11/12/12 ~ Mera Pak Watan

3G Likely to Get Further Delayed As PTA Fails to Finalize Consultant: ProPakistani

3G Likely to Get Further Delayed As PTA Fails to Finalize Consultant
Mobilink Signs Huawei And ALU for 3G Rollout
Telenor Launches Discounted Blackberry Packages
PM Inaugurates USF Optic Fiber Projects in Balochistan
Djuice Apportunity Holds Award Ceremony for Apps Developers

3G Likely to Get Further Delayed As PTA Fails to Finalize Consultant

Posted: 11 Nov 2012 10:03 PM PST

Auction of 3G license, that is long pending on cards, is likely to get delayed again as Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has failed to finalize the hiring of a consultant for carrying out 3G auction, told us a source close to the situation. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority had advertised for the need of a consultant, of an [...]

Mobilink Signs Huawei And ALU for 3G Rollout

Posted: 11 Nov 2012 09:26 PM PST

Mobilink has confirmed that its parent company, Orascom Telecom, has outsourced its network, including the design, purchase, deployment, and maintenance of next-generation mobile network equipment and supporting services, for the next 5 years to Huawei and Alcatel-Lucent. The country was divided into 3 regions out of which 2 have been awarded to the Chinese equipment [...]

Telenor Launches Discounted Blackberry Packages

Posted: 11 Nov 2012 08:29 PM PST

Following Ufone, Telenor Pakistan has introduced low-price tariff plans for Blackberry users in Pakistan. With limited functionality, Blackberry Social and Blackberry Complete by Telenor offers BIS services and unlimited internet (with fair usage policy in place) for Rs. 350 and Rs. 650 per month respectively. These new packages are available for Telenor Postpaid customers only. [...]

PM Inaugurates USF Optic Fiber Projects in Balochistan

Posted: 11 Nov 2012 08:08 PM PST

Raja Pervez Ashraf, Prime Minister of Pakistan inaugurated Optic Fiber Projects of Universal Service Fund in Balochistan. Universal Service Fund has been vigorously working in Balochistan province and through all these projects, more than 5,400 kms of Optic fiber cable is being laid due to which 74 tehsil HQs and towns are being connected. Around [...]

Djuice Apportunity Holds Award Ceremony for Apps Developers

Posted: 11 Nov 2012 08:02 PM PST

Telenor Pakistan djuice Apportunity competition ended with an award distribution ceremony this Saturday in Karachi. Apportunity invited students from different universities to create mobile phone applications (apps) in different categories. This year Apportunity attracted 1700 plus registrations from top eight universities across Pakistan. 83 apps were published and promoted for almost three months. The winners [...]