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Mobile Users to Visit Customer Centres for Data Correction: ProPakistani |  |
- Mobile Users to Visit Customer Centres for Data Correction
- Country’s Expense of Imported Handsets Increasing
- PTCL Online Complaint Management #FAIL
| Mobile Users to Visit Customer Centres for Data Correction Posted: 06 May 2011 04:25 AM PDT
Mobile Users to Visit Customer Centres for Data Correction is a post from: ProPakistani
PTA has requested subscribers' cooperation in streamlining of SIMs data to achieve target of 100% corrected data. In this regard, PTA has also directed cellular mobile operators to take all possible measures for the verifications of post and prepaid mobile connections of their subscribers within specified time period through "SIM information System 668". PTA introduced "SIM Information System 668" for the verification and correction of mobile SIMs data. Through this service subscriber can send his CNIC to 668 through SMS and in return he would receive detail of total SIMs against his CNIC alongwith name of the mobile company. In case there is any discrepancy, the user would visit CSC alongwith original CNIC to get the data corrected. The SIMs not corrected would be blocked after May 17, 2011. This is part of PTA efforts to block all illegal SIMs and clean the data of mobile users. PTA has launched this service to facilitate mobile users and to get their data corrected. Without the cooperation of mobile subscribers the benefits of this service can not be achieved at desired level. PTA during last three years has launched number of campaigns through print and electronic media for the awareness of mobile users on this issue and it is still engaged in such activities. During the 3rd phase of this campaign, mobile subscribers have shown great interest in having their SIM data corrected through 668 and operators are getting encouraging response. Related posts:
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| Country’s Expense of Imported Handsets Increasing Posted: 06 May 2011 01:23 AM PDT
Country’s Expense of Imported Handsets Increasing is a post from: ProPakistani The nation expenses of mobile handsets have been swelling substantially in the current fiscal year, showing huge burden on the imports bill of the country to reach Rs 33.549 billion during July 2010 to March 2011. According to the figures released by Federal Board of Statistics, the mobile handsets sales have increased to Rs 33.549 billion in Jul 2010 – Mar 2011 as against Rs 18.061 billion in the corresponding period of previous fiscal year, showing a tremendous growth of 85 percent in the third quarter of current fiscal year. In terms of dollar, the imports of handsets swelled to US $ 392.028 million during July to March that signifies huge spending of Pakistan's nation on mobile handsets every month at the cost of foreign exchange loss. On average, Rs 3.72 billion imports are carried out every month in the period under-review. In the month of March, the handsets imports were recorded Rs 4.759 billion (US $ 55.766 million), up by 48 percent from last The sales of handsets have increased to more than 9 million in the said period if average monthly sales are evaluated at 1 million in the nine months in accordance with data shared by market experts. As per estimate, if 1 million handsets having an average cost of Rs 4,000 are sold every month, it translates into Rs 4 billion overall sales. Therefore imports and sales costs are almost same. The little difference in numbers of imports and sales figures shows the high demanding trend in the local market owing to change of technology and introduction of new designed brands of handsets. Market experts said that more than 60 percent of the market consists of $50 to $100 ( around Rs 4,000 to 9,000) price range. Moreover, Pakistan's market has solid demand of high cost handsets that limits exceeds to Rs 50,000 The imports and sales are constituted more than 70 percent share of Chinese-made handsets whereas different brands such as Nokia, Sony Ericson. LG and Samsung have retained their 25 -30 percent share in the local Importers and dealers forecast the import and sales may hurt slightly as telecom authority seems to come up with strict regulations, which could slow down the inflow of Chinese-made handsets in the local markets. However, the demand of different brands is likely to increase as a result of imminent opportunity in the market, on the other hand, sales of Chinese brands with IMEI numbers are expected to be increased in months to come. Related posts:
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| PTCL Online Complaint Management #FAIL Posted: 05 May 2011 10:00 PM PDT
PTCL Online Complaint Management #FAIL is a post from: ProPakistani It's 6th of May today, which means its almost 5 months since PTCL got its website redesigned. This new design was very much puffed up by the visitors and it indeed is a professional as well as captivating one. But still one important section, PTCL is ignorant of, is Online Complaint Form. You can find this almost at the bottom of every page; visit this link to have a look http://www.ptcl.com.pk/press_release.php And when you try to register a complaint by clicking the button, nothing happens. Rather it is just a button with no value (in terms of coding, where you need to give certain link as value to the button where user will land after clicking on that). Surely it is there since the website got redesigned and seems like PTCL administration is ignorant enough about this that even after 5 months, the issue is still there. Note that PTCL's website is developed by XOR Logics and the Theme is designed by O3 Interfaces. It merits mentioning here that there was earlier an issue with the meta tags which was fixed after ProPakistani's post, where the developers were using meta tags of their personal benefits in website's description. This time there is another glitch in the website and infact a bigger one. As this section, if works, will surely add ease to life where you can simply register as well as manage your complaints online. So let's wait and see when the action is taken. Will we be able to have a functional online complaint management system or the "section" will be there as it is. Update: PTCL has fixed the issue in one day after ProPakistani’s post, and online complaint management system is now up. Related posts:
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Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has advised the mobile phone subscribers to visit Customer Service Centers (CSC) of concerned mobile operator to get their SIM data corrected if there is any discrepancy in their antecedents.
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