New Technology to Offer Longer Battery Life for Devices: ProPakistani

New Technology to Offer Longer Battery Life for Devices
Ufone Postpaid Offers Line Rent Discounts
Samsung Launches World Cup Product Promotion
MNP: Why have WLL/SCO/Fixed Customers been left out
Dr. Shah Joins ‘Internet Media’
Jazz Jazba on the lookout for Such Talent!

New Technology to Offer Longer Battery Life for Devices

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:31 PM PST

New Technology to Offer Longer Battery Life for Devices is a post from: ProPakistani

battery New Technology to Offer Longer Battery Life for Devices Engineers in USA have developed an ultra-low-power digital memory that is faster and uses 100 times less energy than currently used memory modules, which will significantly enhance battery life and size for portable devices, including mobile phones.

Electrical and computer engineering professor at University of Illinois, Eric Pop, the head of the team said:

"I think anyone who is dealing with a lot of chargers and plugging things in every night can relate to wanting a cell phone or laptop whose batteries can last for weeks or months,"

Albert Liao, a graduate student and co-author, the co-researcher said:

"Anytime you’re running an app, or storing MP3s, or streaming videos, it’s draining the battery. The memory and the processor are working hard retrieving data. As people use their phones to place calls less and use them for computing more, improving the data storage and retrieval operations is important."

Mr. Eric Pop believes that this new technology for will benefit anything and everything that has to operate on a battery, such as satellites, telecommunications equipment in remote locations, or any number of scientific and military applications.

In addition, ultra-low-power memory could cut the energy consumption – and thus the expense – of data storage or supercomputing centers by a large percentage.

via Cellular News

Ufone Postpaid Offers Line Rent Discounts

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:14 PM PST

Ufone Postpaid Offers Line Rent Discounts is a post from: ProPakistani

Ufone today announced that it will waive the line rent every third month for those customers who will buy Ufone postpaid connections till May 31st, 2011.

So if you buy a connection today, you will have to pay line rent for first two months to avail a waiver in the third month. This cycle of line rent waiver will continue every third month for a period of 12 months.

Customers can buy new postpaid connections from Ufone service centers or franchises.

This promotion is available to new customers only
This promotion is valid for all Ufone postpaid packages
This offer is valid till May 31st, 2011.

Samsung Launches World Cup Product Promotion

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 03:41 AM PST

Samsung Launches World Cup Product Promotion is a post from: ProPakistani

Samsung is conducting cricket world cup promotional activities through which it is aiming to promote its various products in the following venues around the country;

Karachi: Pearl Continental hotel, Marriott Hotel, Sheraton Hotel, McDonalds at Sea View and at the Karachi Airport.
Rawalpindi: Pearl Continental and Marriott hotels.
Islamabad: McDonalds F-9 Park.
Lahore: McDonalds Gulberg and Defence Y block.

At these venues an assortment of Samsung products are on display and visitors can take this opportunity to order Samsung products from the kiosk and gain special discounts being offered only at these venues.

The promotional products include:

Samsung Ch@t 335 and Ch@t 332 phones at a special price with a leather pouch, car charger and a 2GB memory card;
the Galaxy Tab at an attractive special price and a leather pouch;
an assortment of Samsung digital cameras with a 10% special discount
LCD Monitor B1930N at a new attractive price.

Visitors can order the Samsung Cameras and LCD Monitors by filling out a form upon which the ordered products will be delivered to their home free of charge. The distributor will contact the respective customer for an appropriate time of delivery within one week of placement of order. At the time of delivery the customer will have to provide full payment for the ordered product in cash.

For the Galaxy Tab and Ch@t phones, upon filling the order forms the customer will be provided a coupon with a list of locations of the dealers from where they can acquire their desired product(s). On presenting the coupon at the dealers the customer can then avail the relevant discounts and giveaways. The discounted offers are valid for the period of worldcup only.

"It is always a pleasure to provide our potential and existing customers ease of accessibility to our products to which we have included the convenience of free home delivery in an effort to start a new trend," said Hee Chang Yee, Managing Director Samsung Pakistan.

MNP: Why have WLL/SCO/Fixed Customers been left out

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 11:29 PM PST

MNP: Why have WLL/SCO/Fixed Customers been left out is a post from: ProPakistani

As you may be aware from the numerous articles on this website, MNP (Mobile Number Portability) regime was implemented in Pakistan in March 2007 and this was a first MNP execution in South Asia.

clip image0022 MNP: Why have WLL/SCO/Fixed Customers been left out MNP gives the user the advantage of changing their networks while keeping their number (with the code), and thus allows flexibility with respect to tariff plans, services etc.

PTA has been mandated to promote and protect the interests of users of telecom services in Pakistan, by proving them viable alternatives to the users and to "promote a wide range of high quality, efficient, cost effective and competitive telecommunication services throughout Pakistan; and promote rapid modernization of telecommunication services and systems".

When the Government of Pakistan realized that subscribers were averse to switching networks since they could not retain their numbers, in order to boost competitiveness and establish market conditions, the MNP regime was established under the watchful eye of PTA.

Pakistan MNP Database (Guarantee) Ltd (www.pmdpk.com) is the company which is responsible for MNP implementation in accordance with Mobile Number Portability Regulations 2005, and it was formed in October 2005 and all six cellular operators in Pakistan are members of the company.

With the bulk of the customers on GSM (as per current PTA data, the number of subscribers have increased to 100 million plus), MNP has just focused on mobile service operators.

Given the fact that at least for fixed line numbers, customer have no options other than PTCL and for wireless local loop operators, the bulk of the customers are again on PTCL, with a total subscriber base of approximately 2.76 million subscribers, as per figures provided by PTA, it seems unlikely that MNP for WLL will catch the attention for PTA anytime soon.

Same is the case with SCO (Special communication Organization), that no one can port SCO number to and from any other network in the country.

When we called PMP and asked about any possibilities of taking WLL/LL operators onboard, it said there no such thing in their to-do-list for now. However, one can expect these WLL/LL operators to offer MNP as well, maybe in distant future.

Another factor which will also weigh-in, is the fact that any MNP solution will not be cheap and all relevant stakeholders will need to be convinced that it is cost effective, and that at the end of the day, will actually bring benefit to the customers and that the customers will port WLL numbers.

Unlike its GSM counterparts, the interest of multi-national companies in WLL licenses and the companies has not been very enthusiastic and there are hardly any WLL companies enjoying foreign backing and the much needed, foreign investment (not counting PTCL/Etisalat which is the only dominant service provider proving all kinds of services).

An analyst while commenting over the issue opined that PTCL won't let this happen, ever. He said that significant market player, PTCL in our case, bears the maximum cost of MNP services – so there is no chance that PTCL will even considering listening to any such kind of proposal.

It is matter of fact that many PTCL/WLL customers may want to go to cellular services, especially those who have fixed line in their business offices.

Whether the concerned stakeholders i.e. the regulator & the companies can be convinced to take this next logical step is another question altogether.

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Dr. Shah Joins ‘Internet Media’

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 08:58 PM PST

Dr. Shah Joins ‘Internet Media’ is a post from: ProPakistani

Dr. Syed Anwar Ali Shah, who had recently resigned from eTechsol / EyeBlaster, has decided to move on with a digital media marketing company, named 'Internet Media', told us a source close to Dr. Shah.

As per information we have got, Dr. Shah will be Director Marketing for the said company. Based on his profile, knowledge and the prior experience, this is what exactly suits him the best.

From what we have heard, Internet Media is providing 360 degree digital media solutions and global brand planning with the big picture and results to its local and international clients.

We are told that Internet Media already has a handful number of clients including famous brands of the local and global market.

With the joining of Dr. Shah, one can easily derive that 'Internet Media' would clutch a notable advertising share of the local industry in coming days.

Dr. Shah, who is largely known for bringing in new phenomenon and technologies, may end up with something entirely different at Internet Media. From inside scoops, we can speculate that Dr. Shah is working on a CPM network, an automated one, which will allow Pakistani publishers to sign-up and earn handsome amount of money from their online ventures.

Competition agencies are going to live a tough life, if this expected CPM network thing goes through.

This update will cap those countless rumors about Dr. Shah's career, a notable rumor was that he may join Ufone or Zong to look and manage company's media advertising activities including online media.

It merits mentioning here that Dr. Shah has got a doctorate degree in Strategic Business Planning.

Jazz Jazba on the lookout for Such Talent!

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 08:45 PM PST

Jazz Jazba on the lookout for Such Talent! is a post from: ProPakistani

With the objective to recognize and reward Pakistani youth for showcasing their various unique talents, Jazz Jazba is going to 100 colleges across Pakistan with Such Talent – an on-campus event that will let you showcase your inner talents whether in the fields of music, athletics, academics, or any other.

Participating students will be able to win exciting prizes such as handsets, MP4 players, t-shirts, key-chains, caps, wrist bands and many more fun items!

So, if you think you have Jazba and you are ready to showcase your Such Talent then log on to http://jazzjazba.com/such-talent/such-schedule.php to check out when Jazz Jazba is coming to your college.

For more information click here: http://www.jazzjazba.com/such-talent/

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