What happened to Pakistan’s Cellular Growth Rate?
As we saw a news yesterday, that cellular connections will now be posted directly to postal addresses instead of direct selling at franchisees (or other unauthorized outlets as well).
News was naturally not welcomed by the cellular companies, showing their concerns regarding the issue. Cellular companies believe that they are doing their best to curb sale [...]
Rumor: Mobilink and Link Dot Net Being (partially) Sold?
Don’t get shocked, this was just a rumor, and industry insiders have denied this news in any case. However, TheTechthurtle today morning claimed that UK based Vodafone and Orascom have closed a deal to sell 26% shares of Pakistan’s largest cellular company Mobilink to Vodafone. Blog, without citing any source, claims that both the companies [...]
Apple Opens its Retail Store in Lahore - iPhone Missing on Stands
Its quite an old news, but I thought my readers my like exploring it, along with some Pics of Apple’s existence may give a better idea about This Apple’s store in Lahore. US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne W Patterson herself had launched this Apple Computers store in Lahore around a month ago.
Apple’s debutant store in [...]
Ufone will Spend USD 200 Mln in 2008-09
Business Recorder has reported that Ufone will spend US 200 million dollars on its network expansion in current financial year to further expand its network.
We know that cellular companies are currently in phase of heavy network rollouts in un-served parts of the country. In given scenario, one may feel that this 200 million dollars may [...]
Indians Purchase 10,000 Phones per Hour; WOW
Cellular-News, quoting IDC India, has reported that Indian Handset market has seen 29 percent year-on-year growth, as total of almost 85 million phones were shipped into India from April 2007 to April 2008 in comparison with 66 Million handsets in same period previous year. In only first quarter, Indians shipped 22 million mobile phone units [...]






