SAN FRANCISCO ( MEDIA ) Four Silicon Valley companies including Apple and Google failed to persuade a US judge to sign off on a $324.5 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit by tech workers, who accused the firms of conspiring to avoid poaching each other’s employees. In a ruling onRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) along with Federal Investigation agency (FIA) has conducted three successful raids in Lodhraan and seized big operational illegal VoIP gateway exchanges. According to details PTA and FIA teams through combined efforts carried out raids at Sardar Shah Town, Lodhraan and confiscatedRead More →
ISLAMABAD (BMZ REPORT ) Mobilink has posted 8% decline in its quarterly revenues during Q2 2014 as compared to last year during the same duration, said a financial report published by company’s parent group VimpelCom. As per stats, Mobilink generated Rs. 26.3 billion during second quarter of FY 2014, downRead More →
MOSCOW ( MEDIA ) The individual responsible for one of the most significant leaks in US political history is Edward Snowden, a 31-year-old global surveillance whistleblower and former U.S. intelligence contractor, who has received a three- year residence permit from Russia, his lawyer announced on Today. “On the first ofRead More →
Grey networks cause loss of revenue for over USD 40 million per month LDI contributed US $ 30 million to install state of the art equipment for controlling grey trafficking Main cause of grey telephony is illegal and unmonitored issuance of mobile SIMs ISLAMABAD ( GUEST WRITER ) For yearsRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), largest ICT services provider of the country, today launched an online education program ‘Illuminating Learning Movement (ILM)’ aimed at providing customized and interactive e-learning solutions to underprivileged students. The program is being launched in collaboration with Click2Learn, which is aRead More →
**IHC, as alleged, was the brain child of Rehman Malik who had mobile business in UK. **International incoming call rates were rase up to 450% **ICH totally failed in reducing grey traffic ISLAMABAD ( GUEST WRITER ) In our beloved Pakistan our politicians, rulers and bureaucracy hand-in-glove due to theirRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) After the abolishment of International Clearing House it seems that Telenor is reverting back to its old policy of handling international calls by itself. Now it seems that Zong is following Telenor in this regard. When ICH was abolished by Ministry of Information and TechnologyRead More →
LAHORE ( MEDIA ) The government should speed up digitalisation of governance to bridge gap between the e-governed developed and technologically advanced economies and Pakistan, industry officials said on Friday. Raza Arshad, an information technology consultant, said it is an uphill task to govern Pakistan through the prevalent bureaucratic redRead More →
Fornebu ( BMZ REPORT ) Telenor Group, in collaboration with the Nobel Peace Center, invites youth to explore how mobile and digital communication can bring social change and create opportunities for all. Telenor Group will host its Youth Summit, in association with the Nobel Peace Center, from Dec. 9-11, 2014, inRead More →
NEW YORK (MEDIA ) Microsoft on Friday fired a legal salvo at long-time partner Samsung, accusing the South Korean giant of breaching a contract over licensing of technology used in the competitive smartphone market. “After becoming the leading player in the worldwide smartphone market, Samsung decided late last year toRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) As of August 2014, there are 15.4 million Pakistanis on Facebook, representing approximately 8.5 per cent of the country’s total population; a virtual city set to rival Karachi in terms of sheer numbers. Without a doubt, Facebook is Pakistan’s largest social network, and — unlike whenRead More →