Posted by: Aamir Attaa on December 23, 2008 at 6:03 PM
Data Solutions (Pvt) Ltd and Tracking World (Pvt) Ltd have released an update to their Pakistan Navigator map for Garmin GPS devices. We have discussed before on how these maps works on Garmin GPS devices in Pakistan.
This latest update in maps includes house number information for Islamabad and Lahore. Users will now be able to navigate directly to a house number for the following areas:
- Sector F-8, Islamabad
- Sector F-7, Islamabad
- New Garden Town, Lahore
- Muslim Town, Lahore
- Faisal Town (excluding Block D), Lahore
- DHA Phase I, Lahore
- Model Town (Blocks A, B, C, D, E, F, G & H), Lahore
There have also been improvements in the searching process. For example to search house 148, Block E, Model Town Lahore the following inputs are required:
- Select Country - Pakistan
- Select State/County - Punjab
- Select City - Lahore Model Town or Block E Model Town
- Select Number - 148
- Select Street - E
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Posted by: Bites85 on December 19, 2008 at 1:06 AM
Buying a mobile phone is not an easy task. Sometimes you make mistakes that you regret later on, as you try to get a mobile phone but fail to judge if it’s worth buying. By the way, just buying what is popular is not always a good idea. I have made this guide for you guys, so you can consider these things and buy the best phone in market. This will surely help you to buy a mobile that you will never regret later on.
Mobile Phone for Teens:
Price: Teens don’t earn their money. But love to have a fully loaded media mobile phone. Teens should consider their budget. Not everyone can buy an expensive mobile phone. See you budget range and then list out the mobile phones available in that range.
Structure Form: Mobile phones are basically available in three forms, Candy Bar, Slider and Flip. Candy bar has a drawback that if you don’t keep your keypad locked then you might be accidently dialing a call to your aunt in USA. In this case Slider and Flip are better as there keypad is not exposed. They are also of small size and more stylish. Teens mostly like small and stylish phones, so if you want to keep your phone in your tight jeans pockets, I would opine for Slider and Flip is what you should go for.
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on December 17, 2008 at 10:02 AM
Mr. Salman Wassay, Head of Marketing, Zong is the master mind behind Zong’s advertisements and media campaigns. It is his vision that Zong made an early impact over the industry and got its attention from mobile phone users of the country.
Mr. Salman Wassay was kind enough to give us the time and the opportunity to know his thoughts about Zong’s ongoing operations and its future face.
Let’s straight away get to the interview.
ProPakistani.com: How do you see Pakistan’s ongoing Telecom Growth and would you please mention upcoming Challenges and their possible remedies for the market?
Salman Wassay: The strong innate human need of live communication amongst each other makes mobile telephony a basic requirement for people across the globe with no real alternative. The telecom growth is natural and unstoppable, you can already see individuals that do not have a TV at home and cannot afford packaged milk but they use mobile phone frequently. Such is the power of telecommunication and that is why this industry is so different and much more dynamic than any other industry.
Pakistan has seen strong growth over the last 14 years. The subscriber number has surpassed 90 million mark and teledensity is over 54%. It was in 2005 that the industry gained real momentum when it crossed 10 million subscriber mark (12.7 million at the end of 2005). The growth has been upward of 80% per annum since then, totaling to over 90 million subscribers to date. In terms of geographical coverage more than 300 out of 376 tehsils of Pakistan have mobile network coverage. I believe that this growth phase will continue until the curve flattens out around 70% teledensity in next 3 years. This does not mean that the race is going to cool down, we have already started to witness the growth in number of minutes people are talking to each other and this is just the beginning.
The challenges for telecom industry are about to change very soon. As we get close to 70% teledensity, the priorities and focus is going to shift on retaining customers. This would mean a sincere effort by all operators to raise the quality of customer services and network. Understanding the customer from mobile usage and psychographic view point is going to be crucial as it will help the managers to offer targeted value added services. Industry will have to look out for alternate revenue streams such as broadband and auxiliary use of mobile handsets using GSM services. Youth is going to fuel the operators’ appetite for more subscribers as about 2 million youngsters are first time mobile users every year and about 55% of Pakistan population is less than 25 years of age. From organizational capability angle, a lot of professionalism and discipline is required to face the challenges of near future. The decisions that did not require much deliberation in the recent past would require in depth analysis and sound strategic thinking in the recent future. Good human resource and forward thinking is going to be pivotal for tomorrow’s success in telecom industry.
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Posted by: Abu Asma on December 15, 2008 at 8:52 PM
In my previous columns, I discussed the advertising industry and its relation with Telecom sector in detail. In this article my focal point will remain the banking sector and few of its ads. But before discussing the current banking situation, I want to overview previous few years regarding finances of Pakistan.
In previous regime, I mean Musharraf’s era, lots of new products evolved; like credit cards, ATMs, E- banking, small loans for common people and what not. We used to receive multiple calls a day from banks offering one or the other product. Tele sale representatives used make hundreds of calls daily to meet their targets. In short we had eight years of boom in banking sector with higher foreign reserves and stronger economy every month.
Instead of discussing rights and wrongs of that time, we need to focus on results.
Interest rates were as low as 9 or 10 % during that time. Even the Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) had come down to its lowest mark up of 11%; earlier on which was 18%. People withdrew their heavy amounts from banks and CDNS and invested millions in the property sectors; resultantly real estate industry touched new height of success, created plenty of jobs. We know that real estate industry boosts at least 10 other allied sectors. So during that era Bahria Town, Giga Mall, Emaar Pakistan and many other builders and developers were on the rise.
Apparently, from a layman’s viewpoint, policies then were business friendly, stability in the government and investors had the confidence to risk huge investment.
However, the situation has dramatically changed, as now banks are again hungry for funds. In the last few months or so, we have seen a new trend of advance profit in the banking sector. ABL, The Bank of Punjab, Atlas Bank have already announced the best possible advance profit for the customers who have money more than Rs. 50,000/- and want handsome profit immediately. ABL has offered Rs. 13,500, while Atlas Bank has offered 16,000 and last but not the least, The Bank of Punjab has offers Rs.19,900-advance profit for deposit of Rs. 100,000/- for a period of 18 months.
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on December 13, 2008 at 8:25 AM
Much Hyped third generation services surfaced Indian Capital yesterday when government-run Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) launched first Indian 3G network it presence of Mr. Manmohan Sing, Prime Minister of India. We are told that this is a soft launch with limited coverage even in New Delhi. MTNL’s statement said that commercial launch, tariffs and registrations will open in 2 months or so.
Featured Services MTNL will Offer includes
- Video Telephony – Customers will watch and talk simultaneously through Video Call.
- High speed internet for smart-phones and Laptop from 256 Kbps to 2 Mbps.
- Mobile TV
- Location surveillance
- Streaming Video on Demand
- Gaming and so on
So this was about India; now let’s get back to Pakistan, and discuss what prospects and challenges we have got when it comes to 3G network and its implementation in our country.
3G Network Prospects For Pakistan’s Market
Service with better value is always welcomed by the masses. In 3G services, customers can get data speed of up to 2Mbps, while the highest possible speed in GSM is only 50Kpbs and EDGE is 387Kbps (this max speed on GSM and EDGE can vary depending on network).
With emergence of 3G it will be something like transiting from Dial-up to Broadband; means no question, what’s so ever, for comparison, but the answer that “3G will rock”. Continue Reading This Story
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on December 12, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Guest Post by Nayni
Year 2008 is offering its last days to color it either with sorrow or joy. Everyone has a lot to talk about his experiences of this very year at all social, political and personal level. Like all other sectors, telecom sector is being viewed from different angles. I humbly accept that I know least about this sector. I am just a ‘user’, a person who is only interested to know about which company is the best service provider, which offers inexpensive calling rates and attractive packages.
I am sure that much professional analysis about the progress of Telecom Industry must be in queue. I, here, want to record my analysis, observation and concerns as a user.
In 2008 I never showed any regret about having a mobile phone. With each passing day I kept on hearing ‘great’ news about more and more reduction in calling rates. My bill cut to half as the result of growing competition in different companies. Inbox of my mobile always kept me smiling - of course my family and friends were also enjoying the ‘generosity’ of Ufone, Warid , Mobilink, Telenor and Zong. Second half of this year amazingly showed a considerable decrease in ‘wrong’ calls – Thanks to PTA that managed to have a check on SIMS with no ‘guardians’. I also observed better customer service, though I still hate to hear the ‘promotion packages’. Last but not least, who can forget the ‘sophisticated’ and ‘colorful’ war of these companies through advertisements on TV? Continue Reading This Story
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Posted by: Bites85 on December 12, 2008 at 4:10 PM
For last few years Pakistan has rapidly shown a growth in IT sector. Many new IT domains and startups have evolved and are providing the best services possible. Many technological trends are being adopted by the youth like freelance web development, designing, blogging and so on; but the activity that is most loved by teenagers is gaming.
These days guys and girls both love to play games especially online multiplayer games. Gone are the days of playing arcade games on computer - now it’s the online networking games’ culture. Groups of friends buckshot each other on MOHAA (Medal of Honor Allied Assault) or dominate each other on WOW (World of Warcraft). But to enjoy all these games not everyone has broadband connection at home. So, teens turn to gaming zones, the breeding place of future pro-gamers.
Daily thousands of teens go to gaming zones around the country, which is becoming an addiction now.
Going to gaming zones is not bad. Many kids go to become more efficient in their specific game or other just go occasionally to keep their gaming skills alive. But there are even boys who go twice a day and seven days a week to gaming zones. Continue Reading This Story
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on December 4, 2008 at 8:04 AM
We remember that PTCL offered its Free Unlimited Internet almost a month and half ago. The move by PTCL disfigured dial-up ISP businesses in the country, and they had no other option but to seek PTA for any solution.
It is told that there went plenty of hearings and discussions over the issue. After detailed discussions and deliberations, a new model for dialup ISPs is being emerged wherein all ISPs will provide free dialup access to the customers. ISPs would advertise/market their service on service quality, customer support, etc., and access would be open for all PTCL phone users to connect to Internet using any ISP’s username and password.
PTCL would charge one local call for every 20 minutes for Internet users and this revenue would be shared between PTCL (30%) and ISPs (70%). Continue Reading This Story
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