Zong 4G and PTA sign Agreement to promote Gender Inclusion in ICTs
Pakistan’s cellular and digital services frontrunner and the CSR leader in the local ICT arena – has signed an agreement with the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) to promote gender inclusion in the workplace and beyond. Since its inception, inclusion of women at all levels of employment and society has been as critical to Zong’s CSR […]
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PTCL Committed to Innovate and Deliver the Best in ICT
Furqan Qureshi, PTCL Senior Executive Vice President (SEVP) commercial has reaffirmed that PTCL stands committed in bringing the benefits of Information Communications Technology (ICT) to all segments of the country. He expressed these views while speaking at a telecom conference, themed ‘Next Wave in Telecommunications – The Digitized Society/Consumer’. The conference is an annual platform […]
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HEC and MoIT Join Hands for Proliferation of ICT in Pakistan
Higher Education Commission (HEC) and Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom will share each other’s expertise for proliferation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the country. It was agreed during the visit of high level delegation of Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom (MoIT&T) to HEC. HEC Executive Director Professor Dr Mukhtar Ahmed apprised […]
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Rs. 787.4 Million Allocated for IT and Telecom Division in Budget 2012-13
Government of Pakistan announced in the budget of fiscal year 2012-13 that Rs. 410 millions allocated in the area of telecom sector; particularly seven schemes would be initiated for the sake of public sector development program. Out of seven projects 50 million is allocated to create cross border optical fiber cable between China and Pakistan. One of the major […]
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World Telecom Day Celebrated in Pakisan
Pakistan as well as the whole world celebrated Telecommunication and information Society Day (WTISD) on Thursday, May 18, 2012. Theme for this year’s was: “Women and Girls in ICT”. Telecom day is commemorated under the baner of ITU – united Nation’s body for information technology – and celebrations stretch all over the world. The purpose of World Telecom Day is to help […]
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PTCL Reaches One Million Broadband Subscribers
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has reached the one million broadband subscribers. This message was addressed by President and CEO PTCL, Mr. Waleed Irshad at World Telecommunication & Information Society Day. He addressed that, “One behalf of PTCL, it gives me great pleasure to commemorate the international 2012 World Telecommunication & Information Society Day (WTISD) celebrated globally […]
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IT Industry has Good Jobs for Women
Throughout various religious and moral etching, the women’s role for a society has been given and there are server consequences in case of ignoring such matters. The usage of latest ICT tools allow women to work while at the comfort of their homes. ICT has made many jobs possible which were once restricted to offices. […]
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WEF Says, Global Digital Divide Still Exists
The World Economic Forum 2012 (WEF) published a report assessing different countries by various parameters o using ICT technology. About 142 countries all over the world were selected and were evaluated on the basis of ICT usage and its contribution to economic development. On the occasion Benat Bilbao-Osorio, associate director and co-author of the report, commented that […]
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Pakistan Ranked 102nd Position in Global IT Report 2012
Pakistan has been ranked 102nd position by World Economic Forum (WEF) after it lost 14 positions on the global index in the development and growth of ICTs, said Global Information Technology Report 2012. Pakistan lost its competitive advantage on the fixed broadband internet tariffs, where it dropped the ranking from 36 in 2011 to 79 […]
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PERN Wins Laurels at Connect Arab Summit
Owing to increased importance of getting acquaintance with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), International Teclecommunication Union Connect Arab Summit was held at Doha, Qatar. About 540 participants, including some top government officials, from 26 countries participated in the event. It was stressed that in addition to attaining good technological status, proper grip over ICT is […]
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