PTA and Alcatel Lucent Present Laptops to SOS Children Village: ProPakistani

PTA and Alcatel Lucent Present Laptops to SOS Children Village
Samsung to Help Building a Girls’ School in Kasur
Telenor Revamps its Postpaid Persona Packages
Pakistan’s Cellular Subscribers Stats for Sep 2010
Wateen to Announce New CEO Soon

PTA and Alcatel Lucent Present Laptops to SOS Children Village

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 03:32 AM PST

PTA and Alcatel Lucent Present Laptops to SOS Children Village is a post from: ProPakistani

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) joined hands with Alcatel Lucent (ALU) Pakistan to donate laptops to the children of SOS Village as a Corporate Social Responsibility gesture.

Laptop donation ceremony was held today at SOS Village, Bahria Town, Islamabad. Chairman PTA Dr. Mohammad Yaseen and CEO ALU, Mr. Aadil Rauf attended the ceremony.

Speaking on the occasion Chairman PTA Dr. Mohammed Yaseen said that Government and private sector should work together and ensure that Corporate Social Responsibility must at all times remain a priority, especially in Pakistan's perspective where disparities remain high. He appreciated the great zeal of SOS Staff who groom disadvantaged children for the future of the country and applauded SOS worldwide for looking after these kids so responsibly. He also thanked to ALU for providing assistance to SOS.

During the ceremony CEO ALU, Mr. Aadil Rauf explained the need for technological advancement awareness amongst children, and to equip them with modern tools so they can excel at the required pace. PTA and ALU aimed to continue such endeavors in future as well he added.

SOS senior representatives Ms. Naznin Murtaza and Ms. Lubna Malik thanked PTA & ALU for taking interest in developing better SOS individuals. SOS Children’s Villages is a private social welfare organization providing orphans and abandoned children a home, good nurturing and a fair chance in life.

It may be mentioned that development of ICTs has become an important growth factor for countries around the globe. With every passing day, the world is edging into an information-driven place. The rapid evolution of ICTs is clearly re-shaping daily lives, enhancing productivity and transforming the economies.

Samsung to Help Building a Girls’ School in Kasur

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 03:29 AM PST

Samsung to Help Building a Girls’ School in Kasur is a post from: ProPakistani

Samsung Electronics has collaborated with SOS Rural Support Programme, for the construction of a modern school at Ladhayke Village in District Kasur, to serve a vast rural area and uplift the standard of education.

Samsung will provide funds for complete construction and furnishing of this girls school, to be completed within a period of 3 months. The institution will be registered as "SAMSUNG Grammar School" and will be operated by the SOS RSP in accordance with immaculate educational procedures, monitored on a quarterly basis through progress reports on achievement of objectives. An independent auditor will also be engaged to ensure transparency.

The Country Manager of Samsung Electronics Pakistan, Mr. Steve Han said,

"This commitment is a part of Samsung's elaborate social-development program. It aims to foster modern education in underdeveloped regions, by providing impetus to the endeavors of sincere organizations like SOS Villages. Samsung is making this vital social effort, as this school will provide quality education in a vast rural area, thus accelerating the social, educational and financial progress of the whole region".

The PR Manager of Samsung Electronics Pakistan, Ms. Rabiya Siddiqui said,

"The proposed school is easily accessible for a population of about 13,500 people, residing in numerous villages including Rohewala, Lohgarh Jhugian, Ladheke, Sheikh Pura Nau and Basti Ladheke, UC Sehjra Tehsil and District Kausr. Currently, a few government run primary schools for boys & Girls do exist in the area, but this huge population does not have any premium quality educational institution.

Due to the close proximity of the Indian border, the girl students face serious problems in reaching the nearest Government Girls High School, which is located 4.5 Kilometres away in the Bhedian Village. The Samsung Grammer Girls high school will solve this problem permanently.

Other recreational, cultural and training opportunities will also be provided by this educational institution managed by experienced and well qualified teachers. The school structure will comprise of a building with 5 class rooms, library, science labs, computer labs, sports and transportation facilities. SOS will also establish a community health centre in collaboration with SAMSUNG in the school building to provide the basic need of poor community particularly maternity services. Free education will be provided to the deserving students.

Telenor Revamps its Postpaid Persona Packages

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 11:20 PM PST

Telenor Revamps its Postpaid Persona Packages is a post from: ProPakistani

As we had heard, Telenor has revamped its price-plans for Persona Packages. Telenor has now understandably segmented its postpaid packaged for general consumers and business persons separately.

Persona Consumer Packages:

Persona consumer packages come at considerable prices, with minimum of Rs. 100 monthly line-rent. Call rates are same across the board, i.e. on-net calls: 50 paisas per 30 seconds and off-net calls: 75 paisas per 30 seconds. However, free minutes largely depend on your monthly line rent.

Tariff:

Package	Line Rent	Free Minutes	On-Net Calls	Off-net Calls	SMS
Persona 100	Rs. 100	80 – on/off-net	Rs. 1 per min	Rs. 1.5 per min	Rs. 0.50/SMS
Persona 500	Rs. 500	500 – on/off-net	Rs. 1 per min	Rs. 1.5 per min	Rs. 0.50/SMS
Persona Free	Rs. 1,500	2000 – on/off-net	Rs. 1 per min	Rs. 1.5 per min	Rs. 0.50/SMS

In addition to this basic price plan, Persona Consumer packages come with Persona Bundles – which can be subscribed with any package, details:

Voice Bundles:

Rs. 50: 40 Free minutes to any network
Rs. 200: 200 Free minutes to any network
Rs. 500: 550 Free minutes to any network

SMS Bundles:

Rs. 25: 250 SMS
Rs. 50: 600 SMS
Rs. 150: 6,000 SMS

Internet Bundles:

Rs. 75: 35 MB
Rs. 200: 100 MB
Rs. 500: 2 GB

Note: You can call 345 to get these Persona Bundles activated

Special 5ive

All Persona Consumer packages come with an opt-in Special 5ive subscription. With Special 5 you can add 5 numbers (Telenor & International) of your choice to your FnF list.
You can call for just 75 paisa to 10 International destinations and all calls on Telenor FnF will be for 25 paisa Only (instead of usual on-net rate of 50 paisas per 30 seconds).
You will also get 300 FREE Minutes for calling your Telenor friends & family numbers.
For Special 5ive Subscription, call 345.
Special 5ive subscription fee is Rs. 150 + tax per month.

Persona Business – Karobar Package

Persona's Karobar package is also revised, with following details:

Line Rent: Rs. 100
Free Minutes: 80 – Any Network
On-Net Call Rate: Rs.1 per minute
Off-Net Call Rate: Rs. 1.5 per minute
SMS: 50 paisas per SMS

Team Talk:

Persona Karobar package allows following rate for calls with-in a group/company:

Rs. 50: 150 Minutes
Rs. 150: 500 Minutes
Rs. 500: 5,000 Minutes

Bundles for Karobar Package:

Voice Bundles:

Rs. 200: 200 Minutes – Any Network
Rs. 500: 550 Minutes – Any Network
Rs. 1000: 1100 Minutes – Any Network
Rs. 1500: 1700 Minutes – Any Network

SMS Bundles:

Rs. 25: 250 SMS
Rs. 50: 600 SMS
Rs. 150: 6,000 SMS

Internet Bundles:

Rs. 75: 35 MB
Rs. 200: 100 MB
Rs. 500: 2 GB

Pakistan’s Cellular Subscribers Stats for Sep 2010

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 10:17 PM PST

Pakistan’s Cellular Subscribers Stats for Sep 2010 is a post from: ProPakistani

Cellular subscribers in Pakistan reached 100,134,748 mark, as of September 2010, according to latest stats released by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority.

Cellular teledensity reached 60.1 percent with slight addition during the July-Sep 2010 quarter.

During the quarter, cellular companies showed slow sales or even negative sales due churn or clean up of records.

Thanks to its LBC offers, Zong topped the charts by adding 748,746 customers during the quarter. Ufone remained at second slot while Telenor and Warid seemed struggling for sales and showed moderate positive addition.

While on other hands Mobilink lost some 758,449 subscribers during the quarter. Mobilink said this loss in customers is due to cleanup of records.

Mobilink still tops the total number of subscriber with 31.44 million subscribers followed by Telenor at 23.84 million subscribers.

Check below graphs for more on cellular stats:

Mobile Subscriber Addition July Sep 20101 Pakistans Cellular Subscribers Stats for Sep 2010

Wateen to Announce New CEO Soon

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 08:32 PM PST

Wateen to Announce New CEO Soon is a post from: ProPakistani

Tariq Malik, CEO of Wateen Telecom is stepping down to focus on his entrepreneurial ventures, we have confirmed with sources in the company.

Tariq Malik had resigned earlier this year, however, at that time Wateen’s board of directors urged him to stay with the company.

When asked, Wateen confirmed that Mr. Malik's resignation has been approved by the board of directors now. "company is looking for new chief, however no name has been finalized so far", said Wateen's spokesperson in a conversation with ProPakistani.

Wateen said the name for new CEO will be made public very soon.