The World’s Number 1 Best Selling BlackBerry Application is ‘Made in Pakistan’!: ProPakistani

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• The World’s Number 1 Best Selling BlackBerry Application is ‘Made in Pakistan’!
• Sardar Aseff Ali Designated as IT and Telecom Minister
• Now Use Twitter Via SMS [Mobilink Users Only]
• Cellular Companies Urge not to Pay USF and R&D Fund

The World’s Number 1 Best Selling BlackBerry Application is ‘Made in Pakistan’! Posted: 19 Dec 2010 12:58 PM PST The World’s Number 1 Best Selling BlackBerry Application is ‘Made in Pakistan’! is a post from: ProPakistani Photo Editor, the World's number one seller, in all categories, on Blackberry App Store happens to be 'Made in Pakistan'. Developed by a Lahore-based software company Pepper.PK, the Photo Editor for blackberry has made it to the top of list for paid applications. Tech Lahore has detailed post on the topic, it says: Pakistan's IT industry has come a long, long way. The capabilities and skills of our companies are developing not just in the area of software engineering, but project management, product marketing and promotion. It's no easy feat to leave HUGE names like Facebook and Monopoly, among dozens of others, behind! But what Pepper.pk's laudable achievement proves is that not only are Pakistan based software companies ultra-competitive, they are, quite literally, second to none. Related posts: Twitter Usage May Hike with Official Blackberry App Mobilink Should Sell Unlocked Blackberry Handsets : CCP Confirmed: Blackberry Handsets From Telenor Pakistan BlackBerry For Non-Corporate Customers…! 1 Month Free BIS/BES Services for New Activations: Ufone Copyright © 2010 ProPakistani.PK

Sardar Aseff Ali Designated as IT and Telecom Minister Posted: 19 Dec 2010 12:30 PM PST Sardar Aseff Ali Designated as IT and Telecom Minister is a post from: ProPakistani Sardar Aseff Ahmed Ali has been designated as Federal Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunication, reported Telecom Recorder. Earlier, Sardar Latif Khan Khosa was deputed as Minister In-charge of the federal ministry, who retained the portfolio for brief period of five months amid serious tussles with the bureaucracy of the ministry. He continued to serve as Advisor of MoITT for couple of months after he was removed as minister in-charge by PM on serious allegation of corruption and mismanagement against him. Assef Ahmed served the country as Federal Education Minister earlier, however, he has been handed over the charge of MoITT subsequently his ministry has been declared as provincial subject and dissolved at federal level. In his tenure, Sardar Assef Ahmed had been under fire as minister on the issue of fake degrees. He continued to challenge the functions and mandate of Higher Education Commission (HEC) and Standing Committee of National Assembly on Education Affairs for their action against fake degree holding MNAs and MPS. For further reading: Telecom Recorder, Wikipedia Related posts: Khosa Removed as IT and Telecom Minister Folks, Forget About 3G: Hidden Message from Minister IT Latif Khosa Appointed PMs IT Advisor Pakistan to Propose Zero Intl Roaming Rate in SAARC VAT will Reduce Tariffs for Telecom Subscribers Copyright © 2010 ProPakistani.PK

Now Use Twitter Via SMS [Mobilink Users Only] Posted: 19 Dec 2010 10:01 AM PST Now Use Twitter Via SMS [Mobilink Users Only] is a post from: ProPakistani Mobilink has become first operator in Pakistan to officially support SMS-based access to twitter services in Pakistan. Till now users in Pakistan could send/receive tweets on phones through GPRS or third-party solutions such as Mobi2Tweet, Pring, iSMS and others. With the inclusion of Mobilink in the Twitter's list of official carriers, while others gonna follow this, there are good chances of boost in Twitter usage in the country. How to Register your number: First thing: For now, you need to have a Mobilink account (assuming you are already a twitter account holder). Once you are logged in on Twitter, point your browsers to this link: http://twitter.com/devices choose 'Pakistan' as country Enter your phone number and let the carrier as preselected 'Mobilink' and follow the wizard to complete registration. After Registration you will be enabled to Send tweets with text messaging on your phone. Receive texts for DMs and the tweets from users you want to be notified about. Twitter commands Send SMS on 40404 with following commands: FOLLOW username > Start following a user UNFOLLOW username > Stop following a user ON/OFF > Turn all Tweet notifications on or off ON/OFF username > Set Tweet notifications for a user on or off (you’ll still be following them even if you set it to off) GET username > Shows you the latest tweet from any user RT username > Retweet a user’s latest tweet FAV username > Favorite a user’s latest tweet D username your-message > Send a direct message to a user Tariff: Charges for sending SMS to 40404 is Rs. 1 plus tax Related posts: Mobilink is on Twitter Another Down: Twitter [Maybe] Twitter Usage May Hike with Official Blackberry App Tweepk Ranks Pakistan's Top Twitter Users Mobi2weet.com – Free Twitter SMS Alerts in Pakistan! Copyright © 2010 ProPakistani.PK

Cellular Companies Urge not to Pay USF and R&D Fund Posted: 19 Dec 2010 06:00 AM PST Cellular Companies Urge not to Pay USF and R&D Fund is a post from: ProPakistani Development projects by USF, worth more than Rs. 15 billion, came to a halt about nine months ago, resulting in non-utilization of Universal Service Fund (USF), reported 'Dawn'. As a result, telecommunication companies have threatened to stop making mandatory contributions in the form of access promotion charges to the USF which has now swelled to over Rs. 35 billion. At least four leading companies are on record as having asked the government to stop collecting USF contributions for subsidizing telecom access in less developed areas under international obligations that envisage providing telecom and IT facilities to all citizens as a basic right. "We propose that the further collection of USF and R&D contribution may kindly be capped till the current funds are efficiently consumed," said a joint letter sent to the ministry of information technology and telecom by the four companies Mobilink, Telenor, Warid and China Mobile. Dawn further reports that the USF has not awarded any contract for the launch of rural telecom services, broadband access, laying of optic fibre cables and multi-purpose community telecentres in more than 6,000 villages since March this year. Similar projects in about 3,000 villages could not be completed or put into operation because the USF board of directors has failed to hold its meeting since March. In many cases, the bidding process has been completed but contracts could not be signed because of a legal authorization that the board of directors have to issue. Interestingly, the USF has not been able to get its annual budget approved either by the government or its board of directors and has exhausted its reserve money while paying the staff salaries. The employees are unlikely to get salaries next month. The USF is run on an ad hoc basis by a chief executive officer whose contract expired a few months ago. Its sister organization the IT Research and Development is without a head for almost a year. Related posts: Celcos Have Never Used R&D Fund for Research Projects Cellular Companies urge higher APC Revenues instead of sharing it with USF ICT R&D Fund Directors Fired for Rejecting Khosa’s Brother-In-Law Contribute to Flood Relief Fund by Sending an SMS VAT will Reduce Tariffs for Telecom Subscribers Copyright © 2010 ProPakistani.PK

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