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Telecom Investments to Hit US$ 2.4 billion by 2020: Report: ProPakistani |  |
- Telecom Investments to Hit US$ 2.4 billion by 2020: Report
- Telenor Opens Sales and Service Center in Islamabad
- wi-tribe Offers 2GB Upsize for Rs. 50 Only
- Qubee CEO Resigns
- Telenor Now Officially Supports Twitter Messaging
- Pakistan Gets First Digital Forensics Firm
| Telecom Investments to Hit US$ 2.4 billion by 2020: Report Posted: 22 Aug 2011 02:37 AM PDT
Total telecom investments in Pakistan will reach US$ 2.4 billion by 2020, telecom sector revenues would cross Rs. 620 billion by the same year and mobile subscribers are expected to be around 161 Million, approximately 89% of the total population, said a report prepared by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. According to the "Vision 2020" document, owing to the continued trend towards mobile services, the fixed line subscribers would more or less maintain the 5 million average till 2020 while the broadband subscribers are expected to be 19.5 million. Report Highlights:
The PTA "Vision 2020" document released today, says that, during the next ten years, improved quality of telecom systems and services would become a critical determinant of competitiveness in ICT. The growth and development of ICTs today has led to their wide diffusion and application, thus escalating their economic and social impact across the countries. Realizing the importance of upcoming convergence era where both information and communication technologies would be offered through a same platform, it is also fostering its efforts to promote the ICT sector by its proactive initiatives. PTA sticks to its mission of envisaging new and emerging technologies and their implications in a comprehensive regulatory framework to continue to provide fair and competitive market for the stakeholders, as well as to ensure high Quality ICT services. The next ten years would bring in a ubiquitous personalized communication lifestyle where any service can run on any device, on any network and in any location over a Broadband connection. Only 0.47% of our population has attained subscription to broadband. Broadband 2.0 networks will eventually replace the current broadband networks. Moving to these new networks offers the chance to increase efficiency and reduce operating costs in the longer term for network operators and Broadband is a key tool to achieve these remedial actions, the document added. e-Pakistan is a unique concept that has been envisioned for the next ten years. The notion aims to employ the substantial telecommunication infrastructure both in terms of fixed and wireless for resolving the nation's social issues like literacy and health. These well built communication highways could be utilized to outreach a large segment of masses unable to encompass basic health and education services. The concept also focuses for knowledge sharing in different domains of ICT for development and facilitates multi stakeholder partnerships and networking among governments, industry, academia and civil society organizations of Pakistan. A huge wave of local content and applications is to be provided through this infrastructure enabling it to bring apposite values to people of Pakistan way beyond than the basic voice and data services. Document says that, Mobile cellular technology has been primarily focused on the consumer market, acting as a substitute for often unavailable wired telephony. Now visions of 4G and beyond, including established technologies such as WiMAX are heralding the age of convergence. The most prominent example of convergence is TV over telecom networks. Mobile phones are now capable of running sophisticated applications and have become an important platform through 3G platforms. Mobile payments would stand as the most demanding service; the present effort by PTA to shape up mobile banking regulations in collaboration with State Bank of Pakistan is result of this foresee approach towards smoothening regulatory framework for mobile payments. Agriculture as a primary sector of the economy also encompasses huge potential to offer mobile agriculture services to farmers and food production companies. The "Vision 2020" Document further said that the most business models of telecom sector currently still rely upon subscriber line rentals and usage charges. Increasingly, new revenue streams are appearing in the form of either access (usually to a Web-based service) or carriage charges (usually paid by content provider) or revenue-sharing with the providers of content and application services. This new revenue streams are expected to come into play especially for fixed line telecommunication market. Moreover, with the emergence of all-IP Next Generation Networks (NGNs), Internet Protocol Virtual Private Networks (IPVPN) will integrate voice and non-voice communications for enterprises. It may be kept in mind that most profitable business for fixed line operators is the enterprise data market yet voice traffic remains a cash cow, a continuing source of liquidity that makes the efficacy aspect of the larger telecom companies, the document added. The year 2020 will witness Pakistan as a country with 100% NGN infrastructure. The divisions between voice & data, circuit switch or packet or cellular and fixed- line, telecom or broadcasting would be a thing of the past, and operators will providing a host of services on a converged infrastructure platform. Related posts:
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| Telenor Opens Sales and Service Center in Islamabad Posted: 22 Aug 2011 02:00 AM PDT
Other senior Telenor Pakistan officials present were: Aamir Ibrahim, CMO (right) and Adnan Hassan, Director Sales & Service Centers (left). The center will cater to customers living in Islamabad and adjoining areas. Related posts:
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| wi-tribe Offers 2GB Upsize for Rs. 50 Only Posted: 22 Aug 2011 01:50 AM PDT
This 2GB upsize offer is in addition to already 5 GB upsize offer for Rs. 100. Upsize offers can be availed with all packages, just you will have to pay Rs. 50 extra for 2GB or Rs. 100 for 5GB upsize limits. For further inquiries, you can ping wi-tribe's helpline. How to Avail Upsize Offer?
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| Posted: 21 Aug 2011 10:35 PM PDT
Mr. Naqvi is the renowned professional in the telecom and broadband sector by having leading roles in different cellular and telecom companies in Pakistan and abroad. In his brief tenure of two and half years at Qubee, he successfully led the company towards launch and expansion of the WiMAX internet services in four cities of Pakistan. Qubee claims to have attained more than 55,000 subscriptions during the time. Mr. Naqvi had previously served Ufone as President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Commercial Officer. He had been associated with Mobilink, Paktel and Instaphone as regional manager. Besides, he worked for Etisalat as senior advisor. Mubashir Naqvi had worked for Mint Consulting Group (MCG) earlier from May 2008 to April 2009 in the meantime and now he has again joined the consulting company as top official. MCG is a unique group of companies operating globally and providing services both in Pakistan and Internationally. It is a consultancy firm providing top of the line services in Telecom, Head Hunting, Training & Development, Investments, Business Audits, Market Research, Agro & Farming, and Allied Professional Services to its customers. Related posts:
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| Telenor Now Officially Supports Twitter Messaging Posted: 21 Aug 2011 10:30 PM PDT
After Mobilink, Ufone and Zong, now you can enjoy Twitter updates on your phone via SMS with Telenor network as well. Twitter has officially partnered with Telenor to enable it's users to send/receive tweets on Phone via SMS. How to Register your number: If you are already a Twitter user then log in to your twitter account,
After Registration you will be enabled to
Twitter commands Send SMS on 40404 with following commands:
Tariff:
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| Pakistan Gets First Digital Forensics Firm Posted: 21 Aug 2011 10:25 PM PDT
With rise of internet and mobile phone usage in the country, the dire need of digital forensics and information security solution was lying vacant. To tap the demand, first of it's kind fully digital forensics company has started it's operations in Pakistan. Hailing from Turkey, 'Forensic People' brings the experience of operating in 12 countries in the region. Their flyer says that they not only master in forensic of various digital formats but also provide trainings to corporate entities to remain vigilant. Forensic People is currently working in areas, such as to investigate business frauds, Intellectual Property Right investigations, Decryption, password analysis and recovery and Legal consultation regarding e-Crimes and so on. Currently they are in process of getting their local website up, but from what we have heard they are offering solutions in following fields:
We will update this post when Forensic People will get their website up and running. Related posts:
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