One SIM Per Single CNIC in Balochistan: CJP: ProPakistani

One SIM Per Single CNIC in Balochistan: CJP
NPC Beats Ufone in a Friendly Cricket Match
Get Free 1000 Minutes and SMS with Warid Sim Jagao
Submarine Cables in the World [Interactive Map]
Jawbone Up – A Smart New Product

One SIM Per Single CNIC in Balochistan: CJP

Posted: 22 May 2012 05:08 AM PDT

Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudry, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), has directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority(PTA) to bring an immediate halt to illegal sale of mobile phone SIMs in Balochistan, reported local news channels.

Chief Justice of Pakistan, in this regards, ordered to make arrangements necessary to make sure that only one SIM could be issued against a single CNIC in Baluchistan Province.

CJP has ordered the Deputy Attorney General to ask all the cellular companies for holding a combined meeting today for figuring out such a mechanism.

He further said,

"If any cellular company does not comply with the direction for resolving security issues in the province, its license will be cancelled".

Despite of PTA's various past initiatives, sale of illegal SIMs hasn't come to an end. Under the law, customer is allowed to keep 10 different SIMs against a single CNIC.

Analysts believe, if such a practice is adopted later in other provinces, the existing official number of total mobile phone SIMs will come down considerably which is 118 million at the moment.

Telecom authority is awaiting for detailed court order, the spokesperson told media when contacted for comment.

Cellular companies said that they haven't received anything from authority as of now.

Via MoreMag

NPC Beats Ufone in a Friendly Cricket Match

Posted: 22 May 2012 12:47 AM PDT

The National Press Club (NPC) XI wins over Ufone XI in a close friendly encounter by 5 wickets in the exhibition cricket match played at MNA hostel Cricket Ground Islamabad.

National Press Club (NPC) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) with the collaboration of Ufone are organizing Inter-Media cricket tournament which will commence from May 25th.

According to details, the Ufone XI won the toss and elected to bat first. Ufone XI played well and scored 128 runs for 8 in allotted 10 overs. Saad Raqeeb scored 53 runs along with Khawaja Zulqadar with 33 were the main scorer. Afzal Javed took 2-12 while Mohsin Ali and Ayaz Akbar took one wicket each for NPC.

Chasing the target, NPC XI started innings aggressively. They got good partnerships throughout the innings. Saeed Qureshi's three consecutive sixes made the NPC XI win over Ufone as they required 14 in the last over.

Mohsin Ali played an outstanding inning with 5 huge sixes and scored 32 runs with just 12 balls while Afzal Butt 29, Saeed Qureshi 23 and Afzal Javed made 18 runs respectively. From Ufone XI, Saeed Sarfraz and Muhammad Mehboob took one wicket each.

Head of Public Relations & Corporate Social Responsibility Ufone, Moazzam Ali Khan was the chief guest on the occasion who distributed prizes within the participants while Secretary National Press Club (NPC) Shahryar Khan, Secretary Organizing Committee Afzal Javed, Director Sports Capital Development Authority (CDA) I. K. Rizwan, NPC Sports Committee Chairman Ayaz Akbar and senior journalists were present on the occasion.

Afzal Butt and Saeed Qureshi were jointly declared man of the match while Mohsin Ali of NPC XI was declared best batsman for hitting most sixes from the winning side.

Speaking on the occasion Head of PR & CSR Ufone Moazzam Ali Khan appreciated NPC for organizing such a colorful event for the journalists of twin cities. 'Ufone values its relationship with the media and will continue to support them in the future as we see this encouraging step towards along lasting relationship with media community', he urged'.

Secretary NPC Shahryar Khan thanked Abdul Aziz, President and CEO Ufone for his extra support towards healthy activities for the media. He also lauded the efforts of Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Cahduhry Zaka Ashraf and Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) Engineer Farkhand Iqbal for providing sports equipment and facilities in Islamabad for National Press Club.

Check below few pictures from the match:

Get Free 1000 Minutes and SMS with Warid Sim Jagao

Posted: 22 May 2012 12:17 AM PDT

All those customers who haven't used their Warid SIM since 1st April, 2012, can start using it now to receive 1000 on-net Free Minutes and 1000 SMS up front, without any charges.

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You will also receive 100% Bonus on Every Recharge. For every recharge between Rs. 50 and Rs. 500, customers will get Bonus Free Minutes worth the amount of the recharge. The bigger the recharge amount, the bigger the bonus!

Sim Jagao rates will be applicable as below:

As mentioned above, In addition to instant 1000 free minutes and SMS, Warid users will also get bonus minutes. For instance, you will get 100 free minutes for Rs. 100 recharge, or 1,000 minutes if your recharge value is Rs. 1,000.

Terms and Conditions:

Upfront free minutes and SMS will be valid for 3 days after SIM is activated
On a recharge of Rs. 50 or more, you will get 100% bonus On-net minutes. You may recharge as many times as you want
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In case of tariff plan change, recharge bonus and existing bonus minutes will be cancelled.
If you subscribe for any other Warid offer, SIM Jagao offer features of free minutes and SMS might be altered or reduced.
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Each recharge done through scratch cards and Warid Ezeeload includes 10% withholding tax.
Using SIMs without proper documentation is a crime – PTA

Submarine Cables in the World [Interactive Map]

Posted: 21 May 2012 11:55 PM PDT

If you are in any way related to telecom, Information Technology, Education or related departments – then there are chances that you might have wanted to know the most about submarine cables, lying deep in the seas, of the world.

Just in case if you aren't familiar, submarine cables are laid under the sea to carry voice and data communication signals across the stretches of oceans. They are considered most viable, price efficient and productive way of communication between countries or regions.

Almost every country – other than those who don't have sea ports – are connected with submarine cables to get in touch with the rest of the world.

Pakistan, for instance, is connected with four submarine cables, which are:

IMEWE
SeaMeWe3
SeaMeWe4
Transworld (TW1)

We often need various kind of information about Submarine Cables, including maps, cable routes, landing points, owners, length, capacity, ready-for-service (RFS) date, website information and more.

For which we have many paid services, starting from $ 250 per subscription or more, but today we are going to tell about a resource that offers detailed information about submarine cables with interactive map.

Here's the URL: http://www.submarinecablemap.com/.

This simple but informative website is built on an interactive map, highlighting the submarine cable network of entire globe. Here are few of the features:

Search for Submarine Cable or landing point in the search bar
Click on landing station (cities) or submarine cable on the map to know further about the submarine cable
Get complete information of a particular submarine cable, such as:

Submarine Cable name
Submarine Cable route
RFS: Ready for Service Date
Cable Length
Owners
Submarine Cable's official website
Landing points of Submarine Cable

If selected a landing point (city) on map, website will show you all the cables connected with that landing point.

Jawbone Up – A Smart New Product

Posted: 21 May 2012 10:59 PM PDT

Jawbone a company which is known for its Bluetooth headsets has designed a product that is going to help you move, exercise, sleep and eat better.

Up is a groovy new gadget that makes your life easier when it comes to organizing the most essential of activities.

Imagine having a device that helps you know how much you have slept, what you ate, how much you exercised in a day and if it is time for you to move from your work desk and move around because you have been idle for some time.

Imagine having a device wrapped around your wrist that assists you in keeping a check on all of these essential activities, Jawbone's Up helps you exactly do that.

What is UP?

Up is a wearable device that has the ability to track the users sleeping, eating and exercise habits. The wristband has to be used with an Apple I-Phone and currently no other platform is supported by the device. The device comes with a free application that can be loaded on to your apple I-Phone and helps you control the device, set reminders, track your exercise , monitor your sleep and food intake.

Why is UP so cool?

The device has some really cool abilities one of them is that it can actually determine whether you are in deep sleep or if you are just dozing. On the basis of this information the device then decides whether it should wake you up or not, an ability which an alarm clock aside not even a human can replicate. Additionally the device is water proof up to 1 meter and the company is promising a battery life of up to 10 days.

The Design

While looking at the band you will observe that the band is relatively thin and considering the fact that consumers will be wearing this all around and everywhere it looks sturdy enough to handle all the activity.

One end of the band is topped off with a metal piece or a button that needs to be pressed every time the user wants to let the band know he/she is going to sleep, getting out of bed or beginning / ending a workout. The band has a vibration motor inside and also an LED light that flashes different colors.

On the opposite side there is a metal cap covering a 3.5mm headphone connector which can be used to sync the band with the iDevice in addition the connector is also used to recharge via your computer's USB port. In order to do that the band comes with a USB adapter that can fit on top of the headphone connector and then can be inserted into the computer for recharging.

The UP I-Phone Application

One of the drawbacks of the device is that it does not sync wirelessly with your phone, in fact the user has to sync the device manually by organizing his/her goals and objectives on the iOS application provided with the device. Once that has been done the user will have to sync the device with the phone thus transferring all the data onto the wristband.

In order to retrieve daily progress from the device the user will have to sync the device back. The application is fairly simple as it organizes your data by day in accordance with the three categories: sleep, activity and food intake the device is designed to monitor. Once the application is launched users at first see's a bar graph for the current day called the “Me screen”.

The screen features three color coded vertical bars arranged side by side which represent the hours the user slept, the number of steps the user took and the energizing meals the users have consumed. The bottom of the chart, also displays some basic stats related to all these three categories.

Price and Availability:

For roughly Rs. 9000 ($ 99) the device is a cool gadget to have, the upcoming versions of the device will have the ability to sync wirelessly with the users phone which will be a massive add one for the device and the users. Additionally it would be a huge benefit if the device would be made compatible with other platforms like Android.

This gadget isn't available in Pakistan as of now. But we hope that suppliers will bring it here soon.

More details on Up are here: http://jawbone.com/up/product

To read more, click: Jawbone Up – A Smart New Product
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