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PTCL Cleared to Take Part in DTH License Auction through a Front Company

PTCL, through a minor company, has gotten the leeway to take part in the up and coming DTH license auction in Pakistan.

The telecom company’s application was already dismisses by PEMRA on different grounds. In any case, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has acknowledged the request of “Savvy SKY”, a backup of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), to be permitted to partake in the DTH Licenses bidding, as per a senior authority of PTCL.

Already, SMART SKY, in the wake of getting rejected, had submitted under the watchful eye of the high court that PEMRA as of late issued a welcome for organizations enlisted in Pakistan to apply and bid for three non-select DTH Distribution Services Licenses (‘DTH License’) for the region of Pakistan.

SMART SKY Limited is a private limited company that’s a solely retained minor of PTCL

SMART SKY alongside nine different organizations, connected because of the start for DTH Licenses. SMART SKY presented its nitty gritty application to PEMRA on Oct fifth, 2015, alongside all imperative data and documents.

As indicated by the appeal submitted in high court:

On Nov 29th, 2015 — just a week before the auction — we received a letter from PEMRA that SMART SKY had been found ineligible for participating in the bidding process for the grant of DTH License in view of Section 25 of the PEMRA Ordinance. PEMRA in the said letter simply communicated its determination as to the SMART SKY’s ineligibility without providing any hearing opportunity before taking its decision.

The supplication contended that PEMRA wrongly connected Section 25(c) of the PEMRA Ordinance 2002 to SMART SKY.

SMART Sky’s request clarified that segment 25(c) accommodates two prohibitive occurrences, whose lion’s share shares are claimed or controlled by outside nationals or organizations. The SMART SKY’s dominant part shareholder is PTCL, which is a Pakistani organization subsequently SMART SKY does not fall afoul of the first piece of Section 25(c). The second being an organization whose administration or control is vested in remote nationals or (outside) organizations.

The appeal further expressed that the Board of Directors of the SMART SKY, and also the Chief Executive Officer of the SMART SKY, are all Pakistani nationals and not remote nationals. Nor there is any a shareholder or administration understanding in presence that vests administration of SMART SKY in any remote organization.

Therefore, in strict terms the SMART SKY does not fall within the mischief of Section 25(c) of the PEMRA Ordinance 2002 and hence the decision is without any legal basis, said the plea.

The second tier of proprietorship or control of an applicant organization is unimportant to the restrictive provisions of Section 25 of the PEMRA Ordinance 2002. This is vital considering that Etisalat is a minority shareholder in PTCL, a Pakistani organization with the greater part of its shares possessed by the Government of Pakistan.

The request likewise reminded that PEMRA has beforehand conceded PTCL, the shareholder of SMART SKY, an exception from the confinements under Section 25(c) when PTCL straightforwardly connected for a media permit (IPTV License) which was then allowed by PEMRA in 2006. Along these lines, PEMRA cannot presently guarantee confinement under Section 25(c) to apply upon SMART SKY by virtue of PTCL being its shareholder.

After IHC’s acknowledgment, now Smart Sky will be taking an interest in the closeout, which was booked for Today (Dec 7, 2015) yet was postponed by PEMRA Chairman only three days in front of auction.

iNew begins Selling its Smartphones Online with Sending Across Pakistan

iNew Smartphone, the Chinese multinational organization that as of late began its operations in Pakistan, has now entered the e-commerce market too. The organization has cooperated with Getone.PK for online sales of its cell phones all over Pakistan keeping in mind the end goal to take care of the expanding demand for its practical product offering.

All iNew smartphones accompany one year local warranty and clients can pay online or utilize the COD (Cash on conveyance) alternative.

The order procedure is exceptionally straightforward, clients need to register on the site and add items to their shopping cart. Once the client logs-out, it will take 24-48 hours just and the client will get the bought thing at their doorstep.

To sweeten the shopping background Getone is putting forth free power-banks, shrewd wrist trinkets and T-shirt with each buy of iNew cell phones. A devoted helpline is set up to guide clients about different items also.

On this event Mr. Alan Chen, CEO iNew Pakistan communicated his perspectives about online sales;

“Online stores are the absolute future, the everyday life is getting busy, we are focused to make it easier for customers to get a new phone, they don’t have to travel or go to busy markets, and all they need to do is take 5 minutes and get their favorite phone delivered right at their doorsteps.” To order any iNew smartphone, log on to http://getone.pk now!

Now Google Search to Stream Content from Apps without Downloads

As mobile applications are getting well-known as of late, they now involve a noteworthy offer of search results. On the other hand, while application results in search engines get more plenteous, they aren’t generally that helpful without anyone else’s input, as they oblige you to install an application in any case.

Look Ma, No More App Installs

Be that as it may, similar to all things, that may be improving and at the end of the day, it is Google that’s taking the mantle. From now, people will begin seeing content from mobile applications on their search results in Android, paying little heed to whether they have a related application installed on their gadgets or not.

Google Search brings significant substance specifically from applications.

At first, 9 prevalent applications have banded together with Google to join in this new activity,

including Daily Horoscope, HOTEL TONIGHT, Useful Knots and Gormey.

How it Works

For Example, on the off chance that you had to visit another city without planning in advance and choose to discover a hotel, an application like HOTEL TONIGHT will think of a pertinent result conventionally. In any case, now, Google’s search engine can bring the same data from the application to you, offering you some assistance with getting the best results.

As of not long ago, just applications with matching web substance could accomplish this feat, yet thanks to this new project, the possibilities are certainly huge.

Over a 100 billion profound links have now been installed on the Google index, making as much as 40% of all pursuits get content from applications. With radically changing times come the most creative feature and this app-streaming capacity is certainly a stage in the right direction for what’s to come.

Applications and Content Get More Relevant Now

It will likewise make applications a more focal piece of the Android experience while additionally giving the OS an edge over others. With the greater part of Google’s searches now going ahead portable, and with applications being such a core ordeal, this stream substance feature was unavoidable at any rate.

It is just accessible in the U.S. starting now but should come to more markets soon.

PayPal, Amazon and EBay for Operations in Pakistan Will be invited by govt soon: Anusha

Pakistan has at last made all essential administrative regulations required for global tech organizations to begin their operations in Pakistan, said Anusha Rehman, Minister for State for IT and Telecom, here at a meeting composed by GSMA in Islamabad.

Anusha said that Pakistan is currently positioned in FATF’s white-list, implying that Pakistan has now universally acknowledged anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing principles set up which were already not accessible.

Pakistan, as of not long ago was recorded in grey-list of FATF (Financial Action Task Force), which possibly obstructed the method for global tech organizations, for example, PayPal, Amazon and so on in beginning their operations in Pakistan.

Pakistan is currently positioned in FATF’s white-rundown, implying that Pakistan has now universally acknowledged anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing benchmarks set up.

Anusha further uncovered that State Bank of Pakistan is as of now working with accomplices for the opening up of installment passage in Pakistan, after which Government is currently chipping away at framework for ecommerce to address consumers rights, dispute resolutions and a wide range of procedural and mechanical difficulties of commerce industry.

Clergyman said that the taking a shot at administrative framework for ecommerce industry is led by Ministry of Commerce, while Ministry of IT and State Bank of Pakistan are helping with the definition of conventions for ecommerce industry.

Ms. Rehman said that this framework will be detailed with-in next couple of weeks after which every single current issue and difficulties of ecommerce industry will be tended to.

She said that soon Pakistan is going to welcome worldwide tech organizations including PayPal, Amazon and eBay to begin their operations in Pakistan.

Ministry of Commerce, helped by MoIT and SBP, is planning the framework for ecommerce industry

Ms. Rehman said that her Ministry is trying every conceivable exertion, positive measures and incremental strides in each course to ensure that ICT is utilized at fullest to contribute towards monetary development of the nation and to improve normal man’s way of life.

She said that course has been set, then again, a ton is still to be done and all partners ought to cooperate in accomplishing the objective.

She said that we need to end up a key empowering agent to end up a ecosystem that would goad the financial development to at last make us a knowledge based economy.

Straight2Bank Launch in Pakistan With cooperation of Easypaisa & Standard Chartered

Easypaisa has cooperated with Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan to dispatch its mobile payments service for corporate customers named “Straight2Bank Wallet” in Pakistan.

Utilizing Straight2Bank Wallet, Standard Chartered’s corporate customers, for example, NGOs and FMCGs, will have the capacity to make secure payments straightforwardly into their recipients’ Easypaisa Mobile Account. Corporate customers will likewise have the alternative to make money payment to recipients who don’t have bank accounts by utilizing just a Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) number as an identifier. Standard Chartered Straight2Bank Wallet permits recipients to get their cash rapidly, safely from any of 70,000 Easypaisa outlets crosswise over 800 urban communities in Pakistan.

The payments on Easypaisa Mobile Accounts are sent continuously, empowering corporate customers to sidestep the onerous and danger inclined money payment forms. More advantages incorporate enhanced cash flow for recipients and perceptibly with sureness in payment date.

Remarking on the one of a kind recommendation, Muhammad Yahya Khan, Chief Financial Services Officer, Telenor Pakistan and Head of Easypaisa said:

Our partnership with Standard Chartered is a great step forward as we endeavor to expand our service offerings for our clients, making it easier than ever for Easypaisa users across the country to access secure and convenient financial services.

Mr. Shazad Dada, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Pakistan said:

We are delighted to work with Easypaisa in launching Straight2Bank Wallet – furthering financial inclusion in Pakistan and making access to banking services effortless for our corporate clients and their beneficiaries. This initiative is a testament to our continued commitment to the country, and reiterates our brand promise of being ‘Here for good’.

New Brand Shop of Huawei Opens in Lahore

Huawei has a substantial number of brand outlets for its customers all over Pakistan however considering high sales, the organization has introduced another brand shop in Lahore.

Inaugural function of this new brand shop was held in the incidence of the Huawei General Manager for devices in Pakistan –Mr. Shawn. Media personals, technology bloggers and extensive number of Huawei clients went to the ceremony. The recently initiated brand outlet is arranged in the Hassan Center opposed to well-known Hafeez Center in Lahore.

Special visitor of the ceremony was Ms. Fizza Ali, who saw the ribbon cutting function at 3:30 toward the evening. It is likewise to be specified here that the service and the inaugural of the new brand shop here in Lahore by Huawei is emerged with the cooperation of AIRLINK COMMUNICATION and M&P

The Huawei brand Shop is a One-Stop solution for investigating and acquiring the unlimited scope of Huawei customer electronics with genuine Huawei guarantee.

Live Traffic Feature on Google Maps is Now Supported for Pakistan

The hotly anticipated feature of “Live Traffic” details in Google Maps for Pakistani urban areas was something that we all needed so severely, particularly on the grounds that we never think about Pakistani streets and traffic and regularly wind up on a route to find that its jam packed with heavily congested traffic.

The news is that Live Traffic for Pakistani urban areas is currently empowered, for chose routes for the present. Be that as it may, subsequent to “live traffic” points of interest are being taken off in stages, you can expect more urban communities and routes to appear “live traffic” details soon.

For the time being we can affirm you that live traffic is empowered for Islamabad and Lahore, while common traffic details — for example, traffic circumstance on a route for particular time — is empowered for more urban areas, very nearly for each city that we checked.

As you can note, alongside live traffic you can likewise see traffic incidents details, for example, if road is shut or if there’s an accident, development going on or some other occurrence on street for which traffic may be moderate.

You can empower “Live Traffic” feature by clicking menu and tapping on “Traffic” button. Live traffic points of interest can be seen both on mobile application and desktop.

For urban areas where live traffic is empowered, reporting was observed to be entirely precise. In any case, it is watched that yellow lines shouldn’t be agonized over much, unless routes are red that one must dodge.

Do tell us your experience and on the off chance that you discovered the live traffic reporting precise or not. Happy Driving

Slide is Pakistan’s First Rewards Based Lockscreen Android App

The common person unlocks their smartphones more than 100 times each day. Imagine a scenario in which you could work towards winning something substantial every time you did that. That is the reason behind Slide, another lockscreen Android App. The brainchild of Junaid Malik, previous COO of Bramerz, Slide was dispatched at an occasion held before in Lahore today.

The way it works is this: subsequent to connecting your Facebook account, you select what topics interest you, enter a couple points of interest and that is it. Presently every time you open your screen, you’d see custom-made substance and the choice to search through and read it (and obviously the choice to open the phone).

Every time you read an article or open your screen, you get focuses which can be reclaimed for treats. A lot of distributers like BuzzFeed, Daily Mail and even ProPakistani are joined forces with Slide so there is no deficiency of drawing in substance. At this time, you can just recover focuses for mobile top ups yet clients will soon have the capacity to benefit rebates at their most loved attire stores, get free film tickets and significantly more.

While the thought for a prizes based lock screen application is not new, Slide is certainly one of the first ones that have custom-made their item for the Pakistani market. Considering the amount of time the normal individual spends on their telephones and the rising offer of cell phone clients in the 129 million mobile subscribers in the nation, the thought behind Slide bodes well.

In any case, the irritating question of monetization sterns its revolting head each time a startup is specified and it’s the same here. Applications like Slide regularly get got in a chicken and egg problem. They aren’t feasible till they get a minimum amount of users and they don’t get a minimum amount of users unless intensely incentivized.

For instance, at this moment Slide is by all accounts joining forces with distributers for nothing. More traffic is constantly great so you won’t see any of them whining. Then again, it’s paying manifestly obvious prizes to its users. That needs to leave some place and I feel like once enough traffic begins being produced, they’ll begin charging distributers for showing up on the lockscreen. On the off chance that that happens, it evacuates all motivation on the distributers part and disposes of the extremely content that users have gotten to be usual to.

Then again perhaps the group behind Slide is more brilliant and have another arrangement which we haven’t seen yet. In any case, it’s a clever little application that would pay out 100 rupees in portable adjust once every month in the event that you utilize normal versatile opening measurements. Considering you’re doing it in any case, we’d say it’s well justified, despite all the trouble. All things considered, there is nothing Pakistanis like more than free stuff.

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Uber Officially Confirms its Plans to Launch in Pakistan

The declaration of a trio of Pakistan centric vacancies on Uber’s vocation page prodded hearsay that the on-demand firm is going to enter the local business sector. Observant netizens spotted employment promotions for a General Manager, Marketing Manager and Operations and Logistics Manager.

Presently, it’s been formally confirmed by Shaden Abdellatif, who’s the communications supervisor for Uber’s Middle East and Africa operations in a messaged articulation to ValueWalk.

“We can confirm we are currently recruiting for a team in Lahore, and are very excited about launching in Pakistan as we see huge potential in the way we can help people move around their city safely and reliably.

We are also excited about the opportunity for economic empowerment we can bring to the drivers we partner with.”

In case we’re being straightforward, Uber coming to Pakistan was just a matter of time. With more than 120 million phone clients, growing 3G/4G memberships that have come to 18 million in only year and a half and expanded mindfulness implies that organizations like Uber have a case in Pakistan.

The organization as of late declared a $1 billion speculation into neighboring India and there are likenesses between our two markets.

All the more essentially, the development of administrations like Travly demonstrates that Pakistan is prepared for a noteworthy interruption with regards to transport.

We expect that Uber will begin its operations in Pakistan with Lahore at first, then again, more urban areas will be included into Uber scope down the line.

It is yet to be checked whether Uber will keep up its own armada of autos with in-house drivers in Pakistan, or masses will be welcome to join Uber with their own particular autos as its local model that is polished everywhere.

Uber, which gives on-interest rides by means of a smartphone application, is a standout amongst the most important privately owned businesses on the planet. Most as of late, it directed a financing round surpassing $1 billion, turning into the second organization after Facebook to surpass $50 billion valuation before opening up to the world. In five years, it has extended to 58 nations and 300 urban areas.

iPhone 6S and 6S Plus to be Officially Sold in Pakistan from Mid-November

Ufone is good to go to put iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s plus, the most advanced iPhones yet, on sale for its clients starting Friday, November 13, 2015, we have gained from sources.

While we don’t have any points of interest on the price of iPhone 6S and 6S plus starting yet, yet we can let you know that more subtle elements will be authoritatively conveyed on November sixth, 2015 when Ufone will begin tolerating pre-orders.

Different administrators will begin comparable offerings, however we don’t have official affirmations from them as such.

Apple had joined hands with neighborhood telecom players a year ago to present its iPhones in Pakistan, authoritatively, and to proceed with the custom iPhone 6S and 6S plus will be put on racks this year once more.

Not to be said iPhones sold through telecom administrators accompany official guarantees and preferred costs over open business sector. These officially sold phones will be factory unlocked.

As of now the base models (with 16GB memory) of iPhone 6S and 6S Plus are being sold at around Rs. 80K and Rs. 100K or above.

It is yet to be perceived how telcos are going to value these phones, yet from the reputation we can affirm that costs from all administrators will be the same, with the exception of the voice and information bargains that they may offer to iPhone purchasers.