Wataniya International Topup Receive Balance on Ufone and Warid from Kuwait

Kuwait based mobile phone operator Wataniya International is now offering international topup services. Now the mobile users in kuwait can send credit/balance to their loved one in Pakistan on Ufone and Warid network. The official procedure to send money from kuwait to Pakistan is mentioned below in the screenshot taken from wataniya website.

Information about the Charges. Wataniya will charge per outgoing Message: 10 fils

Top up amount:
* PKR 250 (KWD1.20)
* PKR 500 (KWD2.20)
* PKR 1000 (KWD4.30)
These conversations may changed based on currency rates.

Telenor Djuice International Pakka Dost

Keeping in mind the rising need of international calls among youth Djuice is proud to announce new amazing offer “Djuice International Pakka Dost” Now all Djuice subscribers’ cal avail special rates to UK, USA & Canada on one number. Djuice customers can also avail amazing SMS rates on the International FNF number.
To subscribe for this new offer Djuice customer need to dial *345*101#.
Charges can be checked at: http://www.djuice.com.pk/html/buy/int_PakkaDost.php

Nokia and Intel Joins Hands to Create New Mobile OS

Nokia and Intel joins hands with each others to work on a new operating system for mobiles namely MeeGo - a new Linux based platform. Basically this a merger of Nokia’s Maemo OS which recently appeared in the N900 smartphone and Intel’s Moblin OS intended for netbooks. The new OS MeeGo is intended for smartphones, tablets, netbooks, in-vehicle technology and for digital smart televisions. It is expected to be launched in the 2nd quater of 2010. You can find more details from the MeeGo official website link provided above. With the increaseing popularity of mobile devices all the big hands Google, Microsoft, Apple, Nokia, Intel etc are jumping into OS. Intrestingly most of these i.e Google Chrome, Apple’s IPad etc will be based on Linux/Unix

Ufone introduces “Awaz Email”, the first service of its kind

Ufone recently launched the first of its kind “Awaz Email” which allows users to send a voice message to any email address anywhere in the world. By launch of this innovative service, Ufone the leader in innovation has once again taken the telecom industry by storm.

The customers only have to dial 4412 from their Ufone and record the message they wish to send. This interactive voice recorded service gives the customer the option to listen to the message before it is sent and if required the message can be changed before sending. For customer convenience an SMS is sent to the sender after the message has been confirmed to reply with the recipients email address, after which the sender will get a confirmation SMS that the Awaz Email has been sent.

The launch of this service has given customers all over Pakistan a well deserved change and will allow all to make their messages more personalized than ever before.

Mr. Akbar Khan Chief Marketing Officer Ufone said, “Over the last two years Ufone has made a mark as a leader in innovation within the telecom industry by introducing new and out of the box innovative products and services”. He added, “At Ufone we look to be way more aggressive in the year ahead and promise to bring a smile to all by providing our valued customers with more exhilarating and ground-breaking services”.

Youtube Access Restricted in Pakistan

There are reports from different ISPs users in Pakistan for the inaccessiblity of youtube. You can find reports about this on the herdictweb . This may be a temporary technical error of a restriction imposed by the Govt. of Pakistan.

Nokia is planning for Symbian Tablets

The Symbian Foundation, the organisation behind the Symbian mobile operating system has announced it’s only a matter of time before a Symbian tablet makes it to market. If you are planning to buy an iPad it may be worth waiting few months and look at the alternates and decide which one is best.

Warid telecom pakistan is not being sold off

Recently there have been misplaced news items in certain section of the press that warid telecom pakistan may be up for sale because of the shrinking interest of the sponsors relating to the market conditions in pakistan.

Warid telecom pakistan categorically and unequivocally denies such reports and impressions. Warid telecom pakistan is not being sold off rather is on course with its expansion plans with the continuing focused view to extend quality services to its loyal customers to whom it is deeply grateful.

Warid telecom pakistan also extends sincere thanks to its business partners for their support and professional contribution.

Bashir Tahir

New Ovi Maps with free navigation races past 1 million downloads in a week

ESPOO, 3rd February, 2010 – Nokia has today announced that since the launch of the new version of Ovi Maps with free walk and drive navigation, on Thursday 21 January 2010, there have been over 1.2 million downloads with over 20% coming from China.

“We’re averaging a download a second, 24 hours a day,” said Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President, Nokia. “When we announced free walk & drive navigation we knew it would be a game-changer. The number of people now using their Nokia for navigation, and as a result looking for more location-aware software, is growing faster than even we predicted.”

The success of the new version Ovi Maps is a key part of Nokia’s strategy to lead the market in mobile maps, navigation and location-based services. By leveraging its investment in NAVTEQ, Nokia has been able to remove the costs associated with navigation for drivers and pedestrians and is quickly activating a massive user base to which it can offer new location features, content and services.

“This is great news for our 3rd party application developers. Within a matter of days there is an installed base of more than 1 million active users all potentially hungry for new and innovative location-aware apps,” continued Anssi Vanjoki. “For the operators too there is a growing opportunity to sell more data-plans and a complete navigation package to existing and new customers.”

As of 31 January 2010 the top five countries downloading the new version of Ovi Maps were: China, Italy, UK, Germany , Spain . The top five most popular Nokia devices installing the download where: Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia N97 , Nokia 5230 and E72.

According to research firm Canalys, the number of people worldwide using GPS navigation on their mobile phones was approximately 27 million at the end of 2009. By the end of February 2010 Nokia estimates that it will have already grown this installed by almost 8% and it expects to grow it further as more smartphones are added to the compatible devices list and it’s marketing campaigns kick-off around the world.

From next month all new Nokia GPS-enabled smartphones will include the new version of Ovi Maps, pre-loaded with local country map data, with high-end walk and drive navigation and access to Lonely Planet and Michelin travel guides at no extra cost.

Ovi Maps covers more than 180 countries with car and pedestrian navigation for 74 countries, in 46 languages, and traffic information for more than 10 countries. There are over 6000 3D landmarks for 200 cities around the world. Lonely Planet and Michelin guides have information on more than 1,000 destinations globally.

Warid Telecom ‘ The Most Reliable Cellular Service’

Warid Telecom (Pvt.) Ltd. is countries third largest and most reliable cellular service provider. Warid is a joint venture between Abu Dhabi group and Singapore Telecom. Abu Dhabi Group is one of the largest business groups in the Middle East and the single largest foreign investor in Pakistan. Abu Dhabi Group is led by His Highness Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan. Singapore Telecommunications is Asia’s leading communications group having investments in more than 20 countries and territories around the world. Singtel has 130 years of operating experience in Singapore, providing a diverse range of communication services and solutions, including fixed, mobile, data, Internet, info-communications technology, satellite and pay TV. The partnership of Abu Dhabi Group and Singtel is the part of strategy to support Warid Telecom’s continued growth and to enhance its market position.

With the end of 2009 Warid Telecom completed its four and half years of successful business operations in Pakistan. Warid Telecom simultaneously launched its services in 28 major cities of Pakistan on May, 23rd 2005 as fourth largest telecom operator. Warid brought some of the most innovative value added services which were introduced in Pakistan for the very first time. Warid became so popular that it gained its first million subscribers in just 80 days of launch while in just 300 days the subscriber base reached to 3 million. Warid Telecom has made tremendous progress and earned remarkable brand reputation along with customer loyalty. Being recognized as most reliable cellular service, today Warid subscriber base has reached over 18.71 million customers with the market share of 19.35% (till Nov 09-PTA).

That uniquely distinguish Warid from other operators is its quality network services. Warid Telecom is providing cellular service in Pakistan through 2G, 2.5G & 2.75G enabled GSM technology. Being recognized as most trusted network, started from 28 cities today Warid offers its services in 496 cities that covers more than 12500Km road length area throughout Pakistan. Warid’s mission is to maintain and deliver unmatched high quality network experience to every nook and corner of the country. Warid’s commitment to excellence and unparalleled network experience has led it to provide coverage in extremely difficult terrain of South-West Punjab collaboration with USFCo for DG Khan Lot. Warid is a Dual Vendor network, the Dense-Urban /Urban areas are being covered by Ericsson whereas the Suburban/Rural areas are covered by Huawei. This intelligent distribution has ensured that Warid is a very cost efficient yet quality driven Network. Warid is determined in catering all the segments of society through careful attention.

Warid is also the market leader in terms of Post Paid customers besides being very active in the prepaid sector as well having lately announced the launch of a new prepaid brand ‘GLOW’ as new youth brand. GLOW has become very popular amongst youngsters who once again declared Warid as their favourite cellular company through their over-whelming response. Warid also offers international roaming with over 231 live GSM roaming partners in 141 countries and 128 live GPRS roaming partners in 94 countries and prepaid roaming service in 22 countries, covering about 70% of the world including Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia.

With an ambition to win the hearts of its customers Warid Telecom is constantly delivering with exceptional customer services. Warid has two state of the art Contact Centers in Lahore and Karachi servicing almost 182,383 customers on average in 24 hours. Warid also has 23 fully operational business centers out of which 3 are Mobile Business Centers (an innovation in the Cellular Industry). On average there are 7000 walk in customers visit Warid business centers everyday. Warid has 84858 retail outlets and 320 franchises across Pakistan. In order to effectively gauge the current customer experience and feedback, an innovative feedback program “Customer Delight Program” has been initiated. Furthermore to personalize the servicing of high value customers, “Priority Customer Services” was launched to cater the needs of Corporate and high revenue generating customers.

Annual telecom consumer complaints report issued by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority for 2008-09 states Warid Telecom with minimum complaints that reflects the quality of services Warid Telecom offers to its valuable customers. The consumer survey results of the Brands Award reveal that Warid has been considered the best cell phone operator in Pakistan. In year 2008, Warid won ‘Brand of the Year Award’ in the category of ‘The Best Cellular Company in Pakistan’. Warid was also awarded the ‘Mobile Operator with Best Consumer Pull in Pakistan’ in 2006 at the Voice & Data CEO Conclave (Colombo). Similarly Warid Prepaid ‘Zem’ won the ‘Brand of the Year 2006-07’ at the Super Brands Awards. Warid Telecom since its inception has always focused on delivering the best to its subscribers by not only providing the affordable means of communication but a truly reliable network service and delighting after sales services. With the substantial market share, loyal subscriber base and the recognition as the most steadfast telecom operator, Warid Telecom continues to set excellence benchmarks in Telecom Industry of Pakistan.

iPad a new tradmark dispute for Apple

Few hours after Apple announcment of iPad many companies are caliming to be the ligetimate user and tradmark owner of the name iPad for their prodcts. Apple is likely to face a legal case from Fujitsu over the iPad
trademark that it has used for its recently unveiled tablet PC. Fujitsu is selling a handheld device called iPad (shown in above picture) since 2002, and has an outstanding trademark application dating back to 2003. In addition to this Europe’s largest chip-maker STMicro, Siemens and Canadian lingerie company Coconut Grove, all sell products called iPad.

A chinnees company ZOMG! Maker of Chinese iPad clone P88 is planning to sue Apple for cloning its tablet! The company further charging that Apple has not only replicated the design of its
multi-touch tablet, but also the device support and the sleeve. They’re
identical, he says. A company representative Wu added,

“I was very angry and flabbergasted when I saw the news of the iPad presentation two days ago… It is certainly our design. They’ve stolen because we present our P88 to everyone six months ago at the IFA (International Electronics Fair in Berlin).”

Sales of the P88 haven’t been too bad, but “if the iPad enters the Chinese market, we will definitely take a hit,” says Wu. He adds that he has already applied for a patent for the product last May — a process that can take up to a year in China. “We’ll have to follow the law,” says Wu, admitting that it will be difficult to take on Apple in the United States, but “if the iPad enters the Chinese market, we will sue them this spring.”

How to run Flash apps on Apple iPad?

Every iPad prospective user have this question in mind that how to run flash apps and contents on their newly acquired gadget. Steve jobs made this clear during his keynote address that Apple’s iPad doesn’t support Flash natively. In response to this Adobe posted an official blog
about building iPad applications with flash. They have announced the Packager for iPhone at MAX 2009 which will allow Flash developers to create native iPhone applications and will be available in the upcoming version of Flash Pro CS5. Here is a selection from Adobe official blog

Our very own Christian Cantrell has posted an in-depth article on the Adobe Developer Connection, Authoring For Multiple Screen Sizes, that details best practices in creating applications that run on multiple screens. If you want to prepare applications today that will work great on the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, follow the guidelines from this article today.

In response to this apple iBook Store policy adobe also criticized apple for not supporting ePub content

Ufone & Pepsi announced the winner of Grand Prize “Mazda RX 8″

Islamabad – January 28, 2010: Ufone & Pepsi concluded ‘Badal do Qismat’, a joint promotion and finally announced the winner of the Grand Prize of this campaign.

Usman Pathan, a resident of Sukkur was declared winner of the Grand Prize “Mazda RX 8” at an event held at Pepsi Head Office Lahore and the key was handed over at Ufone Head office in Islamabad.

This offer was the first of its kind between one of Pakistan’s leading cellular service provider and leading carbonated soft drink brand in Pakistan received overwhelming response from the market. Consumers from around the country won exciting prizes including Free Talk Time, SMS’s, Cricket Bats, X Box’s, T-shirts and Free Pepsi.

Senior management of Ufone’s & Pepsi Cola International was present at the occasion which included Mr. Akbar Khan, Chief Marketing Officer, Mr. Moazzam Ali Khan, Head of Public Relations & Corporate Social Responsibility & Mr. Khurram Mahboob, Manager Marketing from Ufone. While Mr. Adnan Abbasi, Franchise Manager & Mr. Mukarram Ali Khan, GM Sales Haidri Beverages and Northern Bottlers represented PepsiCola International.

Mr. Akbar Khan Chief Marketing Officer Ufone speaking at the occasion said “The results of this promo have been overwhelming and has shown great belief of our valued customers in us. Ufone has yet again reinforced its promise that “it’s all about U”. Ufone has always strived to give our valued customers the best value for their money and I believe this promo has delivered above all expectations”

Mr. Khurram Koraishy Director Marketing Pepsi said “This was our first promo with Ufone and we are glad that it had very encouraging results. Pepsi International believes that Pakistani youth has both the courage and the desire to change their destiny and that’s why we say “Badal Do Zamana’. We want to provide the youth with the opportunity to bring a positive change in their lives and we look forward to deliver that promise”

About Ufone: Ufone is an Etisalat Group Company with its presence in all the major cities of Pakistan along with a comprehensive coverage across all major towns, villages and tehsil headquarters of the country. The company employs more than 3,850 people and operates with a network of more than 375 franchises and 26 company-owned customer service centers along with a distribution network of 150,000 outlets nationwide.

Apple iSlate / iPad to be launched tomorrow

Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs claims that “The new products we are planning to release this year are very strong, starting this week with a major new product that we’re really excited about”. Apple Tablet or iPad is a rumored upcoming tablet computing device product from Apple Inc. The price is expected to be more than the iPhone but less than an Apple notebook computer. The iSlate/iPad has been rumoured to cost between $800 and $1200. Some online surveys have shown that 49 per cent would play games on iSlate over DS or PSP, while in an other survey about its price 70% say no to $700 plus price.

It is yet not offically confirmed that what will be Apple’s new device named i.e iTablet, iPad or iSlate? McGraw-Hill CEO Confirms that Apple new Tablet will be iPhone OS Based.

Rasta.PK Real Time Traffic Reporting in Pakistan Launched

Rasta.PK a joint project launched by UTNT and Punjab Traffic Polic will will offer real time traffic reporting. These reports will be offered via SMS,Websits etc. The traffic updates will be avilable after every 5 minutes. The project which is in its initial stages will offer

# Real time traffic information
# SMS based traffic information
# Live Traffic Cams
# Live Chat with traffic experts
# FM radio channel
# Traffic TV

If you look at their website they are now offering it for Multan, Faisalabad, Lahore, Gujranwala and Rawalpindi in first phase.

Dial 9 before dialing Pakistan Govt Offices in Lahore and Karachi

PTCL changed numbers to 8 digits in Karachi, Lahore in June/July 2009. The change in numbers is as follows: Digit 9 would be added prior

to all government telephone numbers and digit 3 would be added to all
private numbers.

Ufone becomes the first in Pakistan to launch BlackBerry Bold 9700 too

Islamabad – January 24, 2010: Over the last two years Ufone has taken the lead by ensuring they are the first to launch the most innovative pricing offers, products & always the first to launch the new generation BlackBerry handsets in Pakistan. Ufone recently launched the most advanced BlackBerry smart phone ever, “The Bold 9700”

Starting from the BlackBerry Bold 9000, the Gemini 8520 and now Bold 9700, this is the third consecutive first with which Ufone has taken the lead in launching the latest BlackBerry handsets in the Pakistani telecom market.

This unmatched marvel in the local market from Ufone comes with a mighty 624 Mhz processor, a luminous high resolution screen, state of art new version 5.0 operating system. Hence the new Bold 9700 becomes a ‘must have’ for business professionals and power users. Crafted with distinctiveness & elegance, the cutting edge engineering infused with smoothly integrated touch-sensitive track-pad and a highly tactile & fretted keyboard gives the new Bold 9700 the look others only aspire. GPS, WiFi and a dazzling quality 3.2 Megapixel camera marks a new standard in the smart phone segment that BOLD 9700 leads.

Mr. Taimur Faiz Cheema, head of Value Added Services Ufone speaking about the new launch said “ The BlackBerry Bold 9700 is a must have. Its sleekness & elegance sets this device apart from everything else in the market and hence makes it the clear choice for business executives. BlackBerry has moved forward leaps & bounds with the latest member of the family & is sure to create a lot of excitement in the handset market”.

Ufone extends its ground breaking SOLID OFFER

Due to exclusivity and exceptional value of unmatched convenience, Ufone has decided to extend its Solid Offer beyond its initial limited time offer.

Islamabad – January 21, 2010: Due to exclusivity and exceptional value of unmatched convenience for millions whose daily lives revolve around cellular communication, Ufone has decided to extend itsSolid Offer beyond its initial limited time offer.

According to details as released by the company, the unique Solid Offer is applicable to Tension free, Uwon, Public Demand and Josh packages. ‘The distinctive feature which sets it apart from other offers being offered by other companies is that after being charged for first 3 minutes, rest of the call is free of cost’. Additionally there is no daily fee attached to theoffer.

During the phase of the Solid Offer the one time opt-in charge has been fixed at Rs 20+tax. The opt-in charge ensures quality of service and continuity of a package that has received enthusiastic response from the customers. The customers who have already subscribed to theoffer will continue to enjoy this service till this special limited time offer continues.

Mr. Ali Ikram Head of Pricing & Strategy, while commenting on the continuation of the package said that though it was initially a limited timeoffer, we are encouraged by the response of the customers and gave decided extend offer . We stand committed to our valued customers and will continue to excite them by bringing in such attractive and promising offers. ‘Millions of satisfied Ufone customers are already enjoying theSolid offer along with many other similar offers and packages like Super Ghanta, 3 ka 5 and 5 ka 15, he concluded.

Djuice RedBull Street Style

Mad skills, football, djuice and Red Bull. The world seems complete, don’t it?

Stay tuned and register because djuice has joined hands with Red Bull and are bring you the whole Red Bull Street Style concept to Pakistan. In case you don’t really care, then check out some of the vids… mad skills!

The whole deal is pretty simple, trials are gonna be taking place in Isb, Lhr and Khi. The best 8 from Lahore and Islamabad will be flown down to Karachi where they will take on 8 more dudes (or dudettes) and they get to witness the brilliance of Yorok who’s especially being flown down for all of ya. Head to head battles ensue and the last person left standing will get flown all the way to South Africa where they will be representing Pakistan as s/he takes on the rest of the world in the global Red Bull Street Style competition.

Join the movement cus we’re coming to a city near you! Simply register and gear up to squeeze the juice out of football.

Islamabad : Gelato Park, 21 – 22 Jan
Lahore : McDonalds Ground, 18 – 19 Jan
Karachi : Rahat Stadium, 25 – 26 Jan
Finals : Park near Forum, 31 Jan
Stay tuned for more news and crazy gifts which we’ll be giving away.

Telenor Introduced 50% reduced rates to call and sms for UK

Telenor Introduced 50% reduced rates to call and sms for UK. Now one can call as cheap as 0.50 Rs per 30 secounds and SMS at 2.50 per SMS

Ufone’s another ground breaking Background Music service

Islamabad – January 15, 2010: Ufone recently launched Ufone Background Music, another first of its kind service in Pakistan.

Ufone has clearly set itself apart as the industry leader in value added services. The launch of the new ‘Ufone Background Music’ has proven yet again that Ufone has a bundle of the most exhilarating value added services within the industry.

With this service the subscribers can create a unique ambiance for every conversation they have. To subscribe SMS ‘SUB’ to 770 or dial 770 from Ufone. After subscribing and selecting the back ground music the subscribers will simply dial 77 before the recipients number e.g. 7703335199942 and can talk to their friends or loved ones with the song playing in the background of the conversation. A Back Ground Music call can be made to any number, any network in Pakistan.

The last year has seen an array of firsts from Ufone starting from Ufone Call Block Service, Ufone SMS Buddies, UBid, UConnect and many more. This service has raised the bar for competitors to come up with newer services to try to keep up with the pace at which Ufone is going.

Mr. Syed Sherjeel Bin Hassan Manager Value Added Services said ‘This service will help create a completely new user experience & we look forward to cater to the needs of each one of our valued customers’