Changes in the 1996 Act
Disturbing news, mainly because there are no details: "The cabinet, in order to sanction the telecom deregulation policy and cellular policy, approved amendments in the Pakistan Telecommunications Reorganisation Act 1996".
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" Telenor and Mobilink will crush them"
Are you just kidding or are you rellay that ignorant? If you've been to Pakistan in the last few years you must have used Mobilink or heard about it from someone who's used it... Heard that notorious recording of a call to Mobilink customer service? It represents the sentiments of every user of Mobilink... well, except for those who work for Mobilink...
As far as Warid is concerned, I agree their Management is not good, but their service is much better than Mobilink, Ufone and Paktel GSM (I've used these myself), and I've heard that Telenor is no good either, occasional 'Network busy' messages and no coverage outside Lahore.
Don't say that Warid has very little load at the moment, I have been using Paktel GSM since the first week, but it was never as good as Warid is right now.
And lastly, the call rates of Warid are excellent. Telenor is not cheap, even Paktel (3.75+ 15%) is cheaper than Telenor (4 + 15%), and there's 30 second billing for calls to Warid and to PTCL and International phones.
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Monday, May 30, 2005 at 8:10:00 AM GMT+5
Warid is good but their site is down again. its not loading. also the sms facility from the internet has been provided only to the warid users and not to every one. this is bad for the rest of ppl.
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Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 4:20:00 AM GMT+5
Warid Telecom
Ok, so now we have products, we have voice connections. Warid is here and it is GOOD!
[1] Pricing. Excellent pricing. Warid has done its home work and presented a well thought out product. Its gone for low price and low cost distribution. Looks like they understand what the Pakistan market is about.
[2] Its franchise shops are small - they will be able to survive in the cut throat market. Mobile phones are no longer a high price, high status product. They are for every one.
[3] 30 second billing. Bad. Bad, Warid. This is only for Warid to Warid calls, something that is not made too clear.
[4] Quality. Quality is currently OK. Lets see how it goes.
Comparing to Telenor:
Telenor shops are big and impressive, but will cost a very large amount to maintain. The Telenor product is also quite confused - they are trying to appeal to the low cost market by offering unlimited validity and Rs25 recharging but projecting a high quality image. Its not going to work.
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Wateen Telecom
Wateen Telecom is a sister concern of Warid Telecom. Wateen is setting up a nationwide optic fibre network in Pakistan of about 5000 kms. This will provide a backbone for Warid Telecoms GSM network and hopefully will also be available to other telecom companies and ISPs.
An especially important point to note is that the network seems to include links to Afghanistan, Iran, UAE and also India.
Links:
Warid Telecom signs five agreements
Abu Dhabi Group to increase investment in Pakistan
Huawei signs contract with Pakistan's mobile operator
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Have you seen the image of WATEEN ADD in daily newspapers ... they showed up with a MAP of Fiber Optic Network Plan . Can somebody give ma a scanned image of that or can reffer to me any of that site..
regards,
Shakeel Ahmad
shakeelahmad (AT) gmail (DOT) com
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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at 10:12:00 AM GMT+5
Warid Telecom launches
Warid claims to have launched its service. There are articles in the press, parties in Islamabad and invitations to President House. However there is no tarrif announcement, I don't see any dealers in Karachi.
So there is no price, no place, no product, just promotion.
Vapourware.
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Everyone has been left in suspense by the Warid Telecom, Pakistan. The service will be offered in 28 cities but with no tarrif plan etc, without any information how can one decide about a new connection company without comparing its facilities and rates.
By , at
Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at 10:26:00 AM GMT+5
Looks like Warid will be REALLY launching on the 24th of May, hopefully we will then have a real product and a real service instead of all these rumours.
By , at
Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at 3:09:00 PM GMT+5
I just dont know what are they doing. There is no tariff at all how can they launch witout it. I have bought a sim and according to them tariff is as under:
Sms warid to warid: 50 paisas but they cut 63 paisas.
sms to other network: 1:00 rs
Outgoing call warid to warid: 2:00
outgoing call warid to other: 3:00
Faults:
There are no coustomer service help. there is no gprs or mms its not working at all. They are saying less but cutting more money from the balance. sim is rs 300 and 150 balance in it.
Final Result: Its all bakwas just like mobilink or may be worse than that.
By , at
Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at 1:57:00 AM GMT+5
I just dont know what are they doing. There is no tariff at all how can they launch witout it. I have bought a sim and according to them tariff is as under:
Sms warid to warid: 50 paisas but they cut 63 paisas.
sms to other network: 1:00 rs
Outgoing call warid to warid: 2:00
outgoing call warid to other: 3:00
Faults:
There are no coustomer service help. there is no gprs or mms its not working at all. They are saying less but cutting more money from the balance. sim is rs 300 and 150 balance in it.
Final Result: Its all bakwas just like mobilink or may be worse than that.
By , at
Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at 2:02:00 AM GMT+5
OO i was going to buy a warid sim but looking to the response of its customer i wont buy it at all now..Thanks for all your comments :-)
By , at
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at 4:14:00 PM GMT+5
I went to a shop to buy mobilink card, the shopkeeper advised me to buy warid, as they are offering 500 balance , and hence the sim is almost free, and there is no tax deduction ( really surprising) i bought one, checked the balance and it was eaxctly 500:) , i did a sms to check how much they deduct, can you belive they are deducting almost 5.+ rupees on a single message , hell what they ppl are upto.... no traiff rate, no website, no services, just another looter come to pakistan to loot the innocenrt ppl, long live pakistan( you are really heaven for cheaters and all do numberias)
By , at
Saturday, June 4, 2005 at 7:39:00 PM GMT+5
Assalam-u-Alaikum!
Infoservices are very costly of WARID and GPRS charges are deducted Rs 50/= P.M viz unjustified and moreover if you are using GPRS or not you have to pay 50/= P.M viz also unjustified.Infoservices deduction is Rs 3.80/= per sms viz also unjustified.WARID telecom should consider about it, otherwise no one will use these facility.
Moien Shah+
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Friday, June 17, 2005 at 2:17:00 PM GMT+5
I also agree with all other people. I have purchased a SIM today and look now i am constantly dialing 123 and no respond not even accepting MONEY :P:D. Well There is no helpful material available on their official website, rather its not attractive at alllll, plus they dont have any WEB 2 SMS service, well i searched alot but found none, not even on their official site. O God save us from looters and plunderers...God forbid i dont know where have we stuck, none to rely upon. Yaar! at least there should be some web 2 SMS facility, any good website where we can have any informatin with it. Just look at the running TICKER on the bottom of the official website...My Goodness...i think i have wasted my 300 rupees on it, :-s
By , at
Thursday, June 30, 2005 at 11:32:00 PM GMT+5
I also agree with all other people. I have purchased a SIM today and look now i am constantly dialing 123 and no respond not even accepting MONEY :P:D. Well There is no helpful material available on their official website, rather its not attractive at alllll, plus they dont have any WEB 2 SMS service, well i searched alot but found none, not even on their official site. O God save us from looters and plunderers...God forbid i dont know where have we stuck, none to rely upon. Yaar! at least there should be some web 2 SMS facility, any good website where we can have any informatin with it. Just look at the running TICKER on the bottom of the official website...My Goodness...i think i have wasted my 300 rupees on it, :-s
By , at
Thursday, June 30, 2005 at 11:35:00 PM GMT+5
i dont know which IT are we talking about, there is not an updated course taught to the students in Pakistan, still the same books from 80z era are given in the student's hands(the govt faculties, don know abt private) i dont for what they give so much funds to the universities. Look at the internet services, no check on bps and terrif. Simple plundering everywhere. This internet is spreading like AIDs in our society, an attempt to make students habitual to leisure. What do you think is everybody using it for educational purposes? They use it for entertainment, and which entertainment am i talking about, i think you allllll know well. Department of Computer Science, Peshawar University where students sit beneath the leaked roof, when it comes to raining...Is this what we call promoting IT and its experts? All is misserable. let the chance to become an IT minister be given to me and then see how the whole scenerio changes and what IT promotion really is called...baat karte hain!!!huh
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Thursday, June 30, 2005 at 11:44:00 PM GMT+5
SMS.ac spammers
I have been receiving a significant number of spams from SMS.ac via friends.
What happens is that when you sign up SMS.ac recommend that you use your webmail account. If you give them your account id and password (very intelligent of you) they will go into your Hotmail/Yahoo/Gmail account and send a spam to all your contacts.
This is very intrusive and I am sure that none of you want to spam, so PLEASE stop using this service and don't give your passwords to strangers, even if they offer you toffees.
see also:
Ali Ebrahim
Turner
etc.
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PTCL bidding on June 10
RECORDER REPORT ISLAMABAD (May 13 2005): The Privatisation Commission has scheduled the bidding of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) on June 10, for acquiring 26 percent shares with management control as a wholly integrated telecom operator in Pakistan, a statement of the Privatisation Commission issued here on Thursday said. The commission has also scheduled investors' forum on May 25 to respond to the queries of the potential bidders and to inform them about the bidding process. The statement said that several bidders had requested for extending the PTCL bidding date, as they needed more time in order to go through their internal approval processes prior to the bidding.
The Privatisation Commission accepted their request and fixed June 10 as the bidding date instead of May 28, to facilitate the bidders.
Sources in the Privatisation Commission told Business Recorder that sound financial position of the company generated unprecedented interest among the investors as 14 parties sent their expressions of interest (EoIs) in January to acquire 26 percent shares of the PTCL with management control as a wholly integrated telecom operator.
The 14 prospective buyers for PTCL included big names like Emirates Telecommunication Corporation (ETISALAT) (the UAE), Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (SingTel) (Singapore), Mobile Telecommunications Co. (Kuwait), MTN International (Pty) Ltd. (South Africa), Saudi Oger Limited (Saudi Arabia), China Mobile Communication Company (China), Millicom Int'l. , Saudi Telecom (Saudi Arabia), Telecom Malaysia (Malaysia) and other investors from the region.
The sources said that the PTCL is the leading provider of basic telephone services to the private and public sector in Pakistan with over 4.4 million telephone lines in service. Besides providing fixed line and ancillary services, the company owns Pakistan Telecommunication Mobile Limited (Ufone), one of the five GSM cellular providers in Pakistan and Paknet, a countrywide Internet service provider.
Its strong financial position demonstrated during FY 2004, excluding subsidiaries as per unconsolidated finances of the PTCL indicate: Revenue at Rs 74,124 million, operating profit Rs 41,938 million, net profit after-tax Rs 29,169 million, total assets Rs 141,595 million, total equity Rs 83,600 million with a network of 5.27 million lines and 4.43 million access lines in service.
The sources said that besides, PTCL, the privatisation of public enterprises, Pakistan State Oil, (PSO) Carrier Telephone Industry, Pak Arab Fertiliser, National Refinery Limited and National Investment Trust Limited is also being actively pursued.
The sources said that though it would be PC's endeavour to speed up the privatisation process, yet it would ensure that the legitimate concerns of various stakeholders are taken care of before their privatisation.
The sources said that the long-term vision of the government was good governance and regulation, while providing an enabling environment for the generation of investment opportunities in Pakistan to harness the private sector as the engine of growth for the economy.
Economic growth is the most potent tool for fighting poverty as it stimulates employment, which is necessary to reduce poverty, they added.
The sources said that although the process of privatisation of more than 200 public sector enterprises started in 90s, its most active phase has been the last two years when privatisation worth Rs 75 billion from 21 transactions was completed.
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BlackBerry coming ?
Press Release--May 10, 2005--Orascom Telecom Holding S.A.E. (LSE:GDR)(CAIRO:ORTE)(ALEXANDRIA:ORAT)("OTH") and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) today announced plans to offer the BlackBerry(R) wireless communications solution to mobile customers in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. BlackBerry will operate on Orascom's GSM/GPRS networks and international roaming will be supported in countries where Orascom has GPRS roaming agreements in place.(i)
BlackBerry, developed and manufactured by RIM, provides always-on, push-based, mobile access to e-mail and other communications and information for both individual and corporate customers. BlackBerry will enable Orascom's subscribers to access e-mail, phone, text messaging, calendar, Internet browser, organizer and corporate data applications via an integrated wireless platform. With their BlackBerry device, Orascom users will be able to easily and remotely manage their e-mail, appointments and contacts, as well as access corporate applications.
"Orascom Telecom is committed to providing its customers with the most powerful mobile communications tools available and we are therefore pleased to be working with RIM to introduce BlackBerry, the internationally popular wireless solution, to our subscribers," said Ossama Bessada, Services Development Director at Orascom Telecom. "By using BlackBerry from Orascom, mobile customers will enhance the way they communicate at work and in their personal lives, increasing their productivity, efficiency and responsiveness."
"BlackBerry is an extremely powerful business tool that provides an advanced wireless solution for communication and information which will enable our customers to be wirelessly connected throughout the day. It is also an excellent opportunity for international travelers visiting the countries we operate in to roam on our networks and connect directly to their offices using this highly developed technology," added Emad Farid, Executive Officer for Operations Control at Orascom Telecom.
The BlackBerry service will be available with the easy-to-use BlackBerry 7290 Wireless Handheld(TM) and the BlackBerry 7100g(TM) business phone.
"BlackBerry is designed to provide mobile professionals with the best combined wireless email, phone and data experience and that optimized mobile experience has fuelled its adoption by over three million subscribers worldwide," said Mark Guibert, Vice President, Corporate Marketing at Research In Motion. "BlackBerry also provides a secure, standards-based, robust and extensible platform for a wide range of wireless enterprise applications. We are very pleased to work with Orascom Telecom to bring BlackBerry to its customers in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia."
For Orascom Telecom's corporate customers, BlackBerry Enterprise Server(TM) software tightly integrates with Microsoft(R) Exchange, IBM Lotus(R) Domino(TM) and Novell GroupWise(R) and works with existing enterprise systems to enable secure, push-based wireless access to email and other corporate data.
For individuals and smaller businesses, BlackBerry Internet Service(TM) allows users to access up to ten corporate and/or personal email accounts (including Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino and many popular ISP email accounts) from a single device.
Pricing and availability details for Orascom Telecom's networks in specific countries will be available from Orascom at a later date.
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When BlackBerry coming in Pakistan it is still not clear is somebody have some information ?
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Thursday, June 2, 2005 at 6:27:00 PM GMT+5
Telekom Malaysia Bhd. on shortlist of bidders for PTCL
KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--Telekom Malaysia Bhd. (4863.KU) has been shortlisted to bid for a 26% stake in state-owned Pakistan Telecommunications Corp. Ltd. (PTC.KA), the daily New Straits Times reports, quoting Telekom Malaysia Chairman Muhammad Radzi Mansor.
"We are in the shortlist. We are preparing our bid and I believe they will be closing the deal at the end of this month," the report quotes him as saying.
Telekom Malaysia is among 14 companies that have expressed interest in the Pakistan Telecom stake.
Telekom Malaysia currently owns a 78% stake in Multinet Pakistan, a broadband and cable television services company in Pakistan.
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UAE TRA licenses new telecom provider
The UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has licensed a new telecommunications company in the country, a Dh4 billion telecom provider, in which the state pension and social security fund and other private investors will hold 40 per cent stake. The remaining shares will be sold through initial public offering...
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WELL GUYS
I HAVE BEEN USING WARID FOR THE LAST 2 DAYS AND BELEIVE ME I DIDNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. AS FOR AS QUALITY IS CONCERNED IT IS PRETTY GOOD ATLEAST IT IS BETTER THAN THAT SHIT TELENOR. THERE ARE SOMR PROB BUT HOPE SOON EVERY THING WILL BE OK
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Sunday, May 29, 2005 at 2:41:00 PM GMT+5
Saudi Telecom Deploys Narus' VoIP Detection Application
Press Release:
In an effort to stop unregulated VoIP communications within Saudi Arabia, Saudi Telecom ( http://www.stc.com.sa ) has deployed Narus' ( http://www.narus.com ) VoIP detection application, which will capture and analyze traffic in real-time on the service provider's network, and block traffic destined for unregistered international VoIP gateways.
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Pakistan: Better Late Than Never In Outsourcing
Business Week has an article on Pakistans efforts in the Call Center field, also an interview with Shaukat Aziz .
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PTCL to provide vocie, cable television and DSL in one service.
MULTAN: Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) would soon launch a three-in-one facility to enable the subscribers enjoy telephone, cable television and DSL (Internet) services—all through one line.
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They should improve the rectification system of the complaints first and then adopt new buisness methods.
A victom
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Thursday, September 1, 2005 at 11:47:00 AM GMT+5
