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Predictions for 2013: Telecom and Broadband Sectors: ProPakistani

Predictions for 2013: Telecom and Broadband Sectors
Sikandar Naqi Joins Zong
Pakistan Crosses 8 Million Facebook Users
Mobile Operating Systems in 2012
Pakistani Telecom Professional Wins Kofi Annan Fellowship

Predictions for 2013: Telecom and Broadband Sectors

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 06:48 AM PST

اسے اردو میں پڑھیے 2012 remained bumpy for Telecom Sector, especially for the cellular mobile sector. Price war, lowering ARPUs, devaluating currency, energy crisis and tough economic situations persisted throughout year to give the industry a tough time. Saturating market, cellular suspensions, hard and at times vicious regulatory decisions worsened the year for telecom service [...]

Sikandar Naqi Joins Zong

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 01:08 AM PST

اسے اردو میں پڑھیے Sikandar Naqi, the Senior Executive Vice President – Corporate Development, PTCL, has joined Zong, we have confirmed with sources who are directly aware of this development. Mr. Sikndar Naqi is reportedly not given any portfolio at Zong for now. Currently his position at company is said to be an advisor to [...]

Pakistan Crosses 8 Million Facebook Users

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 10:06 PM PST

اسے اردو میں پڑھیے With the end of 2012, Pakistan made an evident increase in social media stream. According to statistics revealed by Social Bakers, users of social networking website, Facebook, in Pakistan have crossed the eight million mark with the presence of 8,008,720 users at Facebook from Pakistan. Number of Facebook users in Pakistan [...]

Mobile Operating Systems in 2012

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 09:56 PM PST

Simply said, 2012 was the year of the Androids. It didn't only win new acquisitions in smartphone market but also snatched market-share of other operating systems (See table below). Clearly it continued to increase its share in the market. Other Mobile Operating Systems in the market continued to get customers as well and some of [...]

Pakistani Telecom Professional Wins Kofi Annan Fellowship

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 08:17 PM PST

When it comes to professional and academic excellence, Pakistani professionals are no lesser than any other nation in the world. Indeed it's a matter of great pride and pleasure for Pakistani people in general and the telecom industry in particular that Mr. Tauseef Afzal, a Pakistani telecom professional has won the prestigious Kofi Annan Fellowship. [...]