Pakistan Minister Says Cellphones Should Only Be For “Influential People”
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Provincial Minister for commerce, investment and prisons Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor has suggested banning mobile phones in the country, as he believes that only influential people such as government officials are apt to use the cellular phone services.
On one hand, Pakistan was considered to be a poverty-hit nation, yet on the other hand, even men on [...]
Vivendi May Buy Controlling Stake In India’s Datacom Solutions
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Vivendi SA, the French media and telecom company which is facing a tariff war in its home market, is in exploratory talks to buy a stake in mobile licence holder Datacom Solutions, owned by the Videocon group, said a person familiar with the matter.
Topics: VoIP, Videocon, telecom, Vivendi, Datacom Solutions, tariff, Mumbai, India
Text Message Donation Platform Raises More Than $22 Million for Haiti
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“mGive helped make technological history by working with the U.S. Department of State to establish a program quickly that has allowed more than 2 million Americans to direct support people in need in Haiti” – Senior Advisor for Innovation in the Office of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Topics: Pakistan, telecom, call, India, VoIP
EGoM Wants End to 3G Military Interference
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India will auction four slots of third-generation (3G) airwaves to private telecom operators if the communications ministry can solve the interference issues between the airwaves or radio frequencies held by BSNL/MTNL and the armed forces, the nine-member empowered group of ministers (EGoM) headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee decided on Tuesday.
Topics: VoIP, India, telecom, [...]
David Nishball Quits as Airtel’s Enterprise Head
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Bharti Airtel’s enterprise head David Nishball, who is also a member of the Airtel board, has decided to leave the Indian telco after the contract ends.
Topics: Airtel, VoIP, India, Bharti, telecom
Mobile Strategies for Rural India
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As mobile services in Indian urban markets are reaching saturation, rural markets are becoming an important frontier for industry growth. However, due to low ARPU and the higher cost of providing services in rural areas, operators face the challenging task of serving these areas profitably.
Topics: VoIP, telecom, India
Telecom Services Off in Landikotal, Pakistan
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All the telecom mobile services and PTCL V-Wireless have come to an end at Landikotal for two days. The consumers of V-Wireless, the Mobilink and Telenor have been in trouble due to the disruption in the services. Thousand of their consumers could not contact their relatives in the country and abroad as well.
Topics: India, [...]
Smartphones to Cost Less by 2015
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SMARTPHONE prices have been slipping fast. And with the number of smartphone users witnessing an upswing, prices are expected to see a phenomenal dip, going forward. According to a new study by ABI Research, a firm that provides indepth analysis and quantitative forecasting of emerging trends in global connectivity, by 2015, about 45 per cent [...]
Demand for Data Centers and Managed Services on the Rise
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Tough economic conditions are forcing organizations to explore models that would enable them to stay ahead of the curve by adopting the latest technology at an affordable cost. Increasing customer base and dispersed operations, and data, computing and networking requirements of enterprises are increasing at a rapid pace thereby posing a manageability challenge.
Topics: India, [...]
COM: Telecom & IT Asia 2009 to be held at Lahore next month
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To help invigorate national economy, the 7th mega event Telecom & IT Asia 2009 , involving a high level expert conference and an Expo of Telecom and IT Technology, would be held at Lahore on November 17-18, 2009 at Aiwan-e-Iqbal.
Topics: VoIP, India, telecom, Pakistan
SIM Information System Launches at PTA Consumer Forum
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In this event, the Secretary IT formally inaugurated a new service named SIM Information System introduced by PTA to enable the mobile subscribers to know the total number of SIMs issued against their respective CNIC number with each mobile operator.
Topics: consumer, Pakistan, VoIP, India, telecom
Backup Your Files Using Skype
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… in a unique twist on traditional online backup services, it lets you store an encrypted copy of your files on your friends and family members’ computers over the Internet using Skype.
Topics: Skype, VoIP, telecom
MTN Ends Talks With Bharti On U.S. $24 Billion Deal
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TALKS to create the world’s third- biggest cellphone group through a $24bn tie-up between MTN and India’s Bharti Airtel collapsed yesterday after the Indian telecoms group said the South African government did not accept the deal as it stood.
Topics: cellphone, government, Airtel, VoIP, telecom, phone, India, MTN, Africa, telecoms
Starent Networks is in Growth Mode
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Starent Networks Inc., a fast-growing maker of gear used by wireless carriers to offer enhanced voice and data services, has agreed to more than double its space at Ames Pond Corporate Center.
Topics: wireless, countries, VoIP, telecom, China, India
DoT Okays Global Carriers’ Remote Access Demand
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The department of telecom (DoT) has agreed to a demand by foreign carriers in India — AT&T, British Telecom, France Telecom, Verizon & Cable & Wireless — that their Indian operations be allowed remote access (RA), a provision that will enable them to monitor the services they provide to their corporate clients in India from [...]
