Nespak provides tech support to Atlas Power Plant
NESPAK as premier National Engineering Organization working under the administrative purview of Ministry of Water and Power had provided technical support system consisting of environmental impact assessment, geo-technical, geological, seismic, hydrological studies as well as electrical resistivity, topographic surveys and construction supervision
Bioscientists engineer first lot of cherry tomatoes
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February 17, 2010 | Posted in
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Warid not selling its stakes
Amid all speculations in the market about Warid Telecom Pakistan planning to sell off the operations due to the shrinking interest in Pakistani Market, the mobile telecom has categorically and unequivocally denies such reports and impressions.
Warid Telecom Pakistan is not being sold off; rather is on course with its expansion [...]
February 8, 2010 | Posted in
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Punjab government, Microsoft sign accord
A strategic partnership agreement was signed between the Punjab government and a leading computer software company Microsoft here on Friday, under which Microsoft would extend all-out co-operation for the development of local IT industry. The company will also set up an innovation center at Software Technology Park, disclosed an official. [...]
February 2, 2010 | Posted in
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One of the things we have seen recently, other than intense ad campaigns in the Tele-communication sector of Pakistan, is the use of regional languages in their ads and their help lines. Which seems appropriate, as out of the 160 million people living in Pakistan, 60% live in the rural areas. And now, the Pathan/Sindhi [...]
January 21, 2010 | Posted in
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TELECOM TIMELINE
2002
State-owned monopoly PTCL has earned over USD 1 billion revenue in FY2001-02.
Internet bandwidth availability increased to 400 MB/s and 250 cities connected through fiber optics.
Under an Ordinance, the division was up-graded into Ministry of Information Technology & Telecommunications (MoITT) in order to govern the IT and Telecom sector.
Inter operator SMS implemented.
46 licenses issued for [...]
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This is the definition of twitter when you log onto the Twitter website:
People write short updates, often called “tweets” of 140 characters or fewer. These messages are posted to your profile or your blog, sent to your followers, and are searchable on Twitter search.
Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and [...]
Farzal Dojki looks at Electronic Payments in Pakistan
This article is first in a four part series covering electronic payments in Pakistan. The analysis will be useful for Bankers, CIOs, Telcos, ATM, POS and Call center vendors; even the State Bank.
December 12, 2008 | Posted in
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World Usability Day (worldusabilityday.org) was celebrated in Pakistan for the first time at an event organized by the Interaction Design Center (www.ixdc.org) at the University of Management and Technology in Lahore on November 13, 2008. The event was part of a globally-coordinated effort with simultaneous events taking place in 170 cities and 45 countries across [...]
December 9, 2008 | Posted in
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TCS is the epitome of multi-tasking. This year, it consolidates the following: celebrates 25 years, manages 5 million monthly shipments, 170 Service Centers, 2031 couriers on the road daily and makes itself Pakistan’s most technology-intensive company!
In the early 1990’s when people pronounced Psion as Puu-si-on, the IT department of TCS was already well ahead of [...]
you need sustainability in order to allow robust technology to survive the test of time. Sustainability has an added challenge of making something work for all stakeholders and keep operational costs to a minimum. Pakistan has made a very quick leap from dial-up internet to broadband and despite the low internet penetration, corporations who are [...]
It’s all about making life easy”
The Interaction Design Center is organizing World Usability Day 2008 on Thursday, November 13, 2008 in Lahore at the University of Management and Technology (UMT). This event is part of a globally-coordinated effort that is being simultaneously held in over 175 cities around the world. This is the first time [...]
November 12, 2008 | Posted in
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With the influx of television channels, print publication licenses and FM radio stations mushrooming across Pakistan, perhaps the only way that companies can actually place themselves in a niche, is by converging technology platforms. In a country that has an estimated population of 160 million people, television seems to have close to 97% coverage, the [...]
