Triple Play In Pakistan
Triple play made its way to Pakistan. Triple Play service is a marketing term for the 3 services: high-speed Internet, Video (TV, Video on Demand) and telephone service - all over a single broadband connection. Wateen, PTCL and Nayatel
BaBar elephant doll to borrow
For a photo shoot for symmetry magazine, we would like to borrow a BaBar stuffed animal as soon as possible and through the first and second weeks of January. Kind caretakers promised, will be returned with trunk and crown intact
Babar and Babri Masjid
Muslim Emperor Babar was not interested in merely building a Masjid in place of the He asks "if this explanation of a 500 year-old event is any less believable than the explanation that says a barbaric Babar tore down a temple?
Hybrid Dual Portable Computer from Korea
AVing reports about a new device from Korea which is somewhat like the new Mylo from Sony. It is not the best designed and attractive looking gadget but it has intreresting features. They should come up with a better name though!
MNP Issues in Japan
As we wait for Pakistan to implement mobile number portability, let us take a look at the status of another recent MNP implementation - in Japan. As expected there were issues after MNP - but the nature of the issues is interesting and
The Cogilent Saga
This very unfortunate incident has sent waves of concern in the nascent IT industry of Pakistan. PTA, in its paranoia for illegal VOIP companies, raided Cogilent, a technology startup firm in Islamabad. Cogilent used voice technologies
Big Phone Firms Delve Undersea For Asian Growth
A front-page article in the Wall Street Journal (12/18) reports that some of the world’s biggest telecom companies are racing to tap China and other rapidly growing Asian markets by building faster pipelines for the surging volume of
Telecom and Disaster Management
Information and communication technologies (ICT) play an important role of lifeline in disaster management life cycle. The recent disasters in Asia and USA have highlighted the need for interoperable standards and technologies,
Telecom Politics in Asia
The Indian telecom market is again the topic of a political discussion about security and foreign telecommunication and technology firms. Recently the Chinese telecom equipment firms ZTE and Huawei were the issue but now Orascom has
Podcast: Babar Ahmad extradited
This weeks edition explores the High Court’s decision to extradite Babar Ahmed to the US, the panel also discuss the Government’s plans to replace trident, torture flights, how a trip to New Zealand almost ended in arrest for the former
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