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- India Puts 100 SMS Per Subscriber Per Day Limit
- Nokia N9 to Hit Stores Next Month
- PTA Includes PC Tablets In Type Approval List
- Ufone Trains Employees on Being Environmentally Sustainable
- Telenor Rewards Easyload retailers
- USF to Setup Telemedicine Network for Flood Hit Areas
| India Puts 100 SMS Per Subscriber Per Day Limit Posted: 28 Sep 2011 06:29 AM PDT
To discourage tele-marketing and SPAM text messages, Indian authorities have capped per day limit for sending SMS. According to new regulation passed by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, one mobile phone subscriber will not be able to send more than 100 SMSes in a day. Move is likely to a relief for millions of mobile phone users who receive unwanted text messages each day. Experts opine that this may not completely eliminate marketing and other SPAM messages, however, it will largely deter marketers from sending unlimited text messages from their mobile devices. Exactly like India, Pakistani mobile phone subscribers bear the same brunt of unsolicited text messages from marketers and cellular companies alike. On average a prepaid mobile phone user receives 6-8 promotional messages from cellular companies in addition to another 5-7 messages from marketers. This rate of receiving SPAM messages is specifically high for those mobile phone users from major cities. Via BBC Related posts:
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| Nokia N9 to Hit Stores Next Month Posted: 28 Sep 2011 06:00 AM PDT
Nokia has confirmed the launch of N9 in Pakistan next month, company's first and certainly the last Meego device that will see the light of the day. Announcement came after the worldwide shipping for Nokia N9 began yesterday. Main seller point that for N9 is it's new button-less user interface that is controlled with swipe. Here are other main attractions:
The phone is likely to be available in three colors, i.e. black, cyan and magenta with 16GB and 64GB storage options. Retail price is expected to be around Rs. 60,000 for 16GB variable, which tends to be on higher side – for a smartphone with disused OS. Related posts:
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| PTA Includes PC Tablets In Type Approval List Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:55 AM PDT
PTA has included PC Tablets in the Type Approval list recently, and therefore from now onwards all tablets that are traded and marketed in the country will need approval of the authority. The regulator observed that several manufacturers, importers and service providers are marketing and selling different models and brands of tablets having WiFi, HSPA, UMTA, GSM, EVDO, and WiMax technologies. PTA will issue type approvals for importers, makers and marketers while maintaining full details and information about equipment and accessories supplies, its dealers and users. Authority warned all importers, marketers and service providers for stern action against them in case of non-compliance of the issued directives under Type Approval Regulations 2004. Generally, type approval is required before a product is allowed to be sold in a particular country. Further approval or no-objection certificates are is issued to users of the equipment by the authority. Analysts said that regulator's steps to register electronic devices are necessary to prevent act of crime and terrorism in future. This way, authority will record the serial numbers and other details of tablet devices to maintain a record of users' and traders' identities to trace them immediately in case of any incidents and complaints. There is a system to maintain SIM and mobile handsets identities through users' CNIC and IMEI numbers but tablet PC were not registered by the authority earlier, they added. Experts said that this move may hike prices of tablets by a little, however, there won't be any significant change in the prices. Experts said that tablets are gaining popularity in the country despite of being high-end and costly products but the fees of regulator will never affect their sales owing to users' affordability. In March 2011, PTA issued a Type Approval List for telecom operators. The authority identified equipment of eight categories under its type approval with varied fees separated for imported and locally-manufactured telecom equipment. Type approval notification that was sent to IT importers and IT dealers for tablet PC can be downloaded here (PDF File – 482KB) Related posts:
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| Ufone Trains Employees on Being Environmentally Sustainable Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:39 AM PDT
AIESEC is the world’s largest youth-run organization and is present in over 110 countries and territories and with over 60,000 members. Focused on providing a platform for youth leadership development, AIESEC offers young people the opportunity to be global citizens, to change the world and to get experience and skills that matter today. International interns from various countries around the globe visited the AIESEC office in Lahore and offered their expertise to Ufone in order to impart knowledge and information about global environmental sustainability amongst the organization's employees. The project included various in-house seminars which proved to be an excellent way to engage Ufone employees in discussion and make them understand how they could work for the betterment of the environment. Ufone employees have been trained to act responsibly and to make the world a better place by incorporating environment friendly behavior in their lifestyles, and working towards its improvement and sustainability. The aim was to make the participants understand that firstly they were to create awareness amongst themselves and then teach their friends and families on how to be environmentally responsible and sustainable. After the completion of the training session, Akbar Khan, Chief Marketing Officer at Ufone said that sustainability enables us to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. We measure our actions through the well-being of interacting economic, environmental and social systems. We want our employees to know that the choices they make have a lasting impact on our world. Understanding that the environmental and economic well-being of our planet is tied together with the choices the society makes every day is the first step to making the right decision to move forward. Related posts:
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| Telenor Rewards Easyload retailers Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:33 AM PDT
Telenor Pakistan recently launched nationwide high sales competitions for its easyload retailers to recognize their efforts and gave away prizes like motorcycles and generators. In above picture (L-R) Mohammad Qasim Awan, Regional Director Sales & Distribution North-1 Telenor Pakistan; Yasir Zaman, Territory Sales Supervisor AJK Telenor Pakistan; and Tariq Mehmood, Franchise Manager AJK handing over a prize to Amir Sohail, Winning Retailer. Related posts:
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| USF to Setup Telemedicine Network for Flood Hit Areas Posted: 28 Sep 2011 12:21 AM PDT
In it's board meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani as Minister-Information Technology, at Prime Minister's House recently, projects budget of Rs. 9.9 billion for Financial Year 2011-12 got approved including a pilot project for telemedicine network aimed specifically for flood stricken districts of Sindh. Jinnah Post graduate medical center, Karachi, Nishtar Medical College Multan and Holy Family hospital Rawalpindi will be connected with 12 remote sites to set up three telemedicine networks. Each of these remote sites will provide facilities of digital stethoscope, digital derma-scope, portable ultrasound, digital ECG and customized telemedicine software to the patients at their hometowns including consultations with the specialists sitting in the three main hospitals. The Prime Minister directed USF that in addition to the proposed cities in Sindh, of Badin, Thatta, Dadu and Nausheroferoz, flood stricken districts like Nawabshah, Mirpur khas, Umerkot and Sanghar should also be included in the telemedicine network, immediately. Similarly he directed to include cities of Bahawalpur, Rahimyar Khan, Rajanpur, DG Khan, Qadirpur, Shuja’abad Mianwali and Kharian to the 12 cities initially planned. He also directed that as soon as USF Fiber cable islaid in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, similar Tele-medicine projects should be started there also. Other major telecom projects that are part of the newly approved budget include Broadband, Fiber Optic cables and Educational/Tele-centers in the unserved parts of the county. The Prime Minister said that USF had to further speed up in order to cover the delays caused due to different factors during current and the last year. He further emphasized the Board to keep ensuring transparency in biding process and execution of the projects. To ensure better execution of projects, decisions regarding extension in projects contractual timelines and establishing mechanism issues of the fund were also discussed and decided. The Prime Minister stressed upon optimal utilization of USF fund in bringing concrete progress in the near future, in terms of applications like e-agriculture, e-commerce, e-government, e-education, e-health and e-disaster management. He maintained that USF should work in collaboration with other countries with better information technology expertise to establish state of the art IT learning institutions with a special focus on unservred and underserved areas. The Prime Minister urged board of directors of USF to ensure frequent Board Meetings to make it more effective. On part of the Government too, he assured USF Board of full support and encouragement in carrying out this nation building task. Secretary, Information and Technology, Chairman PTA, Member Telecom, CEO PTCL, CEO USF and Representative of Consumer Association of Pakistan attended the meeting as directors of USF Board. Related posts:
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