Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, a leading mobile phone and telecommunication equipment provider, launched its newest music phone, Samsung BEATb (model: M3510) as the starters of the company’s music phone line “The BEAT Edition™”.
Steve Han, Country Manager Samsung Electronics said, “The new music phone offers heart-beating music experience to music-loving mobile users who lead dynamic and passionate lifestyle.”

An open `Dialogue’ meeting was organized by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) here on Thursday to discuss proliferation issues in the country.      The meeting was presided over by Dr.Muhammad Yaseen, Chairman PTA and attended by high level representatives from Ministry of Information Technology, Universal Service Fund, ICT R&D, Pakistan Software Export Board, PTA, Broadband Service Providers, Cellular Mobile Operators, Vendor, Consultants and Academia.

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Zong - the first international brand of China Mobile and the fastest growing cellular company in Pakistan - has launched its services in the Panjgoor district of Balochistan. Salman Wassay Director Marketing said,” We believe our customers comes first in everything we do, and based on the phenomenal demand for Zong services, it was imperative that we extend our services to all parts of country. It is only a matter of time before Zong services will be available in almost 100 per cent of cities, towns, and villages throughout Pakistan,” he added.

Alcatel-Lucent has announced a multi-year agreement with Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) to deliver its broadband access solution, enabling PTCL to provide high-speed services throughout the country.     Supporting PTCL’s nation-wide programme branded ‘Broadband Pakistan’, Alcatel-Lucent would deploy 100,000 IP DSLAM lines throughout the country, including rural regions and outlying districts of urban centres, Dawn TV reported.

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Pakistan, after obtaining thriving growth and investment in telecom especially in cellular sector, still offers best opportunities for investors as million of rural people awaits to benefit communication services.
Becoming a destination for investments in IT and telecom and attracting more than US $ 9 billion Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) during last few years, Pakistan is still a high potential area where major companies of the world like Mobilink are still investing.

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ZONG- the first international brand of China Mobile  will celeberate the 7th Best Practices Day 2008 in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore soon.
The Best Practices Day is an innovative conference held annually and includes presentations and panel discussions where participants can learn, share, interact and attend speaker sessions that are relevant to their industry or field of interest.      The theme set for this year is, “The Future Starts Here”, and ZONG’s added a great deal of innovation in this futuristic theme, said a press release issued here on Tuesday.

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Mobilink on Tuesday announced the distinction of being awarded the “Best Mobile Line Operator” at the first-ever Samena Telecom Award held in Jordan.
Mobilink is the first recipient of the “Best Mobile Line Operator” Award at the Samena Telecom Awards organised by Samena Telecommunications Council.

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LG Electronics (LG), a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications, announced the official launch of its LG-KC910.
A statement here on Friday said  this is a slim yet feature-packed full touchscreen 8 megapixel multimedia phone. This artistic new handset, is known as Renoir. (more…)

Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) has witnessed serious set-back in the services to its customers due to alleged wrong induction and promotion policies of the Company management which have created frustration in PTCL employees including Engineers.

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Mobilink, the country’s market leader in cellular communication with a growing base of over 32 million customers and a subsidiary of Orascom Telecom, has announced that Mobilink Jazz subscribers can now have 30 extra minutes on every Rs 100 recharge and as many as 600 minutes absolutely free on a recharge of a thousand rupees or more.

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Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has launched mobile facilitation van service for its customers in the Federal Captal.    The van will go to door steps of customers, thus the new service will provide customers an opportunity to easily access products and services, a company spokesman sid here on Friday.

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Tech-savvy South Korea now has 45 million mobile phones, equivalent to 91 percent of the total population, the Korea Communications Commission said Wednesday.
The data means each of the country’s 15.8 million households has almost three mobiles on average, it said.

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Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) has revolutionized communication with the launch of its IPTV service in Pakistan, says PTCL senior executive vice president (SEVP) Dr. Sadiq Al Jadir on Wednesday.
“With this state-of-the-art service, customers will be able to enjoy broadband and avail easy education facilities,” said the SEVP PTCL while addressing a PTCL customer care road show held at a local hotel here.

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ZONG, China Mobiles first international brand, has come up with an offer of a 50 paisa per 30 second call to any one international number.
An announcement to this effect was made in a statement issued here on Wednesday.
It said that ZONG’s 8-Anay users will now be `blessed to call at any one international number covering U.K, USA, Canada, China, Germany, Ireland and Spain at 50 paisa per 30 second only’.

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The number of the users of mobile phone in Pakistan has reached from 0.3 million to about 90 million during the last eight years. According to Geo news,  Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) reported, the ratio of mobile phone users all over the country has been increased from 0.22 per cent in 2000 to 54.70 per cent in June 2008.

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