IT & Telecom News Update: 15th Feb, 2010

PTA successfully achieved 95 percent of its 2009 targets
Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has successfully achieved 95 percent of its targets for the year 2009 and set new targets for the year 2010. Some of the important achievements of the PTA in the year 2009 were discussed during annual meeting of the authority, held here [...]

IT & Telecom News Update 10th Feb 2010

PTA Report: complete depletion of IPv4 likely in 2014
A recently concluded report of IPv6 Monitory Group, formulated by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in view of the future forecast and usage of IP (Internet Protocol), has estimated that complete depletion of IPv4 addresses would take place somewhere in mid 2014.
The PTA has formulated this group to [...]

IT & Telecom News 9th Feb 2010

PTCL’s anti-worker policies: Senate body expresses reservations
The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology (IT) has expressed its reservation over the strategy of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Limited (PTCL) converting regular employees’ jobs into contract. The committee also asked the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to improve its standard of service.
The Committee which met at the Parliament House [...]

IT & Telecom News Update 8th Feb 2010

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 [...]

2009 termed as a “mixed year” for the IT Industry

Chairman, Federal Task Force on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Mr. Salim Ghauri on Tuesday said, “The year 2009 would be remembered as a ‘mixed year’ for the Information Technology (IT) industry in Pakistan”.
His statement was based on the fact that, the year 2009 witnessed growth in investment by the Multinational companies (MNC’s) in the [...]

IT News Update – December 23, 2009

Intel Education Initiative Pakistan (IEIP) and Sindh Information Technology (IT) Department jointly organized an awards ceremony to celebrate and promote technological integration by the school management and teachers across the country. Ashar H. Zaidi, the country manager, Intel Pakistan said “Intel has trained 2,20,000 teachers for the promotion of technology-based education in the country.” Sindh [...]

Mobile Commerce 2009: Event Presentations

Here is the link to the presentations made by most of the speakers at the Mobile Commerce event today. If you are looking for a specific presentation which is NOT in this zipped file, please contact Mr. Faisal Rahim through Total Communications so he can see if the presentation can be made available. Once again, [...]

Towards Structuring a Modern ICT Policy for the Benefit of the People of Pakistan

The emergence of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) during the past ten years as a critical driving force in every kind of economy across the world, has been striking. The original impetus was business, and commercial opportunities still do continue to drive business and new technology development. However, increasing affordability and capabilities within the genre [...]

IT Policy is the Way Forward… or is it?

There is such a critical need for policy. You’ll hear it repeatedly. Since the beginning of time when formal governance and ‘democratic’ processes have kicked into gear, terms of reference for groups who have adequate representation from all stakeholders, has been the norm in creating a positive change in the local environment.

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What’s the Strategy?

A disaster is a bad thing! But there are many forms and extremes that disasters come in and there are only some that you can recover from. Let’s just focus on disaster management from an organizational perspective. There are many things that companies do that are wrong, but they also get some things right. While [...]

ePayments 101

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.

Are [w]e Ready Salim Ghauri?!

Now that’s a question everyone has on their minds. Are we? And if we are then exactly how eReady? The Chairman and CEO of NetSol Technologies, Salim Ghauri, is no stranger to the IT industry and the challenges faced from the perspective of security. After all, his company is one of few ISO 27001 (Information [...]

So, VoIP Sniffing is bad for business?

Industry According to an assessment conducted by the PTA a few years ago, there isn’t enough VoIP traffic taking place online to make a financial dent in the business that the PTCL generates. So if the regulator doesn’t feel threatened by IT companies using Skype and Vonage over IP, why are companies using VoIP as [...]