Posted by: Aamir Attaa on September 26, 2008 at 3:38 AM
Mobilink and Ufone quickly responded, like a rocket, to a move made by Telenor yesterday to charge additional 5 percent on all scratch cards and balance share reloads. We are missing Warid and Zong in this charges Gang.
So all Mobilink, Ufone and Telenor prepaid customers, don’t mind if you are deducted additional Rs. 5 when you load a Rs. 100 card. Now you guys will get Rs. 86 in you balance on Rs. 100 card reloads.
Update: Zong and Warid are also charging 5 percent on all card reloads and balance exchanges
Postpaid customers are currently spared from these service charges, but they must fasten their seat belts to absorb any shock in coming days, under the name of service charges (or say them over charges).
Hopefully cellular companies will not compete on these service charges. Apparently all cellular companies are following same rate (primarily set by Telenor, 5 percent), if not the case we may see hike in these service charges in coming months.
On a general note, Government should re-consider taxes on telecom services, in order to keep the growth intact. They must reduce taxes by at least 5 percent to compensate these so called service charges.
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on September 25, 2008 at 4:46 AM
Telenor has suddenly blown its customers by imposing 5 percent service charges on all scratch card loads and easy share loads. This decision came out of no where, and a new trick to hike prices for services related to Telecom. This means, if a customer loads Rs. 100 card then he will get Rs. 86 instead of what he used to get Rs. 91previously.
Pakspider, while citing a Telenor CSR, claims that these service charges are imposed to provide better services. I am forced to doubt here that other cellular companies may also follow the practice, as they will 
not remain behind in better services to their customers… (As previously seen, all companies started charging help line calls following Mobilink)
I doubt that PTA can do any favor to customers in this regards, as this is a service charge, and any company is free to impose service charges anytime they feel like (unless its not significant market player). This hike may also lead many analysts to conclude that the charm is fading away from Telecom services. However, the clear picture of ecnomical situtaion of cellular companies will come on surface in few days after PTA’s annual report will hit the surface.
The interesting point to note here is that Mr. Irfan Wahab Khan, Executive Vice President Telenor Pakistan, himself was not happy with added taxes on telecom service. He spoke about various price hikes only few days before Telenor announced this added service charges on their products.
so for Telenor Users, please note that you will have to pay Rs. 36 out of Rs. 100 for taxes and service charges…
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on August 24, 2008 at 11:16 AM
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on August 24, 2008 at 11:01 AM
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on July 14, 2008 at 3:38 AM
There is a good news for those who use PTCL phone extensively. As menioned in one of earlier posts, PTCL has revised its calls rates for local calls. Now you can make calls for Rs. 2 Per 3 minutes. New prices are as following
Call Rates (All Prices are excluding Taxes)
PTCL to PTCL and PTCL to Vfone = Free Calls (11 PM to 6 AM)
PTCL to PTCL and PTCL to Vfone = Rs. 2 per 3 Min (6 AM to 11 PM)
PTCL to Mobile = Rs. 2.50 (All Networks)
PTCL to Nation Wide = Rs. 2 per minute (For those who are not availing Pakistan Package)
These rates are given on PTCL website here.
Note: These (local call) rates are applicable for PTCL landline numbers only.
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on June 23, 2008 at 12:08 AM
KP 220 is a new phone running on TV these days from LG; basically aiming at mid ranged users who can’t compromise with the music capabilities of devices they hold.
Look and Feel
Priced at Rs. 6,999, LG KP 220 comes with a plastic body, a metallic keypad and a shiny display. Phone looks stylish; however the keypad could be bettered, as the metallic plate used beneath keypad is too thin, which make the whole plate pushed down when any of the key is pressed, which are hard. Other than this, phone looks decent and simple with bright graphics.
Music Capabilities
LG says that KP 220 has an MP3 player with a dedicated shortcut key at the top of menu key, and can be controlled (play, pause, skip, stop etc) with a D-pad. However, you can fast forward or rewind songs, instead you have an option of skipping them if didn’t like the track.
KP 220’s sound quality is not up to the mark, but the headphone can do little wonders with your music experience. Also equipped is a FM radio, which allows you to preset upto 9 channels. You can also schedule recording for FM progrmme or real time recording with FM record option.
Memory
LG says that phone has built-in memory of 60 MB with an option to expand it with MicroSD card.
Camera
LG KP 220 offers image capturing and video recording with its 1.3 megapixel camera. Obviously the picture quality should not be expected high, even in day light. Handset comes with multi-shot option to capture simultaneous pictures. You may miss edit or personalize options for pictures with this LG Phone.
Connectivity
The phone is GPRS compatible, however surfing Internet could be not that easy due to the small screen. Alongwith USB connectivity to download/upload music comes the Blutetooth as well.
Battery
The phone has a great battery backup but it shuts down suddenly, once the first bar in the battery meter disappears. This happened to us after we played radio for nine straight hours and had talked for about two hours.
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