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Discount on Calls to US and Canada: Telenor is a post from: ProPakistani

Telenor now offers 40% Discount on all Calls (after first five minutes) and SMS to any number in USA & Canada at that’s round the clock

Call rate would be Rs 0.6/30 sec (+Tax)

• Rate applicable on all calls after 5 minutes (applicable only on landline and mobile numbers)
• For the first 5 minutes normal call rate of Rs 0.99/30 sec or Rs. 1.98/Min would apply.
• Discount only available for Non-FNF USA/Canada numbers
• FnF numbers would be charged as per price plan

SMS rate would be Rs 3.0/SMS (+Tax)

• Flat Rate applicable to All SMS sent to any land or mobile number in USA & Canada (applicable only on Non FnF landline and mobile numbers only)

Notes:

• This offer is Not Available on FNF Numbers. All IDD numbers entered as FNF will continue to be charged as per Price-plan.
• The offers will be available to all Prepaid and Postpaid subscribers by default and they don’t need to subscribe for it.
• This is a limited time offer.

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RAHIM YAR KHAN: A girl was killed while another six of her family members sustained injures when the roof of their house collapsed in Tehsil Liaquatpur of Rahim Yar Khan district, . Hospital sources said, the house was under construction as another room was being built on the rooftop of house when suddenly the roof collapsed, killing an 18-year-old ...

Unregistered SIMs, Still a Dark Spot is a post from: ProPakistani

It is proven that a single un-registered or illegally obtained SIM can turn out to be real test for a subscriber and/or for the cellular company.

We have mentioned before that all the procedures adopted by PTA, till date, for eliminating the illegal SIMs in the market, were not 100 percent successful.

For instance, PTA asked Telecom companies to block SIMs while comparing ownership data with NADRA’s records. Millions of SIMs were blocked but there remained millions other un-registered SIMs working.

PTA then thought of delivering SIMs at postal addresses, but the idea was turned down by cellular companies as the procedure was neither viable nor workable.

Then there came the idea of issuance of in-active SIMs, which subscribers could activate after purchase though 789 facility. We had pointed out long ago to plan beyond 789 – and now it is evident that even the 789 system was not able to serve as the master plan of eliminating all illegal SIMs.

Then there came 668 SIM Information System. Millions of un-registered SIMs were again blocked, but not all. It was later found that 668 system was not fool proof, and it could display wrong information because of no real time synchronization with cellular companies’ data.

What Options do we have now?

Unfortunately not many but we have only two options

• One way is to let the system keep rolling – and we may end up witnessing more penalties from PTA to cellular companies
• While there is another way, for which we are already too late. Give a Deadline of, say six months or one year, and make all cellular users of the country to re-register their numbers. After the deadline, let the registered numbers work and block all other mobile numbers, once for good.

Here is the reason, why re-registration is necessary: There were 90 million SIMs before 789 system, and we are not sure how many of them were legal or otherwise illegal. Also the performance of 789 system is not hidden from us now.

Having said this, SIM activation system must bear zero tolerance for chance of any error. 789 agents must ask multiple questions, not only the mother name, but education, cell number, place of birth, or any other information in multiple format that is not given on CNIC.

Government can support the cellular companies for setting up resources required for re-registrations of all numbers.

This fund can be alternatively collected by penalizing those PTA officers who are responsible for the situation. PTA can’t simply run away by imposing hefty fines, instead it should look into its own character for allowing cellular companies to sell illegal SIMs in first place. It is clearly authority’s duty to keep an eye on sales, but unfortunately PTA was busy shouting the SIM numbers as its victory at ITU and GSMA.

I am not advocating cellular companies, in fact Ufone itself admitted the violation of 789 SOP directives, but what i am trying to say is that PTA is equally responsible for the situation. Cellular companies and PTA must join hands to dig out the ultimate solution.

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• 7 Million Mobile Connections Blocked in Pakistan

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A Muslim woman was stopped from boarding a flight when she refused to go through a full body scanner because of religious reasons.

Now Skype with Your Nokia Phone is a post from: ProPakistani

Skype has published a free mobile application for Symbian in the Ovi Store, which is going to enable over 200 million Nokia handset users to easily download the program and start making free Skype-to-Skype calls from their phones.

Skype for Symbian, which you can download straight from the Skype website, will run on any Nokia smartphone using Symbian^1, the latest version of the Symbian platform.

Skype for Symbian enables Nokia smartphone users to:

• Make free Skype-to-Skype calls to other Skype users anywhere in the world*
• Save money on calls and texts (SMS) to phones abroad
• Send and receive instant messages to and from individuals or groups
• Share pictures, videos and other files
• Receive calls to their existing online number
• See when Skype contacts are online and available to call or IM
• Easily import names and numbers from the phone’s address book

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ISLAMABAD Pakisatn News : Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Wednesday termed the solution of long outstanding issues, including Kashmir with India, a prerequisite for durable peace in the region which will enable Pakistan to single mindedly focus on quelling militancy on its western borders.

Adil Najam As we wrote at the end of last year - whilst naming the Pakistani Policeman as ATP’s Pakistan Person of the Year 2009 - “the faces that represent the reality of Pakistan in 2009 more than any other, are the faces of the Pakistani police… All too often in this murderous year, the Pakistani [...]

LAHORE Pakistan News: Inspector General of the Punjab Police Tariq Saleem Dogar took notice of torture incident at Bhawana police station and directed to arrest the SHO and suspend DSP for involvement in the incident.

PESHAWAR PAKISTAN: Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that strict actions are being taken to ensure the speedy delivery of justice to the public.