PTCL EVO Reaches 180 cities, Nitro in 70 Cities

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited’s (PTCL) EVO wireless broadband has become Pakistan’s widest broadband Internet network covering 90 per cent of the nation’s population in more than 180 cities and towns, said a statement issued by the company.

EVO customers can now experience on-the-go wireless broadband Internet wherever they roam by connecting to EVDO Rev A speeds of up to 3.1Mbps with PTCL EVO, EVO Wi-Fi Cloud, EVO Tab and EVO Droid in more than 180 cities across Pakistan.

PTCL has also recently expanded coverage of its fastest Nitro Rev B network to 70 cities. Customers can now cruise with matchless speeds of up to 9.3Mbps with EVO Nitro’s Rev B in more than 70 cities.

PTCL to Offer WiFi Modems Without Monthly Charges, Revises 1 Mbps Tariff

PTCL is going to offer free WiFi modem with every new DSL connection, except those who are going to buy 256Kbps and 1Mbps Student packages.

If you are an existing user without WiFi, then you will have to pay Rs. 750 to upgrade your modem to get WiFi modem – however, your current DSL charges will remain same.

Earlier WiFi Modem/routers were given to customers at a fixed but recurring monthly rental, which is now waived off against one time charge of Rs. 750.

Punjab Government Deploys Microsoft’s Virtualized Communication Solution

The Punjab Information Technology Board (PTIB), the technological division of the government of Punjab, has replaced its outdated decentralized communications technology with a secure and reliable solution.

The solution was deployed by working locally with Microsoft Gold Partner Inbox Business Technologies and has contributed to a rise in employee productivity and reduced operating costs.

PTIB is responsible for providing IT infrastructure services to more than 100 departments and divisions within the government and throughout Punjab province.

With advances in technology, old systems were becoming redundant resulting in 15,000 civil employees becoming more and more dependent on email. So it was high time to have a reliable system in place which could provide consistency in services and support. Previously, the government relied on different systems for communications and lacked a centralized infrastructure.

Samsung to Expand its Concept-Shops Network

A special inauguration ceremony is planned today, at the new Concept Shop, established on the G.T. road-Gujranwala.

Samsung’s Managing Director, Mr. John Park, will attend the ceremony as the Chief Guest and address the gathering.

An official statement from Samsung said that Concept Shop is a model of the Samsung Retail Brand, from where all retailers can learn and emulate for a consistent branding approach. Samsung is committed to provide the Pakistani consumers with the best retail consumer experience.

PTA to Install Mobile Jammers in KPK Jails

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is reportedly planning to carry out a survey of jails in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for installation of signal jamming devices, to cut communication of the imprisoned criminals with their associates outside jails.


The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has planned installation of jammers to check the use of cell phones by undesirable elements in jails and their surrounding areas, said a statement issued by the provincial home department.

Fabricating Internet Censorship in Pakistan Through Lies

Recently there has been a lot of talk about the apparent GREAT FIREWALL OF PAKISTAN. A specific group of people have been making noise over this issue and spreading a propaganda which is based on half truths and public misinformation.

The propaganda that has been spread all over social media is that Pakistan is going to be installing a blanket Internet Blocking System and that would kill off all our internet freedoms. The picture that these people have been painting is that, if this happens, it would be the end of the freedom of speech in Pakistan.

And as always naïve Twitterati and Western media have jumped on this bandwagon and started attacking Pakistan over this. This post aims to set the record straight and list all the facts for everyone to read.

Throughout this post I will explain the whole issue and let you reach your own conclusions and realize how a few people use such issues for personal fame and gain by just misleading the masses.

Facebook Can Read Your Text Messages!

Facebook is accused of accessing, reading and having the ability to write text messages on your Android smartphone with Facebook app installed on it.

Scoop was first reported by The Sunday Times (link needs subscription) saying Facebook has admitted to paper that it accessed users’ text messages for a test feature that company is planning to introduce in future.

Nokia 808 Pureview with 41 MegaPixel Camera, and 5 Other Nokia Phones Unveiled at MWC12

Nokia was able to create some buzz at World Mobile Conference 2012 (Feb 27th to March 1st) with 6 new launches, including 808 Pureview equipped with 41 Megapixel camera – that’s huge; few are already calling it completely meaningless. But sure 808 Pureview is able to capture images with best results, we can tell you this from the sample pictures we have seen so far.

We will cover all phones with brief details, keep reading.


Nokia 808 Pureview

Nokia has jumped straight to a 41 Megapixel camera phone, when competition is wimbling around with under 10 MP camera phones.

Nokia 808 PureView comes with Nokia’s new PureView technology, coupled with highest performance Carl Zeiss optics (that’s what Nokia is saying) to date and Nokia’s brand-new pixel oversampling technology.

Pixel oversampling technology is vital to discuss here as it will allow you to switch between pixels, to make sure that long and close shot offer best results alike. This technology is said to add value in your shots in low light conditions.

Video Recording:

PureView will also allow you to capture 1080p videos at 30fps, with 4X lossless zoom thanks to the big sensor and powerful image processing which handles over 1 billion pixels per second.

A Day in The Internet [Infographic]

Ever imagined how much data is consumed over internet in a day? or how much emails were exchanged between the internet users all over the world in a day? If no, have a look at following infographic which has much more interesting stats to be viewed.

Microsoft: there's a limit to Tango's love (for 256MB devices, anyway)

Microsoft's going after the low-end market with devices like the Lumia 610 and its brethren. The handset's biggest limitation is that it only packs 256MB RAM and Redmond spent last week imploring developers to slim down their apps or face ghettoization. Now the company's revealing what else will be missing from Tango's cheapie iteration: Video podcasts, Bing local scout, fast app switching, automatic photo uploading,

CeBIT 2012 wrap-up

For better or worse, our week in the frigid German city of Hannover has come to a close, bringing with it the end of this locale's days-long tourist season. All of the local highlights were in the region's Messe, and were focused around CeBIT, which draws visitors from every corner of the globe. There's no question that IT remains the focus of this giant European trade show,but buried amongst the servers, point-of-sale terminals and countless cloud-based solutions were a handful of gems.

NUST Launches Pakistan’s Fastest Supercomputer

National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) inaugurated its fastest supercomputing facility in a ceremony held on Tuesday at its Research Centre for Modeling and Simulation (RCMS).

The supercomputer installed in NUST is the fastest GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) based parallel computing system operating in any organization/academic institution in Pakistan till date.

The supercomputer can perform parallel computation at a peak speed of 132 Teraflops (132 Trillion Operations per second).  It is equipped with multi-core processors and graphics co-processors with inter-processor communication speed of 40 Gbps.

Comptel Plans to Set Up Operations in Pakistan

Comptel Corporation has planned to set up its operation in Pakistan with very strong fulfillment offering to facilitate the entire order management process of operators for executing 3G technology, an official announcement issued said.

The company will open up doors of multiple opportunities for investment and employment along with boosting business of the existing telecom operators, vendors and allied industries through innovations and its benefits to customers of different fields.

3G License Auction Delayed Till May if Not June 2012

It appears that our earlier reports of delay in 3G auction were substantial.

It is now officially recognized that auction isn’t possible before May 2012 that too if government relaxes Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules to treat this auction as a special case, i.e. to get Rs. 75 billion revenue as soon as possible.

During a senate standing committee for on Cabinet Secretariat in Islamabad, chaired by Senator Shahid Hassan Bugti, it was told that auction of 3G licensing might be delayed till June 2012 if the government does not relax Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rule for the auction.

MAXCOM Transfers Rs. 68 Million Assets to PTCL

Maskatiya Communications (Pvt) Limited (MAXCOM) has transferred its assets of Rs 68 million recently to Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)  along with subscribers as part of agreed acquisition deal signed last year, official sources said.

MAXCOM had been acquired by PTCL as an 100% owned subsidiary last year with the management control however its asset had been gradually transferred to PTCL, which concluded recently.

"The net assets of MAXCOM have been transferred to PTCL at a book value amounting to Rs 68,382 thousand and the balance amount of the investment of Rs 6,144 thousand has been expensed," official sources said.

Toshiba Signs ABM Data Systems for Distribution in Pakistan

Toshiba (Digital Products & Service Group) today announced the official appointment of another distributor, ABM Data Systems (ABM), in Pakistan.

With this appointment, Toshiba increases the resellers’ network footprints in Pakistan with ABM as Toshiba’s authorized distributors & Service provider in Pakistan.

This appointment reaffirms Toshiba’s commitments to meet the high demands and demographics of mobile business professionals and tech savvy consumers who recognize Toshiba’s long history of reputation that builds scalable mobility platforms on quality and reliability.

Microsoft Launches Hardware in Pakistan

Microsoft Pakistan has announced the official appointment of its authorized hardware distributor, Advance Business Systems (ABS) in Pakistan.

With this appointment, Microsoft strengthens its distributor network footprint in Pakistan and ensures provision of original Microsoft hardware in key metropolitans of the country.

This appointment reaffirms Microsoft’s mission to help people and businesses in Pakistan to realize their full potential.

Although Microsoft is most famous in Pakistan owing to its Windows software, the company also offers a wide range of high quality and reliable hardware such as head phones, keyboards, mice and webcams. Now Microsoft’s hardware portfolio will be available across Pakistan through its only authorized distributor in Pakistan – ABS.

Apple Unveils New iPad

Apple today announced its new iPad, which is surprisingly called the iPad; no iPad 3 or iPad HD – like they had speculated.

Here are major highlights of the new iPad:

Better Retina Display:

New iPad has better display, i.e. 2048 x 1536 pixel resolution display, with 3.1 million pixels total spread across the screen – which qualifies as retina display.