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PSEB issued LOI for Establishment of First National IT Park in Islamabad

Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) has issued Letter of Intent (LOI) to International Consortium (TelcoNet, Axor Group Inc Canada and Technopolis Plc, Finland) for the establishment of first state-of-the-art National IT Park, at Chak Shahazad, Islamabad. The IT Park will be developed on Built Operate and Transfer (BOT) model on 14.90 acres of land. More

USF & Al-Shifa Trust to help disabled persons use IT & telecom services

Pakistan's Universal Service Fund (USF) has signed a contract for its special project with Al-Shifa Trust to ‘Enable Persons with disabilities to use telecom services’ which aims to increase accessibility of IT and telecom for people with low vision. Col. Abdul Hameed Khan Hameedi, GM-Procurement, Al-Shifa Trust and Parvez Iftikhar, CEO-USF signed the contract on behalf of their respective organizations. More

PSEB launches e-recruitment portal for internees in Pakistan

Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) has launched a web based Internship Portal for its Internships Phase-III Project. PSEB claims the Web portal is the first of its kind in Pakistan, and is dedicated to fresh graduates seeking internships in the IT industry of Pakistan. This portal will allow potential employers to shortlist IT graduates according to their requirements. More

Music, Polo, Masti & Telenor – Shandur Comes Alive!

More than 12,000 local and international visitors came to enjoy the annual Telenor Shandur Polo Festival and witness the traditional polo tournament between the teams of Gilgit and Chitral from 7th to 9th July, 2008. Repeating history, this time too, Telenor Pakistan, the country’s second largest cellular operator, sponsored this exciting tournament. More

PTCL reverses its Internet price hike decision

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) has withdrawn its recent controversial circular of price increase in domestic leased line circuits that are used for Internet and data services. PTCL announced last week a 450-700 per cent increase in prices of its domestic leased line circuits. More

Telenor Pakistan's CEO completes tenure

CEO Telenor Pakistan Tore Johnsen will move on following his appointment as CEO DTAC, Telenor ASA’s Thailand affiliate. A new CEO of Telenor Pakistan will be announced before 1 September 2008. Tore Johnsen’s new assignment follows four years of association with Telenor Pakistan as CEO where he laid the foundations of the country’s first greenfield mobile communications company. More

No legal voice ports blocked by regulator in Pakistan

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has said that it never directed any internet bandwidth providers to block any legal voice ports. In fact, it was observed that a large number of VoIP calls were being terminated /originated by operators who were not licensed to do so. For instance Internet Service Providers (ISPs)/ Data Network Operators (DNOPs) were passing VoIP traffic illegally on ports 1720 & 5060 used for H.323 and 5060 respectively. PTA was of the view that these ports should only be used by legitimate operators such as Long Distance Internationals (LDIs) and Call Centers which are authorized to carry traffic over IP beyond international boundaries. More

Telenor Pakistan held Retailers' Convention in Lahore

Telenor Pakistan held a retail convention in Al Hamrah Open Air Theatre to thank its retail partners in Lahore. The convention was attended by Telenor Pakistan’s retail partners along with their families. Several prizes, including a car and 18 motorcycles were distributed through a lucky draw at the event, and the partners enjoyed performances by popular artists such as Naseebo Lal, Humaira Arshad and Jawad Ahmed. More

Universal Service Fund (USF) signs contract with PTCL

Universal Service Fund (USF) and PTCL have entered in a contract to provide basic telephony and data services to the population in the yet un-served areas of Baluchistan districts of Pishin, Killa Abdullah and Quetta. In this connection, a signing ceremony between Universal Service Fund and PTCL was held in Islamabad. More

Best Practices Conference in Islamabad

Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates held 'Best Practices Day' conference in Islamabad. The conference (Best Practices Day or BPD) was aimed to enable the participants in gaining an understanding of how companies implement best practices to achieve competitive advantages and organizational success in today’s market. More

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