SMS Spammers to Face Service Suspension: ProPakistani

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• SMS Spammers to Face Service Suspension
• Mobile Phone Jammers Being Used by Car Lifters to Jam Vehicle Tracking Devices
• Nokia Asha 200 [Review]
• Zong LBC Offer Gets Revised
• Ufone Offers Free SMS for Double Number Users

SMS Spammers to Face Service Suspension Posted: 02 May 2012 03:38 AM PDT Read this post in Urdu In order to prevent SMS spamming, cellular mobile operators have started suspending outgoing services of those mobile numbers that are originating SPAM text messages, we have confirmed with industry sources and multiple users who have faced such blockade. Sources at PTA told us that this service suspension is meant for those who are SMS spamming for commercial purposes. While requesting anonymity a source at PTA revealed that any mobile user who is sending identical text message to over 200 users in less than 15 minutes, that is same SMS string sent to over 200 numbers in 15 minutes or below, is going to face service suspension. PTA sources explained that this step is being taken to make sure that mobile phone usage remains SPAM free. Mobile operators, when asked for comment, said that they have mechanism in place to identify Bulk or SPAM text messages. They said that such service suspension can't be undone by operators, instead a complaint is supposed to be registered at PTA's toll free complaint number 0800-55055 or through email at complaints@pta.gov.pk. Though complaint processing time for service restoration may take weeks, depending on number of requests PTA receives in certain duration. Here is a suspension notice being sent to such customers via SMS: "Dear customer your outgoing facility is being suspended due to spamming. for further query, please approach our helpline services" PTA has been working for long to curb SMS spamming. Authority even encouraged mobile phone users to report such SMS spammers so that stern action could be taken against them. However, if sources are to be believed than this suspension criteria of 200 identical messages in less than 15 minutes could hit non-commercial but heavy SMS users as well. It maybe recalled that Pakistani mobile phone users are usually power text users, who exchanged 176 billion text messages in 2010. TIP: Blank messages will be considered identical too. Sending blank messages to a single or multiple numbers can cause service suspension too. On a related note, PTA should also figure out a way to confine mobile companies from sending promotional messages (usually 4-10 SMS per day) to its customers. Related posts: Ufone Must Pay Spectrum Administrative Fee or Face License Suspension: PTA PTA Urges Strict Implementation of Consumer Protection Regulations PTA Seeks Strict Regulations For Consumers Rights Warid Can Give you Cars and Motorbikes for Keeping Your Number Active Export Promotion Bureau Website Down Because of Non-payment Copyright © 2010 ProPakistani.PK To read more, click: SMS Spammers to Face Service Suspension ProPakistani.PK

Mobile Phone Jammers Being Used by Car Lifters to Jam Vehicle Tracking Devices Posted: 02 May 2012 12:40 AM PDT Read this post in Urdu Mobile phone jamming devices, which are termed illegal by PTA, are being used by car lifters when they break into a car to jam vehicle tracking devices. During interrogation of a car lifter, who was arrested in Chakwal recently, made shocking revelations by disclosing that they use a mobile phone jamming device to jam the tracking devices installed by vehicle tracking companies to track the present location of cars. It maybe recalled that vehicles tracking companies keep real time track of cars/vehicles through a cellular SIM and GPS data retrieved from devices installed in cars. These devices stop transmitting data to server when a mobile phone jammer is switched on. Hence, a mobile phone jammer – worth Rs. 50,000 or less – can make your tracking device useless posing an ultimate security threat for your cars' safety, despite whatever your vehicle tracking company claims. Abbas Khan, a car lifter arrested in Chakwal, revealed that they use car lighter battery to power the mobile phone jammer. This helps them keep the jammer switched on throughout their journey until the car is reached to a safe house (usually somewhere in Peshawar) where tracker is searched and physically removed from the car. One may wonder, how to secure a car especially when tracking devices can be disabled so easily. You can watch the complete video below to know how exactly car lifters steal a car. Mobile jammer part is shown at 8:20 seconds. Complete report is shown below: Related posts: V-IntelliTrac Enhances Protection Through Anti-Jamming Solution PTA Arrests Mobile Jamming Devices' Retailers in Karachi Online Vehicle Tracking Launched by Government of Punjab PTA to Install Mobile Jammers in KPK Jails Substandard Vehicle Tracking Companies Busted in Lahore Copyright © 2010 ProPakistani.PK To read more, click: Mobile Phone Jammers Being Used by Car Lifters to Jam Vehicle Tracking Devices ProPakistani.PK

Nokia Asha 200 [Review] Posted: 01 May 2012 11:33 PM PDT Continuing to serve its consumers with higher quality cell phones, Nokia once again presented ravishing series of Asha phones to their consumers. Nokia , this time, came up with a mid-range phone series that is designed for price conscious consumers. Nokia Asha 200 is a 2G network phone with dual SIM and Easy Swap functionality to facilitate its customers to swap multiple SIM cards while on the go without any rebooting. Appearance and Display Simply saying, Nokia ASHA 200 looks similar to blackberry handsets. It has this portrait QWERTY keypad to enhance the speed of all its conceded features such as integrated texting, social networking, MMS, adding RenRen, email and IM, Orkut along with Flickr support. The overall structure of Asha 200 such as its wide 2.4'' screen QVGA display with support of palette of about 262,000 colors, curved side corners, colorful QWERTY keypad and its well finished plastic back is really enough to attract the ones who love style with simplicity. These overall structural appearances make easy for user to operate it easily while using all physical keys of device. However 5-way navigation button sometime could be confusing as slipping of fingers accidently. This 105 g light handy device is available in Black, Graphite, Aqua, Pearl white, pink, light pink and orange colors. Interface and Functionality It carries S40 Asha platform to run different apps but due to its lessen usage S40 could not get as user friendly as one would have wished. Once the user is familiar with this OS, it would be not hard to get through menus, customizing shortcuts, and getting used to the way things are controlled. However, users have choice to set home screen with widgets or to go without widgets. Although, the widget's choice would be more useful and attractive in understanding the device settings shortly. What I like about it is its store settings for five different SIMs. So, whatever SIM card you have, your setting would be stored. Camera By far, the Nokia Asha 200 carries 2MP camera with digital zoom along with a number of various connectivity choices like GPRS, EDGE and social networking options conferring good image results significant to its price. However, due to absence of auto-focus and shutter holdup of over a second; it has been hard to get attention by finicky camera users that really want high resolution pics in their devices. Likewise the camera, video feature exactly has the same result. Battery This device is giving its users more than its price as giving up to 7 hours of talk time by a single charge and 52 hours of music playback like as the expensive smart phones. However, in stand-by mode, this device calls for charging after a full month with single SIM card usage and by two of the SIM cards, it is enough for probably 3 weeks long. Multimedia Cataloging of music by several names such as album name, singer or any title is not a big deal to enclose. However, if you are a music lover above the FM radio, you have to be with micro SD while the device’s 10MB of internal storage is microscopic. After that is covered, user will be able play favorite tunes via the device’s loudspeaker. Its 32 GB memory card makes it possible to play thousands of songs that are attraction for music lovers. This device has been preloaded with Angry Birds game which increases enjoyment factors for users. The video resolution is supported with 320 by 240 pixels that facilitate to play back videos but due to small screen display, viewer could bored or switch to another devices such as MP4 or etc. Performance: The first QWERTY keyboard with dual SIM cards has all the tremendous features as it is a social media ready phone, which would really welcomed by youngsters. But drawback is its lacking of 3G AND Wi-Fi support. Connectivity To have access to internet is possible through 2G radio with support for EDGE and this takes a moment while downloading any apps or checking facebook feed and status. Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR is quite faster for rapid data transfer between devices and then again a micro USB port through support for mass storage mode having slow speed of transferring for a wired connection. Avid Social network users could get easily join their friends and groups by preloaded apps of Facebook, Twitter and Flickr integration. Moreover, for chat lovers, instant messaging client allows to get talked with friends' circle by Facebook Chat, Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, and MSN Messenger. However user can download any apps from the Nokia Ovi store that is supported by PC suite. Price In Pakistan, this stylish handy device is available to consumers at the rate of 6,750 Rupees and this price is reasonable to all income groups for whole exciting and vibrant device along with social enthusiasm. Verdict Seeing overall features of the Asha200, it would be experienced as comprehensive Smartphone with the bunch of multimedia and social networking features. If one wants to go for smart phone at quite affordable price, surely Nokia Asha 200 would be idyllic and sturdily recommended. Related posts: Djuice Offers Nokia Asha 302 with Free Mobile Internet Nokia Unveils Four Asha Series Mid-Range Phones Nokia Handsets’ Prices in Pakistan Nokia Announces Symbian Anna Update for Symbian Phones Nokia, djuice Held Workshop for App Developers Copyright © 2010 ProPakistani.PK To read more, click: Nokia Asha 200 [Review] ProPakistani.PK

Zong LBC Offer Gets Revised Posted: 01 May 2012 11:04 PM PDT Zong, considered as the the king of Location Based Charging, has revised its LBC offers for those regions where it was applicable. This revision has happened at a time when Zong added more cities yesterday to achieve the milestone of taking LBC offer to 100 plus cities in Pakistan. With revised tariff, LBC offer is now available for Rs. 10 per day or for Rs. 63 per week. Zong LBC Offer allows its customers to make unlimited on-net calls from specified regions or cities. Daily LBC Package: Price: PKR 10+tax Validity: till 11:59 pm (1 Day with auto re-subscription) All other product mechanics are similar to the existing Daily Zong Unlimited Offer Weekly LBC Offer: Price point Weekly: PKR 63+tax An added benefit of 150 SMS a day with Unlimited On-net calling on the Weekly Offer Validity: 7 days (with auto re-subscription) All other product mechanics are similar to the existing Weekly Zong Unlimited Offer How to Activate: To activate this service, simply SMS the city code to 522. City codes are available in below table. Example: Sending APE to 522 will subscribe you to Zong's Daily Unlimited Offer for Ahmedpur east. How To De-Activate Simply SMS "unsub" to 522 to deactivate the service Daily allowed Free Zong to Zong Minutes – Unlimited As before, Zong to Zong calls initiated outside the Zong Unlimited Offer boundary and all Other Network Calls (even with-in the ZONG UNLIMITED OFFER boundaries)will be charged as per customer’s package plan Domestic SMS will also be charged as per package plan IDD Calls & SMS will be charged as per package plan All other product & subscription mechanics remain the same   City Daily Offer Key Word Weekly Offer Key Word 1 Ahmedpur East APE APE7 2 Alipur APR APR7 3 Arifwala ARF ARF7 4 Badin BDN BDN7 5 Bahawalpur BHP BHP7 6 Bela BLA BLA7 7 Bhai Pheru BPH BPH7 8 BHAKKAR BHK BHK7 9 BHALWAL BHL BHL7 10 Bhawalnagar BNG BNG7 11 Bhera BHA BHA7 12 Burewala BRW BRW7 13 Chichawatni CHW CHW7 14 CHINIOT CHT CHT7 15 Chishtian CHS CHS7 16 Chunian CHN CHN7 17 Dadu DDU DDU7 18 Daska DSK DSK7 19 DG Khan DGK DGK7 20 Digkot DJK DJK7 21 Dipalpur DPP DPP7 22 Dunyapur DNP DNP7 23 FAISALABAD FSB FSB7 24 Fateh Jhang FTJ FTJ7 25 Fazilpur FZP FZP7 26 Gujjar Khan GJK GJK7 227 Ghotki GTK GTK7 28 GOJRA GJR GJR7 29 Gujranwala GJN GJN7 30 Gujrat GJT GJT7 31 Havelli lakha HLK HLK7 32 Hafizabad HHZ HHZ7 33 Hasilpur HSL HSL7 34 Havelian HVN HVN7 35 Hyderabad HYD HYD7 36 Islamabad / Rawalpindi ISB ISB7 37 Jhelum JHE JHE7 38 Jampur JMP JMP7 39 JARANWALA JRW JRW7 40 JHANG JNG JNG7 41 JOHARABAD JHR JHR7 42 Kabirwala KBR KBR7 43 KAMALIA KML KML7 44 Kamonki KMK KMK7 45 Karachi KHI7 KHI6 46 Kasur KSR KSR7 47 Kerore Pakkah KPC KPC7 48 Khairpur KRP KRP7 49 Khairpur Tamewali KPT KPT7 50 Khanewal KNW KNW7 51 Khanpur KNP KNP7 52 Kharian KHR KHR7 53 Khewra KWA KWA7 54 KHUSHAB KSB KSB7 55 Kot Addu KDU KDU7 56 KOT MOMIN KTM KTM7 57 Lahore LHR7 LHR6 58 Lalamusa LLM LLM7 59 Layyah LAY LAY7 60 Liaqatpur LQT LQT7 61 Lodhran LDR LDR7 62 Mailsi MSI MSI7 63 Mandi Bahauddin MBD MBD7 64 Mianchannu MNU MNU7 65 MIANWALI MIA MIA7 66 Minchinabad MNC MNC7 67 Mirpur Khas MKS MKS7 68 MITHA TIWANA MTN MTN7 69 Multan MLT MLT7 70 Muridkey MRD MRD7 71 Muzaffargarh MZG MZG7 72 Nankana NNK NNK7 73 Narowal NRL NRL7 74 Nawabshah NWS NWS7 75 Okara OKR OKR7 76 Pindi Bhattian PBH PBH7 77 Pakpattan PKP PKP7 78 Pannu Aqil PNA PNA7 79 PANSERA PNS PNS7 80 Pasrur PSR PSR7 81 Pattoki PTK PTK7 82 PIR MAHAL PML PML7 83 Rahim Yar Khan RYK RYK7 84 Rajanpur RJN RJN7 85 Sarai Aalamgir SAR SAR7 86 Shujabad SJB SJB7 87 Sadiqabad SDQ SDQ7 88 Sahiwal SWL SWL7 89 Sambrial SBM SBM7 90 SAMUNDRI SMN SMN7 91 Sangarh SGH SGH7 92 SARGODHA SRG SRG7 93 Shakargarh SKG SKG7 94 Sharqpur SHQ SHQ7 95 Shiekhupura SHK SHK7 96 SHORKOT SHR SHR7 97 Sialkot SLK SLK7 98 Sukkur SKR SKR7 99 Thatta THT THT7 100 TOBA TEK SINGH TTS TTS7 101 Uch Sharif USF USF7 102 Vehari VHR VHR7 103 Wazirabad WZB WZB7 104 Yazman YZM YZM7 105 Zahirpir ZHR ZHR7 106 Ziarat ZRT ZRT7 Related posts: Zong Ki Bijli Offer 24 Hours Free Call for 1 Zong to Zong Number Caution: Zong's Unlimited SMS Package has been Revised | New Limit is 500 SMS Per Day Get Zong Sim Plus Handset For Rs. 1,499 Call for 2.99/hr in Ramzan : Zong Copyright © 2010 ProPakistani.PK To read more, click: Zong LBC Offer Gets Revised ProPakistani.PK

Ufone Offers Free SMS for Double Number Users Posted: 01 May 2012 09:44 PM PDT Read this post in Urdu Ufone had offered this unique Double Number facility for its customers, with which, they could operate two Ufone numbers on one SIM. This feature is specifically handy for those having two numbers at a time, maybe one for personal use and another for business usage. Ufone is now offering free SMS for one month for Double Number SIM holders. You just need to subscribe by dialing *66# and enjoy free SMS during the month of may. You can click on this link for complete working of Double Number SIM and more information Terms & Conditions Apply: Fair Usage Policy of 300 SMS per day applies. Once the daily limit for SMS has been exceeded, outgoing SMS will be blocked till the next day. This offer can only be availed once the subscription charges have been paid. The user will receive a notification via SMS upon reaching 90% of SMS usage. If weekly subscription has not be renewed, then the user will not be able to send free SMS and will receive information to recharge account by dialing *66#. Promotion will end on 31st May, 2012. Related posts: Ufone Offers 2 Numbers in 1 SIM Warid Offers Unlimited Free Calls on 1 on-net number Ufone Offers Unlimited Free Calls for One Day Not one or two, Call Five numbers Free Forever: Says Ufone Chance to Win 100,000 FREE Minutes on Ufone Copyright © 2010 ProPakistani.PK To read more, click: Ufone Offers Free SMS for Double Number Users ProPakistani.PK

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