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After Mobilink, Ufone recently partnered with Google to offer Gmail users an ability to send free text messages to any Ufone number from their Gmail accounts or through Google Chat.

Put in other words, Through this service, Ufone subscribers can get Gmail chat messages on their handsets and shall be able to communicate & reply to these messages through SMS.

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The LaunchPad Ceremony for Mobilink Super Engineer Contest 2012 is being held today for the top teams in North area in Islamabad.

The competition is Mobilink’s effort to bridge the gap between industry and academia by enabling students from different fields like Electronics, Electrical, Computer sciences and Telecommunication engineering to take their projects towards actual practical implementation.

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Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) today announced that it has achieved one million broadband customers in the country, that is over or around 50 percent of broadband market share.

A messages by Mr. Walid Irshaid, President and CEOPTCL, published on its official website says:

With over 3 million fixed line users and 1 million Broadband customers in over 1000 cities, PTCL is reaching the country’s furthest areas where others have not.

We are fueling the Broadband revolution in Pakistan with our EVO 3G Wireless Broadband offering true mobility and fastest wireless Internet within the reach of every citizen of Pakistan.

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Pakistan, along with the whole world, yesterday celebrated Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD).

Theme for this year’s WTISD was: “Women and Girls in ICT”.

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In a disturbing news lately, it was revealed that Chairman PTA, Dr. Muhammad Yasin has been getting an Eidi bonus for himself valuing Rs. 350,000, that’s equal to his one month basic salary.

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Muzaffargarh, Punjab: Locals of a nearby village, bady affected by floods last year, of Muzaffargarh can now read books and surf internet on their laptops as their houses are being run on solar energy.The whole village comprising of 166 houses, has been built using solar energy as primary source for electricity.A project of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF), Farmers Development Board is the main sponsor of the project.

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Ufone, in addition to special daily mobile internet bundle, has introduced a daily mobile internet bundle (with 24 hours validity) with a daily volume cap of 200 MBs at a sufficient rate of Rs. 10 per day (including taxes).

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Djuice has introduced Android 2.3.3 poweredAlcatel One Touch 990 smartphone in Pakistan.

Priced at PKR 14,999 – djuice will offer free unlimited internet for three months for those who will use djuice SIM with this phone.

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PTCL has played its long kept GB card for itsEVO services. To give the WiMAX service providers a tough time, PTCL EVO now comes at decreased rates with monthly limit of 5 and 10 GB (in addition to a package that offers unlimited downloads with 3.1 mbps and 256 kbps speeds).

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Brand manager and social media consultants always remain hungry for information about their customers’ engagement, interactions and requirements on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks.

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Mobilink has signed 10 members of the Pakistan Cricket team as the Brand Ambassadors for Jazz – said a press release issued by the company.

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You remember this Nokia’s Global Launch event happening tomorrow that we told you about last week? Well rumors are suggesting that Nokia is planning for the launch of two full touch screen feature phones come smartphones featuring full swipe functionality (just like N9) based on its S40 operating system.

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Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued two directives to PTCL asking to clear the unpaid dues on account of numbering charges and spectrum charges for 9000 VHF links within fifteen day to avoid any further action from authority.

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Telenor Pakistan has launched a nationwide project that will help empower a new digital generation in Pakistan.

Telenor said that its Talkshawk I-Champ is a knowledge-based initiative that aims to provide learning and training to young people to enable them with internet access through mobile phones.

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Interview by Nagraj Gollapudi

May 13, 2012

First time I met a hero
I was about seven or eight years old. Shahid Afridi had come play for Abahani Limited, a Dhaka club. Akram Khan, my uncle, had got Afridi to Bangladesh.

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Pti youth president ABRAR UL HAQ invited Hamza Shrif AKA prince of Raiwind .............to leave father steps and join PTI.

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Mobilink Jazba has announced three workshops for mobile app developers in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad.

Jazba website says that mobile app developer and those who are into game development are invited to attend this workshop, which is apparently free of charge.

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Bahria Country Club was officially launched on the 5th of May, 2012. It is a family oriented place which offers entertainment in the form of mini-golf and animal exhibits and great food at the two restaurants in the country club; 'Fairways Rendezvous' & 'Maroush Grill'.

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Ufone has come up with a portal for Real Madrid lovers, which will offer its customers to download Real Madrid Images, Animations, Real Madrid UTunes, Ringtones and Videos. Portal will also offer latest news and live alerts for the club.

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Reports suggest that submarine cable SEMEWE4 cable – linking majority of internet and telephony traffic in Pakistan – has been cut near Alexandria, causing serious sluggishness for internet browsing in Pakistan.

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After Mobilink introduced HTC One X – couple of weeks go – Ufone has now announced the official launch of HTC One V, a mid-range smartphone from HTC One series.

Priced at Rs. 28,500 (network unlocked) HTC One V is offered with a free car charger and 30 MB of free internet data for three months. Ufone says that there is 12 months warranty included with the pack, which will be handled by Brightex Pakistan.

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