03/12/13 ~ Mera Pak Watan

ASUS releases two new VivoBook notebooks starting at $699: ProPakistani

ASUS releases two new VivoBook notebooks starting at $699
PTCL Starts Blocking the Torrents
Nokia and Mobilink Collaborate to Promote WP8 in Pakistan
Telcos Lose 1.65 Million Customers in December 2012
Warid Brings the BlackBerry Z10 for Post-paid Customers
PTCL Holds HR Conclave 2013
Wateen to Deploy Fibre Optic Network in Sindh
Telenor Hum Qadam bags CSR National Excellence Award

ASUS releases two new VivoBook notebooks starting at $699

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 10:21 PM PDT

The list of Windows 8 running touchscreen laptops you can buy in the price bracket of $699 is not exactly big but companies like ASUS are trying their best to bring killer features without increasing the price too much. The new VivoBook S500 and S550 ultrabooks that it has released retail for $699 and $750 respectively. Specifications The cheaper of the two notebooks, the VivoBook [...]

PTCL Starts Blocking the Torrents

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:00 PM PDT

PTCL is said to be blocking torrent trackers in Pakistan for last 3 days, which has resulted into a complete blackout of torrent downloads/uploads in the country for customers who are using PTCL DSL and wireless broadband services. According to several reports that ProPakistani received from readers, all users are unable to keep track of torrent files and hence downloading torrent isn't possible for them [...]

Nokia and Mobilink Collaborate to Promote WP8 in Pakistan

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:58 PM PDT

Nokia Pakistan has joined hands with Mobilink, as a means of strengthening its local ecosystem partnerships as well as extending the availability of the Nokia Lumia WP8 range in Pakistan to bring better value propositions for consumers. As a result of this partnership, Mobilink will sell the Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 8 range as a special bundle offer including Nokia gear. The new Nokia Lumia [...]

Telcos Lose 1.65 Million Customers in December 2012

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 02:27 AM PDT

Telecom sector of Pakistan lost 1.65 million customers in December 2012 due to data clean-up of un-registered SIMs, said recent stats issued by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. This notable rate of churn is attributed to data clean-up and ban on sale of SIMs through retailers' network. It merits mentioning here that PTA – on directions of Interior Ministry – had directed all telecom operators to sell [...]

Warid Brings the BlackBerry Z10 for Post-paid Customers

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 01:32 AM PDT

Warid Telecom has announced the availability of new BlackBerry Z10 handset for its post-paid connections at the price of Rs. 59, 999. Ufone and Mobilink are also offering the Blackberry Z10 to its customers. The Blackberry Z10 is set to be the latest phenomena in smart phone technology introduced by BlackBerry previously known as RIM (Research in Motion), whose BlackBerry handsets are used by millions [...]

PTCL Holds HR Conclave 2013

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 01:25 AM PDT

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has organized a one-day HR Conference entitled HR Conclave 2013. The Talent Management & Learning function of HR at PTCL, in lieu of the strategic transformation of HR, joined hands to "Unleash HR Potential". The conference served as a shared platform for representatives of the HR Community at PTCL to recap the achievements of the past year while projecting towards [...]

Wateen to Deploy Fibre Optic Network in Sindh

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 01:15 AM PDT

Wateen Telecom has been awarded a PKR 449 million project to develop an extensive optical fibre network in Sindh. The USF Sindh project entails the laying of over (1,037) km of an optical fibre network in Southern Telecom Region. An amount of PKR 449 Million will be provided by USF in the form of a subsidy; the rest of the cost will be borne by [...]

Telenor Hum Qadam bags CSR National Excellence Award

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 08:47 PM PDT

Telenor Pakistan's corporate responsibility initiative Telenor Hum Qadam has won the 7th CSR National Excellence Award under the category of 'employee engagement', sponsored by Xcelerate Management Consultants UK, during a ceremony organized by the CSR Association of Pakistan in Karachi. The award recognized Telenor Pakistan for its commitment towards embedding sustainable thinking into organizational culture and in the process, supporting communities, especially in the areas [...]