A Parliamentary Standing Committee has said that about 500 illegal telecom network which are operating in various part of the country, are posing a threat to the country’s security. It also criticized the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for reproducing already known information in vague manner in its response. “….they areRead More →
The GSMA and Bharti Infratel Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Wednesday to develop and promote green technologies for telecom tower infrastructure in India. The collaboration will entail working together to convert 1,000 Infratel towers into green sites, which will reduce greenhouse gas carbon emissions by almost 11,000 tonnesRead More →
Abu Dhabi (REPORT) Etisalat, the largest telecommunication company in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, has launched the first ever 3G services in Afghanistan through its arm “Etisalat’s Afghanistan”. The service agreement was signed by the Chairman of Afghanistan Telecommunication Regulatory Authority, H.E. Abdul Wakil Shergul and Etisalat’s Afghanistan CEO, AhmedRead More →
راولپنڈی غیر قانونی سوفٹ وئیر کے استعمال کی حوصلہ شکنی کے لئے حکومتی عزم کے تحت فیڈرل انویسٹی گیشن ایجنسی نے بغیر لائسنس کمپیوٹر سوفٹ وئیر استعمال کرنے پر کارپوریٹ کمپنی پر چھاپہ مارا۔ ایف آئی اے نے شکایت ملنے پر اس ہفتے ایک بڑیRead More →
ISLAMABAD (SPECIAL REPORT) The federal cabinet has reportedly extended financial benefit of Rs 2.3 billion to the fixed line telecom companies based on recommendations of ministerial committee headed by the Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gligit Baltistan, Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo. Official documents reveal that the Minister for Privatisation, GhausRead More →
MUMBAI—India’s telecom regulator plans to propose to the government that the license fees companies pay for services will continue to be non-refundable, indicating another setback for operators whose licenses are due to be revoked following a recent court order. India’s Supreme Court on Feb. 2 ordered the scrapping of 122Read More →
DELHI (INDIA) Telenor ASA, which is facing the risk of losing its permit to provide telecom services in India, sent a notice to the Indian government, claiming damages of $14 billion and threatening international arbitration if New Delhi fails to protect the Norwegian company’s investments, the Times of India reportedRead More →
Windows 8‘s Metro interface may be controversial, but it looks like few PC users will complain about the new operating system’s performance. The PCWorld Labs put the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 through a battery of tests and found it generally faster–sometimes a lot faster–than Windows 7. Our test systemRead More →
اسلام آباد ….. وفاقی کابینہ کے جمعرات کو ہونے والے اجلاس میں وزیراعظم یوسف رضا گیلانی اور ان کے ایک وزیر نے کابینہ سے ایک ایسا ناقابل یقین فیصلہ کرایا ہے جسے گیلانی حکومت کا ’تازہ ترین سکینڈل‘ کہا جا سکتا ہے کیونکہ دس ٹیلی کام کمپنیوں کو وہ دوRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( SPECIAL FOR TELECO ALERT ) FOR FOUR DAYS THAT I WAS IN UKRAINE THE MAXIMUM TEMP. WAS MINUS 2 C AND THANKS TO LANGUAGE ISSUE, “BREAKING THE ICE” WASN’T ALL THAT EASY EITHER! But two things I couldn’t help noticing. The first thing was that despite the hugeRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Poor public response to the nationwide three-week display of preliminary electoral rolls (PERs) has disappointed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), as only 6 million availed the voter SMS facility while around 6 million visited the display centres to check the related information. PERs consisting of over 83Read More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) The government could not finalise the new schedule for the auction of 3G licences on as two key ministers were not present at the meeting. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) could not present fresh dates for the auction and reiterated its old stance of completing the transaction in theRead More →