Accident at Shahra-E-Faisal near Malir Cantt Area.  Read More →

LG Electronics, the world’s No.4 handset maker, is closely watching rival Nokia amid talk the top-ranked mobile phone maker may cut its prices and re-enter the South Korean market later this year. Shares in LG Electronics tumbled more than 8 per cent on Monday as investors gauged the impact of... 

Nokia launched its Customer Care Centre in Karachi at a ceremony here on Saturday. The ceremony was addressed by Nokia ’s key regional officials -Imran Khalid Mahmood, Country General Manager Nokia Pakistan and Afghanistan, Ian Stewart Care Director Nokia Middle East & North Africa and... 

Samsung Electronics Co, the world’s largest computer chip maker, said Monday it has developed a new solid-state drive which is expected to replace hard disk drives in laptop computers. Samsung said its 256-gigabyte solid state drive (SSD) for data storage is 2.4 times faster than traditional hard... 

President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Muhammad Ijaz Abbasi, in a meeting with Director Enforcement Col.Shafiq Abbasi, has underlined the need for taking strict measures to control spread of mobile SIMs to unidentified persons.  Read More →

Meezan Bank, Pakistan’s largest Islamic Bank has launched SMS Alert Service for all its customers nationwide.     An announcement here on Thursday said that with SMS Alert service customers of the Bank will be informed of multiple account transaction(s) on their mobile phones within minutes.... 

Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) has devised a strategy to address obnoxious calls, SMS and balance theft by negative minded cell-phone users.      Taking serious notice of the plight of cellphone subscribers, the PTA, as a first step, cautioned these negative elements to shun such practices or... 

Norwegian telecom operator Telenor, owned 54 percent by the Norwegian state, said Thursday it was tightening its ethics procedures after a scandal over working conditions for its suppliers in Bangladesh.  Read More →

Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology Thursday expressed ‘deep concerns’ over the outstanding issue of undocumented SIMs of mobile telephones.      The committee, which met  at the Parliament House, directed the Ministry of Information Technology to evolve a long-term, foolproof... 

Pakistan’s first Mobile Testing Laboratory has been launched by Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA).     A statement here on Tuesday said that the Federal Secretary, Science and Technology, Sharif Ahmad, inaugurated the laboratory at PSQCA Head Office, Karachi.  Read More →