Voice call price:
Re. 1 per 60 sec
Data call price:
Rs 15 per MB or Rs 2.2 per 60 sec
At 20 kbps (2.5 kBps)

1. Please Turn On your Phone
2. Go to “Mail”
3. Click on Others [p.s : Dont Click on Gmail cause in Apple Firmware Gmail is only setup for Pop3, which means all email comes to your phone but dont get synchronized so you are downloading all emails again and again to get new emails ].
4. Create a “New Account” by giving you Name,Address, Password and description.
5. Don’t forget to “Save” it.
6. After this it will try to connect to gmail.
7. Now it will bring 2 options “IMAP  | POP”
8. Select IMAP
   IMPORTANT: Please make sure IMAP is enabled in your gmail account, this option is in the settings tab under Forwarding and POP/IMAP, otherwise this will not work.
9. Under Incoming Mail Server.
   Type Host Name as imap.gmail.com
10. Now Type in Username and Password. Now scroll down to “OutGoing Mail Server”
    Type Hostname as smtp.gmail.com
11. Hit “Save”
12. It will connect and set up Gmail account in your Iphone

1. Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendar
2. Check and Click on “Fetch New Data”.
3. Make sure Push is Turned Off.
4. Now we have to schedule the time our mobile should Fetch email from gmail.
5. Select “Every 15 minutes.
6. Save.

Telenor Persona has announced an IDD Bundle Offer on Karobar Package. With this offer Karobar subscribers can get 100 free minutes in Rs.100 every month. Minutes used over free minutes will be charged as per normal rates.

If the subscriber’s current credit limit is less than Rs. 2000, then they have to enhance this to Rs. 2000 to subscribe a bundle and if their current credit limit is equal to or more than Rs. 2000, then additional Credit Limit required for IDD bundle is Rs. 200.

Once the subscriber will subscribe to bundle offer, it will become part of their subscription unless they unsubscribe it. Subscribers can unsubscribe IDD bundle once their bill is generated. Call Relationship Executive for de-activation
This bundle is also available on the price plans of Economy, Favourite, Classic and Special. IDD bundle offer free minutes are applicable to four countries.

• USA
• Canada
• UK
• Germany (Only landline for Germany & UK)

This offer is valid from 29th July, 2010 till 30th August, 2010.

Terms and Conditions:

• Free balance offer will be valid for all cards of more than Rs. 100 denomination i.e. on Rs. 300, 500 and 1,000 denomination cards
• Free balance can be utilized for calling on-net Vfone to Vfone, Vfone to PSTN Local and Vfone to NWD
• Free balance can be utilized for Internet and SMS (on-net and off-net)
• The validity of free balance will be 30 days only
• Free balance offer will be applicable only for WIN subscribers & not for WIPT i.e. not for VPCO

Airblue’s flight ED 202 (Airbus A321, AP-BJB) crashed in Margalla Hills, Islamabad on 28 July 2010. Many questions have been raised about the crash and many theories have been floated by aviation experts, pilots, TV anchors, analysts and eye witnesses. According to many of these experts weather may have played a big role for the crash, but the most important question why the plain drifted off course? remains unanswered.

I have been following the crash and have gone through witnesses’ accounts, experts’ opinions and media reports and have arrived on to conclusion that human error coupled with poor visibility due to low clouds was the main reason for the crash.

The weather at Islamabad was rough with low clouds causing poor visibility. At the time of the arrival runway 12 was active. Initial investigation results suggest the airplane was flying too low in poor weather conditions and low visibility and incorrectly turned too late.

I think ED 202 connected to Instrument Landing System (ILS) at Benazir International Airport and approached runway 30, after completing the procedure and sighting the runway broke off towards the right as per Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) in order to complete visual circling approach towards runway 12. (Benazir International Airport features an ILS Category 1 for runway 30. Circling area has been assigned north of the aerodrome requiring left hand circuits for runway 12 and right hand circuits for runway 30. An ILS approach to runway 30 circling runway 12 required the aircraft to turn right (to the north) for the downwind and subsequently turn back onto final for runway 12.)

After braking off due to low clouds and low visibility ED 202 lost visual contact of the runway and the crew may have become disoriented. In this poor visibility the crew may have focused on 7th avenue as runway 12 and approached it for landing.

The radar had noticed the deviation and had warned the traffic controllers. Express TV reported that the pilot had received a warning that he was flying away from the runway. The pilot responded, “I can see the runway.” In a second exchange, the dispatcher advised, “Immediately turn left, Margalla are ahead,” referring to foothills of the Himalayas north of Islamabad. The pilot responded, “We can see it,”.

May be in poor visibility and disorientation the crew was taking 7th avenue as runway 12 and continued there descent for landing but after descending from low clouds realized that they were landing on the road, the pilot went on full throttle and tried to regain height to clear Margalla Hills but unfortunately it was too late and the plane smashed on the hills.

That’s why it was spotted by eyewitnesses flying unusually low, moments before the sound of the crash was heard.

Mobile phones are rapidly becoming an important delivery channels today. ‘News on the go’ is that latest luxury consumers worldwide are getting hooked on and why not – it’s fast, convenient, reliable and cheap. Following suit, Dawn.com has now decided to join the bandwagon and offer it’s a readers an option that’s literally a click away.

Thousands of readers in Pakistan and worldwide get their daily dose of online news through Pakistan’s first news portal, Dawn.com. Evolving in content, size and readership, the website now offers a news application which can be downloaded from Dawn.com and used instantly. A reader can now get the latest breaking news, match scores, entrainment buzz and political developments through his cell phone without the hassle of browsing.

For now this widget is only available on a number of Nokia devices but we intend to eventually bring it to all mobile phones.

Do you read news on your mobile phones? What would you like to see more of on mobile news applications? Share the ideas that excite you about the future of information on this planet!

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Google Incorporation energy unit has made a deal to buy wind power from NextEra Energy Incorporation for the next 20 years to power data centers.

The deal comes less than three months after the giant Silicon Valley Internet search company invested $38.8 million in two wind farms in North Dakota, developed by NextEra Energy Resources that generate enough energy to power more than 55,000 homes.

Google Energy LLC will begin buying wind power from July 30 from NextEra’s facility in Iowa at a prearranged rate, Urs Hoelzle, Google’s senior vice president of operations, said in a blog on Google’s website.

“Incorporating such a large amount of wind power into our portfolio is tricky, but this power is enough to supply several data centers,” Hoelzle added.Google has pushed ahead in addressing climate change issues as a generous effort through its Google.org arm.

NextEra said in late 2007 that it would invest in companies and do research of its own to produce affordable renewable energy, at a price less than burning coal, within a few years.The company’s Google Energy unit, formed in December, allows the company to buy large volumes of renewable energy from the wholesale power market.

Samsung Electronics Company Limited, a global leader in mobile phones, appliances and home entertainment products, engaged the Pakistani Cyber-Gaming enthusiasts in a thrilling National Final as a part of the World Cyber Games (WCG). This contest was recently held at the Expo Center-Karachi, to encourage Pakistani gamers to compete internationally. Samsung is the global sponsor of this event, and seeks to promote this trendy contest on a local level. Sindh Minister for Youth Affairs- Syed Faisal Sabzwari awarded the winners at the closing ceremony

The participants were provided with 20 Samsung LCD Monitors to enjoy gaming in the main arena, while the winners also got LCD monitors as prizes. Another highlight of the exciting competition was a Samsung Mobile Challenge, where participants used Samsung Galaxy phones to play Asphalt 5, a thrilling cyber game. Samsung Galaxy is a gamer’s dream phone, due to its 4″ Super AMOLED display, 1GHz Hummingbird processor, along with the innovative PowerVR SGX540 GPU. It also offers the highest number of Frames-per-second, featuring upto 55.8 FPS.

The General Manager, Samsung Pakistan Mr. Steve Han said; Samsung is proud to bring the WCG to Pakistan, where almost ten thousand participants registered from all over Pakistan. After a tough competition in the preliminary rounds, 11 gamers were crowned Champions of Pakistan. On the global scale, 72 countries have registered for the WCG this year. The Grand Finale will be held in Los Angeles, USA during September, 2010.

A trendy kiosk was installed for displaying the latest models of mobile phones. A special lucky-draw awarded the winners with three Samsung “Genoa” phones and one Samsung “Wave” phone as prizes. The game “Counter Strike 1.6” was won by the Team “I-DX” from Karachi, where the Team U-5 from Lahore became runners-up. “Warcraft DOTA” was won by ‘Team CL’ of Karachi as “Team Hope” from Quetta was the runners-up. The ‘Team Rebel’ from Lahore took the winning title against “Team DD” from Islamabad in “Call of Duty 4”, whereas Farhan from Karachi won the final round in “Need for Speed-Most Wanted”.

An MPA belongs to PML(N), the second biggest political party of the country, has marked tremendous record in the history of the world.

He has done his MA in 2002; BA in 2006 and Matriculation in 2007. He must be a world’s genius person got his education in reverse order in contrast to all educated people across the world but unfortunately he could not attend high school and did not get

Intermediate certificate.

The nation should congratulate him for his brilliant fake academic success but also support him to get admission in primary school for completing his education in descending pattern.

Mr Bajwa in his constituency, Banka Sahib in Punjab might have planned to open such school for new corrupt politicians in future to help them getting fake degrees for election but he may fail to make his dream true as his degrees were termed faked by Higher Education Commission (HEC) recently that may end his political career.

Well it is matter of disappointment; our nation always discourages such talented people who will make the name of our country on the top of corruption.

With the breaking of this revelation about his degree, millions of SMS has been circulated to pay tribute to him.

SMS inscribing hopes that he will get his name registered in Guinness Book of World Records.

Nevertheless, it is very shame for nation to have such politicians who cheated it and involved in forgery for the sake of power. These politicians caused bad name of our country in local and international media and blackmailed the nation in the name of democracy.

We should also condemn all these politicians and their parties at least in the SMS to create awareness about these evils of our society among masses.

“As of this morning, 500 million people all around the world are actively using Facebook to stay connected with their friends and the people around them,” Facebook founder Zuckerberg said in a blog post.

“This is an important milestone for all of you who have helped spread Facebook around the world.”

Examples given by Zuckerberg included Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen jogging with Facebook fans during his term as Danish prime minister and a US woman using the service to battle breast cancer.

“Our mission at Facebook is to help make the world more open and connected,” Zuckerberg said.

“Stories like these are examples of that mission and are both humbling and inspiring. I could have never imagined all of the ways people would use Facebook when we were getting started 6 years ago.”

Nokia the world’s top mobile phone market, reported a 40-percent quarterly net profit fall on Thursday to 227 million Euros but held its earnings estimate for its key devices and services unit.

The Finnish company had slashed its second-quarter and full-year forecasts for its key devices and services unit last month, citing severe competition as it faces growing pressure from Apple and Research in Motion (RIM) in the market for multifunction telephones. From April to June, Nokia posted a net profit of 227 million Euros ($290 million) in the second quarter, down 40 percent from 380 million Euros for the same quarter last year.

Analyst expected a profit drop of 30 percent, according to estimates published in the Finnish press. Nokia said its net sales were up one percent on a year-to-year basis to 10 billion Euros, and that the sales in its devices and services unit were up three percent on a year-to-year basis to 6.8 billion, but down two year-to-year in constant currency. CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, who according to the Wall Street Journal could soon lose his job because of his inability to hike Nokia’s performance in the competitive smartphone market, said the second quarter earnings gave reasons to be optimistic.

“Despite facing continuing competitive challenges, we ended the second quarter with several reasons to be optimistic about our future. For one, the global handset market has continued to grow at a healthy pace, led by some of the less mature markets where Nokia is strong,” he said.

Nokia continues to lead the cell phone market, but is under pressure from the likes of Apple’s iPhone and RIM’s BlackBerry in the high-end segment, with competitor’s phones seen as faster and easier to use then Nokia’s, which are based on outdated Symbian technology. Kallasvuo said the company would continue to renew its portfolio in smartphones.

“We believe that the Nokia N8, the first of our Symbian 3 devices, will have a user experience superior to that of any smartphone Nokia has created,” he said, adding the new model would “kick-start Nokia’s fightback at the higher end of the market.”

Nokia said it had sold 111.1 million devices in the second quarter, up eight percent on a year-to-year basis. But its market share stood at 33 percent, down 35 percent from last year and equal to the first quarter, while the average selling price of its devices was down to 61 Euros from 64 Euros a year earlier, a drop attributed to a higher proportion of lower-priced phones sold and price pressure on certain smartphones. The company forecast that its devices and services sales for the next quarter would total 6.7 billion-7.2 billion Euros. Shares in company, which had recently fall to their lowest level in 12 years, were up 4.22 percent to 7.28 Euros on a Helsinki Stock Exchange up 1.45 percent.

Excess use of the mobile phone could increase the risk of tinnitus. Tinnitus is a condition causes a noise in the ear such as a buzzing, roaring or hissing sound.

Around 10 per cent to 15 per cent of adults have chronic tinnitus and it affects quality of life, such as preventing sleeping, in up to 3 per cent of people.
Now experts from Austria believe there is a link between tinnitus and mobile phone use after studying 100 people with the condition. Some 27 per cent of the group had tinnitus in their right ear, 38 per cent in the left and 35 per cent in both ears.

Analysis showed that people who used a mobile phone on one ear for four years or more were almost twice as to be expected to develop tinnitus in that ear as those without the condition.

Meanwhile, people using a mobile for one to three years were 23 per cent more likely and those using a mobile for more than 10 minutes a day had a 71 per cent higher risk. This compared to a 2 per cent risk if they used a mobile for less than 10 minutes a day.

The authors, from the University of Vienna, said people are likely to over or underestimate their mobile phone usage and the length of calls.

In the most recent quarter, Microsoft generated $16.04 billion in revenue, a 22% jump from last year’s $13.10 billion. This is a Q4 record for the technology titan. Income also rose from $3.99 billion to $5.93 billion, an eye-popping increase of 49%.

The company generated $62.48 billion in its 2009-2010 fiscal year, a 7% increase from the previous year. This is yet another financial record for the Redmond, Washington-based company.

The primary drivers of Microsoft’s revenue growth were its Windows, Server and Business Divisions. Windows 7 drove a 23% increase in revenue for the division this year, resulting in $18.49 billion in revenue and $12.98 billion in income. Its second biggest income driver was its Business Division, specifically Microsoft Office 2010. The division generated $18.64 billion in revenue and earned $11.78 in income.

Not every division was a winner, though. While Microsoft’s Online Services Division increased revenue by 13% to $565 million, it lost more money than ever: $696 million last quarter to be exact. The company’s Entertainment and Devices Division, which houses both the Xbox and Zune divisions, lost $172 million in Q4, although it generated $1.6 billion in revenue.

Many companies feeling their duty are now working to make the eco friendly devices to save our home. Sony Ericsson has also taken a great step in this run; it had created eco-friendly mobile in the ‘Green heart’ series. This mobile has a very attractive look because of the stylish slide. The phone is made by the recycled plastic; it is quite safe and hard too which puts the mobile in the series of ruff and tuff mobile phones.

Specifications:
• Body and the size dimensions are 102 × 49.5 × 16 mm
• Very light weight only of 120 grams.
• 3G, WLAN, Bluetooth, Micro USB and GPRS available
• Camera of 5 Mega Pixel with a resolution of 2560 × 1920 pixels
• Auto focus and LED flash
• MMS, Email, Push EMail, IM
• Browsers like WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (NetFront), RSS reader
• Radio and loud speaker

The petition was filed by Judicial Activism Panel (JAP) Chairman Muhammad Azhar Siddique on Monday in the Lahore High Court, stating the website again announced a contest named “Everybody Burn Quran Day” (nauzubillah) and also displayed blasphemous pictures of Khana-i-Kaaba.

The petitioner sought the act be declared illegal, un-Islamic, unconstitutional and against the injunctions of Islam.

He also prayed the authorities in Pakistan be directed that no blasphemous material be published, displayed, visualized or aired in the country.

Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court has sought the stance of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to the demand for a permanent ban on Facebook.

Authority Stance

The ministry and its subordinate authorities will not tolerate to get access that websites having blasphemous content, Nagiubullah Malik secretary IT ministry said.

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) detected this websites a couple of days earlier and informed it to ministry concerned to decide its display in the country, sources said.

Sources in the IT ministry said the inter-ministerial committee has been analyzing all possible measures to block the links and pages on Facebook containing sacrilegious material.

The committee is responsible to block all such websites containing sacrilegious material without any court’s verdict.

However, blasphemous links of this website could be viewed in Pakistan.

PTA Past Actions

In May 2010, the Facebook has been blocked from May 19-30 in Pakistan. It also restricted youtube.com, a video sharing website, on the same account.

During the period, it blocked the access of more than 1,400 URLs, links and pages.

The authority also ordered all cellular operators to block all such websites on its internet services promptly, which also caused suspension of Blackberry services for a day

Ufone has now extended its Ufone Uth package to Uth Non Stop Offer. Ufone subscribers can now make free calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to any Ufone number after first 2 minutes.

Subscribers can also make long calls to their 5 friends and family numbers at amazingly low rates of Rs. 2.99+tax. Subscribers can also enjoy bucket loads of SMS daily to any network for Rs.1.99+tax. This is a limited time offer with 19.5% FED on usage and 10% withholding tax at recharge or bill applies.

For subscription send write ‘22’ and send a SMS at 444.

Pakistan computer association (PCA) delegation held a meeting with General Manager of Asian Emerging countries, Philip Lau.Philip Lau said that besides the current situation, Pakistan is one of important country of this region and he will surely highlight Pakistan in their investment plan. As the literacy rate is increasing exponentially, demand of IT products will increase at higher rate. He says that role of universities is also vital in economic growth of a country.

He also said that, that they will develop a strong network targeting the end users and will make stronger connections to cultivate effective business communication with local industry.
Munawar Iqbal, Central president of PCA and some senior members Abdul Rehman Tahir and Jamal Yousaf were the part of delegation. PSG country manager Zahid Farooq Zahid and partner business manager Arshad Arain were also present at the moment.

It’s always important to know whether your SMS has been delivered to the recipient or not. Previously, SMS delivery was given by most operators free of cost but due to the traffic on the messaging system owing to these delivery reports, most of the times the operators would shut down the delivery report service. This would leave subscribers in the dark having no option of knowing whether it is a system glitch or their SMS has not been delivered. Currently operators are revisiting their SMS delivery report situation and developing a charged subscription service for this purpose.

This service will add to the list of value added services being provided to its customers. With this service, customers will get information in real time as soon as the SMS is delivered to the recipient and will be assured of the delivery of their SMS on the destination.

Subscription:

For subscription, subscriber can send “SUB” to 533 for activation of this service

Charges:

The charges for Delivery Report Service are Rs 10+t per month.

The increasing no of Asian broadband user is also fueling greator bandwidth usage.South Koreans, who used one megabit of bandwidth less than five years ago, are now using 11 megabits, Asian ,particularly Chinese are leading the rest of the world in broadband subscription numbers ,Said Robin Mersh ,Cheif operating officers of Broadband Forum , a global consortium promoting high-speed internet access.With 113 Millions broadband subscribers as of the first quarter of 2010,China was way ahead of US , Which placed second with 87 Million subscribtions.

Smartphone ,internet-enabled televisions and gaming platforms ,which can go online like Xbox 360, are putting pressure on networks.

Telenor, the Norwegian telecoms group, said that there was not enough profit per phone user to justify having five mobile groups in Pakistan and operators would have to consider mergers or acquisitions in order to see significant growth.

Jon Eddy Abdullah, Telenor Pakistan’s chief executive, told the Financial Times: “Most markets are [divided between] three players. Three seems a very good number. Five is too many.”

Telenor entered Pakistan five years ago and is the second largest cellular phone operator after Mobilink, a subsidiary of Egypt’s Orascom Telecom . Pakistan’s other operators are Ufone, Warid Telecom and Zong.

Mr Abdullah refused to comment on speculation that Telenor would seek to buy out one of its smaller competitors in Pakistan. However, he conceded that consolidation would “drive every shareholder to talk to everyone else.”

Pakistan is part of broader expansion by Telenor across central and southern Asia, including operations in India, Thailand, Malaysia and Bangladesh.

Asia accounted for 26 per cent of revenues in 2008, with the rest coming from eastern and central Europe and the Nordic region.

Much of Telenor’s recent focus has been on its 67.3 per cent investment in Unitech Wireless of India . But the group also sees big potential in Pakistan, which has seen a phenomenal increase in the number of mobile phone users over the past decade.

According to statistics compiled by Pakistan Telecom Authority, the main telecoms regulator, there are about 95m subscribers in a country with a total population of 180m.

Mobile phone services are available across 90 per cent of the country.

The Pakistan government has said it is committed to moving from 2G to 3G mobile phone technology though it is yet to even outline a time frame for when that might happen.

Mr Abdullah said that the government would need to offer existing operators some incentives to move towards 3G.

Briefing the media at the conclusion of exclusive meeting on prevailing law and order situation of Karachi, he said every mobile phone company should ensure accurate SIM registration with Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) number of subscribers on war footing being used illegally in terrorist attacks.

He said companies should stop selling out pre-activated SIM and make it mandatory for its buyers to get registered SIM identity with National Registration Database Authority (Nadra) at any cost.

Citing his intelligence report, he said the issuance of 50 SIMs on single CNIC should be stopped because SIMs could be bought with the registration of stolen CNIC.

Cellular operators’ officials said no such plan could be established without their due consultation in shortest span of time, saying it is impossible for operators to sell SIMs by post, which is carried out safely by thousands of franchises and retailers in the country. All cellular operators are selling inactive SIMs, which is activated after its proper registration with subscribers’ CNIC by Nadra, they added requesting not to be named.

Operators have followed all directives of the operators and carried out utmost efforts to curb the misuse of the SIM particularly for unfair means.

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in collaboration with Nadra and cellular operators centralised the SIM Activation System in February 2009. It also launched SIM Information System-668 to rectify and update subscribers’ data with company against its CNIC number.

Rehman Malik has on several occasions threatened to block SIMs being used for sending SMS for “negative purpose.”

PTA distanced itself implementing on this directives and said it was not its domain to block and to monitor SMS of mobile phone users. The government has taken the decision in haste without determining the technical issues and will backtrack on it soon just like it did in the past, an official of leading cellular operator commented.

Interior Minister also said mobile phone users could help the government control the deteriorating law and order situation through sending SMS and MMS to Law Enforcement Agencies (LAEs). He suggested prize should be awarded to the people aiding the government to inform about miscreants and terrorists.

We have reported before that President Asif Ali Zardari is quite techy as he keeps an eye on latest technologies and their uses.

Recently, he proposed the authorities to use Google Earth to survey government owned lands to monitor illegal owners and land mafias.

We hope, President is not going to order for a committee and a budget of some million dollars for using Google Earth, probably a director with couple of assistant directors too for the project.

I am sure Mr. Zardari is also aware of the fact that Google Earth also captures those areas which Government of Pakistan may not want to reveal to general public.

President Zardari on the same day said that presently the users of internet in the country are 20 million and in coming years they would reach to 200 million, adding, the present government wanted to provide internet service and a laptop to every home.

‘Ufone Management has been happy with the overall performance of the workforce and has decided to increase salaries by 15 percent at least”, said a top official while announcing the increment.

All other companies increased salaries last year except Zong that paid higher salaries to only promoted employees.

Its good on Ufone’s part that it hiked salaries in tight economic situation.

Ufone didn’t confirm this increment officially.

Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and National University of Science and Technology (NUST) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance mutual cooperation for research in the relevant field and to promote mutually beneficial relations between the two organisations. Chairman PTA Dr. Mohammad Yaseen and Rector NUST Lt. Gen. Muhammad Asghar signed the MoU in a ceremony held at NUST Headquarters Islamabad today. This MoU would be valid for (five) 5 years and would be renewed after completion of the five year period.

It is anticipated that this collaboration would allow the academia to share its research in the field of telecom, for its appropriate utilization by the regulator and other organizations. Main objectives of this collaboration are to support research activities and to equip the future leadership with theoretical training as well as practical experience in policy and regulatory issues of telecom sector.

On this occasion, Chairman PTA Dr.Mohammed Yaseen said that PTA would provide telecom information and expertise to NUST, reciprocally NUST would encourage its students to undertake research in different areas of telecom sector. He said that under the MoU, PTA would help NUST in identification of research areas. Similarly NUST would cooperate with PTA on different issues related to trade, business and economy. It may be pertinent to mention here that PTA has always been working towards encouraging research activities in telecom sector. PTA being an academia friendly organization has taken number of initiatives to establish strong linkages between the educational institutions and PTA for the promotion of telecom research.

The research on forthcoming regulatory issues and challenges and transfer of new technologies in local sector is likely to assist the regulator and the policy makers. To this end PTA has taken significant steps that have received an exhilarating response from all the stakeholders. These initiatives include SMS-based Information System for educational institutions, PTA Gold Medal Scheme, Essay Competition on Telecom Day and cash prizes for best research project competition. PTA has awarded the gold medals to the winning students for academic year 2008 and 2009.

Mobilink held a prize distribution ceremony at Mobilink Office Islamabad, to conclude the “Mobilink Super Engineer Competition”. The title was won by students from Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology.

Securing 1st position with their project, “Traffic Analysis and measurement system in IPMPLS Environment” the 5-member team from GIKI was thrilled. The team representing NUST University took the 2nd position, with their project, “Inter-city video conferencing system” while the 3rd position was taken by the team from FAST University with their project, “Automation of physical distribution of E 1s”.

An inter-university contest involving teams of students from the leading engineering universities of Pakistan, Mobilink Super Engineer Competition provides the students the chance to work on a real life project with technical experts from Mobilink’s team. The projects were evaluated by a senior Mobilink jury having representation from different Technical departments against a pre- defined criterion of innovation and creativity, project presentation, meeting the timelines and meeting project objectives.

Rashid Khan, President & CEO Mobilink, awarded the teams with shields and certificates in the presentation ceremony held at the Mobilink head office. He appreciated the efforts of the participating teams and assured the winning team of opportunity of employment assessment within the Technical division at Mobilink.

Khan shared, “Mobilink believes in nurturing the intelligence of progressive youth and innovators of our nation. We recognize this as a very hands-on field and this is why the Super Engineer Competition was packaged as a project based drive. We were confident that with adequate support, our youth can indigenously develop modern technologies and truly innovative systems. The outcome of the participating teams has confirmed that.”

Thanking Mobilink’s Technical team for their support, Hafiz Zeeshan from the winning GIKI team shared, “This was a true test of what we had learned. Having the chance to work with experts in the field and being recognized for it has given us a renewed confidence in our ability. We will never forget this experience and opportunity.”

In addition to mentor programs, Mobilink also provides grants at Bachelor and Masters level for students of LUMS and GIKI. Mobilink also launched an innovative SMS Literacy project for rural women in partnership with UNESCO to improve the reading and writing skills of semi-literate women using cellular technology.

Express Tribune uses Google Custom Search service to facilitate its readers with best possible search results; however, webmaster has apparently removed the Google branding from search box, which is not allowed by the Google TOS.

One may opine that Express Tribune is using “Google Site Search”, a paid solution for businesses that allows removal of Google branding, however, ads displayed in Search results and “Google Custom Search” logo in results confirms that website is using the free version.

A query sent to Express Tribune’s webmaster regarding this is still awaiting response.

This violation, if reported, can cost heavy to Express Tribune, as Google can ban this website forever by not displaying it in Google Search, a nightmare for any online business.

It looks that Urdu version is machine translation (or what they call meaning to meaning translation) of Easypaisa’s English version; check following paragraph (available here) and its translations in quite literary manner (available here):

Telenor Pakistan has always been a pioneer in innovative services. For easypaisa, Telenor Pakistan has partnered with Tameer Micro Finance Bank to introduce branchless banking for the first time in Pakistan. The innovative product umbrella of easypaisa will give you complete convenience and empowerment that you have always wanted in life.

Translation:

ٹیلی نار پاکستان ہمیشہ سے اختراعی سروسز کا بانی رہا ہے۔ ایزی پیسہ کے لئے ٹیلی نار پاکستان نے تعمیر مائیکروفنانس بینک کے ساتھ شراکت دار کی ہے تا کہ پاکستان میں پہلی بار برانچ لیس بینکنگ کو متعارف کرائے۔ایزی پسیہ کی چھتری کی اختراع پروڈکٹ آپ کو مکمل سکون و اختیار دے گی جو آپ اپنی زندگی میں چاہتے ہیں۔

Even Google translated this paragraph better with easy-to-understand language.

Nevertheless, a good step, with lots of chances for betterment; particularly if payment sending methods are explained in easy to understand language with more details than what they are available in English.

ZONG’s Keep Phone On (KPO) reward program received an overwhelming
response from the consumers.

The first KPO lucky draw took place in which
one lucky winner received a motorcycle for keeping his phone on. Picture
shows Farman Iqbal Khan, CSC Manager Peshawar handing over the key to
Attaullah Khan of Kark.