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PTCL plans to introduce more bandwidth packages

ISLAMABAD- Keeping in view the special requirements of software exporters, educational institutions, corporate customers and other small and medium IT users, the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) will be introducing two new bandwidth packages. A PTCL spokesman said the packages would be introduced with significantly reduced rates to help the users to compete in the […]


GEMS-2002 launched

LAHORE: The Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) has launched its ‘GEMS-2002’ project with the inauguration of 20 incubators at the Software Technology Park on Friday. The PSEB has selected 20 five-member teams of young IT entrepreneurs to select one software project to write in six months. Each team will select a project from 100 IT […]


Pak IT firm complete 3 projects

Karachi: A Pakistani IT firm has completed three out of four contracts worth 1.5 million pounds it had signed with a foreign firm during IT Outsource World London EXHIBITION IN London earlier this year, a Pakistan Software Export Board’s Press release said here on Tuesday. “The PSEB’s initiative in participation in international IT exhibitions is […]


Canadian bank to set up IT park in city

KARACHI: The chairman of a large Canadian investment bank, Kings dale, has announced setting up of an incubator park in Karachi to help make the city a centre of information technology. John Marshall made the announcement at a reception hosted by the Nazim of Karachi, Naimatullah Khan, in a local hotel on Thursday. Anwer Merchant, […]


Karachi contributes 40 percent share in software exports

KARACHI : The contribution of city in software exports is around 40 percent as compared with other major cities in Pakistan, said Sohail Shahid, the Managing Director of Pakistan Software Export Board. The country’s first Information Technology Park has started its operation in the commercial capital of the country. While speaking to the inauguration ceremony […]


PSEB Sees $1 billion software exports by 2005

KARACHI: Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) said on Sunday it had envisaged $1 billion software exports by 2005 – the year when all kinds and styles of trade worldwide enter into a new regime of World Trade Organization (WTO). Suhail Shahid, Managing Director, PSEB while speaking on “PSEB Projects for Boosting Software Exports of Pakistan” […]


Pakistan has made tremendous beginning in IT : Dr Atta

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Prof Dr Atta-ur-Rehman, has pointed out that Pakistan has made a tremendous beginning in the realms of information technology. He said that while speaking as chief guest at the inaugural session of the three-day IT Commerce Network (ITCN) Conference and Exhibition at a local hotel on Saturday. The […]


MoU for country’s first I Tech park signed

KARACHI- Pakistan will successfully place its first satellite in orbit in the first week of December this year and four educational digital channels will also be launched in Pakistan before the end 2002, said Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Prof. Ataur Rehman during the launching ceremony of Karachi Technology Island City on 7th, October […]


High density communication chip designed

ISLAMABAD : A team of Pakistani engineers have designed a high density chip for multimedia communication over Internet protocol which is seen as a breakthrough in telecommunications field. The team working with Communications Enabling Technologies (CET) R&D facility of expatriate Pakistani owned Avaz Networks Inc USA is focusing on next generation telecommunication solutions over Internet […]


SAMW Online office raided

KARACHI: The vigilance team of FWL and Telecommunication Authority (FTA) on Tuesday raided the office of an internet service provider, SAMW Online, and seized latest equipment allegedly used for voice mail facility for by­passing the PTCL gateway exchange, thus causing huge loss to the national exchequer. The PTCL and PTA found that during last 10 […]


Pakistan-based software firm to go public in US

LOS ANGELES- Despite weakening stocks amid frustrated investors, another joint Pakistan-US based software firm announced it is filing for Initial Public Offering (IPO) in the US market. EssTec, Inc. having its offices in Lahore, Dubai and Santa Monica (CA) filed with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the IPO on Monday (July 22), it was […]


It Project to create More than 10,000 jobs

ISLAMABAD- A multi-million dollars IT enabled services project by the Resources Group (TRG) would help create more than 10,000 jobs in the country. The project is being launched soon by an expatriate Pakistani, Zia Chistie to outsource the fast Growing IT enabled services, officials sources said. The sources said that Pakistan software export board (PSEB) […]


Urdu instant messenger

KARACHI- The First Urdu Instant Messenger a project of e-Taleem.com was launched at a ceremony. The organizers termed the project as the first of its kind in the world. The Managing Director of the Pakistan Software Export Board, Sohail Shahid, performed the inauguration. In his speech, he termed the project as the best and appreciated […]


Internet, other services on mobile phones

ISLAMABAD- Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has decided to provide internet and uniform codes services on mobile phones free-of-charge. The decision will take place with immediate effect, PTCL spokesman said here the other day. He said this service was already being provided free of cost to normal digital phones. The new step would enable all […]