3G Auction Delayed Indefinitely: Reuters: ProPakistani

3G Auction Delayed Indefinitely: Reuters
SAP Pakistan Gets New Managing Director
Pakistan Climbs Up Ranks for Sending SPAM
PTCL Posts Solid Q3 2011 Results
Intel Introduces 3rd Generation Intel Core Processor Family

3G Auction Delayed Indefinitely: Reuters

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 11:00 AM PDT

Exactly like we told you earlier this week, Reuters has reported that PTA has delayed 3G license auction for indefinite period, citing Walid Irshad, CEO PTCL and Telenor's Spokesperson.

It maybe recalled that PTA has issued Information Memorandum in January 2012 announcing that 3G auction would take place on March 29th.

Potential bidders were due to submit expressions of interest from January 21, but they have yet not been invited to do so, reported Reuters in its report citing Walid Irshaid, chief executive of Pakistan Telecommunication Co (PTCL).

"All the dates announced earlier have been put on hold, what the new date is we don’t know," said Irshaid. "The first step was not even taken yet. No official notification has been received by us or any other operator." Mr. Irshad was quoted.

A spokesman for Telenor told Reuters that the government had postponed the auction indefinitely until it hires an international consultant to supervise the process.

Apparently the reason delay is said to be appointment of consultant, however, it is said that cellular cartel had pressurized the government and those who were to take decisions to delay the auction.

It is believed that cellular companies were reluctant to invest in 3G auction and 3G network rollout, which could cost each operator up to USD 1 billion dollar.

SAP Pakistan Gets New Managing Director

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 06:31 AM PDT

SAP Pakistan has announced the appointment of Darren Rush worth as Executive Managing Director of SAP Pakistan and the Emerging Markets.

Tim Moylan, SAP Southeast Asia president, said Rushworth will oversee the sales efforts and operations of SAP Pakistan and the Emerging Markets that include Cambodia and Laos among others, "to help raise the group to the next level of amazing growth.

"Darren has lived in Asia for 16 years and has extensive experience in Sales, Marketing, Strategic Alliance and Management. Before joining SAP, Rush worth was the Managing Director and the Vice President of a software company in Asia Pacific for more than 20 years.

Darren has been in the information technology industry for over 20 years, the past 16 based in Asia. He is very experienced in doing business in Pakistan and the adjoining region and has been involved in initiatives and promoting private-public partnerships through academic programs across the expanse.

On the occasion of the announcement, Rushworth said, "I am excited to be part of SAP Pakistan and the Emerging Markets as the region is poised to grow further. We are also confident that we can meet this year’s targets and effectively address the company’s 4 points, namely technology innovation, SME solutions, ecosystems and cloud computing."

Hassan Jamal is the Country Liaison Manager, SAP Pakistan and he will now be responsible in executing SAP Pakistan’ over-all go-to-market strategies for various industries and line-of-business solutions. Hassan is a seasoned SAP veteran.

Moylan expressed confidence that Rush worth's "extensive experience in the IT industry and his in-depth knowledge of the APJ (Asia Pacific Japan) markets, will bring SAP Pakistan and the Emerging Markets to the next level."

Pakistan Climbs Up Ranks for Sending SPAM

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:57 PM PDT

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Pakistan has climbed up in the top 12 or “Dirty Dozen" ranking for sending SPAM emails.

Pakistan, which was last year ranked at 11th position, has now been ranked at 9th position with 3.3 percent share of total SPAM in the world.

These rankings have been established by experts at SophosLabs, who have released their latest “dirty dozen” report detailing the world’s top spam-relaying countries.

According to report, India has topped the ranks for sending SPAM beating United States of America and South Korea. India's share for sending SPAM has risen to 9.3 percent of total SPAM being sent in the world.

The top twelve spam relaying countries for January – March 2012

India – 9.3%
USA – 8.3%
S Korea – 5.7%
Indonesia – 5.0%
Russia – 5.0%
Italy – 4.9%
Brazil – 4.3%
Poland – 3.9%
Pakistan – 3.3%
Vietnam – 3.2%
Taiwan – 2.9%
Peru – 2.5%
Other – 41.7%

Pakistan is considered SPAM heaven just because there's no legislation available to deal with SPAM in any form or at any level. This is why even multinational companies were caught sending SPAM emails.

PTCL Posts Solid Q3 2011 Results

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:08 PM PDT

The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has announced a net profit of Rs. 4.22 billion for nine-month period ended on March 31, 2012 which was 15 percent lower than Rs. 4.97 billion recorded in corresponding period last year.

PTCL said that it gained net profit of Rs. 1.4 billion in its third quarter for FY2011-12 alone, while revenues for the quarter grew 11.3 percent when compared to same duration last year.

According to the PTCL BoD announcement, PTCL's group revenue stood at Rs. 28.3 billion during the period under review, showing a growth of 9.7% over FY2010-2011. Of this, PTCL's revenue was Rs. 14.8 billion.

Accordingly, the profit translated into earning per share (EPS) of Rs 0.83 against Rs 0.97 in 2011, said profit and loss accounts of the company available with Karachi Stock Exchange.

Furthermore, after a gap of three-years PTCL has skipped dividend with March results. Since 2009 the company has been paying dividend in March quarter as against the common practice of paying dividend with full year announcement, he added.

"PTCL's profits and revenue growth during third quarter of FY2011-12 is a strong indicator of our dynamic corporate direction as well as our customers' continued satisfaction and trust," said PTCL CEO & President, Walid Irshaid, following a meeting of the company's Board of Directors held here today, which announced the Company's nine-months financial results for the period ending March 31, 2012.

"We are constantly innovating and improving our customer experience," said Mr. Irshaid, while recounting the successes of PTCL's most recent business offerings. "We strongly believe that PTCL will remain the market leader and a service provider of choice throughout Pakistan for providing cutting-edge integrated telecom solutions to our customers."

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Intel Introduces 3rd Generation Intel Core Processor Family

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:58 PM PDT

Intel today introduced the quad-core 3rd generation Intel^® Core™ processor family, promising dramatic visual and performance computing gains for gamers, media enthusiasts and mainstream users alike.

Available now in powerful, high-end desktop, laptop and sleek all-in-one (AIO) designs, the new processors are the first chips in the world made using Intel's 22-nanometer (nm) 3-D tri-Gate transistor technology.

Intel said that its 3-D tri-gate transistor technology and architectural enhancements help make possible up to double the 3-D graphics and HD media processing performance compared with Intel's previous generation of chips. As a result of the stunning, built-in visual performance, all the things people love to do on their PCs — from creating and editing videos and photos, surfing the Web, watching HD movies or playing mainstream games — are quicker, crisper and more life-like. With as much as 20 percent microprocessor performance improvements and new technologies to speed the flow of data to and from the chips, the new processors further extend Intel's overall performance leadership.

In the coming months, additional versions of the 3rd generation Intel Core processors will be available to power a new wave of systems ranging from Ultrabook™ devices, to servers and intelligent systems in retail, healthcare and other industries.

Get Visual and Get Your Game On

The 3rd generation Intel^® Core™ processor with Intel^® HD Graphics 4000 delivers up to two times better 3-D graphics performance compared to the previous-generation processor, bringing more gaming fun with richer detail at higher resolutions. Intel^® HD Graphics 4000 supports Microsoft* DirectX 11, OpenGL 3.1 and OpenCL 1.1.

Experiences, Secured. Platform, Enhanced.

The 3rd generation Intel Core processor also adds security features, including Intel^® Secure Key and Intel^® OS Guard to safeguard personal data and identity. Intel Secure Key consists of a digital random number generator that creates truly random numbers to strengthen encryption algorithms. Intel OS Guard helps defend against privilege escalation attacks where a hacker remotely takes over another person’s system. These two features join existing platform security features such as Intel^® Identity Protection Technology (Intel® IPT) and Intel^® Anti-Theft technology (Intel® AT) to help make Intel platforms some of the most secure in the industry. When paired with the Intel^® Series 7 Chipset, the new processors with Intel IPT can make a portion of the screen unreadable to spyware with the "protected transaction display" feature, helping prevent a hacker from obtaining login credentials that could lead to identity theft.

Platforms based on 3^rd generation Intel Core processors also deliver faster data transfer capabilities made possible by USB 3.0 integrated into the Series 7 Platform Controller Hub (PCH) and PCI Express 3.0 integrated into the processor. These next-generation I/O technologies bring bigger data pipes to the platform to keep data moving, minimizing any interruption to the PC experience.

Processor and System Availability

Systems based on quad-core 3rd generation Intel Core processor products will be available beginning this month from leading system makers. Boxed versions of these processors will also be available this month from online, retail and channel resellers.

Additional versions of the 3^rd generation Intel Core processor products for servers, intelligent systems in retail, healthcare and other industries, Ultrabook devices and laptops and more will be available later this year.

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