Microsoft Pakistan Holds Biggest IT Event of the Year: ProPakistani

Microsoft Pakistan Holds Biggest IT Event of the Year
Jazz Takes Back ‘Na Qabil-e-Yaqeen’ Offer
Jazz Introduces ‘Chota Bundle Offer’
LHC disposes off Telenor’s Petition Against PTA’s Notice

Microsoft Pakistan Holds Biggest IT Event of the Year

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 05:16 AM PDT

Microsoft Pakistan Holds Biggest IT Event of the Year is a post from: ProPakistani

(L to R) Stephan Consalvi, Mr. Kamal Ahmed Microsoft Country General Manager Pakistan, Asli Bilgin and Zafar Ul Islam speaking at the press conference

After the successful launch of MS Windows7, MS Office 2010 and Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft Pakistan kicked off with "Open Door" the biggest IT event of the year on Thursday November 4, at Karachi Sheraton.

The 2-day event was attended by over 700 IT professionals and experts from all over the country.

The event was an interactive and inspirational experience for hundreds of attendees. Microsoft, along with its business partners took the opportunity to showcase the latest innovations in the industry ranging from mobile solutions and business applications like Microsoft Communications Server, Microsoft Dynamics CRM / ERP and Microsoft SharePoint 2010.

Microsoft and its partners also organized a series of live demos and presentations for experts and early adopters highlighting the company's strategy, products and solutions for business and consumers.

A panel of Industry Experts also participated in this event. They spoke on various IT subjects, specifically on how Microsoft products and solutions have changed our world today. The topics ranged from the future of productivity to the acceleration of growth due to technology.

"The evolution in technology has now enabled IT products to become more purposeful and flexible, meeting the needs of the people as per how, where and when they work. Most professionals today want to instantly access and effectively manage their work at the office, at home, or on the go. IT professionals, in particular, are challenged to deliver business value to their companies while continuing to decrease their costs. In addition, businesses need to comply with new and increasing regulatory mandates and security protocols, while also focusing on driving efficiencies," said Kamal Ahmed, Microsoft Country General Manager.

"Participating with Microsoft in the event emphasizes our joint vision on communication and mobility, delivering solutions that allow people to access information anytime and anywhere across many devices." Said Jehan Ara – President P@SHA, "The world is becoming more mobile, communication is not what it used to be. In this day and age people need to be connected, wherever they may be, while commuting or travelling, at home or at the office. These are the times of e-commerce, email, growing internet usage and social networking, it is crucial for an organization to get on to the mobile highway. At this event we are demonstrating to customers how leading Microsoft Solutions operate seamlessly in order to ensure optimal results."

"Partnering with Microsoft brings completeness to our vision, in assessing and realizing key business opportunities for our valued clients, through credible and broad range of technology solutions." said Hashim Ali-CEO of Mantaq Systems (Pvt.) Ltd.

Jazz Takes Back ‘Na Qabil-e-Yaqeen’ Offer

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 04:06 AM PDT

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Mobilink has taken back its Na Qabil-e-Yaqeen offer, that allowed unlimited calling, round the clock, on three FnF numbers against a daily rental of Rs. 6.99 plus tax per day.

This promotion ran for some 35 days in total.

Lately, Mobilink has been busy with introduction of bundle offers with heavy campaigns. However, Company is now being observed as tending towards capped offers and not unlimited calling/SMSes.

It is said that Qabil-e-Yaqeen offer was causing serious network overload to Mobilink.

Keeping in view the recent revision on SMS plus package and with withdrawal of Na Qabil-e-Yaqeen offer, it seems Mobilink is undergoing capacity issues.

Jazz Introduces ‘Chota Bundle Offer’

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 10:44 PM PDT

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After Jazz All in One Offer, Mobilink today unveiled its chota Bundle Offer for those customers will less communication needs.

With Jazz Chota Bundle you get 7 minutes and 30 SMS for a day, only for Rs. 5. The minutes will be for on-net only and SMS will be for all local mobile networks.

Daily Charges:

Rs. 5 plus tax

Tariff:

19.5% FED apply on the above mentioned prices
Minutes are for calls to Mobilink only and SMS are for all networks across Pakistan
Offer will be available on all Jazz Packages except Jazz 24 Ghanta
This is a limited time offer

How to Subscribe:

Enter *101*1*06# on mobile screen and press send

Other USSD Commands:

Information *101*3*06#
Balance Inquiry *101*2#

Terms & Conditions:

In case of multiple subscriptions, the count of minutes and SMS will be added together and validity will be greater of the two subscriptions e.g. if a customer buys a bundle on 11:00 Oct 27, 2010 consumes 2 minutes and 10 SMS the same day (left with 5 minutes and 20 SMS available till 23:59 Oct 28, 2010) and buys another bundle next day 14:00 Oct 28, 2010, he will have 12 minutes and 50 SMS available till 23:59 Oct 29,2010
In case of purchase of a bundle before the expiry of previous bundle, the validities will be greater of the two but the destination of the minutes will be as per the last purchased bundle i.e. if a subscriber has bought all-in-one bundle and before the consumption / expiry of the bundle he has bought this on-net bundle, all the minutes will be converted to on-net; and vice versa.
Weekly bundle and Newly launched "All in One" bundle are the other bundles to enjoy.

LHC disposes off Telenor’s Petition Against PTA’s Notice

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 10:33 PM PDT

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Telenor Pakistan's write petition against Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has been disposed off by the Lahore High Court (LHC), Rawalpindi Bench recently, reported Telecom Recorder.

TR said that the court has settled the issue with the direction to the respondent of the case, telecom regulator, to provide detail technical details of the show-cause notice it issued to Telenor.

LHC in the recent hearing ordered PTA to continue its further proceedings against law subsequently furnishing reasons of the show-cause notices before it.

If the PTA findings are not satisfactory, the show-cause notices will be considered as void, the court concluded the verdict.

The Issue of Quality of Services

Telenor Pakistan submitted a write petition against PTA on the show-cause notice it received on poor Quality of Service (QoS) in March. Later, Ufone also went into legality to challenge the same action of telecom regulator in order to avoid the heavy penalty of Rs 350 million followed by show-cause notice and other proceedings.

In June, LHC awarded stay orders to Ufone and Telenor for interim period against the show-cause notices issued by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on poor Quality of Services (QoS).

The court's verdict also restricted the telecom authority to impose penalties to all five mobile phone operators in accordance with its regulatory procedures applied on them fail to comply service standards.

The regulator declared cellular telephony services substandard on technical grounds and issued show-cause notices in January 2010 to all five operators—Mobilink, Telenor, Warid, Ufone and Zong.

Ufone

Ufone sources confirmed that its petition is still on the bench.

Cellular Phone Operators Stance:

Officials of the cellular phone operators were of the view that they failed to identify the raised issues of service quality recently because operators maintained their services as per international standards.

They said the call-drop is evident in high intensity areas under jammers and communication system of Armed forces, which will not be controlled by operators per se.

PTA Stance:

The telecom watchdog has said that its findings are accurate on technical aspects, which have also been acknowledged by cellular phone operators in the response of raised issues. It says that it has removed all jammers installed in different areas promptly so there should be good quality of services maintained by operators on their part.