Investment

Silence from Telcos - Is Everything Alright?

Cellular companies of Pakistan are facing some tough time inside, as reported by an inside official of a cellular company. They are apparently facing bunch of problems in parallel. These problems are making Think Tanks to decisively operate their minds and bring the lost glory of mobile phone companies.
Mobilink is worst hit of current situation, [...]

Telenor to Invest $2.5 Bln; if 3G License Granted

Cellular News has reported while quoting CEO Telenor International that they have plans to invest further 2.5 billion dollars in Pakistan if they get 3G license from PTA.
We were having mixed feedback from cellular companies operating in Pakistan regarding 3G operating in Pakistan. Even Tore Johnson,  former CEO Telenor Pakistan, few months back showed his [...]

ITCN Asia 2008 - Where is the Coverage?

ITCN Asia 2008 was concluded today after running a three day show at Expo Center Karachi. I hope this mega technology event of Pakistan remained superb. It’s a matter of fact that I don’t know much about what actually happened there, either due to my poor googling capabilities or there is actually no material available [...]

Pentium 4 on Sale @ Rs. 399 Per Kilo

I had heard from someone that wholesale computers are sold by weighting them. But now the time has come where this idea is being floated into retail market.
Yea man… now this chap in Karachi is selling Penitum 4 at Rs. 399 per Kilo…That’s really interesting. Furthermore, the banner ad (written in Urdu) mentions that a [...]

Obey us or Face us - A Message to Cellular Companies from Taliban

I have written in Past about the security concerns of Telecom companies, especially after employees of Warid Telecom and Mobilink were kidnapped from Northern Areas. But we are still to see a solid plan from cellular companies and the government to secure these telco employees.
There are several examples in the world where cellular companies hire [...]