) sector is now open to private
investors. The ISP (integrated service provider)
sector has breathed a sigh of relief because of the
opening up of broadband licenses. In metropolitan
areas of Pakistan, broadband charges are
competitive with little cost per month.
All major software technology parks currently
have huge capacity where the bandwidth prices
have come down drastically over last five years for
call centres. Satellite bandwidth is available for free
as a backup to the fibre optic. Rooftop VSAT
connections are now allowed to be full duplex.
Obtaining licensing for operating an international
call centre is free with the only requirement being a
solid business plan and international client
references.
Many different modes of connectivity are
available readily such as DCC (Digital Cross
Connect), ISDN (Integrated Services Digital
Network), Fibre Optic, DSL, ADSL, and rooftop
VSAT. In case of establishing a call centre in
Pakistan, companies are more concerned with two
issues related to infrastructure. These include:
n Office Space
n IP Connectivity
Currently, some of the call centre operators are
facing problems related to the shortage of
appropriate office space for setting up new
operations. To tackle this problem, government is
developing new purpose-built Technology Parks. A
new submarine optical fibre cable SEA-MEWE–IV
is going to be operational soon which will further
resolve downtime issue.
Forrester Research has referred to global outsourcing as
the “trend of the decade” while Gartner Group refers to it as
a “mega-trend”. Outsourcing has demonstrable,
quantifiable benefits. It gives companies access to
state-of-the-art technology without the overheads and risks
associated with developing in-house solutions. “Companies
can save as much as 41 per cent in hidden costs by
outsourcing” - U.S. Chamber of Commerce
BPO through call centres
A Call Centre is a sophisticated voice operations
centre that provides a full range of high-volume,
inbound or outbound call-handling services,
including customer support, operator services,
directory assistance, multilingual customer
support, credit services, card services, inbound and
outbound telemarketing, interactive voice response
and web-based services.
A call centre can be used for telemarketing,
sales, customer support, or other business related
activity. The call centre may contain a few or
hundreds of agents who handle calls to relay
business information.
Call centre consists of a complex of
telecommunication infrastructures, computer
supports and human resources organised to
manage effectively and efficiently the incoming and
outgoing telephone calls of a given organisation.
The activity of a call centre is performed chiefly by
skilled operators who, using telephone and
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computer, interact with the exterior making or
receiving calls to manage various services.
In Pakistan, the access to call centres is normally
through 0800 free phone numbers, hotels,
reservations, medical prescription entries,
insurance claims, data entries etc. The customer
calls are routed to a call centre where trained agents
respond to the inquiries of the customers.
Call centres – categories
There are many possible categories by which the
market could be segmented. We can differentiate
call centre operation by to its type of operation i.e.,
local or international; by its size or by its type of
service. Following are the types of call centre by the
virtue of type of operation:
n International Call Centres
n Domestic Call Centres
By the virtue of size, following are the types of
call centre:
n Businesses with five to 100 staff
n Second group involves companies that
employ 100 or more individuals
n Third market segment represents the
currently operating outsourcing call centres with
limited capacity, but with a higher demand,
creating the need to further outsource projects to
other call centres.
With respect to type of services there are
following types of call centre:
n Inbound call centres
n Outbound call centres
It is pertinent to note that the cost of running a
call centre in Pakistan is among the lowest in the
region.
Concluding the discussion
IT professionals trained in a variety of
disciplines from abroad and locally are applying
their innovative ideas to maximize the benefit
obtained from the information revolution. More
and more international companies are seeking
solutions from Pakistani professionals to remain
competitive in the global economy.
A well developed infrastructure, availability of
skilled labour, software technology parks with
nominal cost, and significant government
incentives provide conducive environment for the
development of the IT industry.
Pakistan offers an unlimited supply of low-cost
labour and state-of-the-art technology and
infrastructure for establishing world-class call
centres.
Companies in Pakistan are developing hardware
and software and lower cost than our competitors.
Our trained professional call centre operators are
techno-literate individuals and undergo special
language training courses to ensure that callers are
unable to detect that they are talking to someone in
another part of the world.
The most important reason why Pakistan is a
potential market for outsourcing is the simplest
one. It costs less, far less, to do business here,
than anywhere else.
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4770183 without complying with the procedures

The order alleged Ufone has issued a single SIM out given in the aforesaid SOP/directive required for
activation of SIM by verifying the secret
of millions. Determination said that one of illegal SIM information. This act of issuing the SIM which did
sold by the company was used in a terrorism act in not match NADRA's data was taken not only a
disregard to the Authority's aforesaid directives
Lahore and the company also issued nearly 25,000 but also a threat to the national security measures
taken by the Federal Government and to be
SIMs in a single day implemented by the Authority. It was
contravention of clause 1.14 of the licence by the
akistan Telecommunication Authority subscriber's documentation and activation of SIM

P
licensee leading to issuance of the show cause
(PTA) in a vide letter No. 14- after verification and communicated it to the notice dated 17th December, 2009 under section
585/L&A/PTA/2010/889 on February 26, licensee vide directive dated 30th January, 2009 23 of the Act requiring the licensee to remedy the
2010 issued to Pakistan Telecom Mobile for strict compliance and implementation by contravention by disconnecting the aforesaid SIM
Limited (Ufone) through its Chief Executive CMTOs including the licensee. including all other numbers issued without
Officer for violating the rules and regulations of The aforesaid procedure clearly describes each
the Authority against selling SIMs without
following 789 Standard Operating Procedure
(SOP) to their customers.
The decision comprising of 17 pages concluded
with a strict warning to Ufone to not to repeat the
practice and a fine of Rs 150 million imposed
which is highest amount of fine to any company
ever in history of Pakistan and amount to be paid
within one month of the issuance of the instant
enforcement order.
PTA asked telecom companies to block SIMs
while comparing ownership data with NADRA’s
records. Millions of SIMs had blocked but there
remained millions other unregistered SIMs are
still working.
PTA then suggests of delivering SIMs at postal
addresses, but the idea was turned down by
cellular companies as the procedure was neither
viable nor workable.
In the section of "Contravention of clause 1.14
of the licence by issuing a SIM in violation of the
directives/SOP" has given detail order.
The report said Pakistan Telecom Mobile
Limited (Ufone) which is maintaining
telecommunication systems and providing
telecommunication services in the country under
licence No.PTA/CMT (4)/PTML dated August 31,
1998 issued by Pakistan Telecommunication
Authority, on 17 December, 2009 issued a show
cause notice under section 23 of the Pakistan
Telecommunication (Re-organisation) Act, 1996
for contravening the terms and conditions of the
licence.

There was thus no room or

scope for such an omission by
the call center agent in the
case of activation of
0331-4770183
Under the terms and conditions of the licence,
the licensee is obliged to comply with the
provisions of the prevailing regulatory laws
comprising the Act, all the rules and regulations
made/framed/issued under the Act and the terms
and conditions of the licence.
Clause 1.14 of the terms and conditions of the
licence require the licensee to comply with the
requirements of national security as contained in
Section 54 of the Act and in this regard shall
comply with any directions given by the Authority
issued from time to time, which would be binding
on the licensee to implement.
While performing its functions under the
provision of the Act, the Authority pursuant to
policy directive of the federal government, issued
standard operating procedure for mobile
A true copy of Decision made by PTA against Ufone
and every step required to be taken prior to
activation of SIM. Vide Para 10 (b) (3) and (4) of
the aforesaid SOP the licensee was obliged to
verify and activate the SIM if the information
provided by the caller matches with the
information received from NADRA and in case the
information does not match, then the Call Center
or CSC operator shall advise the caller to visit
nearest Customer Service Center of the respective
mobile company.
The order further mentioned that it was
brought in the notice of the Authority that the
licensee has issued and activated a SIM No. 0331-
complying the aforesaid directions/SOP and to
submit report within ten days of the issuance of
the notice and to show cause in writing within
thirty (30) days of the issuance of the notice and
explain as to why an enforcement order under sub-
section (3) of section 23 of the Act may not be
issued against it for the said violation.
Licensee's compliance report: the licensee
submitted its compliance report vide letter dated
29th December, 2009 which is reproduced in
verbatim as under:
"Re: show cause notice under section 23 of the
Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organisation)
Act, 1996 without prejudice to the legal defence 45
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A true copy of Decision made by PTA against Ufone
and stance to be taken in respect of the allegations
mentioned in the SCN, the following is submitted
for your kind consideration as regards PTML's
fulfillment of the requirements prior to issuance
of a number connection to subscribers,
particularly regarding the issuance and activation
of number 0331-4770183:
Please note that PTML has been fulfilling all
requirements in respect of verification of
subscriber's antecedents from NADRA as per the
procedure detailed in the SOP.
The "789" regime as contained in the SOP is
being successfully implemented and PTML is
adhering to it in order to ensure that each number
is issued and activated to an identified person by
employing the means and methodology
prescribed in the SOP.
PTML has not issued any SIM connection
without following the procedure under the "789"
regime laid out in the SOP and in case any
information provided by the intending subscriber
does not match with the information provided by
NADRA as per para 10 of the SOP, the same is
withheld from activation 4. The number 0331-
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December and Ashura, which is regretted.
It is also requested that there being no
violation of para 10 of SOP on part of PTML, the
SCN may kindly be withdrawn without any further
action PTML shall submit its written response to
the SCN in due course.
Licensee's response to the notice: The licensee
has submitted its response to the notice vide letter
dated 15th January, 2010 which is reproduced in
verbatim as under:
"Re: show cause notice under section 23 of the
Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organisation)
Act, 1996.
Proceedings under section
23 of the Act could not be
initiated for violation of the
SOP in respect of mobile
subscribers' documentation
and antecedent’s
verification
In the SCN, PTML has been asked to show
cause and explain as to why an enforcement order
under sub-section (3) of section 23 of the Pakistan
Telecommunication (Reorganisation) Act, 1996
may not be issued against PTML for allegedly
disregarding and not complying with the
Authority's directives/instructions/orders
contained in para 10 of the "SOP on mobile
subscribers' documentation and activation of
4770183 was issued completely following the
"789" regime prescribed in the SOP
Please note that the aforesaid number (331-
4770183) has now been disconnected with effect
from 24 December 2009.
The process of disconnection was, however,
already underway even prior to receipt of the
captioned SCN from PTA. This was being done
pursuant to PTA's SOP on cleaning of old data i.e.
the "668" regime, issued vide letter No. 15-
28/2009/Enf/PTA dated 17th September, 2009
(including subsequent amendments thereto).
A complaint was filed with PTML on 7th
December, 2009 and the said number was
disowned As per the SOP containing the "668"
regime, the said connection had to be
disconnected within seventeen (17) days of the
lodging of complaint, which has accordingly been
achieved in timely manner.
The foregoing is for information and may
kindly be treated as the compliance report sought
vide the captioned SCN Please do note that the
slight delay in submitting this report has been
caused due to intervening holidays of 25th Image of news published in
DAILY DAWN on 04-03-2010 for fining Ufone by PTA
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SIMs after verification" issued by the Authority
vide letter No.15-9/2009/Enf/PTA Dated 30
January, 2009 ("SOP "), in particular, the steps to
be taken before activation of number under the
"789" regime stipulated in the said para 10 of the
SOP.
Needless to mention that, the SOP has
purportedly been issued under the legal mandate
of federal government's policy directive on
January 24, 2008. ("GOP's Policy Directive)”.
However, the SOP was issued beyond the mandate
given by GOP's Policy Directive by shifting from
pre-activated SIMs to non active SIMs and from
issuance and activation of number 0331-4770183.
c) As informed vide the compliance report
submitted earlier, the said number stands
disconnected with effect from 24th December,
2009 pursuant to PTA's SOP on 'Cleaning of Old
Data i.e. the "668" regime, issued vide letter
No.15-2812009/Enf/PTA dated September 7,
2009 (including subsequent amendments
thereto).
d) The process of disconnection was already
underway under the 668 regime prior to receipt of
the SCN pursuant to a complaint made to PTML
on 7th December, 2009 whereby the said number
was disowned.
e) Please note that as per the SOP containing
the "668" regime, the said connection had to be
and conditions of the licence, which could form
basis for initiating proceedings under section 23
of the Act.
4. All SOPs thus far issued in respect of mobile
Subscribers' documentation and antecedent’s
verification could not be termed or treated as a
provision of the Act, a provision of the rules made
there under or a term or condition of PTML's
licence.
5. In fact, PTA has yet to frame regulations as
directed by the Federal Government in sub-section

Article 260 of the

Asif Ali Zardari
President of Pakistan
off-line verification to online verification, the
validity and legality whereof along with the
scheme governing sale of SIMs under the said
regime, already stands challenged by PTML along
with the cellular industry before the Honourable
Lahore High Court at Lahore in FAGs filed against
an earlier determination/enforcement order of
the Authority dated 6th July, 2009.
Without prejudice to the legal and factual
stance of PTML outlined earlier in the aforesaid
litigation and the various communications with
the Authority on the subject as well as now in the
instant communication, the following may please
be noted in this regard.
I. To start with, we wish to bring to the kind
notice of the Authority that PTML has fulfilled the
Sardar Muhammad Latif Khan Khosa
Advisor to Prime Minister on
Information Technology
requirements of para 10 of the SOP i.e. the "789"
regime.
2. A “compliance report dated 29” December,
2008 has already been submitted to the Authority
which evidences PTML's compliance with the
"789" regime. The following may additionally be
noted:
a) Without any distinction to a specific
number, the procedure as laid down in para 10 of
the SOP has been adopted by PTML, especially the
requirements in respect of verification of
subscribers' antecedents from NADRA under the
"789" regime.
b) The same procedure was followed in the
Constitution of the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan, 1973
defines "security of Pakistan"
in terms of "safety, welfare,
stability and integrity of
Pakistan and of each part of
Pakistan" but excludes
public safety
Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani
Prime Minister of Pakistan
blocked on seventeenth (17) day of the lodging of
complaint (if subscriber's antecedents are not (I) of section 8 of GOP's Policy Directive However,
obtained and verified within the stipulated time), even if framed, the regulations alone do not afford
which was also observed in the instant matter; basis for invoking the provisions of section 23 of
hence, the disconnection made effective on 24th the Act as Contravention of "regulation, is not an
December, 2009. actionable incident mentioned therein. At present
3. It would, therefore, be appreciated that the though, no regulations have been framed despite
allegations contained in the SCN regarding the express requirement of GOP's Policy Directive.
PTML's non-compliance with para 10 of the SOP 6. This is, however, without prejudice to the
are liable to be withdrawn together with the SCN fact that assuming (though without conceding)
without any adverse to PTML. that verification of mobile subscribers'
4. As always in the past, PTML being a antecedents is a matter of "national security ", only
responsible corporate citizen arid a participant in rules under section 57(2) (ag) could be made in
the growth and development of the telecom this regard and not regulations. Admittedly, no
industry in Pakistan, extends its assurance to keep
making good faith efforts to cooperate in all
concerted efforts of the industry; hence, the
continued good faith cooperation for
implementation of the "789" regime.
5. It may nonetheless kindly be appreciated
that given the realities on ground, PTML cannot
be held responsible for any misuse of a
number/connection after its activation as per the
"789" regime. It is beyond reasonable control of a
CMTO know beforehand and accordingly restrict
or prevent a subscriber from using his/her
number/connection for unlawful purposes.
Apart from the foregoing, please note that the Dr. Muhammad Yaseen
SCN should not have been issued to as there is not Chairman PTA
sufficient legal basis therefore.
Following submissions may kindly inter alia in rules have been made by the Federal Government
this regard: under the said provision of dale.
A. SCN cannot be issued for violation of the 7. Needless to slate that GOP's Policy Directive
SOP is not issued under section 8(2) (a) of the Act
1. Proceedings under section 23 of the Act which allows Federal Government to issue policy
could not be initiated for violation of the SOP in directive regarding the conditions on which
respect of mobile subscribers' documentation and licences for telecommunication, services should be
antecedent’s verification. granted As such, it was never intended to make the
2. Section 23 of the Act does not cite violation SOP or any obligation therein to be a condition of
or contravention of anything in the nature of an PTML's or, for that matter, any CMTO's licence.
SOP as a ground for invoking the said provision of B. Penal actions can not be taken (or violation
the Act. of the SOP)
3. It is only the contravention of the provisions 8. It is an established and well-settled principle
of the Act, the rules made there under or the terms of law that to penalise someone for violation of an 47
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obligation.
a. the obligation must be clearly defined;
b. it must have binding legal force; and
c. the penalty for its violation must also be
clearly and lawfully prescribed
9. The SOPs and obligations of CMTOs
contained therein have throughout been
undergoing improvements and changes both with
practical experiences gained during the process as
well as the different technologies and technical
solutions employed/experimented.
10. The verification of mobile subscribers'
antecedents was, to start with, not the area of
concern either for PTA or the CMTOs, nor is it
required to be so under the scheme of the Act. It
was on concerned agencies' requirement that the
SOPs were put in place and revised from time to
time as aforesaid.
11. The purpose was lo cater for the ground
realities and to balance the growth of the industry
and interest of users of mobile telecommunication
services - something protected by the Act, with
concerns of law enforcing agencies - something
that was extraneous to the purposes of the Act.
12. The legal backing for SOP was not clear and
was in fact absent. In these circumstances, PTML
had been throughout cooperating with PTA in
good faith to help achieve the purposes of the SOP
and in the absence of a clear legal mandate for the
SOP and given the practical ground realities, it
was not expected to incur any liability for any
alleged violation of the SOP by its franchisees or
retailers. Hence, even when GOP's Policy
Directive came, it did not provide for any penal
consequence for CMTOs.
13. With changing SOPs, no clearly spelt
binding obligation with categorically stated penal
consequences existed at anytime which could
provide the basis for proceeding against PTML
under section 23 of the Act.
14. Besides foregoing, all SOPs relating to
mobile subscribers’ antecedents verification are,
by the nature, non-statutory
instruments/notifications.
15. The fact that an SOP is made pursuant to a
governmental policy directive issued under
section 8 of the Act (like GOP's Policy Directive)
48 does not elevate its status from that of a non-
statutory instrument to any better.
16. As such, in any case, an SOP would legally
merely be a guideline and would not afford
necessary legal basis for penalising a CMTO for
any alleged violation of the SOP under section 23
of the Act.
C. SOP not covered bit GOP's Policy Directive
17. The purported legal basis for issuance of the
SOP is GOP's Policy Directive.
18. GOP's Policy Directive undeniably relates
to the mobile subscribers' antecedent verification
in the scenario of pre-activated SIMs. It does not
contemplate nor provide for verification of SIMs
in a regime where SIMs are only to be activated
post verification from NADRA.
19. This has been clearly acknowledged by PTA
in its written submissions before the august
Supreme Court of Pakistan in 1 IRC No.
2843/2007 when in response to a written
suggestion made by Mr. Rana Shahid Pervaiz,
The record of the call
reveals that the call centre
agent did follow the SOP
and asked the necessary
questions as per para 10
of the SOP
DSP Cantt, Rawalpindi, before the august
Supreme Court seeking sale of only deactivated
SIMs, it was categorically stated by PTA that "sale
of deactivated SIMs is not contemplated by the
Federal Government's policy directive on the
subject, which is presumed to be aware of any
security/law and order concerns related to sale of
activated SIMs.
20. It was further stated by the Authority
before the Supreme Court that "Sale of deactivated
SIMS also raises a serious issue of hampering the
growth of mobile phone industry".
21. Given the above stance taken by PTA before
the august Supreme Court, the SOP being
essentially a procedure for sale of
inactive/deactivated SIMs and activation thereof
after verification, it would not be covered by GOP's
Policy Directive and, as such, unless afresh policy
directive is issued by the Federal Government in
line with the SOP, it would be without the legal
cover and backing that it purports to have.
22. Being admittedly deficient in legal
backing/support by GOP's Policy Directive which
is purportedly its sale, legal basis, the SOP cannot
be legally made basis for invoking any penal
provisions or proceedings under the law. The SCN
may, therefore, be withdrawn without any further
action.
D. Absence of any penal action against CMTOs
in GOP's Policy Directive
23. GOP's Policy Directive, which is
purportedly the only legal basis for issuance of the
SOP (or both the old and the new one), does not
provide for nor contemplate any action against
CAITOs for the violation of any SOP,
24. Section (9) of GOP's Policy Directive is very
clear in this regard which only penalises the
concerned franchisee and retailer of the CMTO
and not the CMTO.
25. No other penal consequence is provided for
the CMTOs in GOP's Policy Directive in respect of
SOP's violation.
26. It is only in paragraph 20.b of the SOP,
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purportedly made in pursuance of GOP's Policy
Directive that PTA has on its own provided for
"legal action under the provisions of the Act" as
one of the actions to be taken in case of non-
compliance with the SOP besides the action of
permanently sealing the concerned franchisee.
27. To that extent, being in derogation of
GOP's Policy Directive (which is binding on PTA
as per section 8(1) of the Act) and exceeding its
mandate thereunder, paragraph 20.b. of the SOP
is to be disregarded.
28. Resultantly, the SCN against PTML may
kindly be withdrawn since it should not have been
issued to PTML in the first place as per the
mandate of GOP's Policy Directive.
E. GOP's Policy directive not in line with
section 8(2) (c) of the Act
29. GOP's Policy Directive has purportedly
been issued under section 8(2)(c) of the Act which
allows the Federal Government to issue policy
directives to the Authority in respect of
"requirements of national security and of
relationships between Pakistan and the
Government of any other country or territory
outside Pakistan and other States or territories
outside Pakistan".
30. "National security" is not defined in the Act
although it has been used at two other places in
the Act in sections 54(1) and 57(2)(ag) thereof
"National security" has to be thus properly
interpreted.
31. In plain English, this would mean security
of the nation. At one place in section 54(1) of the
Act, the overall context in which the phrase
"national security" has been used seems to be the
same i.e. security of the nation or state.
32. Somewhat akin to this understanding,
Article 260 of the Constitution of the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan, 1973 defines "security of
Pakistan" in terms of "safety, welfare, stability and
integrity of Pakistan and also of each part of
Pakistan" but excludes public safety.
33. A "National Security Council" is mentioned
to be established under section 3 of the National
Security Council Act, 2004 "to serve as a forum for
consultation on matters of national security
including the sovereignty, integrity, defence,
security of the State and crisis management".
34. Given the state or national level
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implications of a security issue, it remains
arguable whether the verification of mobile
subscribers' antecedents is a matter of "national
security" or not.
35. The preamble of GOP's Policy Directive
clearly mentions the purpose of the antecedent
verification i.e. to act as an aid in investigation of
crimes.
36. Undeniably, as a mode of communication
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like any other, mobile phones can be expectedly
used by criminals. However, this alone should not
make it a matter of such high significance as to
qualify as a matter of national security.
37. GOP's Policy Directive does not specify any
specific category of crimes at a scale that could
affect or threaten national security, which could
justify issuance of a policy directive under section
8 (2)(c) of the Act.
38. Moreover, GOP's Policy Directive has been
only approved by the concerned Federal Minister
as evident from the last sentence of the said
document.
39. Under the Rules of Business, 1973,
approval of a policy by the Minister, instead of the
Prime Minister, signifies that it has not been
treated as an "important policy decision"
40. Sub-rules (i) and (5) of rule 5 of the Rules
of Business, 1973 in this regard state as under:
41. Having not been treated as an important
policy decision, it could be assumed that the GOP's
Policy Directive was not important enough to
qualify as a matter or requirement of "national
security" as per section 8(2)(c) of the Act.
42. Moreover, there is no evidence if the matter
of mobile subscribers' antecedents’ verification
was ever taken up by the National Security Council
established for this very purpose under the
National Security Council Act, 2004 as aforesaid.
43. Since it is arguable if GOP's Policy Directive
could even be validly issued under section (2)(c)
of the Act which it purportedly invokes, it does not
offer sufficient and sound legal footing for PTA to
issue any SOP pursuant thereto, let aside
penalising CMTOs for an alleged violation of such
SOP. The SCN should, therefore, be withdrawn.
F. GOP's Policy directive not in line with
section 57(2) (ag) of the Act
44. In sub-section (1) of section 8 of GOP's
Policy Directive, the Federal Government has
directed PTA to devise "regulations" for the
implementation of GOP's Policy Directive.
45. On the other hand, section 57(2)(ag) of the
Act specifically empowers the Federal
Government itself to make "rules" for "enforcing
national security measures in the
telecommunication sector".
46. It is a well-settled legal proposition that
when law prescribes something to be done in a
particular manner, it must be done in that
prescribed manner and doing it in any other
manner would not be valid nor upheld by the
courts of law.
47. Federal Government's direction in section
8(1) of GOP's Policy Directive to PTA to frame
regulations would amount to abdicating its own
rule-making powers, which is not permissible
under the law.
48. Therefore, assuming for the sake of
argument that verification of mobile subscribers'
antecedents does constitute a matter of "national
security", only rules under section 57(2)(ag) could
be made in this regard and not regulations.
49. To that extent, GOP's Policy Directive is in
direct conflict with, and ultra vires, of the
parent/primary legislation i.e. the Act, in
particular, section 57(2)(ag) thereof.
50. In this view of the matter and the fact that
no rules have been made by the Federal
Government till date, the GOP's Policy Directive
and any SOP made pursuant thereto do not afford
sufficient legal grounds for penalizing anyone for
a violation thereof.
In view of the foregoing, in particular PTML's
good faith cooperation and compliance with "789"
regime and submissions at paras A to D above, it is
respectfully requested that the SCN may kindly be
withdrawn without any further action thereon.
Without prejudice to the foregoing request, we
may mention that PTML's submissions made at
paras A to D above were also raised in response to
an earlier SCN but the same were not taken up nor
disposed off in an earlier
determination/enforcement order of the Authority
dated 6th July, 2009, which as aforesaid now
stands challenged in FAOs filed by the Cellular
industry before the Honourable Lahore High
Court on inter alia the same grounds contained in
paras A to D above. The Authority could either
take up these submissions/grounds by disposing
them off now or, more desirably, showing defence
to the Honourable Lahore High Court, postponed
further proceedings in the captioned SCN till the
disposal on merits of the said litigation by the
Honourable Lahore High Court.
As regards the submissions pertaining to GOP's
Policy Directive mentioned at paras E and F above
(also raised by PTML in response to an earlier
SCN), PTML understands that the same were not
entertained by the Authority in a previous
determination/enforcement order dated 6th July,
2009, on the ground the Authority was bound by
governmental directives issued under the Act.
The same grounds have also been agitated
before the Honourable Lahore High Court by
PTML along with the Cellular Industry in their
FAOs against the aforesaid
determination/enforcement order dated 6th July,
2009 wherein the very vires of GOP's Policy
Directive and the SOPs issued thereunder have
been assailed While the Honourable High Court
seized the matter, here is no bar on the Authority
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if, on account of fundamental nature of these
objections going to the very root of the
legality/vires of the GOP's Policy Directive, brings
the same to the notice of Federal Government for
appropriate corrective action (as deemed fit and
necessary by the Federal Government). The same
is accordingly requested for by PTML in the
interest of justice and legal propriety.
Please note that the aforesaid request is being
made under Article 4 of the Constitution of Islamic
Republic of Pakistan, 1973 whereby PTML and, in
fact, the whole Cellular Industry has the
Constitutional right to be treated in accordance
with law, from which the GOP's Policy Directive
and the SOP both derogated. For convenience of
reference, Article 4 of the Constitution is
reproduced below:
"4. Right of individuals to be dealt with in
accordance with law, etc. (1) To enjoy the
protection of law and to be treated in accordance
with law is the inalienable right of every citizen,
wherever he may be, and of every other person for
the time being within Pakistan.
(2) In particular.
a. no action detrimental to the life, liberty,
body, reputation or property of any person shall
be taken except in accordance with law;
b. no person shall be prevented from or be
hindered in doing that which is not prohibited by
law; and
c. no person shall be compelled to do that
which the 1 awl' does not require him to do."
[Emphasis added]
Needless to mention that the Cellular
Industry's fundamental right of freedom of
business is directly affected by a strict
implementation of the GOP's Policy Directive and
the SOP and any penal action without a sound and
sufficient legal basis against any CMTO would run
afoul of Article 18 of the Constitution which
guarantees Freedom of business to all and sundry.
PTML looks forward to a favourable outcome
and, as always, to continued good faith mutual
cooperation in implementation of SOP for the
larger good. "
1.9. Licensee's 2nd response to the notice: In 49
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its 2nd response dated 4th February, 2010 to the
notice and in continuation of the licensee's earlier
response, the licensee submitted as under:
"Re: Show Cause Notice under section 23 of the
Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organisation)
Act. 1996 In the aforesaid reply (reply dated 15th
January, 10), we have informed Pakistan
Telecommunication Authority ("the Authority")
that, without prejudice to the legal and factual
stance taken by PTML regarding penal
consequences of non-compliance with the "SOP on
Mobile Subscribers' Documentation and Activation
of SIMS After Verification'" dated 30th January,
2009 ("SOP",), PTML has been following in good
faith and for larger good the instructions/directions
contained in para 10 of the SOP, in particular, the
steps to be taken before activation of a SIM/number
under the "789" regime as stipulated in the said para
of the SOP.
PTML wants to add some supplemental
information to the already submitted reply before
the Authority regarding the facts which later earn
into its knowledge. With absolute good faith and
sincerity, following is brought to the kind notice of
the Authority:
1. PTML has further inquired internally and
found a mistake on part of the call center agent
working in the "789" call center handling the call
made for verification from 0331-4770183.
2. The record of the call reveals that the call
center agent did follow the SOP and asked the
necessary questions as per para 10 of the SOP. To
be precise, he asked about CN1C Number,
customer's name, mother's name, place of birth and
father's name. It was in view of this that PTML took
the stance earlier that the SOP had been complied
with since all necessary questions had been asked
by the call center agent further more than just 2 or
3 questions as stipulated in para 10 of SOP).
3. While the caller correctly answered all other
questions, his answer to the question regarding
mother's name did not match with the information
provided by NADRA.
4. For what appears to be sheer negligence on
part of the call center agent, this was not noticed by
him and verification and activation process was
completed without referring the caller to Customer
Service Centre as required by para 10 of SOP.
5. This was only discovered after PTML had-sent
its earlier reply to the SCN, which is 'deeply
regretted Transcript of the recorded call has been
prepared and is being attached for convenience of
reference by the Authority.
6. Clear standing instructions exist and training
is also imparted to all agents at PTML handling calls
for activation through 789 to comply with para 10
of SOP. There was thus no room or scope for such
an omission by the call center agent in the case of
50 activation of 0331-4770183.
7. Disciplinary action has, therefore, been taken
against the concerned call center agent. Copy of his
suspension letter is enclosed while an HR
committee is investigating his case to decide the
final outcome which may also lead to his
termination from service.
8. We would like to point out here that PTML
has adopted the policy of "Zero Tolerance" in
respect of non-compliance with the "789" regime as
contained in para 10 of the SOP and the concerned
employees of PTML are well-acquainted with this
policy.
This act of issuing the SIM
which did not match
NADRA's data was taken not
only a disregard to the
Authority's aforesaid
directives but also a threat to
the national security
measures taken by the
Federal Government and to
be implemented by the
Authority
9. PTML has already issued strict instructions in
very clear and unequivocal terms to the agents
handling calls made to 789 for activation to
faithfully follow para 10 of the SOP without any
negligence or slothfulness on their part.
10. In the particular context of instant case,
PTML has issued a general warning to all concerned
that non-compliance with para 10 of the SOP,
whether intentional or negligent, shall not be
tolerated and shall entail serious disciplinary action
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against the delinquent person.
11. Copies of most recent Notices containing
appropriate instructions/warning to the agents
handling "789" calls are enclosed herewith.
12. Since inception of "789" regime, PTML has
been making its best efforts to faithfully implement
the "789" regime. PTML wants to reassure the
Authority that for the larger good, despite not being
legally obligated to do so, PTML shall continue to
implement the "789" regime as effectively as
possible.
13. In this regard, as stated earlier, PTML has
taken appropriate measures to avoid similar
incidents in future.
14. It is nonetheless pointed out that isolated
incidents (like the instant case) are not reflective of
PTML's commitment and efforts to follow the SOP.
Statistically, this is not a representative sampling of
PTML's performance where millions of calls to 789
have already been successfully handled by PTML's
agents in the respective call centres.
15. Although measures are and will always be
taken at PTML's end to uphold faithful
implementation of the SOP (like trainings, etc),
human error and failings may still come in the way
deserving to be dealt with accordingly on a case by
case basis. PTML may kindly, therefore, not be
judged on the basis of an isolated occurrence.
16. Taking this opportunity and with a view to
limiting the scope for mistakes, PTML would
request that the Authority may kindly elaborate
clarify the following regarding para 10 of the SOP:
a. What should be the minimum number of
questions asked?
b. Whether one or both of secret questions be
asked? (Note: In the instant case, both were asked.
However, had only place of birth been asked, there
would have been no discrepancy or mismatch of
data and SIM activation would have been in full
compliance with para 10 of the SOP).
c. How can objectivity be brought to the
standard of "satisfaction" of a call center agent as
envisaged by para 10(b) (3) of the SOP? (Note: In
the instant case', the call center agent's subjective
"satisfaction" on one of the secret question's answer
being correct i. e. place of birth, might have
prompted him to proceed further in the instant case
thereby defeating the purpose of verification.)
d. What should be the order / sequence of
questions to be asked in terms of their preference?
e. Should caller be asked to call back if a question
is answered incorrectly, please clarify in case of a
secret question and otherwise?
f. Secret questions need to be clearly identified
in the SOP.
g. Any other clarification that the Authority may
deem necessary.
17. PTML is currently following a practice that it
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considers best serves the purpose of verification
through the "789" regime (Please see the contents
of PTML's internal communication to call center
agents vide Notice dated 30th January, 2010),
Nonetheless, the language of para 10 of SOP also
affords scope for a different interpretation. The
Authority may kindly look into the matter to ensure
more objective compliance with the SOP in future
also avoiding similar incidents in future.
PTML trusts that the Authority shall take a
holistic view of the matter and shall not let an
isolated incident overwhelm its judgment regarding
the overall efforts and performance of PTML in
implementing para 10 of the SOP. The instant letter
Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif
Chief Minister Punjab
may kindly be accepted as further compliance with
the SCN to the satisfaction of the Authority. "
1.10. The Hearing: On the licensee's request, the
hearing scheduled for 2nd February, 2010 was later
adjourned to 9th February, 2010. On the said date
the licensee appeared before the Authority through
Mr. Abdul Aziz Khan, CEO, Mr. Naveed K Butt, VP
CS&RA, SM Irfan, Hamid Bashir Alvi along with
legal counsel Mr. Afnan Karim Kundi, ASC, and
Misbahul Mustafa, Advocate.
1.11. The learned counsel representing the
licensee, regretted the aforesaid contraventions and
admitted that the aforesaid number was activated
mistakenly by one of its Call Center's agent and
reiterated the points submitted earlier in its
response dated 4th February, 2010 and also
elaborated on the points raised in its reply dated
15th January, 2010, particularly on the validity of
Policy Directive on the subject issue.
1.12. The licensee maintained that it is issuing
about 25,000 connections per day and is trying to
minimize the chances of mistake. It pointed out that
the call center's agent has asked, in actual, four
questions whereas in the procedure it is provided
two/three questions. As per the response, the
subscriber had answered three questions correctly,
and the call center agent, therefore, was satisfied
and activated the SIM.
such mistakes. It highlighted that there is need
for some clarifications regarding of the secret
questions and the standard of satisfaction in this
regard.
1.13. During the hearing the fact of the SIM
having been used in the tragic incident of terrorism
at Lahore by those abetting and facilitating the
heinous crime which resulted in the loss of many
invaluable lives was also brought in the knowledge
of the licensee. However, the licensee was already
aware of the said fact and termed the said incident
and use of the SIM in it as the most unfortunate
occurrence.
Findings of the Authority
1.12. The contents of the licensee's reply to the
SCN dated 4th February, 2010 carries an
unambiguous admission of violating the SOP in
activating the SIM in question, by the licensee,
which in effect is contravention of clause 1.14 of the
licence providing a justifiable cause for invoking the
provisions of section 23 of the Act by issuing the
notice.
1.13. The licensee 2nd reply also shows that the
Authority's concern was taken for granted at the first
stage and the show cause notice was responded to
with denial of the violation without proper inquiry,
and when proper (further) inquiry was carried out,
the mistake/violation was found to have been
committed. This further inquiry was in fact should
have been conducted earlier at the first stage.
1.14. Next important point is that mere asking
the required questions is not following the SOP.
Receiving correct answers to the questions is equal
part of SOP. Hence, without receiving correct
answers to the questions asked cannot be termed as
following the SOP.
1.15. The number of questions asked is
immaterial. What has to be seen is whether the
questions asked have been answered correctly. The
SOP, therefore, cannot be said to have been followed
by any stretch of imagination. Receiving correct
answers to all other questions except one
tantamount to receiving "no correct answers",
hence, activation of connection on such incorrect
information is clear violation of the SOP.
1.16. The statement of the licensee that show
cause notice cannot be issued for violation of the
SOP is misplaced. The SOP is in the nature of
direction/instructions of the Authority• which has
been issued pursuant to para 8 of the Policy
Directive issued by the Federal Government for
implementation by all Cellular Mobile Operators.
Under the terms and conditions of the licence, the
licensee is obliged to comply with the provisions of the
prevailing regulatory laws comprising the Act, all the rules
and regulations made/framed/issued under the Act and
the terms and conditions of the licence
The licensee is obliged vide clause 1.14 of the license
to comply with such directions of the Authority, and
non-compliance of aforesaid directions amounts to
contravention of clause 1.14 of the licence, hence,
action under section 23 of the Act can be initiated.
1.17. Moreover, mere non-promulgation of
regulations on the subject does not curtail the
powers of the Authority to enforce the policy
directive through SoP/instructions and its powers
to issue show cause notice due to violation of its
instructions. The Federal Government is competent
to issue Policy Directive under Section 8(2) (c) or to
frame rules under section 57 (2)(ag) of the Act on
the subject.
1.18.The points raised by the licensee that (i)
SOP's Policy directive is not in line with section
8(2)(c) of the Act, and (ii) GOP's Policy directive is
not in line with section 57 (2)(ag) of the Act are
irrelevant to the subject show cause notice. The
Federal Government has issued Policy Directive
under 8(2)( c) of the Act which the Authority is
bound to implement.
2. Order of the Authority:
2.1 The matter of streamlining the process of
issuance of SIMs by CMTOs is of such a great
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concern for the Federal Government as well as for
the Authority that any slight deviation from the
given procedure cannot be ignored or tolerated.
Taking a very serious notice of issuance of a single
SIM in violation of the SOP at a time where about
25,000 SIMs are issued a day (as stated by the
licensee) may be taken, by many, as a matter of
tightening the noose unnecessarily. However, it may
be noted that the matter of grave concern for the
Federal Government as well as the Authority is not
the possible human error out of which the activation
of a particular SIM may skip the procedure but it is
the risk to the national security and law and order
which such a slight deviation, in appearance, may
always carry with itself.
2.2 Fact of the SIM having been used in the
fateful incident of terrorism at Lahore, admittedly
issued by the licensee in violation of SOP, speak
volumes of the concerns of the Federal Government
as well as the Authority on the issue.
2.3 Deviation from the given procedure i.e. the
SOP/PTA's directives/directives of the Federal-
Government, in this regard, therefore, cannot be
taken lightly even if it is found to have been taken
with regard to a single SIM out of millions.
2.4 However, since the licensee has admitted the
contravention and has thus extended a helping hand
to the Authority in establishing the contravention of
the terms and conditions of the licence, a lenient
view is taken in the matter by imposing a fine of
Rs.150, 000,000/- (rupees one hundred and fifty
million only) to be paid by the licensee within one
month from the date of issuance of the instant
enforcement order.
2.5 In case of the licensee's failure to deposit the
aforesaid amount in the aforesaid period, the same
shall be recovered through all permissible means
including filing of recovery petition under section 30
of the Act.
Chairman, PTA, Dr Mohammad Yaseen, S.
Nasrul Karim A. Ghaznavi, Member, Finance and
Dr Khawar Siddique Khokhar, Member, Technical
has signed on the decision on 26th February, 2010.
Earlier, Competition Commission of Pakistan
(CCP) had issued show cause notice to Ufone
violating Competition Ordinance in its
advertisements (Uwon). While, PTA has issued
show cause notice to initiate proceedings against
M/s Ufone, based on the results of the Quality of
Service (QoS) Survey conducted recently by the
Authority. The proceedings may lead towards the
appointment of an Administrator or levy of fine up
to Rs.350 millions and also suspension or
termination of licence under section 23 of Pakistan
Telecom (Re-organisation) Act 1996. PTA reliable
sources disclosed that the Authority will soon notice
to Ufone for its poor quality service.
The recently tragic blast in Lahore, in which 14
people were killed and over 60 injured including 8
women in a suicide car bombing, which took place
near the FIA and the Special Investigation Unit
building in Model Town. The investigation is
under way and the SIM used in the attack issued
by Ufone will be reveal after the completion of
inquiry.
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Nokia X6 16GB
Nokia has officially launched the 16GB model of the Nokia
X6. The terminal, called Nokia X6 16GB is a simplified version
of his older brother. The only difference with this is that it
reduces the internal memory of 32GB to 16GB, which is still
a good figure, and which dispenses with the Comes With
Music service (online music forever).
Apart from the welcome screen capacitive, reaching a
respectable 3.2 inches, the X6 has HSDPA 3G connectivity
with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and a 5 megapixel camera with Karl
Zeiss optics and dual LED flash, Nokia X6 16GB should be
similar to the original phone, thus featuring a 360 x 640 pix-
els capacitive touchscreen display, Wi-Fi, GPS, TV out, 5MP
Carl Zeiss camera, and probably free navigation, too.
The Nokia X6 16GB comes in four colors, including all
black, all white, white with pink highlights and white with yel-
low highlights.
According to official announcement, the Nokia X6 16GB
will be available this quarter. Unfortunately, the pricing of the
Nokia X6 16GB was not announced at this time.

Samsung Ch@t B3410W

As the name suggests, the Samsung Ch@t B3410W is a dedicat-
ed mobile phone for messaging. Therefore, Samsung has integrated
SNS applications for all social networks like Facebook, Flickr, Twitter,
etc. in the phone. It is aimed at the medium range of the mobile phone
users that can take the advantage of dual benefits of touch screen
interface and QWERTY keyboard. In fact, a wide range of mobile
phones are getting introduced that includes both touch screen and
QWERTY functionalities. Some good examples would be Sony
Ericsson Vivaz PRO and Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini PRO. The
mobile phone company recently announced the launch of Ch@t
B3410W and its expected release time is not yet disclosed. It is a small
and cute model, which should find its place in the market. However,
Samsung must maintain a reasonable price tag.
Samsung Ch@t B3410W is a smart phone for the mid range users.
It features some really exciting applications and widgets for that prop-
er memory support is essential. If the memory back up is not up to the
mark, then the widgets and applications will not have any use for the
users. The consumers are expanding their memory feature so that
they can enjoy more storage space.
Other important specifications of the mobile phone are Stereo FM
radio with RDS, MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player, MP4/H.263/H.264
player, downloadable games, Google Search, etc. Overall, it is a
decent phone with decent features according to its affordable price.

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LG GS500 Cookie Plus

LG has made the official announcement of the GS500 Cookie Plus, the
successor to the original Cookie that released in the fourth quarter of 2008.
When the trend of churning out excellent touch screen mobile phones is hot
in the market like Samsung S5620 Monte or the LG's very own LG GT350, it
is to be seen how fast GS500 Cookie Plus make its mark. What's new in the
Cookie Plus that its predecessor lacks? It comes with a latest graphical user
interface, which will effectively focus on the connectivity of social network-
ing. On the home screen itself, one can find the widget of Facebook, along
with Flickr, Twitter, and many other social networks. In addition to that, the
mobile phone brings in an MMS feature called Editable Screenshot.
LG Cookie Plus is supportive of both 2G and 3G networks. In case of 2G,
it supports the quad band GSM 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900; while with 3G, it
brings HSDPA 900/ 2100.
Good memory features are always a big advantage to the users of
mobile phones. That is the reason every smart phone pack reasonable
good memory option so that the excellent and latest applications can be
used to their fullest. For example- there is no point in purchasing a mobile
phone that comes with good gaming features, if the phone does not have
to enough space to store sufficient games.
From the features and the specifications of the mobile phone it seems
clear that LG GS500 Cookie Plus has the potential to successfully carry for-
ward the legacy of the original Cookie. We have to wait to see the response
of the handset.

Motorola XT720 MOTOROI

When an incomplete 2009/10 Motorola roadmap was released three months
ago, everyone thought of Motorola Sholes Tablet. But now, the codename has
transformed into MOTOROI. Motorola has now upgraded its Motorola XT701 to a
new edition of China Telecom’s exclusive XT720 MOTOROI. Motorola XT701 was
brought up in the month of December 2010.
According to the leaked specifications, the MOTOROI or Motorola XT720 comes
with 3.7” touch screen display which has a capacity of displaying 16M color, and a
resolution of 480 x 854 p. The model also has a 3.5mm audio jack, runs on Android
OS 2.0, a GPS receiver and also features Wi-Fi support and UMTS facility.
MOTOROI does not have a hardware keyboard and is presently marketed by
Korea Telecom Stores. Extra hardware features of Motorola XT720 is it has an
onboard memory of 8GB, also houses an auto focus camera with 8 megapixel res-
olution which has a Xenon flash along with video recording facility of capacity 720p.
MOTOROI also has an HDMI port that is used in transferring the recorded video
files to other devices.
Using the pinch gestures, you can even zoom in and out since the tablet sup-
ports Multi-touch facility. The system comes along with an onscreen 3.4 alphanu-
meric keypad, half QWERTY keypad with handwriting recognition and a QWERTY
keypad. Users can watch TV and also can listen to radio through their tablet
because of the South Korean T-DMB wireless technology.
Motorola XT720 dimensions 115.96 x 61 x 10.9 mm and weighs somewhere
around 140 gms. The tablet’s dedicated website allows users to get a short
MOTOROI demonstration. The tablet is going to hit the Korea Telecom’s Stores all
over the country in coming days but Motorola has kept its price unknown.

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HTC HD mini
Comes degan 600MHz processor, 5 megapixel camera, and GPS fea-
tures. HTC HD Mini is rumored to be using operating system Windows
Mobile 6.5 and will be implemented during lauch event WMC 2010. The
phone will be the first Windows Mobile device equipped with a 3.2-inch
HVGA screen, FM radio, audio jack plug 3.5 mm, G-sensor, Bluetooth 2.1
with EDR, Wi-Fi and runs on quad-band GSM / EDGE dual -band HSPA.
In addition, the event will also be on display device HTC TouchFLO 3D
(or HTC Sense), which is equipped with a 1300 mAh battery and a microSD
slot for adding storage capacity, which according to rumors of this device
will be known as the Touch Diamond 3.
The HTC HD Mini features a 3.2 inch HVGA touchscreen more bigger
than HTC Smart, and it runs Windows Mobile 6.5.3 with HTC’s Sense user
interface, and it is powered by a Qualcomm 600MHz processor.
Another features of HTC HD Mini like 5 megapixel auto focus camera,
384MB RAM, a 512MB ROM, a microSD memory card slot with up to 32GB,
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, microUSB, 3.5mm headphone connector, and a
1200 mAh battery. The HTC HD mini is supports GSM/GPRS/EDGE
850/900/1800/1900 MHz and UMTS/HSPA 900/2100 MHz networks.
Dimensions of HTC HD mini are 103.8×57.5×11.7 mm and weight is 110g.
It will be available in April 2010.

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini proves small also can be powerful.
Matching with its size, the set is equally lightweight. The set runs on Android
1.6 as such the speed of response is strikingly admirable. It isn’t a handset
with QWERTY keyboard as its cousin x10-mini-pro has. Prominently, XPERIA
X10 Mini has the features of 2.55 inches QVGA screen and a 5MP camera.
There is another distinct feature called Timescape to let the assembly of calls,
texts and entire range of social networking alerts together, so that nothing is
amiss for an ardently socialising user.
The cute little Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini comes in several colours like
red, pink, black, lime, silver and pearl white. All of these are the conventional
colours that the users are familiar with. It is possible that when in hand, the sets
are found to possess more a brilliance than what users have seen so far.
Though small, XPERIA X10 Mini is enabled for 2G and 3G networks with usual
support of the quad band GSM and tri band HSDPA. It is there to excel in net-
working with these well tested supports. The browsing speed should be good
due to connectivity supported with Class 10 GPRS and EDGE rated at the per-
formance speed of 48 kbps and 236.8 kbps. Just as conventional, this set has
got the features of Bluetooth and USB for data exchange.
The feature of the camera is big on the cute XPERIA X10 Mini. The 50MP
camera is capable of taking shots at 2560 x 1920 pixels to have a quality
snaps. It is supported with LED flash and auto focus features, besides the geo
tagging facility. Video recording facility is of course present to make the cam-
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LG GX200
This compact mobile phone comes with a useful dual SIM function allowing the user
to enjoy two SIM cards in their mobile phone. The LG GX200 has a lightweight
designed casing & comes with many useful communication features. Its main enter-
tainment & media features include a built in music player, FM radio with RDS support
& radio recording function, 1.3 megapixel digital camera & a video player. The GX200
has a simple yet user friendly casing with a bar shaped form plus it has an easy to
access & control keypad.
The LG GX200 measures 10.9cm tall by 4.8cm wide by 1.3cm deep which makes it
a pocket friendly mobile phone. It has a two inch TFT screen which supports a 144 pixel
by 176 pixel viewing display & it displays up to sixty five thousand colours.
Its 1.3 megapixel camera supports both still image capturing & video recording. The
camera lens is on the back of the casing & the user can store their images & record-
ings on their phone for viewing at a later time. The images captured can also be sent
to others via the messaging services or transferred to other devices for storage & view-
ing.
The GX200 has a built in speaker & microphone which means the user can take a
call over the speakers, leaving the user hands free whilst on their call. The built in
phone book supports a photo caller identification feature & the user can store up to five
hundred contacts at any one time in their phone book. The LG GX200 supports MMS,
email & SMS messaging services which gives the user the freedom to communicating
using the best service to suit their needs.
The GX200 has a dual SIM card option & both SIM cards supports quad band net-
work coverage which include GSM 900, 1800 & 1900 networks. There is a built in
Internet browser which allows the user to access the Internet for information & servic-
es as well as simply enjoy a surf for pleasure.

Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition

Nokia announced the Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition cell phone that continues the
legacy of one of the company’s most successful products, the Nokia 6700 classic.
Featuring stainless steel covers with real gold plating of 18 carats the Nokia Classic
Gold Edition is destined to turn heads, and bring a touch of desired exclusivity with an
appealing price of 370 Euro, before taxes and subsidies. The new Nokia 6700 Classic
Gold Edition will become available in select markets during the first quarter of 2010.
The Nokia 6700 Classic Gold Edition handset has enviably beautiful surfaces, luxu-
rious materials and precisely crafted parts. A full metal keymat and living wallpapers cre-
ated exclusively for the Nokia Classic Gold Edition complete the luxe finish. With its 5
megapixel digital camera and high speed data access that allows easy upload of digi-
tal photos and video to various on-line communities, the Nokia 6700 classic Gold
Edition mobile phone makes an outstanding sharing experience.
The Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition handset is delivered with matching cell phone
accessories, a natural leather carrying case and strap, and the 8GB microSD flash
memory card included in-box has plenty of room for storing pictures, videos or favourite
music.
As soon as we receive a Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition test sample, we will pub-
lish a photo gallery with high resolution pictures, followed by an in-depth Nokia 6700
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Rs Rs
4,950 5,100

Nokia 2600 Classic Samsung M150

Dimension Dimension
109.6x46.7x12 mm, Weight 73.2 g 106.5x45.4x12.7 mm Weight 74g
Memory Memory
10MB user memory (Phonebook 1000 20 MB Built-in (500 PhoneBook entries,
entries, 20 dialed, 20 received, 20 200 sms memory + SIM msg),
missed calls) Connectivity
Connectivity Bluetooth, USB, GPRS Class 10 (48
Bluetooth v2.0, GPRS, EDGE kbps) Display Size 128 x160 pixels,
Display Size 128 x 160 pixels 1.77 inch
Features Features
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML Colors Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML Colors Light
Black, Orange, Blue, Beige Gray, Charcoal Gray, Pure White,
Entertainment Stereo FM radio, Lavender Pink, Ice Blue Entertainment
Games Camera VGA, 640x480 pix- FM Radio & recording, MP3/e-
els, video, MP3 Messaging SMS, AAC+/WMA player, Games Camera
MMS, Email VGA, Voice memo, Organizer Ring
Battery Tones 64 Polyphonic, MP3
Talk time up to 6h, Stand-by up to 580 Messaging SMS, MMS, Email
h Battery
Talk time up to 7 h, Standby up to 400h

Rs Rs.
5,950 3,200

LG KP175 Nokia 5030 XpressRadio

Dimension Dimension
105.2x45.6x13.9 mm Weight 72 g 108x45x15 mm, Weight 82 g
Memory Memory
4 MB Built-in + microSD Card 8 MB Buitlt-in, 1000 Phonebook
Connectivity entries + 250 SMS
Bluetooth v2.0, USB, GPRS Class 10 Connectivity
(48 kbps), Display Size 128 x 160 Display Size 128 x 160 pixels, 1.8
pixels, inches Display Colour TFT, 65K
Features colors
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML Colors Features
Silver Entertainment FM Radio, Colors Red, Graphite
MP3/AAC/AAC+ Player, MPEG4 Entertainment Stereo FM Radio with
video player, Games Camera built-in antenna, Games Other
VGA, 640x480 pixels, Video, Ring Features Dedicated radio keys, 5-
Tones Downloadable polyphonic, way navigation key, Flashlight,
MP3 Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS Speakerphone, Voice memo Ring
Battery Tones Downloadable Polyphonic,
Talk time up to 4h, Stand-by up to MP3, video tones
100h Battery
Talk time up to 10h, Stand-by up to
524h, FM radio playback time up to
24h
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Rs Rs
7,900 9,350

Nokia 3110 Samsung L700

Dimension
108.5x45.7x15.6 mm, Weight 87 g
Memory
9 MB internal memory + Extendable
(microSD TransFlash)
Connectivity
Bluetooth v2.0 Infrared, USB, GPRS
Class 10 (48 kbps), HSCSD, EDGE
Class 10 (236.8 kbps)
Features
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
E n t e r t a i n m e n t
MP3/MP4/AAC/AAC+/H.264/WMA
media player, FM stereo radio, Games
(builtin + Downloadable),
Downloadable wallpapers, screen-
savers, Camera 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024
pixels, video(QCIF) Ring Tones
Polyphonic (64 channels), MP3, AAC
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email
Battery
Talk time up to 4h, Stand-by up to 370h
Dimension
109x46x12.8 mm Weight 107 g
Memory
40 MB shared (30 MB available) +
microSD Memory Card (up to 8GB)
Connectivity
Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP, USB, GPRS
Class 10 (48 kbps), EDGE Class 10
(236.8 kbps), 3G (384 kbps)
Features
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Colors Titan Silver, Grayish Brown,
Charcoal Gray, Noir Black, Rose Pink,
Lilac Violet Entertainment Mobile
Blogging, FM radio with RDS,
MP3/AAC/eACC+/WMA/WAV player,
MPEG4/3gp player, Games (built-in +
downloadable) Camera 2 MP,
1600x1200 pixels, flash, video (2nd
QCIF camera for Videocalls) Ring
Tones 64 Polyphonic, Midi, MP3
Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS, Email
Battery
Talk time up to 3.4 hrs, Stand-by up to
307 hr

Rs Rs
6,600 6,800

Samsung C3053 Sony Ericsson W200i

Dimension Dimension
97x47.3x14.9 mm Weight 86 g 101x44x18 mm Weight 85 g
Memory Memory
15 MB Built-in + microSD Card (sup- 27 MB internal memory + Extendable
ports up to 8GB) (Memory Stick Micro M2)
Connectivity Connectivity
Bluetooth v2.0, USB, GPRS Class 10 Infrared, USB, Class 10 (48 kbps),
(48 kbps), HSCSD, EDGE Class 10 HSCSD, Display Size 128 x 160 pix-
(236.8 kbps) els, 1.8 inches Display Colour UBC,
Features 65K colors
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML (Openwave Features
6.2.3) Colors Black Entertainment Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML,
FM radio with RDS, FM recording, HTML(NetFront), RSS feeds
MP3 player, Video Player, Games Entertainment FM radio with RDS,
(built-in + downloadable) Camera Walkman Media Player 1.0, Picture edi-
VGA, 640x480 pixels, Video (QCIF tor, Games (Builtin + downloadable),
15fps, MPEG4 H.263) Ring Tones Camera VGA, 640x480 pixels, video
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email Ring Tones Polyphonic (40 channels),
Battery MP3, AAC Messaging SMS, MMS,
Talk time up to 7h, Stand-by up to 340 Email, Instant Messaging
h Battery
Talk time up to 7h, Stand-by up to 360 h
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Rs Rs
12,700 13,100

Samsung S3653 Corby Nokia 5310

Dimension
Dimension 103.8x44.7x 9.9 mm, Weight 71 g
103x56.5x12.4 mm Weight 90 g Memory
Memory 30 MB internal memory + Micro SD
90 MB Built-in + microSD Card memory slot up to 4 GB
(Supports up to 8 GB) Connectivity
Connectivity Bluetooth, USB, GPRS Class 32,
Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, USB, GPRS EDGE Class 32 (177 kbits), HSCSD
Class 10 (48 kbps), HSCSD, EDGE Display Size 240 x 320 pixels, 31.5 x
Class 10 (236.8 kbps) 41.5 mm
Features Features
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Colors Jamaican Yellow, Cupid Pink, (Opera mini) Entertainment Stereo
Minimal White, & Festival Orange, 2 FM radio with RDS,
Fashion Jackets Entertainment MP3/MP4/AAC/eAAc/WMA player, 3.5
Stereo FM radio with RDS, mm AV jack, Nokia sensor, Nokia
MP3/WMA/eAAC+ player, Find Music mobile search, Games (Snake II,
recognition service, Music Guess, Towerbloxx + down-
H.263/H.264/MP4/WMV player, loadable) Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200
Games Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pix- pixels, video(QCIF) Ring Tones
els, Smile detection, Video (QVGA Polyphonic (64 channels), MP3, MP4,
15fps), 2X Digital Zoom MP3 WMA, AAC, video tones
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email Battery
Battery Talk time up to 5h 20 min, Stand-by up
Talk time up to 3h 40 min, Stand-by up to 300 h
to 500h

Rs Rs
11,000 14,000

Nokia 7310 Supernova Sony Ericsson W595

Dimension
Dimension
100x47x14 mm Weight 104 g
106.5x45.4x12 mm, Weight 83 g
Memory
Memory
40 MB shared + Memory Stick Micro
32 MB internal + microSD card (supports
M2
up to 4GB)
Connectivity
Connectivity
Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP, USB,
Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP, USB, GPRS
GPRS Class 10 (48 kbps), HSCSD,
Class 32 (88 kbps), EDGE (296 kbits),
EDGE Class 10 (236.8 kbps), 3G
Features
(HSDPA 3.6 Mbps)
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML Colors Steel
Features
Blue, Wasabi Green, Candy Pink,
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Mushroom Silver, Plum Jam, Electric
(NetFront ) Colors Jungle Grey,
Blue, Yellow Mellow Entertainment
Lava Black, Cosmopolitan White,
Stereo FM radio with RDS,
Active Blue Entertainment
MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA player,
Walkman player, FM radio with RDS,
MPEG-4 player, TV-out Camera 2 MP,
Shake control, TrackID music recog-
1600x1200 pixels, video (QCIF@15fps)
nition, SensMe, Games (builtin +
Other Features Xpress-on covers with 3D
downloadable) Camera 3.15 MP,
textured designs, Built-in handsfree,
2048x1536 pixels, video (QVGA
Macromedia Flash Lite 2.1 Ring Tones
15fps); secondary videocall camera
Polyphonic (64 channels), MP3
Battery
Battery
Talk time Up to 9 h, Stand-by Up to
Talk time Up to 4 h, Stand-by Up to 300 h
385 h
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19,200 22,100

Samsung S7350 Ultra s

Nokia 5530 XpressMusic
Size
104x49x13 mm, Weight 107 g
Display
Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 360x640 pixels, 2.9 inches,
Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate,
Handwriting recognition, 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and
fields, Photocall, Call records Detailed, max
30 days,
Data
GPRS Class 32 EDGEClass 32, WLAN Wi-
Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB, Camera Primary
3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus,
Features
OS Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5
CPU ARM 11 434 MHz processor,
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant
Messaging, Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML,
HTML, RSS feeds, Colors Red on black,
Blue on white, Grey on black, Pink on white,
Yellow on white, Java Yes, MIDP 2.1
WMV/RV/MP4/3GP video player,
Battery
Stand-by up to 336h, Talk time up to 5h
Size
109x50.3x12.6 mm, Weight 110 g
Display
Type TFT, 16M colors, Size 240 x
400 pixels, 2.6 inches, Sound Alert
types, Vibration; Downloadable
polyphonic, MP3,
Memory
Phonebook 1000 contacts, Photo
call, Call records 30 dialed, 30
received, 30 missed calls
Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots),
32 - 48 kbps, EDGE Class 10,
236.8 kbps, 3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, USB
Yes, v2.0, Camera Primary, 5 MP,
2592х1944 pixels, autofocus,
Features
Geotagging, face detection, smile
shot, image stabilization, wide
dynamic range, Video Yes,
720x480@30fps, QVGA slow-
motion and 720x480 fast-motion
Secondary Yes, Colors Silver,
Battery
Stand-by 350h (2G) / 400 h (3G)
Talk time 6h 30 min (2G) / 4h

Rs Rs
24,500 20,500

Motorola RAZR2 V9 HTC P3400

Dimension
Dimension
109x58x 17.6 mm Weight 126 g
103x53x13.3mm Weight 125 g
Memory
Memory
64 MB RAM, 128 MB ROM, 200 Mhz
45 MB internal memory + Extendable
processor, Memory Card (SD Slot)
with Memory Card
Connectivity
Connectivity
Bluetooth v2.0, USB, GPRS Class 10
Bluetooth V2.0 with A2DP, USB, GPRS
(48 kbps), EDGE Class 10 (236.8
Class 10 (48 kbps), EDGE Class 12, 3G
kbps), Display Size 240 x 320 pixels,
(HSDPA 3.6 Mbps) Display Size 240
2.8 inches Display Colour TFT touch-
x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches, 2nd external 2
screen, 65K colors
inches display (240 x 320 pixels) with
Features
contextual touch interaction
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Features
(PocketIE) Entertainment Windows
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Pocket Media Player. Games, MP3/AAC
(Opera 8) Entertainment Video call-
player, Video/audio album Camera 2
ing and download, MP3/AAC/AAC+
MP, 1600x1200 pixels, video Ring
player, Games Camera 2 MP,
Tones Polyphonic, MP3 Messaging
1600x1200 pixels, video(QCIF) Other
SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Features Built-in handsfree, Voice
Battery
memo Ring Tones Polyphonic, MP3
Talk Time up to 5h, Standby Time up to
Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS, Instant
200h
Messaging
Battery
Talk time Up to 3 h 30 min, Stand-by Up
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 Tech Tool Upcoming Mobiles
Nokia C5
Size
Dimensions 112x46x12.3 mm, Weight 89.3 g
Display
Type TFT, 16M colors, Size 240 x 320 pixels,
2.2 inches, Sound Alert types, Vibration, MP3
Speakerphone Yes, with stereo speakers, 3.5
mm audio jack
Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and
fields, Photocall, Call records Detailed, max 30
days, Card slot, microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB
included
Data
GPRS Class 32, EDGE Class 32, 3G HSDPA,
10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps, Bluetooth Yes,
v2.0 with A2DP, USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Camera Primary, 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels,
autofocus, LED flash, Video Yes, VGA@15fps
VGA videocall camera
Features
OS Symbian OS v9.3, Series 60 rel. 3.2,
Messaging SMS, AMS, MMS, Email, Push
EMail, IM, Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Colors White, Warm Grey, GPS Yes, with A-
GPS; Ovi Maps 3.0, Java Yes, MIDP 2.0,
MP4/H.264/H.263 player,
MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMV player, Document
viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF),
Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace apps
Battery
Stand-by up to 630h (2G) / up to 670 h (3G)
Talk time up to 12h (2G) / up to 5 h (3G)
Samsung S8500 Wave
Size
Dimensions 118x56x10.9 mm, Weight 118 g
Display
Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen,
16M colors, Size 480 x 800 pixels, 3.3 inches
Multi-touch input method, Proximity sensor for
auto turn-off, Scratch-resistant surface, Smart
unlock, Sound Alert types, Vibration, MP3 ring-
tones, Speakerphone Yes, Digital Natural
Sound Engine
Memory
Phonebook Yes, Photocall, Call records Yes,
Internal 2GB / 8GB, Card slot microSD
(TransFlash) up to 32GB
Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps, 3G HSDPA 7.2
Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps, WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11
b/g/n, Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, USB Yes,
microUSB v2.0,
Features
OS Bada OS, CPU ARM Cortex A8 1GHz,
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email,
Palringo IM, Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS; FM recording
Games Yes + downloadable, Colors Black,
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, Java Yes, MIDP
2.0, Digital compass, MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+
player, MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV/Xvid/DivX
player
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Samsung I8520 Beam
Display
Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen,
16M colors, Size 480 x 800 pixels, 3.7 inches
Scratch-resistant surface, Sound Alert types
Vibration, Speakerphone Yes, with stereo
speakers, 3.5 mm audio jack, Digital Natural
Sound Engine
Memory
Phonebook Yes, Photocall, Call records Yes
Internal 16 GB storage, 512MB ROM, 384MB
RAM, Card slot microSD (TransFlash) up to
32GB
Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps, 3G HSDPA 7.2
Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps, WLAN Wi-Fi
802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with
A2DP, USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, Camera
Primary, 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus,
LED flash,
Features
OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), CPU 800 MHz
processor, Messaging SMS, MMS, Email,
Push Email, Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS, Games Yes
Colors Black, GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0, Social networking inte-
gration with live updates, Built-in WVGA pro-
jector, Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Google Talk integration,
Battery
Stand-by Up to 630 h (2G) / Up to 530 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 14 h 10 min (2G) / Up to 7 h
20 min (3G)
Motorola QUENCH
Size
Dimensions 116.8x60x12.4 mm, Weight 130 g
Display
Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 320x480 pixels, 3.1 inches, Accelerometer
sensor for UI auto-rotate Proximity sensor for
auto turn-off, MOTOBLUR UI with Live Widgets,
Touchpad, Sound Alert types Vibration; MP3,
WAV ringtones, Speakerphone Yes, with stereo
speakers, 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and
fields, Photo call, Call records, Practically unlim-
ited, Internal 512MB ROM, 256MB RAM
Card slot microSD (TransFlash) up to 32GB,
2GB included
Data
GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 -
48 kbps, EDGE Class 12, 3G HSDPA 7.2
Mbps; HSUPA, WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g,
DLNA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP, USB Yes,
microUSB v2.0, Camera Primary, 5 MP, 2592
x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features
OS Android OS, 1.5 (Cupcake), CPU
Qualcomm MSM7201A 528 MHz Processor
Messaging, SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email,
Push Email, IM Browser HTML, Radio Stereo
FM radio with RDS, Games Downloadable,
Colors Black, White, Licorice, Purple, GPS Yes,
with A-GPS support, MP4/H.263/H.264 player,
Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google
Talk Document viewer
Battery
Stand-by Up to 500 h (2G) / Up to 450 h (3G)
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Size
Dimensions 117x60x12.5mm, Weight 130 g
Display
Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 320x240pixels, 2.4 inches, QWERTY
keyboard, XPERIA Panels, Accelerometer
sensor for auto-rotate, Sound Alert types
Vibration, Speakerphone Yes, with stereo
speakers, 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and
fields, Photocall, Call records Practically
unlimited, Internal 100 MB storage, Card
slot, microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB,
4GB included,
Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48
kbps, EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps, 3G
HSDPA; HSUPA WLAN Yes, Wi-Fi
802.11b/g, Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, Camera Primary
3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
Features
OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5.3
Professional, Messaging SMS (threaded
view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM Browser
WAP 2.0/HTML (IE), RSS feeds, Stereo FM
radio with RDS, Colors Iconic Black, White
Silver, GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, Java
Yes, MIDP 2.0, Google Maps Latitude,
Skype, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter apps
MP3/eAAC+/WAV/WMA player,
MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player, Eco friendly
materials, SEMC Greenheart Panel
Battery
Stand-by up to 450h (2G) / up to 600h (3G)
Talk time up to 10h (2G) / Up to 8 h (3G)
LG KH5200 Andro-1
Size
Dimensions 109x54x15.9mm, Weight 139g
Display
Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 256K colors
Size 320 x 480 pixels, 3.0 inches, QWERTY
keyboard, Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-
rotate, Sound Alert types Vibration, MP3 ring-
tones, Speakerphone Yes, 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries,
Photocall, Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 170 MB, Card slot microSD, up to
32GB
Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps, 3G HSDPA
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth Yes, v2.0
with A2DP, USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB, Camera
Primary 5 MP, 2560 x 1920 pixels, autofocus,
LED flash
Features
OS Android OS, Messaging SMS (threaded
view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email, Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Radio Stereo FM
radio with RDS, Games Yes, incl. motion-
based + downloadable, Colors Black, GPS
Yes, A-GPS, Java Yes, MIDP 2.0, SNS
Widgets, Social networking integration with live
updates, MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player
MP4/DviX/WMV/H.263/H.264 player,
Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
PDF), Organizer, Photo/video editor, Voice
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LG GW990
Display
Type TFT touchscreen, Size 480 x 1024
pixels, 4.8 inches, S-Class UI,
Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
Sound Alert types, Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48
kbps, EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps, 3G
HSDPA 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth Yes,
USB Yes, Camera Primary, 5 MP, 2592 x
1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, Video
Yes, Secondary Video call camera
Features
OS MeeGo OS, CPU Intel Atom (Pineview,
45nm), Messaging SMS, MMS, Email
Browser xHTML, HTML, Games Yes,
Colors Grey, GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java, MP4/H.264/H.263 player,
MP3/WMA/eAAC+ player, Organizer,
Document viewer (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, PDF)
HTC Desire
Size
Dimensions 119 x 60 x 11.9 mm, Weight
135g
Display
Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M
colors, Size 480 x 800 pixels, 3.7 inches,
Multi-touch input method, Accelerometer
sensor for auto-rotate, Proximity sensor for
auto turn-off Optical trackball, WAV ringtones,
Speakerphone Yes, 3.5 mm audio jack, Dolby
Mobile sound enhancement
Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and
fields, Photocall, Call records Practically unlim-
ited, Internal 576 MB RAM; 512 MB ROM,
Card slot, microSD (TransFlash) up to 32GB,
Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps,
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps, 3G HSDPA, 7.2
Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps, WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth Yes v2.1 with A2DP, USB Yes,
microUSB v2.0, Camera Primary 5 MP, 2592 x
Features
OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), CPU Qualcomm
Snapdragon QSD8250 1 GHz processor
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email,
IM, Browser HTML, Stereo FM radio with RDS
Colors Black, GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Via third party application, Digital compass
Dedicated search key, MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA9
player, MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV9/DivX player
Facebook, Flickr, Twitter applications
Battery
Stand-by up to 340h (2G) / up to 360h (3G)
Talk time up to 6h 40 min (2G) / up to 6h 30 min 61
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Rs
52,350
HTC Touch Diamond
Elegance and Innovation
Re-defining the perception of advanced
mobile phones… the HTC Touch
Diamond™ signals a giant leap forward
in combining hi-tech prowess with intu-
itive usability and exhilarating
design.HTC Touch Diamond™ Features
a sharp 2.8-inch touch screen housed
within a stunning formation of brushed
metal and flawless faceted edges, the
HTC Touch Diamond is as beautiful to
behold as it is to use.
Rs
49,500
Samsung i8000 Omnia II
All-in-one. Redefined.
Ultra Brilliant 3.7" AMOLED Display of
Samsung i8000 Omnia II provides
unmatched luminescence & vivid eye
catching colors with crystal-clarity.
Samsung i8000 Omnia II has got the
brightest display even in direct sun-
light. Touch-Optimized User Interface
of Samsung i8000 Omnia II provides
an optimal user experience, moreover
Samsung i8000 Omnia II's 5MP cam-
era with dual power LED takes stun-
ning photos. All in all Samsung i8000
Omnia II is a powerfull multimedia
beast.
Rs.
45,000
BlackBerry Bold 9000
Be Bold
Accept no substitutes. The
BlackBerry® Bold™ 900 smartphone
embodies elegant design – without
sacrificing the features or functionality
you expect from a premium smart-
phone. BlackBerry Bold 900 connects
you, helping you stay on top of your
day. With BlackBerry® Bold™ 900
camera and video recording, you can
capture and share the moment with
just a few clicks. BlackBerry® Bold™
900 - The BlackBerry Experience: No
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Rs
52,000
Sony Ericsson Satio Idou
Widescreen Wonder with Magic
Touch(Idou)
Get set for entertainment beyond your
most colorful dreams. Sony Ericsson
Satio combines incredible technology &
style & comes with a 12.1 megapixel
camera. Talk with pictures. Tap directly
into your favorite music and movies
using the unique touch panels of Sony
Ericsson Satio. Use the amazing touch-
screen camera feature to focus and
make every photo first class with Sony
Ericsson Satio.
Rs
27,500
Nokia E75
Designed for Email
Manage your business and personal life
with the Nokia E75. Type quickly with the
side slide design, check email on the fly
and browse the internet on your Nokia
E75 in your free time. Boost your work
with the full keyboard of Nokia E75, con-
tact your colleagues and friends with easy
messaging. With Nokia E75, Enjoy your
entertainment, browse the web, travel
with Nokia Maps and download music
and videos.
Rs.
79,990
Apple Iphone 3GS 32GB
iPhone 3GS -Meet the fastest, most
powerful iPhone yet. iPhone 3GS fea-
tures video recording, Voice Control,
up to 32GB of storage, & more. The
first thing you’ll notice about iPhone
3GS is how quickly you can launch
apps. Webpages render in a fraction of
time, & you can view email attach-
ments faster. On iPhone 3GS improved
performance & updated 3D graphics
deliver an incredible gaming experi-
ence, too. In fact, everything you do on
iPhone 3GS is up to 2x faster & more
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Rs Rs
3090 2600

Nokia 1661 Samsung B200

Display: Display:
Type TFT, 65K colors, Size 128 x 160 pixels, 1.8 Display Type CSTN, 65K colors, Size 128 x
inches, Themes and wallpapers 128 pixels, 1.52 inches
Sound: Ringtones:
Alert types Vibration, Speakerphone Yes, 2.5 Ringtones Type Polyphonic (64 channels),
mm audio jack MP3, Vibration Yes
Memory: Memory:
Phonebook 500 entries, Call records 20 dialed, Phonebook 500 entries, Call records 30
20 received, 20 missed calls ,Up to 250 SMS dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls, 2 MB
Internal Memory 8MB built-in memory
Features: Data:
Messaging SMS, Radio FM radio, dedicated key GPRS Class 10, 32 - 48 kbps USB Yes
Flashlight, T9, Organizer Features:
Battery SMS, EMS, MMS, Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML,
Stand-by up to 624h, Talk time up to 8h FM radio, Playback, MP3 player, Mobile
Tracker Built-in handsfree
Battery
Stand-by up to 400 hours, Talk time up to 5
hours

Rs Rs
4090 4450

Nokia 1680 LG GB110

Display:
Display Type TFT, 65K colors, Size 128 x 160
pixels, Themes and wallpapers, Vibration Yes
Memory:
Memory Phonebook Yes, up to 1000 entries
Call records 20 dialed, 20 received, 20 missed
calls
Features:
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant
Messaging
Camera VGA, 640x480 pixels, video,
Calendar, Calculator, Voice memo, Built-in
handsfree, English-Chinese dictionary
Battery:
Stand-by Up to 424 h, Talk time Up to 7 h 40
min
Display
CSTN, 65K colors, Size 128 x 128 pixels, 1.5
inches, Sound Alert types Vibration; Ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
Memory
Memory Phonebook 500 entries, Photo call
Call records 10 dialed, 10 received, 10 missed
calls, Internal 1 MB, Card slot microSD, up to
4GB
Data
USB Yes, v2.0, Camera Primary VGA, 640x480
Features
Messaging SMS, Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML,
Radio FM radio; built-in FM antenna, MP3 play-
er,
Battery
Stand-by Up to 440 h, Talk time Up to 6 h 30 min

Rs Rs
2150 3200

Motorola W180 Samsung E1125

Dimension Dimension:
114x43x14 mm, Weight 85 g 106x47x15.5 mm, Weight 96 g
Memory: Memory:
70 KB user memory 500 phonebook entries + 300 SMS (30
(750 SMS messages, 500 Phonebook numbers) dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls)
Connectivity: Connectivity:
USB 1.1 for Charging only, Display Size 128 x 128 USB Display Size 128 x 128 pixels, 1.52
pixels Display Colour CSTN, 65K colors inches Display Colour CSTN, 65K colors
Features: Features:
Colors Black Entertainment FM radio, iTap, Colors Grey Entertainment FM radio, MP3
Games (3 pre-loaded) Other Features Built-in player, Games Other Features
handsfree, Currency converter Ring Tones Speakerphone, Voice memo, Organizer
Polyphonic (32 channels), (20 preloaded) Ring Tones Downloadable polyphonic, MP3
Messaging SMS, handsfree Messaging SMS, MMS
Battery 63
Battery
Stand-by Up to 465 h, Talk time Up to 9 h 50 min Talk Time Up to 8.8 h, Standby Up to 500 h

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Sony Vaio VGN-NW320
Rs
80,990
A great value in a gracefully slim 15.5 inch notebook. With the power of an Intel
Dual Core CPU, loads of RAM, and multimedia capabilities, its the perfect PC for
multitasking all you want. The extra-wide 15.5 inch (1366x768) LCD allows for an
optimal viewing experience.
Specifications
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium Edition
Processor: Type Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed 2.2 GHz Processor L2 Cache 2
MB Processor Model T6600
RAM: Capacity 4 GB RAM Type DDR 2 RAM Slots 2 Hard Disk Capacity 320 GB
HDD RPM 5400 HDD Interface SATA Chipset Intel 945GM
Acer Aspire 5740-333G32MN
Rs
59,990
Get the sure ticket to high-def cinematic fun and powerful mobile perform-
ance With the Aspire 5740, riveting action, realistic audio and rich visuals play
like a true theater. And, complementing the brilliant performance is the dazzling
glow of Acers Gemstone notebook design sure to capture attention wherever you
go
Specifications
Operating System Linux Processor Type Intel Core i3 Processor Speed 2.13
GHz Processor L2 Cache 3 MB Processor Model i3-330M RAM Capacity 3 GB
RAM Type DDR3 RAM Slots 2 Hard Disk Capacity 320 GB HDD RPM 5400
HDD Interface SATA
HP Pavilion dv4-2154ca
Rs
78,990
Cutting-edge design meets powerful entertainment in our HP Pavilion dv4t
Entertainment Notebook series. This lightweight, 14.1" (diagonal) mobile
machine is perfect for TV shows, photos, movies, and music.
Specifications
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium Edition Processor Type Intel
Core i3 Processor Speed 2.13 GHz Processor L2 Cache 3 MB Processor Model i3-
330M RAM Capacity 4 GB RAM Type DDR3 RAM Slots 2 Hard Disk Capacity
500 GB HDD RPM 5400 HDD Interface SATA Chipset Info n/a
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Rs
92,990
A strong and powerful 14 inch (diag.) notebook that meets your computing
needs and lets you enjoy web surfing and multimedia entertainment. Thin and
light, with dedicated NVIDIA graphics and HDMI out, you can do more in style.
Specifications
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium Edition Processor Type Intel
Core 2 Duo Processor Speed 2.2 GHz Processor L2 Cache 2 MB Processor Model
T6600 RAM Capacity 4 GB RAM Type DDR3 RAM Slots 2 Hard Disk Capacity
500 GB HDD RPM 5400 HDD Interface SATA Chipset Intel 945PM
Dell Inspiron 1464 (i3-330M)
Rs
61,990
Fun just got a whole new look. The Inspiron14 laptop is more refined from its
streamlined thin and light design down to its powerful features.
Specifications
Operating System Dos Processor Type Intel Core i3 Processor Speed 2.13 GHz
Processor L2 Cache 3 MB Processor Model i3-330M RAM Capacity 2 GB RAM
Type DDR3 RAM Slots 2 Hard Disk Capacity 250 GB HDD RPM 5400 HDD
Interface SATA Chipset Info n/a
Compaq Presario CQ61-300sv
Rs
51,990
The 15.6-inch Compaq Presario CQ61-300 puts the versatility and productivity of
notebook computing within your reach
Specifications
Operating System Dos Processor Type Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor Speed 2.16
GHz Processor L2 Cache 1 MB Processor Model T4300 RAM Capacity 2 GB RAM Type
DDR 2 RAM Slots 2 Hard Disk Capacity 250 GB HDD RPM 5400 HDD Interface SATA
Chipset Info n/a
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Apple iMac 21.5-inch HP Compaq dx2390

Rs Rs
1,25,500 44,490

Practical and stylish: Newly designed with real

metal surfaces and glossy finishes, the HP
Compaq dx2390 desktop PC is meant to be
shown off, not hidden.
Apple introduced the first iMac more than a decade ago. And the design philos- Specifications
ophy remains the same: an all-in-one computer that as powerful as it is beautiful.
Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 Processor
2.93GHz / 1066MHz FSB, L2 Cache 3MB
Specifications Memory

Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard
1GB PC2-6400 (DDR2-800)

3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB shared L2 cache Hard Drive

4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM;
HP 320GB SATA

500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA hard drive
7200 RPM

Slot-loading 8x SuperDrive Optical Drive

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM
DVD RW SATA 16X SuperMulti
shared with main memory
Graphics Intel G31 Express Chipset

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100

Dell Vostro 220MT Acer Veriton M670G

Rs Rs
48,990 47,490

The Veriton M670G is your green PC packed with

the latest technologies. The latest CPU, chipset and
management technology, provides enhanced secu-
rity and manageability for office networks. With
Dell Vostro desktop solutions are designed Acer Veriton ControlCenter, Acer Client Manager
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Intel Core 2 Quad Desktop Processor Q8400
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2GB PC2-6400 (DDR2-800)
320GB Hard Disk SATA

250GB SATA Hard Drive.
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Intel G45 Express x 4500 HD Graphics
2 x DDR3 800MHz / 1066MHz Dual channel SDRAM

Compaq CQ2101L HP Compaq dx7500 (FN839AV)

Rs Rs
28,490 47,990

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families looking for a stylish, energy-efficient desktop PC at an proven technology and pre-installed operating system
affordable price, the Compaq CQ2000 delivers essential func- Processor
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Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E7500 (2.93GHz)
Specifications
Cache external 3 MB L2 cache
Processor
Processor front side bus 1066 MHz Front Side Bus

Intel Atom 330 1.6GHz
Chipset Intel G45 Express

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PTCL to introduce 'Life Ufone UTalk gives live

Line' bouquet soon news feed on phone
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has been Ufone launched live news feed to keep customers aware of every
preparing for offering a bouquet of services in the coming days that it had happening in and out of Pakistan when it happens.
already launched for corporate consumers so far. The bouquet that would be Ufone users can now listen to news simply by dialing 7774 from Ufone.
called the ‘Life Line’ would include security, entertainment, infotainment, and This is the first of its kind offer given by any telecom operator in Pakistan and
high DSL Internet, Naveed Saeed said. shows great initiative and a meaningful move from Ufone to keep their valued
PTCL has already renovated 50 per cent of the end to end (exchange to customers ahead of
user) network while completion of this project would ensure state-of-the-art everyone else.
quality service. Akbar Khan Chief
Senior Executive Vice President (SEVP Commercial), PTCL Naveed Saeed Marketing Officer,
has said during an interview. Ufone said, ”Evolution
He said that the company has been meeting the PTA’s key performance within telecom is sure to
indicators (KPI) especially with reference to the quality of service. come from the many
“The primary network that is from the exchange to the main cabinets is value added initiatives
already on the optic fibre lines while the secondary network onward up to the that have already and continue to be offered to our valued customers and is
end user was still on copper wire”, he said. the key to stand out within the stiff competition in the telecom industry”.
He added, “For the renovation of the secondary network the PTCL has “Ufone has raised the bar and will ensure this agility works out best for the
been opting for the latest technology called the ONU (optical network unit)”. customer. We always have and always will live up to the promise to bring a
He mentioned that the ONU was a stand-alone unit and it requires high power smile to our customers by giving them the best services in the industry”, he
battery.
added.

Telenor introduces easypaisa Managing your

Mobile Account number with WSS
Telenor has introduced another service for opened, users can go to any of the thousands of Since Telenor launched web self-service (WSS) for
its subscribers called "easypaisa Mobile easypaisa shops in Pakistan to 'deposit cash' both its prepaid and postpaid customers.
Account". Telenor subscribers will now be able into or 'withdraw cash' from their easypaisa It has given limited features to prepaid customers
to pay bills, transfer money and use many more Mobile Account. but now Telenor have added many new features for
services from their own mobile phones, Any person with a Telenor SIM who wants prepaid customers,
anytime, anywhere. to have an instant access to their Bank Account which were not
Easypaisa Mobile Account is virtual bank or who wants to have the freedom to send available before.
account and work like a normal bank account. money to or receive money from other people, Now both djuice and
This service is available only for existing and or pay utility bills from their own mobile phone Telenor Talkshawk
new Telenor subscribers. Account can be at any time can use easypaisa Mobile Account. customers would get
opened from any Telenor sales and service Customers with a Telenor SIM will be the benefits.
center, Telenor franchise or at all Tameer Bank ultimate beneficiaries of the largest banking This is amazing
branches. Mobile Account has no minimum network with thousands of cash free service giving
balance requirements and account opening is deposit/withdrawal points in Pakistan which ease and control to
instant. are open at late working hours and also on the the customers to view and change their connection
Once an easypaisa Mobile Account is weekends.
information online.

Jazz SMS plus offer Warid Minute Package

launched welcome
Mobilink announced a new SMS offer allowing Jazz customers to send The subscribers praised the Minute
unlimited text messages to all networks midnight to noon. Package introduced by Warid Telecom.
Striving to deliver quality of service and meeting customer needs par The subscribers showed satisfaction on
excellence, Mobilink Jazz has launched yet another unique offer at a very the package and hoped that the package
nominal price of Rs 1.99 (taxes apply). definitely benefits the users.
Jazz SMS Plus is a subscription based offer launched by Pakistan’s favorite Warid’s Minute Package offers most
prepaid cellular brand keeping economical per minute rate of Rs. 1.20 per
in view the growing trend of minute on any mobile network and
sending text messages amongst landline number nationwide, so
the subscribers and is in line customers enjoy the best network quality on flat rate and talk your heart out!
with the company’s efforts to And that’s not all! You can also add two friends & family numbers of your
bring the best value to the choice (one off-net and one on-net) on which you can enjoy calls at an
consumer. unbelievable flat rate of Rs. 1/min!
SMS is fastly becoming a preferred mode of communication amongst Jazz Meanwhile, Warid brings extension to its mobile number portability
customers with a manifold increase in SMS users in the year 2009 as (MNP) process by introducing an exclusive MNP help-line number 0321-321-
compared to 2008. A study last year by PC World ranked Pakistan fourth in 321-1, which can be dialed by any mobile or landline number. Other network
global SMS usage and the the largest text messaging growth in Asia Pacific. users can dial this number, and they will be provided thorough personalised
To avail Mobilink Jazz SMS Plus offer, customers can type *106*1# and consultancy and support regarding the process of porting-in, its prerequisites
68 then press send.
and details of packages and tariffs, along with special MNP offerings.

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Samsung AC offers protection from Swine-Flu

Samsung Electronics Company Limited has
introduced Micro Plasma Ionizer (Mpi)
technology in the latest line of air-conditioners
named “The Samsung Crystal” series. This new
technology eliminates 99.9% of the H1N1 (Swine
flu) virus from the environment where the
Samsung crystal air conditioners are in operation.
Swine flu is a highly fatal disease that can spread
through coughing, sneezing or even talking.
The World Health Organization (WTO) has
declared Swine flu as a possible Pandemic (Global
Epidemic).
The effectiveness of Mpi technology against
Swine Flu has been tested and duly acknowledged
by the Chung nam National University, Seoul,
South Korea and Samsung’s research engineers.
Thus, Samsung has successfully developed an air
conditioner that creates an H1N1-free
environment inside your home and office. It is the
first air conditioner to use Bacteria-eradication
(VirusDoctor) technology to ensure healthy
breathing. The Crystal air conditioners act as the
first line of defence against deadly viruses like
SARS and Swine flu within your home. Moreover,
the new range of Samsung AC is high-
performance, energy-efficient, Eco-Friendly
machines, that use the latest cooling technology.
The Category Head of Samsung Home
Appliances in Pakistan and Afghanistan, Baber Ali
Kazmi said, “Samsung has a strong commitment
to create a higher Quality-of-Life and Health for
customers and their families. This commitment
has led to the creation of the Micro Plasma Ionizer
(Mpi) technology. With the Samsung Crystal you
can ensure your family’s protection from dreadful
viral and bacterial diseases. Samsung also leads
the way in protecting the environment and Saving
Energy. So, now you don’t have to sacrifice
performance for an energy efficient air
conditioner, as the Crystal AC saves up to 50% on
energy consumption”.
Samsung’s “Good sleep II” feature is another
distinction of Crystal AC, which has been
developed after conducting a comprehensive
sleep study. The precise temperature control
system built into this AC, automatically adjusts
the ideal temperature and humidity in the room
to allow complete comfort during the three main
stages of sleep. The Smart Saver mode saves
another 30.8% of energy, while the Superfine
Silver Filter and Air-Purification System improve
indoor air quality.

Dell notebooks catch the Shan Foods participates in

eye of consumers Dubai global village event
Karachi: Dell and Intel Pakistan, both of the leading brands in Dubai: Shan Foods Private Limited is a leading food products company
computing, held an event at Park Towers, Karachi. Dell presented the in Pakistan, which appeared as a prominent participant in the “Global
Village” Event held in Dubai. Shan Foods (Pvt) Ltd participated actively,
latest high-performance Notebooks at this flashy event to the audience,
featuring its wide array of tasteful products, showcased in a sizeable and
who swarmed at the presentation desk, where famous VJs were attractive pavilion. Large crowds gathered around Pakistani pavilions,
cheerfully engaged in attending the excited crowd. Dino, the VJ from especially Shan foods, which received an overwhelming response from the
MTV and Naveen Waqar from Aag-TV were endorsing the Dell-inspiron public.
and Dell-studio series of Notebooks. Shan Foods (Pvt) Ltd
The Dell-inspiron mini became exports massive volumes of
high quality spices, pickles,
the center of attraction due to its
desserts and aged-basmati rice
revolutionary capabilities, compact to Europe, USA, Middle East
size and a wide array of colors like and other quality conscious
pretty-pink, obsidian-black, cherry- markets. The recently launched
red, passion-purple and many more. range of Shan Oriental Recipes
A vast range of consumers from was also displayed at the event,
The visitors shopping at the Shan Food stall beauti-
which received exceptional fully
tweeters, professionals, students, designed at Global Village Food Festival in Dubai.
admiration from thousands of
stylish men/women on the move and participants. These Oriental recipes create an exotic culinary experience
high-end customers were seen for the consumers with delicious oriental food-treats. Shan foods’
exploring innovative Notebooks commitment to create “just perfect” authentic tastes of traditional Biryani,
enthusiastically. Customers could and many other recipes, was appreciated by international buyers.
also seek technical advice from Dell’s The Founder and Chairman of Shan Foods Pvt. Ltd. Sikandar Sultan
expressed, “Pakistan has a distinct variety of tasteful food delicacies, which
experts present there, while a grand
we presented at the Global Village event in Dubai. Our presentation at the
lucky draw also offered chances to festival also reflected the Hospitality of the Pakistani people. The
win a free notebook or LCD screen. participants at the event appreciated the “just perfect” quality of Shan Food
Marketing Manager for Marketing Manager Dell Consumer Pakistan, products and acknowledged our Research-Based product developments
Consumer and SMB at Dell Pakistan, Nubla Iftikhar closely observing Dell Inspiron and Decades of service. Such refinement in quality has enabled our
Nubla Iftikhar said: “Dell today is 1440 at Dell’s promotional event held in products to lead the way in over 56 countries around the globe, both in
Karachi. terms of sales volume and authentic taste. Being at this event was a great
delivering beauty, form and
experience for Shan foods”.
function. The customer is exposed to an entirely different universe when The Colourful Global Village event featured a variety of products, brands
using a Dell”. “Dell’s extensive portfolio of consumer laptops, desktops and Services, including food items from various international producers.
and the net book, powered by Intel, are designed to simplify the overall The participants acknowledged the importance of such events for
computing experience”, she said. promoting the taste of eastern dishes and creating cross-cultural harmony.
Dell delivers truly exclusive digital experiences enriched by Intel Core The grand event featured many special offers and discounted prices for
inducing trial of various products. Shan foods’ participation in this
microprocessors, providing all the bandwidth needed for next-
exhibition also helped in presenting a softer image of Pakistan as a global
generation, hi-tech applications.
supplier and producer of quality food items.
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Mobilink launches SMS Children are the future

service to fight against polio of PIA: Salman Azhar
Children are the future PIA travelers, customers and
Mobilink has reiterated its commitment to eradicate polio from the country
by launching an SMS based service to assist the Polio Control Cell (PCC) in employees. Its a united mission of passion and protection by
tracking missed areas and children. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to develop pride, self-
Through this SMS service, Mobilink subscribers were able to report areas esteem and love for Pakistan and PIA which is a vital component
and children where the polio immunisation teams have not reached. Users were of PIA CSR said, Capt. Salman Azhar Deputy Chairman PIA CSR
able to call the teams to their doorstep by typing POLIO and sending the text to / General Manager Corporate Safety and Quality Assurance at the
‘7654’ from the 17 th to 19th of February. The sender contacted by the Polio Nature Carnival organised by WWF Pakistan.
Control Cell to ensure that the respective health authorities immunize the
“PIA CSR is taking one step forward by connecting people and
missed children. Initiated by Mobilink under its Corporate Social Responsibility
reaching minds of the future generation. In fact, CSR is making
(CSR) umbrella, the SMS was a free service and no charges applied for sending
messages to the 7654 within hours of the launch of the service, thousand of part of its business plan to cultivate the young generation into
Mobilink users contacted the PCC for immunisation future travelers of PIA”, he said.
Addressing media at the polio control cell, Federal Health Minister CSR is now a new catchword, whereas PIA as a corporation has
Makhdoom Shahabuddin made special mention of Mobilink’s 7654 service to been involved towards social responsibility for more than 40
assist the Polio Control Cell. The Minister personally tested the Mobilink 7654 years. Al-Shifa Trust, Medical, Scouts, Emergency Response
service on the spot and expressed his satisfaction upon receiving instant Planning (ERP), PIA Training Centre (PTC)., etc, are some of the
confirmation SMS indicating on behalf of PCC.
examples said Capt. Salman.
Mobilink’s role was also acknowledged by Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani
He added, “The national airline is committed to preserving and
at the launch of the first 2010 anti-polio campaign held at the PM House. “In the
current round, the country’s largest mobile operator Mobilink, is helping us
track and reach missed children. Now parents can send a text message reporting
missed areas for children to the national polio control cell and a polio team will
be dispatched to their homes within one hour,” Gilani said.
“We need to replicate the spirit of volunteerism exhibited in the anti polio
drive and areas as well. This is an excellent model of collaboration at a national
scale between different organizations, however, diverse in fighting a common
enemy - disease and disability,” Gilani added.

Dell consumer adds a zing Deputy Chairman PIA CSR, Capt Salman Azhar, District Manager Mansoor A. Mela. Capt.
Mohsin Khan along with the winners of essay competition at the PIA stall at nature carnival
by WWF Pakistan at Lahore.

to Lahore Fashion Week protecting the environment and PIA is an active participant of
European emission trading scheme which has been launched
under the Kyoto protocol for reducing carbon emissions to control
Dell the leading provider of consumer notebooks expressed its
global warming”.
commitment to creativity, design and style by joining the colourful activities
and fashion ceremonies of the Lahore Fashion Week 2010. Dell’s incredibly PIA stall at the WWF nature carnival on the grounds of Ali
smart and high-performance notebooks were creatively featured on the Institute was a spectacular site with slide shows.
catwalk by stunningly attired models during Banners/brochures with promotional material related to new
the high-end fashion extravaganza. routes / frequencies/businesses. PIA scouts / airhostesses briefed
Pakistan Fashion Week hit the ramps in visitors on different PIA activities.
Lahore recently as passion and creative PIA also conducted an essay competition and the winner was
energy drove all the prominent designers given two tickets for Dubai along with spot gifts for the
and models to participate in the events.
participants. The winning essay will also be published in the PIA
More than 30 prominent Pakistani
designers showcased a variety of casual and Magazine ‘Humsafar’ with photograph. The PIA quiz / MCQ
formal outfits, western wear, jackets and winners were given two PIA domestic tickets and spot gifts for the
accessories. The Fashion Week 2010 was participants.
organised by the Pakistan Fashion Design PIA Caps, PIA T. shirts and key chains were presented to
Council (PFDC), which plans to make it a visitors and treated with PIA flight lunch, snacks and
permanent fixture in the country’s social refreshments.
and business calendars. PIA District Manager Mansoor. A. Mela, Manager ERP, PIA
Nubla Iftikhar, Marketing Manager for
Scouts, Sales Promotion Officers, representatives of flight safety
Dell Consumer and SMB said: “Dell
Consumer and Fashion are intricately and food services, IT representatives, PIA CSR representatives
woven together and, therefore, Dell is proud and public relations were also present on the occasion.
to be associated with fashion-icon Munib A model presents Dell notebook during Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is driven by the highest
the Lahore Fashion Week
Nawaz and the Lahore Fashion Week. Dell standards of corporate governance and social responsibility. As a
Consumer Notebooks are a form of self-expression. With a vivid color palette public sector organisation and a business leader, it believes in
to express one’s personal style, Dell Inspiron and Studio notebooks make a building strong relationships with customers, partners,
statement. It is a canvas for people to say a little something about themselves." employees, and the communities in which it operates. PIA has
Dell notebooks were showcased during a fashion show featuring the
institutionalised the practice of good governance by establishing
famous designer Munib Nawaz who presented his Men’s wear Collection. The
fashion week was a huge success giving a much-needed fillip to the local a Corporate Social Responsibility Committee. The Committee
fashion design industry. Celebrities including Ali Zafar, Mommar Rana, Iman provides a platform to evaluate, update, and recommend best
Ali, Ather Shahzad also attended the event, with the glamorous fashion practices as PIA continues on its mission to adhere to business
fraternity coming to support the fashion week, which culminated as a ethics and stamp out corruption. Corporate Social Responsibility
signature fashion event of the country.
(CSR) is woven into the fabric of daily operations at PIA.
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PTCL launches Re 1 PIA not hike in Umrah

minute simple, fares
affordable package Pakistan International Airline (PIA) Umrah fares are not at all higher than
the regular fares to Jeddah from Karachi and upcountry, PIA spokesperson
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) in its endeavour
to provide quality services at affordable prices to its subscribers has categorically said in a press release issued recently in Lahore.
again introduced an amazing Tariff for its wire line subscribers which He said PIA fares for Umrah are competitive with airlines operating direct
would enable the subscribers to call anywhere in Pakistan at Rs.1 per flights on the same route from Pakistan. This statement was made in response
minute to any PTCL landline and Vfone. Not only this, customers are to the issue raised by a section of print and electronic media regarding hike
also offered the service of conference call free of cost valid up to Dec in Umrah fares.
31st-2010 starting from March 1st, 2010. He added that PIA has also started Revenue Management System (RMS)
The new tariff is based on the unique position of PTCL in the to Jeddah flights. This was being practiced by PIA on its other domestic and
telecom market as the only fixed line operator with nationwide international destinations. The Revenue Management System is followed by
presence and being the largest and fully integrated network of Pakistan the entire Global Aviation Industry. This system offers multiple fares in each
with the aim to give more and more advantage to customers towards cabin, offering cheaper fare for passengers purchasing tickets in advance with
whom PTCL always has its obligation to respond to their needs and the spirit “Earlier You Buy, Cheaper You Fly”.
with the aim to enhance usage of on-net calls. He further said that due to a
EVP Consumer typical nature of this segment of the
Services Aasif Inam said
market, two types of fares have been
that this offer reinforces
introduced, one for Umrah pilgrims
PTCL image as a
and other for regular traffic
customer oriented
(travelling on visit visa). Umrah
organization and the
offer has been initiated fares are comparatively cheaper
keeping in mind the grass than regular fares. It may be noted
root reach of PTCL in that fare structure of any market is
terms of its customer based upon the competitive scenario
base and thus making the and the fare thus offered by PIA are
use of PTCL landline purely market based.
more accessible and “It has always been our endeavor
affordable for its subscribers. as the National Carrier to offer competitive and market based fares to our
SEVP Commercial Naveed Saeed regarded this offer as a step valued passengers coupled with a choice of a flexible and convenient
further in PTCL commitment to connect our customers through high schedule. This is despite the challenge of operating in a highly competitive
quality communication network at the most affordable rates. scenario,” he concluded.
PTCL, the largest telecommunication service provider in Pakistan is Moreover, employment visa holding passengers are travelling on One-Way
committed to develop and deliver world class telecom solutions, Fare which is not applicable for Umrah passengers as Umrah passengers have
products and services, creating value for its customers and striving to to buy round-trip ticket.

meet their expectations.

Automated port ops can change destiny of country: PCA

President Pakistan Computers Association
(PCA) Munawar Iqbal said deep sea port in
Gwadar has the potential to become the main
trade hub for this area. This brilliantly planned
project having radically distinctive economic and
strategic importance can change the destiny of
Pakistan.
He said Gwadar is located only 180 nautical
miles from the Strait of Hormuz through which
40 per cent of world's oil passes. "The port thus
emerge as the key shipping hub in the area
providing mass trade to Central Asian Republics
as well as across Pakistan and China," he said.
He further said that large ports with huge
cargo handling capacities can attract business
community if efficient, modern and transparent
customs services are also made available. "The
efficiency, transparency and speed that has
become available to Customs today through the
Automated Customs system of PaCCS, was the
only logically solution for Gwadar," said
Munawar Iqbal.
72 He said that traditional systems would make
cargo wait for days pending clearance, which will
hamper development of this great project.
"Serious choking of the port may take place if
modern, electronic and automated systems were
not used," he warned adding that authorities
should consider rolling out PaCCS beyond
Karachi to as many customs stations as possible
to enhance trade facilitation and to boost revenue
collection. He said restricting the benefits of
PaCCS to only the port at Karachi was unfair to
the traders of other areas of the country, he
observed.
Karachi port has transformed a once sleepy
fishing village to a mega polis and we hope that
Gwadar port will directly and indirectly bring so that importers as well as exporters can carry
lots of wealth, trade and infrastructure out business activities successfully and with
advancement to the area which has been peace of mind. He said that capacity of 4,300-acre
traditionally left behind in development. Gwadar airport should be increased to handle 1.5
Munawar Iqbal said that the multi-billion- million passengers and 70,000 tons of cargo a
rupee projects of Gwadar port and Rs 7.5 billion year. Business community hope that political
Gwadar Airport should be connected to the rest leadership will use their acumen to pacify
of the country through world class network and negative feelings among some locals to get
roads. "These facilities should be fully automated maximum advantage of the project, said Iqbal.

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Microsoft offers browser choices to Europeans

icrosoft is to ask millions of users Windows automatically download and install

M across Europe if they want to use a

web browser other than its own.
Windows users will be offered the
choice as part of a deal Microsoft struck with the
European Commission.
The agreement resolves a long-running case
in which the software giant was accused of
abusing its market position. A pop-up window
will prompt people to choose and install one of
12 different browsers or let them stick with
Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
Install options
The browser choice software will be delivered
from Monday as part of the Windows Update
system Microsoft usually uses to distribute
security patches.
Although the update has been prepared for
Windows XP, Vista and 7, not all users will see it.
It will not pop up in front of those who
already run a different default browser, such as
Firefox, Safari or Chrome.
Users guaranteed to see it are those that have
Internet Explorer (IE) set as their default
browser and have taken the option to let
updates.
Those that have this option turned off will be
prompted to download, install and run the
software.
Those that have automatic updates turned off
can go to the Windows Update site and run a
"Check For Updates" to get it.
When it runs, the software will present users
with a window that says in bold text "An
important choice to make: your browser". It also
asks people to ensure they are connected to the
internet.
Once the "Ok" button is clicked, they will see
a screen that lists the 12 browsers available.
The Opera, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and
Internet Explorer browsers are randomly
ordered on the first section of this screen.
Another seven browsers, namely Sleipnir,
Green Browser, Maxthon, Avant, Flock, K-
meleon, and Slim, will be randomly ordered on
the rest of the screen. They can be viewed by
scrolling sideways.
Below each listing will be a button giving
more information. Another button lets users
install one of the browsers.
Alternatively, users can opt to ignore the
selection and make a choice later. If they do this
a shortcut icon will appear on the Windows
desktop that gives access to the browser choice
window at any time.
The choice screen will keep appearing until a
user has made a choice.
Anyone wanting to stick with IE will be
prompted to upgrade to the latest version.
Microsoft said that Windows 7 users who
have fixed or "pinned" IE to their taskbar will
have it unpinned by the update. Right clicking
the icon for any browser will let users pin that
program to the taskbar.
It is not yet clear what effect the browser
choice will have on Internet Explorer's market
share.
Although exact estimates are hard to find,
web stats firm Net Applications said IE is used
by 62 per cent market share. Its closest rival is
Firefox at 24 per cent.
Some fear the browser choice system will
confuse people. Already some who have been
confronted with the choice screen have been
worried that their machine has been taken over
or fallen victim to a virus.

Nokia starts new phone line with Skype comes to

C5 model Nokia smartphones
Mobile phone giant Nokia has said, now its
okia unveiled a new C5 smartphone music, and smartphone users could make free calls as it

N model, hoping to benefit from a

booming demand for cheap
smartphones and from rising consumer
appetite for mobile social networking. The C5
handset will be one of the cheapest smartphones
N series for
the most
advanced
models. It
plans to use
teamed up with Internet phone pioneer. Through
Skype hundreds of millions of Symbian-based
mobile users could make free calls."

from Nokia, selling for US$183, excluding taxes the new

and subsidies and hitting the shelves next quarter.
"It is products like this that will grow Nokia
market share in the smartphone segment and help
them to increase their average sale prices," said
John Strand, chief of telecoms consultancy Strand
Consult. Volumes on the smartphone market are
seen surging in 2010, with some analysts
forecasting up to 50 per cent growth, as handset
vendors are pushing advanced features, once
exclusive to pricey top-end models, into cheaper
and cheaper phones.
Nokia continues to lead the global smartphone
market with an around 40 per cent market share,
but it has lost ground to Apple's iPhone and RIM's
Blackberry. The Finnish firm is in the midst of a
massive revamp of its smartphone offering and
has said in 2010 almost all of its smartphones
would have a touch screen, a full keyboard or both,
compared with less than half in 2009.
After introducing the C series - focused on
personal social networking - Nokia has four
smartphone product families. The E series phones
are for business users, X series for youth and
names
across its
smartphone
offering.
Nokia has
historically
flooded the
market with
phone
models little
different
from each "Symbian will allow Nokia smartphone users
other, with worldwide to use Skype on the move, over either
additional confusion arising from their four digit a WiFi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE,
names, which have been hard to differentiate for 3G)," Nokia said in a joint-statement with Skype.
consumers. Nokia has faced rising competition in the
However, the new naming of X series phones smartphone market.
may also create confusion as Sony Ericsson has Industry observers have said that the outdated
used the name for few years - X1 and X2 Symbian operating system, which drives most of
smartphones are from Sony Ericsson, while Nokia its smartphones, is one of the reasons many
has launched the X3 model. Sony Ericsson's new consumers prefer Apple's iPhone or Research in
flagship device is the X10, while Nokia is also Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry, which are easier to
widely expected to launch an X10 cellphone.
use.

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President Asif Ali Zardari presses the button for the 5th draw of Benazir Income Support Programme A group photograph of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani with the ambassador of different
in Quetta. countries of European Union at Governor House in Peshawar.

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah offering fateha with Council General of Abu Dhabi Sohail
PML leader Ch Pervaiz Elahi condolences with Shaikh Nahayan bin Mabarak Al Nahayan on the sad Mattar Saeed H. Al-Katai on demise of late Sheikh Mubarak Bin Muhammad Al-Nahyan at Council
demise of his father Shaikh Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi. General of Abu Dhabi.

Leader of Business Community S.M. Muneer Ahmed presenting a shield to Interior Minister Senator Speaker Punjab Assembly Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan presenting souvenir to Speaker National
A. Rehman Malik during a reception in his honour by CPLC & Businessmen in Karachi. Assembly Dr. Fahmida Mirza during 16th Speakers conference at Punjab Assembly in Lahore.

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira distributing certificates
among the participants during the concluding session of “Strategic Communication, Public and Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Syed Samsam Ali Shah Bukhari being granted
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Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao welcoming her Pakistani Counterpart Salman Bashir before the
Indo-Pak Secretary Level Talks at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.

Advisor to Chief Minister Sindh Ms. Sharmela Farooqi giving

interview in Karachi.

Participants receiving certificates during distribution ceremony on the concluding of training

workshop organized by Hasso Group in Rawalpindi.

Women Rangers patrolling in the National Hockey Stadium to avert any untoward Spectators capturing the moments during polo match between Guard
incident before the beginning of the match of DG Rangers Gold Cup Women Hockey Rice/Newage and Pakistan Air Force Polo teams during the National Polo
Championship 2010 in Lahore. Championship for the Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup 2010 in Lahore.
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President Asif Ali Zardari presents the Best Business Performance Award 2007-2008 to CEO, Midas First lady Fauzia Gilani stands with the members of Women Chamber of Commerce at a hi-tea on
(Pvt) Limited, Inaam Akbar during the 19th & 20th APNS Awards Ceremony held in Islamabad. Women's Day function, Islamabad.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Telecom Division, 4 Brothers Group, Mohammad Nadeem Qureshi,
signs the MoU during the Board of Investment visit to Turkey headed by Chief Minister
Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif.

VJ Dino and VJ Naveen showcasing Dell Inspiron and Inspiron-Mini at the Dell Promotional event
held recently at Park Towers, Karachi.

Mr. Tauseef Khan Country Head (X Connect) receiving shield from singer Jawad Ahmed on the Occa-
sion of Annual ICAS School Carnival & Music Night. Event was sponsor by Asus.

Islamabad: NADRA staffers registering and preparing the NID Cards of the participants of National Uzma Aijaz Haroon, wife of MD PIA, inaugurates the Baby Daycare Centre for the children of female
Youth Conference PIA employees at airlines head office in Karachi. 77
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VC Fatima Jinnah Women University Dr. Saeeda Asadul-

lah Khan giving away Parveen Shakir award to a student
during a function at National Library in Islamabad.

A lady spectator talking on her cell phone while PU VC Dr Mujhaid Kamran presenting award shield to Students participating in different games during Sports
watching the cricket match between Multan and the best essay writer of Hailey College Sports and and Culture Festival 2010 organised by
Lodhran cricket teams. Cultural Mela in Lahore. Superior College in Faisalabad.

Minister of State for Education Ghulam Farid Kathia
Students capturing the moments through their cell phones
giving a cheque to the winner of the competition in
during Annual Sports Day of Kinnaird College in Lahore.
SZABIST in Islamabad.
Female students from Balochistan take keen interest in
the displayed artworks in an special exhibition during
their visit to the Govt College University in Lahore.

Karachi: Adeel Hashmi, Communication Manager, Nokia Pakistan and Afghanistan (L) presenting Utku Yazan, Country Manager Turkish Airlines and Rafiq Rangoonwala, CEO Cupola
Nokia N86 camera phone to the winner Imran Shah of Nokia N86 Click it! Competition. Group signing an agreement of joint promotion in Karachi.
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Indian film stars John Abraham (L), Genelia D'souza (C) and Abhay Deol (R) pose with LG mobiles
during a function in New Delhi.

A woman gives a phone call as she walks past a TAV advertise-

ment at Skopje "Alexander The Great" airport. Turkey's TAV Air-
ports Holding took over management of two airports in Macedonia.

South Korean models promote a 3D high-definition television using light-emitting diodes at the main
office of Samsung Electronics in Seoul.

Danielle Warby checks her facebook site on a computer in Sydney . Warby is one the large number
of Australian web users who are at the forefront of the social networking craze, posting, poking and An Afghan national cricketer speaks to his family on the phone as
Twittering nearly seven hours a month -- more than the United States, Britain or Japan. his team arrives at Kabul Airport.
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A model displays smartphones with Google's mobile operating system Android during its first launch
in Jakarta.

Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko speaks on a mobile

phone during a hearing at the Supreme Administrative Court in
Kiev.

Hostess Julia presents a LG GD880 Mini smartphone at the LG Electronics stand at the CeBit 2010
exhibition, the world's biggest high-tech fair in Hanover.

A Sanyo employee displays the world's first 6-microphone portable

A model displays Japanese camera maker Nikon's new digital camera, the "Coolpix P100",
digital recorder, the "Xacti sound recorder ICR-PS605" in Tokyo.
at a preview in Tokyo.
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A Muslim woman speaks on a mobile phone as devotees attend a mass prayer at Silang Monas park
to mark the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) birthday in Jakarta.

A Sony employee displays the world's smallest and lightest water,

shock, and dust-proof digital camera "Cybershot TX5", equipped
with a 10.6 mega-pixel CMOS image sensor and a 4.43 - 17.7mm /
F3.5 - 4.6 zoom lens, equivalent to 25 - 100mm in 35mm camera, on
its stylish body in Tokyo.

A woman uses her mobile phone for a self-portrait as people make their way along the Great Wall of
China at Badaling north of Beijing following a night of snowfall.

A reporter photographs an installation of new Bloom Energy servers called the "Bloom Box" at the Two women walking past a T-Mobile and an Orange mobile phone
eBay headquarters San Jose, California. Bloom Energy, a Silicon Valley start up, introduced the shop in Liverpool. France Telecom's Orange and Deutsche Telekom-
"Bloom Box", a solid oxide fuel cell device that can generate electricity at a cost of 8 to 10 cents per owned T-Mobile have had their UK merger approved by the Euro-
84 kilowatt hour using natural gas. pean Union.
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CeBIT 2010, World’s biggest high-tech fair, Hanover, Germany

Vistors check out Microsoft's Dynamic IT stand. A fair hostess poses for photographers with an E-Reader DR-900 from Asus.

An exhibitor presents the "Cinemizer Plus", a pair of

An exhibitor presents cristal decorated computer mouses A Vodafone employee tests a "Smart Metering" video glasses produced by Carl Zeiss, which, when con-
by Swarovski. presentation. nected to a smartphone or iPod, gives the viewer the im-
pression of watching a screen of 115 centimeters.

An exhibitor uses a smartphone to control a washing machine by HydraGyzer energy man-

Visitors look at the football-playing robots.
agement system.
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Telenor connects remote areas, CEO USF inaugurates
Chief Executive Officer opportunities that enable unserved and underserved
(CEO) Universal Service mobile connectivity to the population of the country
Fund (USF) Parvez Iftikhar
has inaugurated the first of
28 planned sites in the
remote areas of Sindh. At
the occasion, Iftikhar
appreciated Telenor
Pakistan’s initiative to
leverage Nokia-Siemens
Networks off grid solution
to offer telecom services to
communication deprived
areas. “We are extremely
pleased with the progress
thus far and look forward to Shehzad and Sub–Regional Head, inGulf Pakistan NSN, Veqar-ul-Islam are also seen
KHL sponsors “The Producers”
Islamabad: In a short
span of time, Konnect
Holden Private Limited
(KHL) has established itself
as the leading service and
solution provider in
Pakistan. When it comes to
telecom sector, KHL provides
specialised construction,
power and infrastructure
development. With an
unparalleled reputation for
top-notch quality,
exceptional reliability and
dedicated resources, it has
also gained a foothold
globally, handling projects
from Oman to China, and
alliances with international
companies, said press
release.KHL endeavours to
extend its support and
participation by sponsoring
PTA awards medals to best IT researchers
Islamabad: Pakistan
Telecommunication
Authority (PTA) awarded
gold medals with cash prizes
to 12 students of various
distinguished educational
institutes for the best
research projects on IT and
Secretary Cabinet Division distributing medals and certificates among the successful
participants of different projects arranged by PTA.
CEO USF Parvez Iftikhar inaugurates the site, CTO, Telenor Pakistan Khalid
the picture.
in a number of
extracurricular activities
emphasising on the up built
and exploration the young
talent. After the successful
sponsorship’s of ‘ Adams
Family’ , ‘Chicago’ last year,
KHL again sponsored ‘The
Producers’; a Musical
Theatre Play on 1st March,
2010 at PNCA. The play was
attended by the pioneers in
Telecom and Infrastructure
Development. KHL also
extended the invitation to all
its customers and partners to
be part of that event
night.KHL has always
marked its presence by also
participating in International
conferences and events. KHL
participated in ITCN Asia
2009, one of the biggest IT &
Telecom for the year 2009.
Secretary Cabinet
Division, Abdul Rauf
Chaudhry, presented gold
medals to the winners of the
competition during a Siddique Khokhar were also
ceremony with Chairman
PTA Dr Mohammed Yaseen
Telecom extravaganzas of
Pakistan, where most
significant brands of the
world were showcased.
Keeping up the tradition;
KHL will also participates in
the upcoming GITEX 2010 in
UAE.

Zong introduces
‘Achi Sim’
Zong has introduced new
package to its customers
‘Achi SIM’. The customers
can avail 300 free minutes
for first year and use 25
minutes per month along
with free value added
services as one free ringtone,
one free dialtune, one free
wallpaper.

presiding over the moot.
Members (Finance)
PTA, Syed Nasrul Karim
Ghaznavi, and Member
(Technical) PTA, Dr Khawar
present on the occasion. The
event was attended by
faculty members of the
universities, parents of the
award winning researchers
and representatives of the
industry.
On the basis of
highest obtained marks for
research projects were
selected for the award of Rs
50,000 each and gold
medals for the 12
participants of these
projects. Addressing the
ceremony, Secretary
Cabinet Division Abdul Rauf
Chaudhry said that PTA has
National
and that to using a
renewable energy solution,”
he added.
“Telenor Pakistan
continues to work towards
our commitment to extend
the power of
telecommunications to the
remotest corners of the
country,” said Khalid
Shehzad, Chief Technology
Officer, Telenor Pakistan.
“Living up to this promise,
however, necessitated some
out of the box thinking. The
off grid site solution from
Orascom Telecom may
acquire microfinance bank
Lahore: Orascom
Telecom, parent
organisation of Pakistan’s
leading cellular company,
is in talks to acquire a
microfinance bank in order
to enter the financial
business and strengthen its
appearance in the country.
A delegation of Orascom
comprising almost seven
taken this initiative
proactively which should be
appreciated and followed by
the whole telecom industry
especially by the operators
to take maximum advantage
from the research work of
these young scholars.
Chairman PTA said
that as reflected from the
telecom indicators, growth
in the telecom sector has
been immense in the recent
past years.
Similarly education
sector has also shown
tremendous growth in terms
of adding an increased
number of educational and
professional institutions,
development of faculty and
students' enrollments
whereas growth in research
on IT & Telecom in Pakistan
has not been proportionate,
he added.

Synopsis
Nokia-Siemens Networks
provided the answer that
we were looking for and
now because of this
incredible opportunity,
thousands are enjoying
mobile connectivity” he
added.
Universal Service Fund
(USF) and Telenor Pakistan
entered in the contract to
provide basic telephony
and data services in un-
served areas of Mirpurkhas
Sindh in 2009.

members including the
former CEO Mobilink
Zohair Khaliq is currently
in Pakistan to look this
deal. In this regard the first
round of talk between the
Orascom people and State
Bank of Pakistan (SBP) was
already held while the
company has seriously
been looking to acquire the
microfinance bank in order
to improve the mobile
commerce services.
The team of Orascom
has been looking into legal
matters, regulations and
other issues concerned in
this regard.

NWFP Assembly
passes resolution
ban on night
package
Peshawar: Following the
resolution passed in Punjab
Assembly, NWFP Assembly
has also passed a resolution
to put immediate ban on late
night calling packages. In fact
they went even further and
demanded ban on SMS
packages too. Some may term
the SMS part little harsh, but
night packages are not seen
well by many eyes.
By the way, Punjab
Assembly passed a similar
resolution; however, mobile
companies are still offering
night packages with
full glory.
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Warid appoints Muneer Farooqui as new CEO
Lahore: Warid Telecom
Private Limited, the
country's 3rd largest
cellular operator,
announced that its Board
of Directors has appointed
Muneer Farooqui as
company's new Chief
Executive Officer (CEO).
Prior to the appointment
he served as Chief
Executive Officer of Warid
Bangladesh. He has almost
20 years experience in
telecom industry of
Pakistan and abroad.
Chief Executive Officer
HP introduces cost savings,
energy savings printers for SMBs
Lahore: HP announced its
comprehensive suite of
printing solutions and
programmes to help small
and medium businesses
(SMBs) obtain more value
from their IT investments in
this challenging economic
climate. Aimed at helping
SMBs urgently address
increasing budgetary
pressures, the new suite of
printing solutions and
programmes enables SMBs to
drive down printing costs and
to reduce energy use, leverage
print management tools to
further reduce costs and
renew their printer fleet.
Dramatically drive down
business costs with the new
HP Officejet Pro series OJ Pro
Nokia-Siemens,
LG achieve record
LTE data speed
Nokia Siemens Networks
(NSN) and LG Electronics
have achieved a Long Term
Evolution (LTE) downlink
data transfer rate of 100
megabits per second (Mbps),
the maximum speed for a
Class 3 LTE terminal. In LTE,
user equipment is categorised
into classes based on its
potential uplink and downlink
data rates. Class 3 terminals
are expected to be the first
widely used commercial LTE
terminals when they are
88 launched later in 2010.

(CEO), Warid wish him great success."
International, Bashir A. New
Tahir has said: "We are
pleased to appoint Muneer
Farooqui as Warid
Telecom's new Chief
Executive Officer (CEO).
He is a talented and
seasoned professional and
his unparalleled leadership
expertise and extensive
experience will enable
Warid Pakistan to reach
new heights. We have some
great expansion plans and,
on behalf of the Board, I New CEO Warid Telecom
warmly welcome him and
8500 AiO and OJ Pro 8000
which deliver up to 50 per
cent cost-per-page (CPP) and
energy savings compared to
laser printers (1, 2, 3). The
new printers can improve
business productivity for a
lower price than a color laser.
In addition, Instant-on
Technology found in HP
LaserJet devices provides up
to 50 per cent energy use over
traditional fusing.

All solutions under PTCL One Stop Shop
Islamabad: Pakistan
Telecommunication
Company Ltd (PTCL) has set
up One Stop Shops (OSS) to
make customer’s access
easier and convenient. These
shops offers one window
operations i.e. a host of
products and services which
include order booking for
PSTN, broadband, Smart TV;
sale and support for wireless
local loop and EVO wireless
broadband; billing services;
general inquiries;
information services and
complaint handling.
There are 129 shops setup
at different strategic
locations in many cities and
towns across Pakistan. One
Stop Shops are handled by
CEO Warid
Muneer Farooqui
wi-tribe receives Platinum recognition
Islamabad: wi-tribe has
announced its recognition by
ACCA Pakistan, as an
approved employer at the
Platinum level entailing
Professional and Trainee
Development.
Under this programme
wi-tribe will receive a
tailored package of services
designed to help attract,
develop and retain high
caliber accounting and
finance professionals. ACCA
will provide account
management support for the
development and retention
of wi-tribe’s finance
professionals with the
assistance of a dedicated
resource. Other benefits will
dedicated staff of 700 well-
trained customer services
representatives and
Supervisors to facilitate our
customers. These OSS shops
are also provided with
upgraded and unmatched
modern ambiance along with
the state of art IT systems in
place to provide unmatched
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Pakistan, Muneer Farooqui
has said, "I am truly
delighted to have the
opportunity to contribute
towards Warid Pakistan's
progress. In less than 5
years, Warid family has
grown over 18 million
customers with a market."
substantial market share of
almost 20 percent.
Certainly it is tremendous
progress and I seriously
think that Pakistan's
cellular market has a lot of
potential”.
“I believe quality of
include participation
opportunity in ACCA events
and publications at national
and international level and
cutting-edge research in this
field.
“We are thrilled to be
recognised by the ACCA for
services to the PTCL
consumers.
Our customer services
representatives at the OSS
are provided with regular and
periodic trainings on
products and services to keep
them up-to-date. They are
also provided with current
information on all the new
promos and offerings for
better customer handlings.
Soft skills training are also
regularly provided so that our
representatives always
present a friendly and
courteous to handle
customers from varying
backgrounds and different
walks of lives.
SEVP Commercial
Naveed Saeed marked the
service and customer care
are the two important areas
where we can get
competitive edge. I am
confident and determined
that Warid Pakistan is fully
positioned to set excellence
benchmarks for the
He said. Farooqui
started his professional
journey in the
telecommunication arena
in 1993 and served in
various capacities till
2004.

our efforts to train and
empower our workforce. The
programme will greatly
benefit our financial
departments and help wi-
tribe move into the future,”
said Sami Hinedi, wi-tribe
Group CEO.

setup of these shops a
milestone in the way of PTCL
becoming a more customer-
oriented organisation. He
said this step indicates PTCL
commitment to provide our
consumers with products and
services within their reach,
being offered from a platform
of highest quality.
EVP Customer Care Jamil
A. Khawaja said a special
focus has been on the
training of the staff to ensure
courteous and friendly
behaviour. Our prime focus is
to make our team fully
equipped to handle any query
about PTCL products and
services and capable to
handle customers from all
walks of life.

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KHL signs 2G to 3G swap
project with NSN
Islamabad: Along with
successful OFC turnkey
project completions with
various telecom companies
KHL has now signed yet
another contract with Nokia-
Siemens Network. This
project would require
swapping equipment from 2G
to 3G on telco sites. 3G or 3rd
Generation is a family of
standards for mobile
telecommunications defined
by the International
PM media cell operate GMail account
A local television showed
and disclosed an email sent
from PM cell. The email
address was mentioned as
pmmediaoffice@gmail.com. It
is really shocking and
astonishing that the Prime
Minister of Islamic Republic of
Pakistan has not official
mailing address and
government official channel is
using GMail account. What is
going on here? Thought it was
some kind of a mistake so I just
search the email address and I
found the exact email address.
Exact Match!!. Check it out for
yourself here
http://asiapacfic.ifj.org/en/
articles/appeal-to-goverment-
Sony opens its 3rd outlet
Karachi: Sony Pakistan
has opened its 3rd Sony
world flagship outlet at
Defence Karachi. This is the
9th Sony World outlets in
Pakistan. At the inauguration
ceremony "Scratch and Win"
scheme was also launched
where the customers were
given a chance to try their
luck and win Sony products.
Country Head Sony Pakistan, Mr Mukaida, Director Pan Pacific, Manzoor
Khan inaugurated the Sony outlet in Karachi.
Telecommunication Union,
which includes UMTS,
CDMA2000 and WiMAX.
Services include wide-area
wireless voice telephone,
video calls, and wireless data,
all in a mobile environment.
Compared to 2G and 2.5G
services, 3G allows
simultaneous use of speech
and data services and higher
data rates.
As the world moves
forward embracing
technology one step further,
KHL follows suite in pursuit
of perfection while Linking
places…. Linking people.

to-protect-targeted-journalists-
in-pakistan
When we have all official IT
infrastructures to help the
cause then why do they use the
GMail account?
When we have Electronic
Government Directorate to
enhance the efficiency of the
government, then why do we
have GMail account for official
purpose?
When we have official
email addresses backed by
government own IT
infrastructure, then why do we
keep our mails on public
servers?
When there is petty
amount of tax-payers money
going to the pockets of
providers of securing
government communication,
then why do we rely on freely
available email address?

The ceremony
inaugurated by Country
was
Head Sony Pakistan, Mr
Mukaida. Others guests
present at the opening were
Manzoor Khan, Director Pan
Pacific Electronics, Zaher
Ahmad, National Sales
Manager Pakistan, and
Khalid Saeed, Marketing
Head Pakistan.

National Synopsis
Taimur joins M.Com Laptops and
Taimur Ali Khan has He pursued his higher
handsets
been appointed Regional education in Business
Director Lahore, M.Com Studies at Sydney counterfeited
Private Limited. Earlier, he International College of Karachi: Directorate of
performed his dutyas Business, Australia. During Intelligence and
Group Account Director for his degree Taimur got Investigation FBR has
Evernew Concepts (Pvt) intrigued by the concept of counterfeited worth of
Ltd. “Marketing”. Therefore, he million of rupees mobile
He is one of the most came back to Pakistan and phones and laptops.
inspiring figures of the engaged in his ambitions FBR team raided the
advertising world amidst by ending up doing an MBA limit of Jinnah
the chaotic situation he in Marketing from National International Airport and
slowly and gradually made College of Business recovered more than 60
a name for himself, as a Administration & handsets and 18 latest
force to be reckoned with. Economics.
laptops.

President Mobilink recognises for
directs ban on marketing excellence
used computers
President Asif Ali Zardari
has directed to the Ministry of
Information and Technology
to prepare a draft summery
for a ban on the import of
used computers.
Lahore: VP Marketing, Mobilink, Bilal Munir Sheikh, receives Marketing
Excellence Award from MD, EFU Insurance Saifuddin Zoomkawala.
The importers of branded
Mobilink has been President Marketing
computers have hailed the
recognised for Marketing Mobilink Bilal Munir Sheikh
decision but importers of
Excellence by the Marketing for outstanding performance
used computers vendor/seller
Association of Pakistan in the field of marketing and
lamented the decision and
(MAP). management and for making
said the prices go high by four
The MAP Marketing a significant difference in the
times at least and out of reach
Excellence Award for 2009 Organisation’s standing in the
to the poor people.

has been conferred to Vice- Corporate Sector.

NSN regains No. 2 position Cricketer
in vendor rankings Mohammad
According the report of cent market share) helped by
Asif launches
Dell’Oro is well trusted an acquisition of assets of website
industry analyst and source bankrupt Nortel
for market information about 2. Nokia Siemens
the networking and Networks (21 per cent market
telecommunications share)
industries. Nokia Siemens 3. Huawei (20 per cent
Networks has regained market share)
number two position in Nokia Siemens Networks
vendor rankings for mobile is one of the largest
network infrastructure telecommunications Lahore: Fast bowler
market in the Dell'Oro Q4 solutions suppliers in the Mohammad Asif has launched
Mobility Report 2009 world. Nokia Siemens his own official website
Nokia Siemens Networks Networks was created as the http://www.mohammadasif.com.
reclaimed the position backed result of a joint venture He launched his personal
by 10 new 3G contracts won between Siemens AG's COM website for his fans worldwide,
in Q4 2009. division (minus its Enterprise which taken so many months
The overall picture in the business unit) and Nokia's to get completed.

mobile network gear market: Network Business Group.

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1. Sony Ericsson (35 per
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ederal Minister for Postal Service, Israrullah
F Zehri has said that Pakistan Post plans to
set up more than 700 new post offices at the
union council level across the country has
been submitted to the Establishment Division.
He added that 60 new vehicles have been
purchased to update the Post Office transport fleet,
which is used for transportation of mail and cash
shipment.
Zehri said three new postal circles also
established in Hyderabad, Multan and Rawalpindi
to strengthen the administrative setup.
"Keeping in view the requirement of Balochistan,
49 post offices have been established by transferring
120 posts from other circles," he said.
He said the Benazir Income Support Programme
(BISP) was launched in December 2008 to provide
cash assistance to the low-income groups affected
during the last three years due to high inflation. "It
aims at disbursing the amount through money
orders to deserving women in all the provinces,
FATA, Azad Kashmir, Northern Areas and
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Islamabad," he added.
The Minister said the task entrusted to the
Pakistan Post by the government was being
accomplished well. Out of 7,479,522 money orders
for Rs. 25.7 billion, money orders of Rs. 24.3 billion
have been successfully delivered to the beneficiaries
at their doorsteps.
He said the Pakistan Post, being a service
provider, trying to improve quality of its service.
Notable achievements were to establish
countrywide Express Post Service, Time Sensitive
Mail, computerisation and automation of postal
locations to provide track and trace facility to
masses, cash assistance to low-income groups
through money orders in BISP and Punjab Food
Support Scheme.
"Better arrangement and service to the
customers regarding in bound Western Union
remittances and disbursement of micro finance
loans, better facilities for 1.3 million pensioners,
promotion of Saving Schemes, facility of depositing,
utility bills are other services being provided by the
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post offices," he added.
He said under a progressive policy, Pakistan Post
has been transformed into a modern and fully
computerised organisation to compete with the
private couriers.
The Minister said that the Ministry has set up 25
smart and small centers throughout the country for
efficient service to masses. The centers are fully
operational, adding that another 100 such centers
are being planned.
"Web-enabled tracking and monitoring system
has been developed and implemented for the
scheme and an amount of Rs. 9.8 billion disbursed
among the families below the poverty line," he
added.
He said that in order to extend the micro finance
facility at the grassroots level scheme was launched
in partnership with the First Micro Finance Bank,
adding that the loan size was upto the limit of Rs
15,000 per village council. As many as 52,010 loans
amounting to Rs. 708.188 million have been
disbursed to village councils.
"During 2008-09 about 1000 vacant posts were
filled by direct recruitment after observing all
prescribed formalities" he added.
An initial allocation of Rs.100 million has been
made to the Pakistan Postal Service (PPS) in the
current financial year.
Talking to news agencies about the overall
performance of Pakistan Post, Minister for Postal
Service Israrullah Zehri said that Pakistan Post has
prepared an Express programme for the first time
in the country and the institution was considered
for allocation under Public Sector Development
Programme (PSDP).

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Microsoft uses law to cripple Microsoft got a US judge

hacker spam network
San Francisco: Microsoft
combined technology with an
"extraordinary" legal
maneuver to cripple a
massive network of hacked
computers that had been
flooding the Internet with
spam. The software titan's
Digital Crime Unit got
clearance from a US judge to
virtually sever the cyber
criminals' command
computers from hundreds of
thousands of machines
world-wide infected with a
Waledac virus said recently.
"We decided the best
tactic would be to literally
build a wall between the bot-
herder, the command
computer, and all of the other
computers - effectively
cutting the umbilical cord,"
said Microsoft attorney
Richard Boscovich.
to grant an ex parte
temporary restraining order
that let the firm erect the
cyber blockade without
warning bot-herders, masters
of the "botnet."
"It was of crucial
importance that when we
went out to sever the
connection between the bot
herder and the bots, that
severing had to be done
without him knowing," said
Boscovich, who works in the
digital crime unit.
Hackers typically infect
computers with malicious
codes by tricking owners into
clicking on booby-trapped
email messages or Internet
links that plant viruses.

Etisalat launches
operations in Sri Lanka
UAE operator Etisalat has
launched its operations in
Colombo, Sri Lanka after its
acquisition of the Tigo mo-
bile firm, targeting 1 million
customers by the end of the
year. Etisalat acquired a 100
percent stake in Tigo Sri
Lanka, a subsidiary of Milli-
com International Cellular,
for an enterprise value of
USD 207 million. Etisalat is
expected to bring in HSPA+
on the network, with a con-
nectivity speed of 28 Mbps,
on par with the company's
operations worldwide, Eti-
salat chief technical officer
Sanath Pilapitiya expressed
in media briefing held in
Colombo.
Within one year, the com-
pany will be rolling out 1,500
2G base stations and 500 3G
base stations island wide,
Etisalat Lanka CEO Dumin-
dra Ratnayaka told the
media. This is set to take
place in all the major towns
in the country. Etisalat
launched its coverage in
Jaffna during the mini Info-
tel exhibitions scheduled re-
cently.

Users Creating 50 million Google acquires 10 billion songs downloaded

'tweets' a day
Washington: Twitter
users are creating 50 million
of messages of 140
characters or less each per
day, the micro-blogging
service said on February 22.
Kevin Weil, a member of
Twitter's analytics team,
said in a blog post that
Twitter users were writing
5,000 "tweets" per day in
2007, 300,000 per day in
2008 and 2.5 million per
day in 2009.
"Tweets grew 1,400
percent last year to 35
million per day," Weil said.
"Today, we are seeing 50
million tweets per day -
that's an average of 600
tweets per second."
Weil said the 50-million
figures do not include
messages from accounts
identified as spam. The
number of actual "tweets"
delivered is far higher
because many messages are
delivered to multiple
accounts, he added.

photo-editing
site Picnik
Google has acquired Pic-
nik, an online photo-editing
service. Picnik allows users to
crop, touch up and add effects
to photos from the web
browser, without download-
ing software. Users can im-
port photos from other sites
such as Facebook, Picasa or
Flickr and then save edited
photos in the cloud. Google
said the service would con-
tinue as normal, as it works
on integration with other
Google services.
No financial details were
released. Picnik said it has
around 20 employees and re-
ceives "millions" of visitors to
its site each month.

from Apple's iTunes
Washington: The 10 the landmark download,
billionth song was Apple provided a list of the
downloaded from Apple's all-time top songs on iTunes.
iTunes on February 24, The iTunes Music Store was
seven years after the launch launched in 2003 at a time
of the online store which
provided a lifeline to the
struggling music industry.
"10 billion songs
downloaded from iTunes.
And counting," read an
online counter at the Apple
website.
The California Company
behind the iPod, iPhone and
Macintosh computer had
promised a 10,000-dollar when the music industry
iTunes gift card to the was struggling with digital
person who downloaded the piracy and plummeting
10-billionth song. To mark album sales.

million adults, do not have Senior citizens trailed the

US one-third population don’t have
broadband at Home
Washington: Some 93
million Americans, one-third
of the US population, do not
have high-speed Internet
connections at home,
according to a survey released
on February 23. The National
Broadband Plan Consumer
Survey by the Federal
Communications
Commission (FCC) found that
78 percent of adult Americans
are Internet users, connecting
to the Web from home or
elsewhere.
Eighty million adults and
13 million children over the
age of five do not have home
broadband, according to the
survey of over 5,000 adult
Americans conducted in
October and November.
Six percent of adult
Americans are still using dial-
up connections. The survey
was conducted ahead of the
National Broadband Plan
which the FCC is to deliver to
the US Congress by March 17
outlining how to extend
affordable world-class
broadband service to the
entire United States.
"We need to tackle the
challenge of connecting 93
million Americans to our
broadband future," FCC
chairman Julius
Genachowski said in a
statement. "In the 21st
century, a digital divide is an
opportunity divide," he said.
home broadband because national average with just 35
they lack the digital skillspercent of those over the age
while 19 percent, or 15 million
of 65 reporting broadband
adults, said they do not have
service at home. In other
"To bolster American
home broadband because the findings, 56 percent said
competitiveness abroad and
Internet is not relevant to there is too much
create the jobs of the future
their lives. pornography and offensive
here at home, we need to
Some 40 percent of low- material online while 39
make sure that all Americans
income Americans, those percent said it is too easy for
have the skills and means to
with annual household
personal information to be
fully participate in the digital
incomes of 20,000 dollars orstolen.
economy." The survey
less, have home broadband, Besides Internet use, the
identified affordability, digital
compared with 91 percent of survey also found that 86
literacy and relevance as the
percent of Americans have a
three main barriers to wider
cellphone, 86 percent have
adoption of broadband.
either cable or satellite
Thirty-six percent of non-
television at home and 79
broadband adopters, or 28
percent have either a desktop
million adults, said they do
or a laptop computer at home.
not have home broadband
The Consumer Survey
because the monthly fee is too
interviewed 5,005 adult
expensive. On average,
Americans and has a margin
Americans pay 41 dollars a
of error of plus or minus 1.6
month for broadband service.
those in homes earning more percentage points.

Twenty-two percent, or 17 91
than 75,000 dollars a year.
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Airtel considers stake sale to
repay loans for Zain deal
Indian operator Bharti
Airtel held out the possibility
of issuing fresh shares or
divesting its holding in
telecommunication
infrastructure companies to
lighten the burden of debt it
must assume to fund its
planned acquisition of most
of the African operations of
Zain. Top executives at Airtel
told analysts in a conference,
that the purchase would be
funded by medium-term
debt, loans with a maturity
period between one and ten
Touchscreen device sales to grow 97%
The worldwide market for
touchscreen mobile devices
will surpass 362.7 million
units in this year, up to 96.8
percent from 2009 sales of
184.3 million units,
according to a study by
Gartner. By 2013,
touchscreen mobile devices
will account for 58 percent of
all mobile device sales
worldwide and more than 80
percent in developed
markets such as North
America and Western
Europe. With mobile phone
vendors now focused on
integrating touch
technologies, many are now
going a step further and
beginning to deliver user
interfaces that are truly
Internet
access is
basic right
worldwide
Almost four in five people
around the world believe that
access to the internet is a
fundamental right, a survey
conducted by GlobeScan. The
survey found that 87 per cent
of internet users felt internet
access should be the
"fundamental right of all
people.
“More than 70 per cent of
non-users felt that they
should have access to the net.
Overall, almost 79 per cent of
92 those questioned said they
years, which will then be
repaid with money generated
from operations as well as a
likely equity issue.
A final deal is expected to
be clinched by end-April or
mid-May.
Akhil Gupta, group
deputy CEO and MD of
Bharti Enterprises said that
the company will use a
combination of free cash
flow and equity to repay
debt. There is a possibility to
raise more equity at Airtel or
Bharti Infratel level, but it
optimised for touch input.
They are also increasing
their software skills to
deliver deeper integration of
touch UIs with the
underlying platform, rather
than software overlays.
From a sales volume
either strongly agreed or
somewhat agreed with the
description of the internet as
a fundamental right, whether
they currently had access or
not.
Countries such as Mexico,
Brazil and Turkey most
strongly support the idea of
net access as a right, the
survey found. The survey
shows that opinions
concerning government
oversight of some aspects of
the internet are not the same
everywhere.

has not taken any decision at both revenue market share
this point, he added.
Sunil Mittal, Bharti Airtel Ltd December, Bharti's net debt
Chairman
He also added that there and it had cash reserves of
will be an impact on earnings about INR 76 billion. Besides
in the short to medium term. the likely acquisition of Zain
Airtel joint MD Manoj Kohli in Africa, the company needs
said that within a year or so money to acquire a 3G
of the takeover, the company licence and operate the
should be able to improve service.

perspective, Asia/Pacific is
the leading region for
touchscreen mobile devices.
In this year, touchscreen
mobile device sales in
Asia/Pacific are projected to
surpass 129.1 million units,
accounting for 35.6 percent
of the global market. By
comparison, Western
Europe and North America
are expected to account for
26.8 percent and 24.4
percent of global
touchscreen mobile device
sales. Looking at penetration
of touch devices as part of
overall sales in their regions,
however, Western Europe
leads the way with 49
percent, followed by North
America at 46.65 percent.

YouTube turns on
captions on videos
YouTube is adding
captions to millions of
Internet videos.
The feature unveiled
expands upon speech-
recognition technology that
YouTube began using to
make captions available on a
limited number of videos late
last year.
YouTube’s audience will
be able to request captions at
the press of a button. Video
producers will also be able to
download the automated
captions and improve upon
them.
For now, YouTube’s
captioning tool will only
work on videos with English
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and EBITDA margins.
Bharti group CEO Sunil
Mittal attempted to convince
the sceptics and sought
support from stakeholders
for an acquisition that would
make Bharti the world's
seventh-largest mobile
phone operator by
subscribers. At the end of
was just 0.1 times its equity
Orange
Jordan
launches 3G
network
Orange Jordan has
launched its 3G+ network, ex-
pecting that some two million
Jordanians will be covered by
the service by the summer of
this year. The 3G services will
be offered in the market in
three phases, Orange Jor-
dan's CEO Nayla Khawam
said during the launch in
Amman. Under the first
phase, the services will ini-
tially cover west Amman,
Irbid and Zarqa, while in
April the network coverage
will expand to cover the entire
capital. Orange also plans to
cover Aqaba with 3G services
by late April.

audio, although there are
plans to include more
languages. The English
audio, however, can be
translated into 50 different
languages.
YouTube, owned by
Google, is the Web’s most
popular video site. Its users
upload about 28,800 hours
of videos each day.

MTS cuts 3G
handset prices
by 20%
Russian mobile operator
MTS announced that it has
cut prices of handsets sup-
porting 3G by up to 20 per
cent at its retail outlets. The
20 per cent discount is valid
for subscribers purchasing
handsets from RUB 2,790 by
30 April. A 10 per cent dis-
count is offered on cheaper
phones. The operator esti-
mates that 13 per cent of
handsets used in Russia sup-
port 3G. MTS operates 3G
networks in 65 cities across
the country.

Over 71
million
Europeans
use mobile
phones for
internet
access
Over 71 million Europeans
use their mobile phones to
access the internet in a typical
week. Europeans spend
almost an hour a day and 6.4
hours per week going online
via their mobile, according to
a study by the European
Interactive Advertising
Association (EIAA). Almost a
quarter (24 per cent) of 16-24
year olds and 21 per cent of
25-34 year olds access mobile
internet services, spending
7.2 and 6.6 hours on it
respectively each week.
The internet continues to
prove a popular source of
entertainment with one
quarter of Europeans (25 per
cent) gaming or listening to
the radio online (25 per cent),
and one third watching films,
TV or video clips online (32
per cent) at least once a
month. Of the overall users of
internet-enabled handsets,
nearly 49 per cent claim to
receive video clips, websites
or images on their mobile and
80 percent said that they pass
on the content they receive.