Re-launch of Ufone Career Portal with a fresh look: ProPakistanis

Ufone announces the launch of Ufone Careers Portal with a fresh look and and robust database. Ufone shall be actively referring to this database for future hiring needs of Jobs and Employees.

Ufone employees enjoy a comfortable working environment, challenging work, unique rewards and world class training and development opportunities.

You are encouraged to build your new profile on this carrier portal i.e. http://careers.ufone.com to be able to be considered for job openings at Ufone. Kindly get yourself registered after 1st of May, 2012.

Pak Telecom Mobile Limited (PTML) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) that started its operations in January 2001 under the brand name ‘Ufone’.

As a result of PTCL’s privatization, Ufone became a part of the Emirates Telecommunication Corporation Group (Etisalat) in 2006.

Ifo you want to Register Yourself for latest Ufone Jobs visit this link: http://www.ufone.com/careers_register.aspx

We wish you all the best for your future endeavors

LG Has No Future Plans For Windows Phone Devices: ProPakistanis

LG is dropping from the Windows Phone race and has no plans to release any gadgets of that kind. The decision is not final, of course, and LG will continue its partnership with Microsoft. As you can imagine, LG’s U-turn is based on the really weak sales and most probably the threat from the Microsoft/Nokia team. Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer has a scheduled visit in Korea in May to explore partnership opportunities. LG is most probably on the list too, so we’ll have to see what happens then. Keep in mind though, that Samsung will surely be pushing WP8 running devices later this year, which will be an additional threat for everyone else. Anyway we look at this, it seems a wise decision on LG's behalf - at least for the time being. The Lumia lineup is the most popular WP brand and, combined with the low user demand, it is quite natural for LG to focus completely on Google's Android OS.

3G Pakistan goes from Low Signal to No Signal: ProPakistanis

The much expected 3G Auction back in Jan-12 got to Low Signal profile in March when the auctions we officially postponed to a later date. Now officials from telecom operators have confirmed Reuters of 3G Auction going in to No Signal profile as the PTA has delayed it indefinitely.

Potential bidders were due to submit expcoressions of interest from January 21, but they have yet not been invited to do so, Walid Irshaid, chief executive of Pakistan Telecommunication Co (PTCL), told Reuters.

“All the dates announced earlier have been put on hold, what the new date is we don’t know,” said Irshaid. “The first step was not even taken yet. No official notification has been received by us or any other operator.”

A spokesman for Telenor said the government had postponed the auction until indefinitely until it hires an international consultant to supervise the process.

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, which is running the auction, was not immediately available for comment.

The government, which is still owed $800 million by Etisalat as part of the UAE firm’s $2.6 billion acquisition of a 26 percent stake in PTCL in 2006, expects to raise at least $630 million from the 3G auction, having set a base price of $210 million for each licence.

That would have raised much-needed money for Pakistan’s government, which battling doubled-digit inflation and a sharply widening trade deficit, while foreign investment into the country has also plunged.

Excerpts from Reuters

With this the speculations for 3G Auctions in 2012 comes to end. Let’s hope for the best in coming future.

Blackberry App World Now Available in Pakistan [Official]: ProPakistanis

Blackberry App World – RIM’s official app marketplace for blackberry users – is now made available in Pakistan through EMS – strategic channel partner of RIM for the region.

A statement issued by EMS said that official app store for BlackBerry® smartphones, is now available for customers in Pakistan. BlackBerry users in Pakistan can now discover, download, manage, and enjoy a wide range of mobile applications available for their BlackBerry smartphone.

BlackBerry smartphone users around the world download more than 6 million apps per day from BlackBerry App World and there are over 70,000 apps in the catalog today.

Quoting its CEO Mr. Babar Khan, EMS said,” We are very excited to be a part of the App World launch in Pakistan. The BlackBerry App World storefront is a wireless application store that is available on BlackBerry® smartphones. It is designed to allow BlackBerry smartphone users with an environment to browse, download, and update third-party applications, and purchase applications using valid PayPal® accounts and credit cards. BlackBerry smartphone users can use the BlackBerry App World storefront to rate and share applications with other BlackBerry smartphone users.”

BlackBerry App World was launched in April 2009 in US, Canada & UK. The First App World telecom operator billing implementation went live in August 2010.

It merits mentioning here that Blackberry App World was briefly made available in Pakistan in February 2012, but was taken down after test with in a day.

With its launch in Pakistan, BlackBerry App World is now available in over 130 countries, 14 languages, and is supported by more than 26 currencies and these numbers keep on growing.

Wateen to Bring Course Books and Past Papers Online: ProPakistanis

Wateen Telecom has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Punjab IT Board for enabling e-learning in the province.

Chief Minister Punjab, Mian Shahbaz Sharif and Naeem Zamindar, CEO Wateen Telecom signed the agreement at the PITB E-Government Exhibition held at Arfa Technology Park earlier today.

With the agreement, Wateen Telecom will provision an e-learning portal for graduate and post-graduate students to access and gain vital educational content from. The online portal will include text books, past papers, solved past papers and tips for students on preparing for examinations.

This project aims at providing free access to education with just the click of a button and promises to leap-frog the country to economic progress and prosperity with a skilled and educated workforce.

In order for students to access this portal in universities and colleges, Wateen intends to provide the facility of Wi-Fi Hotspots. These Wi-Fi Hotspots will be free to access for students, to help them in their education and research. This portal is a small step towards realizing Wateen’s vision of enabling every man, woman and child in Pakistan through leading edge technology.

With growing online access, the youth of Pakistan faces a dearth of quality education. Currently government spends on the education sector are limited. This ultimately means that through leading edge technology, Wateen Telecom will change the traditional way of learning, replacing it with a more convenient and a quick way of gratifying the thirst for knowledge.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Mr. Naeem Zamindar CEO Wateen Telecom said that “With better online access, Wateen envisions that a student in Chichawatni can have access to the same education available at Harvard or Cambridge. Today we are creating an opportunity for students of tomorrow to benefit from and improve Pakistan economically and socially.”

The e-Government Exhibition, hosted by PITB, was visited by over one thousand students from various schools and universities. All the main ICT firms, including Wateen, participated in the exhibition with their stalls accessible for the general public.