Ufone 4G, the leading mobile company of Pakistan, is proud to unveil its WhatsApp Chatbot to enhance interactions with millions of customers, powered by leading Cloud communication platform E.Ocean. Customers can now avail various telecom services instantly and enjoy a superior digital experience by simply sending a message via WhatsApp on 03311333100.… Continue

Channeling the true spirit of Ramzan, easypaisa, Pakistan’s leading payments & savings, lending and platform service, is enabling its customers to donate with ease and convenience to more than 30 charitable organizations across Pakistan.

During the holy month of Ramzan, easypaisa, the leading payments, savings, lending, and platform service in Pakistan, is embracing the true spirit of the occasion by providing its customers with an effortless and convenient way to donate to over 30 charitable organizations throughout the country.… Continue

Ericsson and MediaTek have successfully merged four channels – one FDD (frequency division duplex) and three TDD (time division duplex)– to deliver a downlink speed of 4.36 Gbps, the highest known speed based on this band combination. This four-component carrier (4CC) aggregation combination will increase the 5G deployment options for communications service providers by blending different frequency bands.… Continue

The Professionals Network (TPN) honoured Indus Motor Company (IMC) with awards in multiple categories, for its exceptional contribution to the Global Goals, at the 12th International CSR Summit and Awards ceremony. The awards were presented at a ceremony by the Consul General of Malaysia in Karachi, Mr Herman Hardynata Ahmad, to IMC’s Asad Abdullah, Head of Corporate Communication & CSR.… Continue

· The restrictions on imports have adversely impacted auto assemblers, leading to delays in opening of LCs along with the clearance of CKD kits from ports, due to which auto assemblers are facing frequent plant shutdowns.

· In CY23 auto assemblers have hiked their prices for the 4th time culminating to an increase of more than ~35% on average.… Continue

Pakistani cellular company, Ufone 4G and ConnectHear, a social enterprise aiming to enable and empower persons with disabilities, have collaborated to improve accessibility for the deaf community to enhance their socioeconomic integration. Amir Pasha, Group Director PR, Media, CSR and Corporate Communication, PTCL & Ufone 4G, and Arhum Ishtiaq, Co-founder/CTO ConnectHear signed the agreement here in Islamabad.  … Continue

Despite a 24.3% YoY growth in overall revenues in local currency, Jazz’s revenue decreased 2.6% in USD terms during the fourth quarter of 2022, mainly due to PKR devaluation. In contrast, the margins are hampered by an exponential increase in operational costs, including fuel, electricity, interest rate and forex.… Continue

Pakistan car sales (including sales of Non-PAMA members) clocked in at ~6.4k units, down 47% MoM, which is the lowest sales since May-2020 due to the non-availability of CKD parts amid LC issues which led to non-production days. On a YoY basis, Car sales are also down 73% YoY.… Continue

easypaisa, Pakistan’s leading digital payments platform, celebrated International Women’s Day by to renew its pledge towards financial empowerment of women. As a pioneer of digital payments in Pakistan, easypaisa has been at the forefront to increase financial literacy and promote financial inclusion amongst women so they can have better control over their money and are economically independent.… Continue

• Huawei MetaAAU Wins ‘Best Mobile Network Infrastructure’ Award
  
• Huawei RuralLink Wins ‘Best Mobile Innovation for Emerging Markets’ Award
  
• Huawei FDD Beamforming Series Wins ‘Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough’ Award
  
• Huawei Wins ‘5G Industry Challenge Award’ for a 5G Fully-Connected Factory in Jingzhou alongside Midea and China Mobile
  

During the Mobile World Congress (MWC) that was recently held in Barcelona 2023, Huawei bagged a number of significant awards in various categories at GSMA’s Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards.… Continue

Jazz, Pakistan’s leading digital operator and a part of VEON Group, has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with GSMA, a global organization that unifies and represents the mobile ecosystem, to extend its commitment to the GSMA Connected Women Initiative to increase its female mobile broadband users and maximize the business capacity of female micro-entrepreneurs.… Continue

DE-CIX, the world’s leading Internet Exchange (IX) operator, and Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the largest integrated Information Communication Technology (ICT) company of Pakistan, today signed a strategic partnership to establish an Internet Exchange (IX) in Pakistan. The IX will be housed as a redundant setup in the data centers of PTCL.… Continue

At a ceremony hosted by the UN Global Compact Network Pakistan (UN GCNP) at Karachi, Indus Motor Company (IMC) took first prize, winning the Global Compact Business Sustainability Award 2022 in the Multinational Enterprises category. The award was presented at the SDGs Pakistan Summit 2023 by Mr Jonas Erlandsen, Senior Lead South Asia, Maritime Anti-Corruption Network, to IMCs Mr Asad Abdullah, Head of Corporate Communication & CSR and Member of Board UN GCNP.… Continue

During the 2023 Mobile World Congress (MWC 2023), Huawei successfully launched a series of innovative solutions to GUIDE to the intelligent world. Together with global industry customers, partners, and opinion leaders, Huawei discussed how digital technologies will affect our future – from the development of the world economy, through to global cultures, societies, and the environment.… Continue

Former State Minister and Chairman Board of Investment (BoI), Muhammad Azfar Ahsan has sought the government’s intervention to revive the mobile manufacturing industry on a war footing. The industry is threatened with a complete shutdown including the CPEC-based assembling unit, Transsion Tecno Electronics.… Continue

Pakistani telecom company, Ufone 4G is proud to announce the launch of ‘Super Card 899’, a new addition to its Super Card portfolio that aims to bring more value, ease, and enablement to its users.

The new super card provides customers with an all-in-one offer that includes 20GB of internet, 450 off-net minutes, and unlimited on-net/PTCL minutes for the entire month for just Rs.899.… Continue

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and Vodafone have agreed to cooperate to bring Vodafone’s industry-leading IoT products, services and solutions to the Pakistani market. PTCL and Vodafone will collaborate to develop and deliver a full suite of end-to-end IoT services to accelerate enterprise digital enablement and improve the adoption of connected services in Pakistani society.… Continue

During MWC Barcelona 2023, Huawei will be meeting with operators, industry partners, and other key opinion leaders from around the world to discuss “GUIDE to the Intelligent World”. Together, they will look at how to use the GUIDE business blueprint to lay the foundation for 5.5G and build on the success of 5G for even greater prosperity in an intelligent world.… Continue

Huawei announced it has joined the UNESCO Global Alliance for Literacy (GAL) today as part of the company’s lead up to the Mobile World Congress 2023. The announcement was made at a Digital Talent Summit co-hosted by Huawei and the Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) which serves as the Secretariat of the GAL.… Continue

In line with the Government’s Digital Pakistan vision and the UN SDGs, Smart Village Pakistan aims to digitally transform remote and rural communities with Internet connectivity and empower local residents with access to a range of digital services to improve their quality of life and well-being. … Continue

Ericsson’s (NASDAQ: ERIC) leadership in supporting service providers’ Net Zero ambitions, while meeting market demands for higher 5G capacity and revenue growth, has taken a major step forward with the launch of an enhanced RAN and Transport portfolio. Set to be showcased at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 Barcelona, more than 10 new Ericsson solutions will cut carbon emissions and site footprint, increase energy performance and boost network capacity.… Continue

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTC) held its corporate briefing session today to discuss its CY22 year-end results and future outlook. To recall, the company unconsolidated NPAT of PkR9.1bn (EPS: PkR1.78) in CY22 vs PkR6.9bn (EPS: PkR1.35) in CY21, growing 32%YoY.

· On standalone basis, company has posted highest ever revenue of PkR83.4bn, up by 9%YoY and NPAT of PkR9.05bn, highest ever since 2013.… Continue

• New suite of indoor hardware and software make indoor 5G easier for communications service providers (CSPs), enterprises, and neutral hosts to deploy, scale, and monetize
• Introducing a new precise-location software that enables new enterprise use cases such as asset tracking and tool positioning
• Single family of products that cost-effectively cover any indoor scenario or business environment

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has expanded its indoor mobile connectivity portfolio with three new easy-to-deploy and cost-efficient solutions aimed at delivering 5G coverage, capacity and capabilities across the interior of any work or business environment – regardless of the size or complexity of the building.… Continue

Jazz, Pakistan’s leading digital operator and a part of VEON Group, is digitally enabling The Citizens Foundation (TCF) to implement tech-enabled learning across 1,800 TCF schools and ensuring an advanced learning experience for over 250,000 students nationwide.

As part of this initiative, 23 computer labs have already been revamped, and a school management app has been introduced in all TCF schools, offering efficiency, transparency, and accuracy of data collection and management for all students, faculty, and non-faculty employees.… Continue

·         Total industry sales for the Jan’23 clocked in at 14,743 vehicles (-44%YoY/-19%MoM), consisting of 6,021 passenger cars (-65%YoY/-56%MoM), 4,846 LCVs and pickups (+34YoY/+52%MoM), and 398 trucks (-42%YoY/+79%MoM). The sequential drop in vehicle sales can be attributed to supply chain constraints with industry witnessing  frequent plant shutdowns. … Continue