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Alert: Telenor to Charge Rs. 2 for Helpline Calls, Even More in fact!: ProPakistani |  |
- Alert: Telenor to Charge Rs. 2 for Helpline Calls, Even More in fact!
- Clash of Titans: PTA High-Ups get Head to Head
- Warid Announces All Pakistan Tape Ball GLOW Kricket Tournament 2011
- PTA Issues List of Telecom Equipment for Type Approval
- Intel Unveils Thunder Bolt Technology: 10 GBps File Transfers
- Warid Introduces MircoSIM
| Alert: Telenor to Charge Rs. 2 for Helpline Calls, Even More in fact! Posted: 14 Mar 2011 06:44 AM PDT
Alert: Telenor to Charge Rs. 2 for Helpline Calls, Even More in fact! is a post from: ProPakistani Telenor, in an advertisement published recently, said that they will charge helpline calls at Rs. 2.39 including taxes, from April 09, 2011. These Rs. 2.39 charges would be in addition to IVR charges of 28 paisas. If you are little confused, read on to better understand the charging mechanism, If you call helpline and don't speak with CRO: 25 Paisas + 3 paisas (taxes) = 28 paisas If you dial 345, you will be charged 28 paisas straight away. Meaning that you will be charged 28 paisas for listening to IVR. If you don't speak with Customer Representative officer, your total charges will be 28 paisas and that's it. Speaking with CRO: Rs. 2 + 39 paisas (taxes) + 28 Paisas (IVR charges) = Rs. 2.79 if you connect to Customer Representative officer, you will be charged Rs. 2.39 (including taxes) plus the IVR charges, which are 28 paisas. So your total charges will be Rs. 2.79 to seek help from your own operator. Why Charges on Helpline Calls: Though, a common man can't understand the idea of charging helpline calls, but Telenor in its announcement said:
So apparently it looks that Telenor may employ more CROs to make your helpline calling experience little better, but wait, that's what they said last time – when they increased helpline call charges from 50 paisa to Rs. 1.00. I think we better not comment on how much the quality of service has improved since then, instead we would recommend you to read this guide if you want to decrease wait time during helpline calls. By the way, Mobilink is also charging Rs. 2 for helpline calls. Image via PakTelecom Related posts:
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| Clash of Titans: PTA High-Ups get Head to Head Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:43 AM PDT
Clash of Titans: PTA High-Ups get Head to Head is a post from: ProPakistani
It is apparent that the bureaucracy at regulator's office is up for a conflict and result has been obvious so far: i.e. plenty of news leaks, damage to organization's repute and hindrances in the work flow. From what we have heard from our sources, this all started when Chairman revised the administrative hierarchy at PTA's head office and confined finance member's powers. All DGs were made to report directly to Chairman himself. This happened in May 2010, however, the news never surfaced on main stream, until it got published in 'The News' on January 30th, 2011. 'The News' reports in its January 30th edition:
According to this news, in other words, Chairman PTA revised authority's power rule and started spending money without getting approval from member finance. From our sources, we can confirm that finance member's powers of approving financial transactions were taken back and a DG from finance division was made responsible for approving the cash inflows/outflows. Here came Cabinet Division into play and asked Chairman to restore finance member's powers, in accordance to telecom act. This brought lot of pressure on Chairman's (through cabinet division), and ultimately he restored finance member's powers in late February 2011. A source placed in PTA confirmed us that Chairman, through a directive, made it mandatory for finance member's approval for financial matters, but only for those involving amount over Rs. 500,000. At this, 'The News' came up with another story on March 06, 2011, and said:
It further said:
So till now, Chairman PTA was taking the media beating, but today – he decided to fire his ammo when a news report got published (in March 14th, 2011 edition) which reads:
Now it is quite apparent that who were scooping the news leaks, and for what purposes. After today's story, it looks that this tussle is not settling in near future and we may keep getting such inside stories from PTA, which are pretty interesting by the way, for instance read below:
This is how the report sent by Chairman PTA unearths authority's inability to recover money from telecom operators.
Now this is a wow situation; an operator got a license but was not billed for it. This is the utter thing that can happen on earth. Okay this report has reached Prime Minister of Pakistan, who is again a government official, so don't expect any miracle from his side. However, do wait for another episode of news scoop from F-5 office in coming days. Related posts:
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| Warid Announces All Pakistan Tape Ball GLOW Kricket Tournament 2011 Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:40 AM PDT
Warid Announces All Pakistan Tape Ball GLOW Kricket Tournament 2011 is a post from: ProPakistani
This tournament is one of the largest events of such magnitude in Pakistan in which over 320 Universities and Colleges from all over Pakistan are participating with over 6000 players, 320 teams. This tournament is organized in collaboration with Punjab Olympic Association and will be played in 12 different cities of Pakistan. While interacting with media Mr. Amer Aman , Head of Sales, Warid Telecom said
Glow is broadly admired by youngsters for its tailor made products and services. It is the most active brand of society that is involved in doing a lot of different activities to support the youth of Pakistan. Glow recently organized 3rd Inter School and Inter collegiate games in which over 225 schools and colleges participated. Warid Glow also sponsored 'Pakistan Racer Hunt' SLUMS (Sports Society of Lahore University of Management Sciences), GCU (Government College University), Superior Group of Colleges, FCC (Foraminate Christian College) and many others. To share cricket enthusiasm Glow also introduced a new SMS bundle, 100 SMS @ 50 paisas/day to any number, any network in Pakistan. Also an interesting IVR based VAS called 'Fantasy Cricket' is launched that can be accessed by calling 1200. This exciting service brings Warid customers more closer to live cricket experience. Fantasy Cricket is based on International Cricket series events including Test Matches, ODIs and T20s. The game offers lots of attractive prizes to game winners every month. For Warid customer's travelling to World Cup destinations company has also introduced exclusive discounted International roaming rates for roaming in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Not only this, Warid is also offering the most competitive international dialing rates for calling Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. (Bangladesh for as low as Rs 6/min on landline and Rs 7/min on Mobile, India Rs 6/min on landline and Rs 5/min on mobile, Sri Lanka Rs 10.24/min on landline and Rs 12.14/min on mobile) Continuously exploring the best ways to serve the dynamic needs of active youth who always desire more from their connection, Warid Glow proves to be a brand full of energy that is unparalleled and smartly positioned to best cater the communication needs of our young leaders. Related posts:
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| PTA Issues List of Telecom Equipment for Type Approval Posted: 13 Mar 2011 09:35 PM PDT
PTA Issues List of Telecom Equipment for Type Approval is a post from: ProPakistani
The authority has identified equipment of eight categories under its type approval with varied fees separate for imported and locally-manufactured telecom equipment. Type Approval is granted to a product that meets a minimum set of regulatory, technical and safety requirements. Generally, type approval is required before a product is allowed to be sold in a particular country. Further approval or no-objection certificates are is issued to users of the equipment by the authority. Local manufacturers, importers and users are provided certificates while maintaining full details and information about equipment and accessories supplies, its purpose of use and place of installation. PTA's regulation said that "It issues Type Approval Certificate to any person, class of persons, company or corporation. Any concealment of material facts, whatever may be, by the applicant or his agent at the time of submitting application or thereafter shall render the certificate liable to be cancelled, PTA Type Approval Regulations 2004 added. The telecom watchdog special test committee assesses the functions of telecom equipment against the providing details and its purpose of use by the applicants, Following are categories for Type Approval Telecom Equipment 1. Wireless Module This category will include module used for data communication using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPRS, EDGE, 3G (HSDPA) and other such terminal modules. It fees are set at US $ 100 for imported and Rs 5000 for locally-made items. 2. Wireless Radio Sets Radio device like Toys, I.T equipment or any portable device where two way communications is involved, and whose working range is up to 50 meters will be allowed to operate on non-interference basis without getting any type approval. However all other radio equipment will be type approved. The charges are fixed at US $ 500 for imported and RS 5,000 for local brands. 3. Vehicle Security Devices This will include the Vehicle Tracking Device, Remote Keyless Entry System devices and other such terminal equipment. The fees are set at US $ 100 for imported and Rs 5,000 for local brands. 4. RFID Equipment RFID equipment are type approved operating in approved RFID bands. The fees are fixed at US $ 100 for imported and Rs 5,000 for locally-made equipment. 5. VoIP Terminal Equipment This category contains only the desktop IP Phones. Other such terminal equipment can be added whenever required. The authority has set charges for type approval at US $ 500 for imported and Rs 5,000 for local brands. 6. Fixed Wireless Terminal Equipment This category includes CDMA Desktop Phone, GSM Gateway and other such terminal equipment. PTA will issue Type Approval certificates at US $ 100 for imported and RS 5,000 for local item. 7. Broadband Terminal Equipment This includes the WiMAX Terminal, Wi-Fi Terminal, CDMA USB/PCMCIA Modems and other such terminal equipments. The type approval fees will be US $ 100 and Rs 5,000 for imported and local items. 8. PABX/IP-PBX This category contains the PABX/IP-PBX and other such terminal equipments can be added whenever required. The type approval fees have been set at US $ 500 and Rs 5,000 for imported and local machines, however US $ 100 and Rs 1,000 will be charged separately for additional 1,000 lines. Related posts:
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| Intel Unveils Thunder Bolt Technology: 10 GBps File Transfers Posted: 13 Mar 2011 09:30 PM PDT
Intel Unveils Thunder Bolt Technology: 10 GBps File Transfers is a post from: ProPakistani The need for high speed transfer of data has spurred many technologies like eSATA and USB 3.0 but Intel's newest offering might just one up the others. Codenamed Light Peak, Intel has launched it under the title Thunder Bolt. The reason to be excited about this particular technology is that it features two bi-directional channels with transfer speeds up to 10Gbps each. It allows external devices to connect directly to the PCI-e interface on computers, which allows for the incredibly fast transfer speeds. The interface also provides power so users don't have to worry about connecting extra power adapters to external hard drives. Thunderbolt is compatible with existing DisplayPort displays and adaptors. According to Intel, Thunderbolt's speeds will allow users to transfer a full high-definition movie (between 10 gigabytes and 20 gigabytes in size) in less than 30 seconds. Intel also says that the interface is backward compatible with other standards; it depends only on the cable used. Using the appropriate adapter to the port Thunderbolt can connect any accessories designed to work with USB 2.0, FireWire, or eSATA. Apple is the first company to have adopted the new technology. Their updated line of Mac Book Pros has Thunderbolt connectivity. LaCie have also released a hard drive compatible with Thunderbolt. Other manufacturers like Western Digital have entered contracts to use it and are expected to adopt it later this year or by early 2012 at most. Related posts:
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| Posted: 13 Mar 2011 09:29 PM PDT
Warid Introduces MircoSIM is a post from: ProPakistani
Warid says that its MicroSIMs are designed for use in the iPhone4, iPad 1 & iPad 2 and all other Micro SIM compatible devices. Price: This 32KB MicroSIM from Warid is priced at Rs. 500, little pricy! Availability:
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Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has updated the list of advanced Telecom Equipment, which is subject of its type approval by its manufacturers, importers and users for the purpose of trade and operate within the boundaries and airspace of the country.
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