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Mis-use of USF Funds: Telco’s demand audit

Telecom operators, in a recent development, have demanded a thorough financial audit of the Universal Service Fund (USF) against alleged mis-use of funds used for advertising and promoting the governments political achievements in the IT and Telecom Sector.

The Universal Service Fund (USF) is a an organization run under the control of the Ministry of IT and Telecom, dedicated to expansion of telecom services to rural and under-served areas that are financially not feasible for telecom operators to directly extend their services to. (more…)

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iPhone 5 to enter market with “atleast” 4 inch Display

With LG and Sharp, Apple has placed orders, for display technology for the next-generation iPhone 5. The devices are likely to be released next month on World Wide Developers Conference 2012, but not for sure. The Wall Street Journal has been in touch with Apple’s suppliers and have been informed that the handset will have a screen size of “at least 4-inches diagonally.” (more…)

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Google redefines internet search with “Knowledge Graph”

Google has been a non-stop innovator when it comes to search, especially. The Google team yesterday introduced what it calls the “knowledge graph”, a tech term to let you know that Google understands what you are looking for.

This means when you say “Tsunami” – it will show you various categories of things and not just traditional “string” based matching of keywords – for example:

Did you mean Tsunami, as it is, the real under-water earthquake
Or the Tsunami of Imran Khan (PTI), if you’re Googling from Pakistan

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Exclusive Video of the Nokia 110 and 112 Unveiling in Pakistan

As promised in our post earlier on the Global launch of the Nokia 110 and Nokia 112 today, we present an Exclusive Video of the grand unveiling – an electrifying musical performance backed by some light fireworks suitable for an indoor environment.

Enjoy – and do leave us your comments!

Nokia – Colours – Global Launch Unveiling of Phones – Video Part 1 of 4:

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Nokia Global Launch: Nokia 110 and 112 unveiled in Pakistan

In a grand setting at the Marriott hotel in Karachi, Nokia launched two handsets ‘globally’ from Pakistan – The Nokia 110 and Nokia 112 – both low cost, high performance S40 phones by the cell phone giant targeting the “next billion”.

The event began with an introductory speech by Mr. Aamir Shafique, Nokia’s General Manager for Pakistan and Afghanistan, who set the tone for the event. He told a large gathering of media men and bloggers about Nokia’s plans for Pakistan and how it was considered a very important market for Nokia handset sales.

He was followed by Saulo Passos, Nokia’s Communication Director, who had flown all the way from London to speak at the event.

Next in line to take the stage was Mr. Imran Khalid Mehmood, Nokia VP for North Africa/Middle East and the Near East, who spoke about the importance of internet usage on Mobile handheld devices and how it would fundamentally transform the way we look at the world. (more…)

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Telecom New Zealand to start LTE Trials later this year

Yesterday (14th May), a good news emerged in the telecom circles when Telecom New Zealand announced that they will be conducting customer trail sessions for LTE later this year. Currently they are providing HSPA+ services which will be upgraded by the 4th Generation Technology LTE.

Telecom CEO, Paul Reynolds, said “We will progressively adopt 4G network capability, starting with a customer trial later this year using LTE technology.

Though the detailed plans are not being launched by the Ministry of Economic Development for the auction of 700 Mhz spectrum. Yet the Telecom New Zealand is all set for starting trails later this year. The spectrum plan for the (more…)

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Jazz Jazba to start a series of Mobile Development Workshops for “Free”.

Game Banao Gey? The words are not a question but an extra ordinary opportunity for Mobile Developers who want to take their careers towards Mobile Gaming Industry. Jazz Jazba starts a whole new series of Mobile Gaming Development Workshops in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. (more…)

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