Category Archives: Telecoms

The red effect

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

As trade between Pakistan and China crosses the eight billion mark, Marylou Andrew investigates how Chinese goods and services are impacting the Pakistani market. China has always had an impact on Pakistani lives in one way or another. In the … Continue reading →

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Ring tone China

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

Khurram Mahboob on why China’s telecom technology is proving to be an unbeatable success. China is Pakistan’s second biggest economic partner and trade between the two countries is expected to surge to $18 billion in the next five years. Pakistan’s … Continue reading →

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From all that jazz to all those bananas

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

Will Jazz Bananas put some of the pi-zazz back into Mobilink? Yasmin Malik reviews the telco’s new offering. Do you remember ‘All that jazz’…? I digress momentarily to pay (undisputed) homage to the most titillating song of the longest running … Continue reading →

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Engines of growth

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

By Marylou Andrew The international press often expresses surprise at the fact that Pakistani industry and commerce has had fairly reasonable success despite the worsening security situation. However, logic suggests that violence and terror (and even natural disaster) do not … Continue reading →

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Location, location, location

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

Khurram Mahboob on the impact of location-based and dynamic charging services. Pakistani telecom customer is typically exposed to more than a dozen new offers a month through various promotional mediums. With increasing pressure on Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and … Continue reading →

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From cash to digital

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

Mobile financial services could revolutionise the way we live, especially the unbanked, writes Amer Pasha. Nasreen is busy doing her weekly shopping at the Sunday Bazaar, complaining to the fruit wala that the prices are too high but still ending … Continue reading →

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