KARACHI ( MEDIA )The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Pakistan would establish state-of-the-art Wi-Fi [hot spot] zones at all the CAA major airports in Pakistan to provide free internet service, according to a press release by the WiMAX giant Wateen Telecom. The CAA has selected Wateen Telecom as the exclusive Wi-FiRead More →
LAHORE ( TALHA REPORT ) THE PC-1 to equip the Punjab Police Department with modern technology has been prepared and will be presented to the Punjab Chief Minister for approval. This was stated by Chairman Police Reforms Committee and Minister for Environment Protection Department Col. (Retd.) Shuja Khanzada while presidingRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Mrs Anusha Rehman Khan Chair National ICT Fund board meeting. Mrs Anusha adviced company to enhance reserch and development activities. Universal Services Fund (USF) announced that it will establish tele centers in the rural areas across Pakistan. Ms. Anusha Rehman, Minister of state for IT, chaired a meetingRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) An MoU between Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) & Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT) for data center hosting facility was signed by the Hon. Minister of State for IT & Telecom, Ms. Anusha Rahman and President, PTCL, Mr. Waleed Irshad here today. This MoU will enable the MoITRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) In a nondescript, creeper-draped building in the capital of Islamabad, a small team of men is purging Pakistan’s Internet. Shadowy government officials are blocking thousands of pages deemed undesirable. But they are not fast enough. So the government is now testing Canadian software that can block millions ofRead More →
PESHAWAR (MEDIA) The Peshawar High Court (PHC) was told here on Thursday that the government has decided to continue blocking the YouTube in the country out of respect for public sentiments and also due to non-availability of technical solution to block 100 percent any blasphemous content. The Ministry of InformationRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) A meeting to discuss the blasphemous material and the ban on YouTube turned into an exchange of abuses on Monday and the Pakistan Telecom Authority lobbed the issue in the court of parliament, asking legislators to pass a new law and create a new set-up to decide whatRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the largest Information Communication Technology (ICT) service provider in Pakistan, has today inked an agreement for providing Cloud Computing Services to Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU). Under the umbrella of Cloud Computing Services, PTCL shall be offering the Web Space, Email, Unified CollaborationRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Under the chairmanship of Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Chairman Senate Committee on Defence and Defence Production, first meeting of Cyber Security Task Force was held in Parliament House, Islamabad in which senior representatives of relevant public and private sector organizations, parliamentarians, government ministries, academia and media persons participated.Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( SPECIAL REPORT ) For many Pakistani’s, access to global information, on-line education and international markets has been limited in the past. This was mainly due to low proliferation of internet and high running cost. These barriers were restricting reach of information to under privileged areas and cities outsideRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Google is the latest name to be linked to an acquisition of mobile messaging phenomenon WhatsApp, with a report from Digital Trends claiming the deal could be valued close to $1 billion. Talks between the two firms are believed to have started last month, with WhatsApp reported toRead More →
Islamabad Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the largest Information Communication Technology (ICT) service provider in the country, has today launched a first of its kind end-to-end solution, ‘Managed WAN Service’, for its corporate customers. The service was launched at a seminar in Islamabad, in the presence of large number ofRead More →