Celcos Added 9.7 Million Subscribers in 2010-11: ProPakistani

Celcos Added 9.7 Million Subscribers in 2010-11
PTCL Offers Free Cordless Handsets During Ramadan
Facebook vs Google+ [Infographic]
Ufone Ramadan Quiz Offer
Zong Offers Mobile Newspaper Service
PAC asks Government to Close Ministry of Science and Technology

Celcos Added 9.7 Million Subscribers in 2010-11

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 04:55 PM PDT

Pakistani cellular mobile operators added a total of 9.7 million subscribers in fiscal year 2010-11 to take the overall subscriber base to 108.9 millions as compared with previous year's standing at 99.185 million, said Pakistan Telecommunication Authority in it's latest report.

The tele-density of the cellular sector has seen growth of 5 percent in the outgoing financial year 2010-11 to reach 65.4 percent.

Year 2010-11 remained stiff for cellular operators, mainly due to intense competition and tough regulatory measures. Churn and SIM data correction remained another hurdle for cellular operators in adding new customers.

Zong remained the star performer of the year with the addition of 4.22 million subscribers during the reported period. Its subscribers' base reached 10.9 million by June 2011.

Zong was followed by Telenor, which added 2.86 million new subscription to stand at 26.6 million base.

Mobilink is the market leader with all time high level of subscribers' base, reaching 33.3 million by June 2011. Ufone and Warid recorded 0.976 million and 0.456 million to their base 20.5 million and 17.3 million respectively.

Check below graphs for more details:

PTCL Offers Free Cordless Handsets During Ramadan

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 03:36 AM PDT

PTCL is incentivizing it's potential customers to get on-board during Ramadan to enjoy free cordless handsets.

Basically there are two types of phones that PTCL is aiming to giveaway for free.

One is cordless and other is wired. Keep reading to know more about details

Single-play (Regular Phone):

Single play, or only landline package: New customers will get free Telephone sets (CLI & Non-CLI) with the installation of each new telephone connection

Double-play (Cordless Phones):

Customer will be given free Cordless phone on new subscriptions for Double Up Unlimited after payment of first bill after subscription.

The customers will be contacted through PTCL Contact center and subscriptions will be acquired through up-selling. The cordless sets will then sent through courier.

BTW, double-play means you get broadband and landline services from PTCL. If you plan to buy double-play unlimited packages then here are the details

Facebook vs Google+ [Infographic]

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 10:45 PM PDT

If you are much of a Facebook fan and recently shifted to Google+, you must be one of those who are still wondering for a detailed comparison of Facebook and Google+ services.

Earlier one such comparison of the features, offered by both social networking platforms was done here, but still following infographic will be helpful to you to have a sneak peak of what they offer.

Rating based comparison along with details will further help you in choosing, if you are looking for an option between two.

To read more, click: Facebook vs Google+ [Infographic]
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Ufone Ramadan Quiz Offer

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 10:40 PM PDT

Take part in Ufone Ramdan Quiz and you may stand a chance to win Umrah ticket with all lodging expenses paid. Not only this but Ufone is also giving away 10 Blackberry® Bold 9000 Smartphones.

Each Umrah package includes travelling and lodging expenses for two persons and Ufone is giving away three such packages.

How to Participate:

Quiz has following two categories.

Islamic
General

All you have to do is play Ufone's Ramadan Quiz by simply dialling *728# and keep answering the questions asked during the quiz.

Each of the first three participants, who reply with the most correct answers in the quickest time will win an all expenses paid Umrah package for two people.
Next ten participants with most correct answers will win Blackberry® Bold 9000 Smartphones.

Note that by default Islamic Questions will be pushed in quiz however you can switch between categories.

For General questions: SMS "gen" to 728
For Islamic Quesitons: SMS "Isl" to 728

Charges for Ramadan Quiz:

Entry on *728# and 728 Short Codes are for Rs.10+tax.
There is no subscription for Ramadan Quiz.

Terms & Conditions:

This service is available to all Ufone customers on all packages (Prepaid, Postpaid).
The service is accessible on all kinds of hand sets.
All entries received before or after the mentioned period will not be processed, duration of the Quiz Competition is only for the month of Ramadan 2011. Contest will be open to both Pre-paid and post-pay subscribers.
Winners will have to collect their prizes from Islamabad Ufone Service center.
Mobile Phones need to be collected within 14 days from their designated location.
This promotion is not open to employees, service providers, agencies and third party staff/facilitators of Ufone or any person directly or indirectly involved in the running of this promotion.
Winners will be notified via phone, Ufone reserves the right to draw reserve winner to substitute any winner subsequently found to be disqualified.
Ufone reserves the rights to publish the winner’s names and pictures for marketing campaigns or press releases.
The wining subscriber will bear all forms of taxes and will be responsible for all concerned documentation (Registrations) of the mentioned prizes.

To read more, click: Ufone Ramadan Quiz Offer
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Zong Offers Mobile Newspaper Service

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 10:35 PM PDT

Zong Mobile newspaper service is an MMS based service that allows customers to receive/retrieve the newspaper on their mobile phones.

This service allows customers to browse through news and keep them mobile when they are on the go.

The newspaper comprises of five different segments including headlines, news, sports, business news and entertainment.

Zong Mobile Newspaper comes in both daily and monthly subscriptions and you can subscribe to any one of the above mentioned news categories.

Monthly Subscription:

All monthly subscriptions can be done by sending an SMS on 616.
To subscribe to monthly news, choose your desired category and type sub<space>category code

Complete Newspaper	sub<space>all
Headline	sub<space>headline
Other News	sub<space>news
Business news	sub<space>bn
Sports	sub<space>sports
Entertainment	sub<space>ent

Charges:

Complete Newspaper: Rs.50+tax.
Any section of Newspaper: Rs.20+tax.

Daily Subscription:

All daily subscriptions can be done by sending an SMS on 616.
To subscribe to monthly news, choose your desired category and type demand<space>category code

Complete Newspaper	demand<space>all
Headline	demand<space>headline
Other News	demand<space>news
Business news	demand<space>bn
Sports	demand<space>sports
Entertainment	demand<space>ent

Charges:

Complete Newspaper: Rs.5+tax.
Any section of Newspaper: Rs.2+tax.

How to Un-subscribe:

To un-subscribe from any news category, send unsub followed by category code to 616

Terms and Conditions:

Daily and monthly subscriptions are valid for one day/month and do not renew automatically. So you have to subscribe yourself again.
Mobile newspaper is an mms based service, so mms activation is must.
Once your subscription charges are deducted they won’t be compensated if you unsubscribe the service in mid of a month.
Complete newspaper comprises of all five newspapers including headlines, news, sports, business news and entertainment.

To read more, click: Zong Offers Mobile Newspaper Service
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PAC asks Government to Close Ministry of Science and Technology

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 10:18 PM PDT

The monitoring and implementation committee of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has asked governemnt to close Ministry of Science and Technology, terming it as useless.

Committee went of the view that Ministry of Science and Technology and its subsidiaries especially Pakistan Agriculture and Research Council (PARC) have shown utter disappointment in their performance and they should either be closed or it is time to bring some reforms in these departments.

The committee also called former federal food and agriculture secretary Zafar Altaf for his alleged involvement in financial irregularities worth millions of rupees.

Yasmeen Rehman is in the chair to review audit objections pertaining to the accounts of the Ministry of Science and Technology, PARC and the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR).

It is said that PCSIR used to spend budget of Rs 900 million for the wages and pension of employees. Meanwhile it had no funds or research. The committee directed the inspection authorities to clear audit reservations against the ministry within one month.

National Accountability Bureau (NAB) informed the committee that former PARC chairman CM Anwar was facing corruption charges but he had died therefore the NAB had closed his case. The committee directed NAB not to discharge the case against the deceased chairman and to take action against those who were involved with him in 30 days.