Category : Telecom News – Pakistan

Polar Wireless a private company based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada has shown interest in launching its products in Pakistan, reported APP citing a statement issued by Board of Investment. Statement said that Polar is looking for local carrier partners to drive inbound roaming traffic to their networks at wholesale rates. BOI said that the Polar is also looking to obtain a ‘call forwarding‘number to allow Polar users in Pakistan to forward their calls overseas while they are travelling (providing a …

Long awaited approval 3G policy has reportedly been approved by Yousaf Raza Gilani, Prime Minister of Pakistan, reported Express Tribune. After PM’s approval the policy will now be forwarded to Cabinet Committee for the final approval from cabinet, before it’s handed over to Ministry of Information Technology for execution. According to reports, Mr. Gilani chaired this meeting today on 3G, Grey traffic and Additional Spectrum auction for Wireless Local Loop here at Prime Minister’s House where it was agreed that new …

Apple iPad was introduced in USA in March 2010 and that moment in history can be acknowledged as the precise point when the ‘Tablet-Boom’ came to USA. Tablets were suddenly popular and people were lining to buy them at stores. Pakistan has not seen such a drastic change in its smartphone-cum-tablet market but many can see that a gradual change is underway even in the local Pakistani market and tablets are gaining popularity. We can remember the last regime during …

Highly anticipated re-launch of Wateen Telecom is to see the light of the day on October 31st, 2011 – we have confirmed with sources. From what we have heard so far is that there’s a press conference planned in Lahore on the same day in the evening. New products, network expansion and new logo will be unveiled to the press and select bloggers. Wateen is availing it’s second chance of getting deeper into Pakistani WiMAX market with plenty of new …

We know that Paypal, not being in Pakistan, is a big hurdle for many to do online businesses in Pakistan. While we know that Pakistanis have long struggled to get Paypal working in Pakistan – but it hasn’t happened so far. Usually To get a Verified paypal account and to withdraw funds you need: One paypal account with USA address or in any paypal supported country Credit Card issued by by Bank based in USA or from any paypal supported country to …