Mobile phone users and sellers have criticised the imposition of Rs 500 per set import duty on mobile phones  in the budget 2008-09. The import duty would increase prices of the cell phones and affect the business of cell phone , said Sajjid Malik, a mobile phones  seller from Hall road here on Wednesday.  Read More →

Not wanting Apple’s 3G iPhone to get all the hype, Samsung introduced Monday its own touchscreen smartphone. The company unveiled the Samsung i900 Omnia, a Windows Mobile smartphone. Its features should put it on par with HTC’s Touch Diamond, and perhaps with Apple’s latest smartphone.  Read More →

10%. Specific customs duty of Rs. 500 per set is being proposed on the import of mobile cellular phones.  Read More →

India can no longer claim of having being amongst the world’s lowest telecom tariffs”, as Pakistan boasts of far more competitive mobile services, especially for international (ISD) calls. So while Indian telecom consumers have been celebrating the benefits of competition and low calling... 

Customers of Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) will be among the first in Asia to have access to Apple’s newest iPhone, Southeast Asia’s largest telco said Tuesday. The iPhone 3G — for third-generation mobile networks — will come to Singapore “later this year,”... 

University of Karachi, the biggest seat of learning in the country, be exempted from loadshedding. A demand to this effect has been made by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui.  Read More →

As many as eight electric meters and some cables were burnt when a fire broke out at a building near Abdullah Shah Ghazi Mazar on Tuesday night, in Toheed Commercial Area, Phase-5, Defence Housing Authority (DHA), sources of DHA fire department said. There was no loss to human life. The cause of fire... 

The Pakistan Gems and Jewellery Development Company has organized a computer-aided jewellery designing (CAD/CAM) course. A statement issued here on Tuesday said that the course commenced at the Gems and Jewellery Training and Manufacturing Center in Lahore.  Read More →

Ufone, one of the leading telecom companies, has launched news service in association with Al Jazeera News Network.      Ufone has launched this value added service for its subscribers in association with Al Jazeera News Network – a 24 hours English language News and Current Affairs channel... 

  Nokia has launched two new entry-level handsets: The Nokia 2600 Classic and the Nokia 1209 which are claimed to offer personalization and phone-sharing features.  Read More →