Mobile Gaming Industry Statistics for 2011 [Inforgraphic]: ProPakistani

Mobile Gaming Industry Statistics for 2011 [Inforgraphic]
Warid Rozana Offer: Daily SMS, Calls and GPRS Bundle
Ramadan SMS Alert Services
PTCL Ramadan Offer: 256 Kbps Broadband Goes Unlimited
Qubee Offering Double Bandwidth, 4 GB Flash Drives
PTCL and Auqaf Organization Sign MoU for IP Surveillance System at Shrines

Mobile Gaming Industry Statistics for 2011 [Inforgraphic]

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:17 AM PDT

Geekaphone, an online resource for the mobile industry, has revealed stats about mobile gaming industry. They have been researching the mobile gaming industry and revealed figures for 2011.

A few key points that stand out are:

The mobile gaming industry is predicted to reach $54 Billion by 2015
84% of tablet owners play games
70 – 80% of all mobile downloads are games
Android is soon to overtake Apple in number of total available apps
In-game purchases should overtake pay-per-downloads by 2013
Angry Birds has been downloaded 140 million times
Developers made $87 million in ad revenue in 2010 and will grow 10 fold by 2015

via DigitalBuzzBlog

Warid Rozana Offer: Daily SMS, Calls and GPRS Bundle

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 01:48 AM PDT

Warid has introduced two daily bundle offers in Ramadan for voice, SMS and GPRS calls.

Value Package and Extra Value Package both offer free call after 3rd minute whereas daily SMS and GPRS offerings differ.

Also, all those customers who subscribe to these bundles will stand a chance to win ticket for Umrah after Ramadan.

Value Package

Free Call after 3rd Minute (Warid to Warid)
Free 250 SMS Daily
Daily Charges:Rs. 1.99 plus tax per day

How to Subscribe:

To subscribe SMS "On" to 7860

Extra Value Package

Free Call after 3rd Minute (Warid to Warid)
Free 500 SMS
10MB GPRS Bucket Daily
Daily Charges:Rs. 3.99 plus tax per day

How to Subscribe:

To subscribe SMS "On" to 7861

How to Un-subscribe:

To unsubscribe Value Package or Extra Value Package, SMS "Off" to 7862

Terms and Conditions:

These bundles will be valid from 3AM to 6AM and 3PM to 7PM in a day
After subscription, these offers will remain active throughout Ramadan.
Daily subscription is not required
The offers would be activated on 1st of Ramadan and you can enjoy free calls, SMS and GPRS till 28th of the Ramadan
All Warid prepaid and Glow subscribers can avail this offer
Free SMS and GPRS bucket will expire daily
If Glow subscribers will subscribe to any of Ramadan Packages, their base tariff will be converted to Glow 2.0
If Warid Prepaid subscribers will opt for any of Ramadan Packages, their base tariff will be converted to ZEM 30 LCR
If account balance is not enough to deduct daily rental of Ramadan Packages, then subscribers would not be able to make any Call / SMS / MMS till they recharge their account
If Glow 2.0 subscribers will unsubscribe this offer or Ramadan Packages ends then their base tariff would be Glow 2.0
If Warid Prepaid subscribers will unsubscribe this offer or Ramadan Packages ends then their base tariff would be ZEM 30 LCR
Subscribers will add F&F numbers again once Ramadan Packages ends or if they unsubscribe to this Ramadan offer
Glow subscribers can use all Glow services with this offer except Bol Anmol and SMS bundles
Warid Prepaid subscribers can avail all Prepaid services except Bol Anmol and SMS bundles (SMS bundles combined with MMS / GPRS too)

Ramadan SMS Alert Services

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 12:06 AM PDT

Keepin up the tradition, Cellular companies have introduced Ramadan Alerts Service this year, as well. Now you can have Sehar, Iftar and Prayer timings right in your inbox via SMS.

Warid Ramadan Alerts:

Warid has introduced Ramadan alerts service which will enable you to receive Sehar, Iftar and Namaz timings via SMS.

Not only these alerts but you can also get daily Ayats, Hadiths, Duas, Taaq Raat alerts and history of the day as well as Islamic wallpapers, tones, videos and animations.

Package 1:

Features:

Sehri Alert (Hanafi & Jaafri Fiqah)
Iftaar Alert (Hanafi & Jaafri Fiqah)
Namaz Timings (Hanafi & Jaafri Fiqah with Qaza Namaz Timings)

How to Subscribe:

SMS 'RA' to 2602

Subscription Charges: Rs. 15+tax

Package 2:

This Package gives the benefit of not only Sehr, Iftar and Namaz timings alerts but also includes daily ayats, hadis, duas as well as Taaq Raat Alerts and MMS features as well.

Features:

Sehri Alert (Hanafi & Jaafri Fiqah)
Iftaar Alert (Hanafi & Jaafri Fiqah)
Ayat of the Day
Hadis of the Day
Namaz Timings (Hanafi & Jaafri Fiqah with Qaza Namaz Timings)
Taaq Raat Alert
Today's Islamic history
MMS of the Day (Wallpaper, True tone , Video clip, Animation)
Masnoon Dua

How to Subscribe

SMS 'RA' to 1601

Subscription Charges: Rs. 25+tax

Zong Ramadan Alerts:

Zong brings Quran, Naats, Islamic Lectures, Duas, Namaz Timings, Hadith and much more via SMS and IVR.

SMS Based Ramazan Services

The following SMS Content will be delivered to the Active Subscribers of IVR Islamic Service. Caller just needs to activate the services which he/she wants to. The Active Islamic Service Subscriber will be that subscriber who has dialed the service in last 3 days (including today).

Daily Ayat
Daily Hadith
Namaz Timings
Masnoon Dua
Sehr-o-Aftar Time

Subscribers also have a facility to unsubscribe the messages offered in the IVR menu

IVR Channels:

The following IVR Content will be offered to the customers.

Quran
Naats
Bayans/Lectures
Masnoon Duas
Ahadees

How to Subscribe:

Dial 567 to activate via IVR

Charges:

50 Paisa /min + tax for IVR 567
Rs 1/day + tax for Daily subscription

How to Un-subscribe:

Call 567 and press "8"for UnSub

Ufone Ramadan Alerts:

Ufone brings Ramadan alerts and SIM Lagao Offer, togather in one bundle.

Those customers who haven’t used their Ufone SIM since 1st July, 2011 are welcomed by Ufone.

Activate your SIM and enjoy 100 free on-net minutes, 1000 SMS and 25MB mobile internet for free, not only this but customers will also be able to get free Sehar and Iftar Alerts for one week, for free.

And till 25th of August, 2011 consumers will get equal minutes and double the number of SMS for the balance used every week.

This Offer is valid from 1st of August, 2011 to 25th of August, 2011

How to Activate:

Put your SIM back in mobile and send free to 234

To read more, click: Ramadan SMS Alert Services
ProPakistani.PK

PTCL Ramadan Offer: 256 Kbps Broadband Goes Unlimited

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 12:03 AM PDT

This Ramadan PTCL allows you to download unlimited data on PTCL's National Broadband Package.

Broadband National Package was earlier introduced for low-end users with 256 Kbps connection speed and a monthly cap of 1 GB only.

Recently PTCL brought major changes for it’s broadband packages and capped them at 50 GB per month download limit. Here PTCL is probably trying to compensate it’s users to some extent.

Now for the whole month of Ramadan and then in September, you can enjoy unlimited downloads at same price tag i.e Rs. 299.

This promotion will be applicable from 1st of August to 30th of September.

Qubee Offering Double Bandwidth, 4 GB Flash Drives

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 10:05 PM PDT

As part of exclusive offers in Ramadan, Qubee is offering double download volume to it's postpaid customers during the holy month of Ramadan.

In addition, all those who will sign-up in the month of Ramadan will get one 4 GB flash drive for free with each sign up.

4 GB Flash Drive offer is valid for all those who will buy new Qubee connection before August 31st, 2011.

Terms and conditions:

Free USB Flash Drive is not valid for prepaid customers
The free USB will be sent with the official Qubee welcome letter
All new and existing Qubee users will be given double volume GB's automatically
The offer is valid from August 1, 2011 and shall conclude on August 31, 2011
After 31st August all volume limits will be brought back to their original limits
This offer is not applicable on Prepaid and MAX unlimited packages
Any volume consumed more than the given limit will be charged as 'out of bundle' at the end of the month

PTCL and Auqaf Organization Sign MoU for IP Surveillance System at Shrines

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 09:59 PM PDT

Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL) has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Auqaf Organization Punjab, for providing IP Surveillance System at different shrines of Punjab.

Auqaf Organization is a Punjab Government looking after the administration of 500+ Shrines and 400+ mosques all over Punjab. In the first phase of this project, PTCL will deploy state of the art IP Video Surveillance system at 15 shrines making the security of these shrines fool proof.

The MOU signing ceremony was held at Awan e Auqaf Lahore. SEVP Business Zone Lahore Mr. Nasir Iqbal signed the MoU on behalf of PTCL while Chief Administrator Auqaf Mr. Tariq Mehmood Pasha signed the MoU on behalf of Auqaf Organization. EVP CS & PD Mr. Niaz Malik, GM CS Mr. Muhammad Basharat Qureshi, Khatib Badshahi Mosque Maulana Syed Abdul Khair Azad and Director Administration Auqaf Mr. Tariq Mehmood Javed were also present on the occasion.

According to the MoU, PTCL will provide IP surveillance system at 15 Shrines all over Punjab. This will include installation of Cameras and Storage System at each shrine along with a monitoring facility and resident engineer to ensure smooth running of the system. Security System at all these shrines will aggregate at a Centralized Control Room, to be established at Lahore, for remote monitoring as well as storage purpose over PTCL provided network.

SEVP Business Development Hamid Farooq stated,

"This IP Surveillance System will be based on Build Own and Operate (BOO) model .And after successful installation of IP Surveillance System in 1st Phase, Auqaf Department and PTCL would move forward to 2nd phase, where another 15 shrines of Punjab will be provided these services".

EVP corporate solutions PTCL Niaz Malik stated,

"The Establishment of this Surveillance System will not only improve the security conditions at these Shrines but will also be serving Auqaf to monitor the Cash Collection System at the Shrines. Hence, providing public safety as well as curbing the revenue pilferage".