ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Internet services have been restored across the country after a 38-hour-long disruption caused by a fault in an undersea internet cable, a Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) representative told media on Sunday. A fault in the India-Middle East-Western Europe (I-ME-WE) submarine cable caused consumers and businessesRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) At least three submarine cables, connecting Pakistan with rest of the world, have gone offline due to faults, we have checked with sources. According to details shared with media, IMEWE cable went down earlier today due to a hardware fault near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. ItRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( PRESS RELEASE ) Karandaaz Pakistan, has signed grant agreements with four winners of the ‘FinTech Disrupt Challenge’ 2017. Aimed at hunting for extraordinary startup ideas worthy of creating substantial social impact, the second chapter of FDC solicited innovative responses to bottlenecks in Pakistan’s financial services sector. Held atRead More →
Sydney, AUSTRALIA ( PRESS RELEASE ) Content is very much still king in response to Google algorithm updates- new, high quality content delivered regularly; the new breed of agile entrepreneurs are outsourcing everything- except Tom Friedman’s ‘that spark of an idea’, and open source platforms Prestashop, OpenCart, Drupal and Joomla fall outRead More →
LAHORE ( PRESS RELEASE ) Telenor Velocity, the digital accelerator of Telenor Pakistan, hosted a Graduation Night in Lahore to graduate six startups from their Cohort 2. This time around, the eventhad amodern and minimalisticsetting, with a strong focus on building startup’s rapport with the investors. Building rapport with investors TheRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) All is set to connect Azad Jammu & Kashmir with rest of the world through fast-speed telecom service of 3G and 4G strength to facilitate the users of the telecom products including cell and landline phone and internet services by the state-run Special Communications Organization (SCO) inRead More →
LONDON ( MEDIA REPORT ) A Pakistani student will be proudly receiving the Queen’s Young Leaders Award for using technology to provide solutions for health issues and teaching computer skills to underprivileged children. 23-year-old Syed Faizan Hussain said in a statement, “I am delighted to be receiving this award andRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( PARVEZ IFTIKHAR ) Pakistan national budget for fiscal year 2017-18 is being discussed and debated at all levels. The government appears to have given some attention to the information technology sector with facilitation steps, but at the same time some other measures run contrary to the interest ofRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) .Plans to link hundreds of villages in the tribal areas and Balochistan with the rest of the country and the world through digital communications are hampered by a lack of security clearance from agencies, depriving nearly a million people of the telecom services Senate SubcommitteeRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( Press Release ) Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication Anusha Rahman discussed developments in Pakistan’s information and communication technology sector (ICT) with Chairman and Founder of Alibaba Group Jack Ma, according to a press release. Ms Rahman is currently on a visit to Geneva for participationRead More →
LAHORE ( MEDIA REPORT ) Lahore High Court (LHC) has strictly ordered information technology ministry to remove blasphemous content from social media within four months. Justice Athar Mahmood heard the case during which the petitioner told the court that profane material has not been deleted from the social media despiteRead More →
LAHORE ( GUEST WRITER ) Information Technology Sector in Pakistan is making phenomenal progress from last few years. It is a growing and rising industry which hold a lot of potential. As per survey of 2011, Pakistan is ranked as one of the top country that have a high growthRead More →