Dell takes lead in Pakistan: announces 72 scholarships

Dell Pakistan is taking brisk initiatives to place itself well in the Pakistani market. At the moment, it seems to be the only brand that is supporting education in Pakistan. So it is a win-win situation for Dell as well as community.

Yesterday, it gave 150 laptops to special students of Lahore through the hands of CM Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif as a part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). On the occasion, Dell’s South Asia General Manager announced that Dell will give 72 scholarships to the students of Punjab on the merit basis and out of that it will send 18 best students to the foreign countries like Turkey and Malaysia for training purpose under the foreign scholarship program.

Dell has been a part of Punjab Laptop Scheme that is still going on in the province. Under the scheme Mian Shahbaz Sharif is distributing 125,000 laptops among the meritorious students of Punjab. Although, the scheme received a huge criticism from the opponent of CM Shahbaz Sharif but IT professionals view this entire activity as a positive step in Pakistan that will help promote technology, internet usage and application development in Pakistan.

On seeing the success story and an almost fair process (complaints from students) of laptop distribution, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has already announced to award 25, 000 laptops to its students under the scheme name Naway Sahar (New Dawn) for which it has allocated Rs. 1 billion in the budget. KP government has formed a committee for the distribution of laptops that comprises on two members from the government and two from the opposition in order to exercise fair distribution.

Dell’s increasing popularity among Pakistani consumers is disturbing its competitors who are eager to win the contract for next laptop scheme in the country.

A CEO of the technology company told MORE that Dell’s top management and many other countries including India, Sri Lanka are closely watching the laptop distribution process in Pakistan. Such a quick execution of entire process has created a WOW factor across the technology world.

Watch any part of world on Android with Worldscope Webcams

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Worldscope Webcams is a very great and useful android apps.With the help of this apps you can easily visit foreign places, view the weather of any lace or even just spy the world with more than 20,000 web cams from all over the world.This apps will be great for those! who want to see the famous places from their home only, they don't need to go anywhere! just they have to have their Android Device and they can fulfill their wants.
Worldscope Webcams has been enjoying its fair share of user base, courtesy of its extensive live webcam database that comprises 100s of location cameras, weather cameras and traffic cameras, which are powered by webcams.travel.com

To work properly in Android ICS, this apps has been udated to 4.0 (in Beta), which comes with great User Interferance, including customized time-lapse and optimized layout for Tablets and Google TV and many bugs fixed.
If you are enjoying specific webcam view, then you can also add the location to your favourites, switch to the daylight view, see current location on map and much more things..
You should give it a try! one time.

Download Worldscope Webcam from below link:

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As always, the free version of Worldscope Webcams comes with ad-supported, to use the Ad-free version you have to pay $1.99 through in-app registration.

Ufone Call Of The Day

Ufone will now call its customers and provide them latest updates on Sports, Jokes, Qurani Ayats, Hadit, Quotes etc. This is Ufone’s Call Of The Day service that will let Ufone customers to receive a 30 second call from Ufone with all the updates on your preferred category(ies). You can choose the category of your choice and the timings in which you would like to receive the call.

‘Call of the day’ will be a pre-recorded call. You can choose the timings as;

Morning: Between          9 am to 12 pm

Afternoon: Between      12 pm to 5 pm

Evening: Between           5 pm to 8 pm

Apart from receiving call you can also get information through SMS. The service will cost Rs. 5 + tax per week. For subscribing to this offer, dial 2722.

Upon successful subscription to Call of the Day, you will receive a 30 second call per selected category. You will also have the option to receive the daily information via SMS as well. Subscribing to Call of the Day is very simple, simply dial 2722 and enjoy this amazing service at a nominal charge of Rs. 5 + tax per week.

Nokia Lumia 1001, Nokia's first Windows Phone 8 Device

Nokia Lumia 910 which is some suspect is Nokia Lumia 900 for T-Mobile USA was recently spooted with Nokia's Remote Device Access Service.Recently A new device, which is called as the Nokia Lumia 1001 was also detected by one of Nokia’s remotely-accessible phones, and with it's model number it could mean that it is going to be company’s first Windows Phone 8 device.

If you don't know about Nokia's Remote Device Access Service, then let us tell you little about that, it allows users to connect to a whole host of Nokia hardware from within a browser window. It is well meant for developer for testing their apps or codes on real hardware.One more thing about this service is that, with the help of this you can have a idea on what Nokia is working next.
As Nokia Lumia 900, Lumia 1001 was also spooted in the Nokia’s Remote Device Access service. Let's see, if Nokia is soon going to reveal this phone.

What's New Features and new Apps in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS

As we all know recently Google launched its latest version of android i.e.,Android 4.1, Jelly Bean. It is the fastest and smoothest version of Android yet. Jelly Bean improves on the simplicity and beauty of Android 4.0, and introduces a new Google search experience on Android.Simple, beautiful and beyond smart Expandable, actionable notifications.Android has always put you in control when it comes to staying
notified and connected. Now you can take action directly from the notifications shade.

Late for a meeting? Email everyone to let them know. Missed a call? Call them back in an instant. And because they are expandable, you can get an even deeper look into the things that matter most, like multiple emails or photos on Google+.



Widgets work like magic.
With Jelly Bean it’s now even easier to personalize your home screen.As you place widgets on the screen, everything else automatically moves to make room. When they’re too big, widgets resize on their own. Interacting with your favorite apps and customizing your home screen has never been easier.


Voice Search
Voice Search on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is faster, better, able to understand natural language better, and will relay the answer you are looking for via speech. After all, search is Google’s bread and butter, so you can rest easy knowing that most of the time, the search results would be the most relevant ones.


Google Now
Another major update in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean would be the introduction of Google Now. As its name implies, Google Now will offer you the information you want, anytime, anywhere you require it –
automatically.Google Now can be accessed via the Google Search app, where you are presented by a clean interface, complete with a preloaded card that tells you the weather of your current location. From here, you are able to run a search within the tablet or through the Internet, taking one of either two routes – through voice or typing.
You can also get the features of Android 4.1 Jelly bean OS in your Android 4 or old OS.

Huawei to hold workshops on 3G in Pakistan

Huawei Pakistan is a holding a series of workshops on 3G technologies starting from today.

The series of workshops will continue till July 12 at Serena Hotel Islamabad and will be attended by CEOs and decision makers from cellular operators besides, representatives of regulator (PTA) and Ministry of IT and Telecom.

Huawei Global team will discuss with industry leaders various aspects of the mobile broadband potential in Pakistan.

In 2011, Huawei, in collaboration of PTA conducted various road shows demonstrating company’s expertise in providing state of the art solution in the field of telecommunication including mobile broadband.

Up till 2011, Huawei has provided telecom solutions to 530 operators in more than 150 countries.

3G licensing in Pakistan is on hold, the deadline has changed several times owing to certain political and administrative issues on the part of government and the regulator(PTA). A special committee headed by Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh is in the process of finalizing the mechanism in collaboration with Pakistan Telecommunication Authority.

Saudi Government to give free SIMs to Pakistani and Indian pilgrims

Pakistani pilgrim, whether going for Hajj or Umrah will be given free mobile phone SIMs from Saudi telecom operator Mobily. These SIMs will be given to save precious time of pilgrims who normally search for mobile SIMs for establishing contact back home.

These SIM cards will be provided in collaboration with Hajeej and Aroma Groups.

Similarly, Indian Government, in association with the Saudi Government will provide free mobile phone SIMs to Indian pilgrims who will leave for Saudi Arabia. These SIM cards will have all the important numbers so that it could help the pilgrim in case of emergency.

Chairman PTA in trouble, PAC asks to put his name in ECL

Chairman PTA, Dr. Mohammad Yaseen

Earlier Chairman PTA Dr. Muhammad Yaseen was going on a two weeks forced leave prior to the expiry of his four year term by the end of July. It appears that things are getting worst for the Chairman and few high ranking officials of the authority.

We have just heard that today Public Account Committee of National (PAC) Assembly was provided with the details of severe corruption cases in which existing Chairman PTA Dr. Yaseen seems to be a part of them. We have yet to confirm the details of PAC proceedings.

As per media reports, PAC has  recommended to put Chairman’s name in the Exit Control List (ECL) along with the names of other key officials of the PTA.

According to sources, PAC in its meeting today raised question about the credibility of Chairman PTA who has already been questioned by PAC in the past over mismanagement with reference to telecom industry in Pakistan.

Sources at PTA acknowledged that although PAC has taken the issue seriously but we have yet to receive a written document from them in this regard, until then, it is not a decision.

Four year term of Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Dr. Muhammad Yaseen that started in 2008 is supposed to expire by the end of July 2012.

Yesterday we heard that Dr. Yaseen was going on a two weeks forced leave because of certain issues.

In his absence, a caretaker may take charge until a new Chairman is appointed by the Government.

According to reports, there are number of government officials dreaming for this post who are said to be backed by various political entities.

Chairman PEMRA, Dr. Abdul Jabbar who has once served at PTA being a Director General is a serious contender for the position. According to his supporter, he is the blue-eyed official of the existing government. As far as his achievements are concerned during last couple of years, he has remained unsuccessful in controlling the blunt media of Pakistan.

Other names who are maneuvering for the post are Dr. Ismail Shah and Kamran Ali who belong to Ministry of IT and Telecom.

The appointment of Chairman has been defined in the Telecom Act. According to Pakistan Telecommunication Act 1996 amended in 2006 “The Authority shall consist of three members one of whom shall be a professional telecommunication engineer and other shall be a financial expert, to be appointed by the Federal Government for a term of four years and shall be eligible for appointment for a similar term or terms”.

Sub-Section 3 of Section 3 says, “The Federal Government Shall, from amongst the members of the authority (PTA) appointed under sub-section (2), appoint a member to be the Chairman of the Authority”

It is therefore,  mandatory that Federal Government appoints the Chairman from existing members of the authority, unless it amends the act for which there is a provision in the act.

Sources reveal that it is likelihood that Government will select the next Chairman from the existing body. In this case, it makes Dr. Khawar Siddique Khokhar – Member Technical – PTA the most senior and serious candidate for the post. Dr. Khawar is a PhD in Mobile Communication from UK who joined PTA in March 2009.

Appointment of Chairman has become a matter of great attention as government is taking too much interest in licensing of 3G mobile technology in Pakistan. Dr. Yaseen has already faced massive criticism from government for not being able to create a favorable environment for 3G licensing. Whoever gets appointed in next few days, will have 3G as foremost thing to do in his to-do list.

Update

 PAC has also directed Chairman to submit a report as to why 3G licensing got delayed in Pakistan.

PTCL once again offer free double balance for Vfone customers

In an unbeatable new offer, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has launched an attractive double balance package for its Vfone customers, giving absolutely free additional balance equal to the loaded amount.

PTCL’s Vfone customers can avail this double balance offer if their Vfone account has not been recharged after January 1, 2012. The validity of free balance will be 30 days.

Vfone has the country’s largest WLL coverage and is available with both prepaid and postpaid options. Its customers have the liberty of unlimited free calls from Vfone to Vfone and Vfone to PSTN in ‘Family & Unlimited packages’ against a nominal daily line rent. Customers can also avail extremely low unbeatable rates of Rs.1.30/min only for any network through Vfone’s ‘Exciting Smart package’.

Supported by high-speed Internet with CDMA 1x technology, Vfone also offers SMS facility to and from all networks at a nominal rate of 30 paisas per SMS only.

Vimplecom customers can buy Google Play apps without Credit Card and Paypal

Vimplecom – parent company of Mobilink and several other cellular companies worldwide – has signed an agreement with Google for providing easy access of Google Play paid content to its customers without the need of credit card and paypal.

Now Vimplecom customers across the world can buy any paid application of their choice and pay via their prepaid card. For post paid customers, the amount of applications will be added into their monthly bill.

Google Play app store is accessible through Android Smart Phones which holds more than 600,000 applications of various kinds including apps, games, Google Books, Google Music and Google Movies. This digital content will be available through Vimplecom channel.

At the moment the facility is only for Vimplecom Russia customers but soon the facility will be offered to other customers of Vimplecom across the world including 30 million customers of Mobilink Pakistan.

When this facility is rolled out in Pakistan, it would be first ever mechanism in the country offering such way of payment through prepaid card and post pay bills.

Earlier, we had come to know from Nokia Pakistan that it was close to introduce such a feature in its mobile phones with a partnership with local cellular operators in Pakistan.

Only time will if Nokia takes the lead or Mobilink (Vimplecom).

Auditor General finds financial embezzlement worth of Rs. 36.203 million in PTA

Another financial embezzlement by the officials of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) was unearthed today when Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) reported that PTA officials enjoyed financial benefits and allowances amounting to Rs. 36.203 million in the year 2010-11.

According to onlinenews Auditor general of Pakistan in its audit report for 2011-12 has revealed that PTA management paid financial benefits to its officers violating the Finance division (Regulation wing) OM No (15) R-4/04 dated January 17 in which it has been stated that existing allowances should be merged with the new basic pay hence would cease to be admissible upon introduction of new pay scales except those allowances which have been shown in New pay scales, or any other allowance, which the competent authority may approve from time to time with the occurrence of finance division.

Audit report further revealed that Rs 9,749,785 was paid for recreation leave salary, Rs 7,565,490 paid for 41355-car allowance and Rs 10,652,982 paid under qualification incentive. Another amount of Rs 8,235,075 paid for general purpose loan.

Audit report observed that recreation leave salary and general purpose loan was granted in violation of Finance division instructions. These schemes were not approved from the competent forum even from the administrative ministry. As regards car allowance and qualification incentives these were not welfare allowances but part and parcel of the pay as a regular allowance and these allowances were not approved from the finance division.

In another case PTA paid advance house rent amounting to Rs 3.407 million for the period of twelve months to its officers during the year 2010-11. This advance amount of rent was in violation of the pay package of PTA. In the audit report it is observed that in some cases payment was made more than Rs 300,000 but income tax was not deducted at source.

Apart from AGP’s report, Chairman PTA – Dr. Muhammad Yaseen and his entire team is facing huge criticism from government’s institutions and media. In another episode, PAC has recommended to put Chairman PTA’s name in ECL along with his senior colleagues.

Elevating Agriculture Through Telecommunication in Pakistan

Mobile phone is not just a device to consume balance for calling and sending SMS, it has much wider role to play for the prosperity of any country in the world. In developing countries such as Pakistan, India, Africa and many more, telecommunication and certain mobile phone applications have started to turn around economies. Right implementation of technology is causing the soci-economic growth in these countries.

Internet and broadband has not reached in the far flung areas of Pakistan and with very bleak status of education in those areas, a common villager is forced to rely upon decades old mechanism of earning his bread and butter. Fruits of newer technologies are only limited to the urban areas.

To revive the situation, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and LIRNEasia organized a workshop in Islamabad in which role of telecommunication was discussed for the elevation of agriculture in Pakistan by upgrading the local farmer with the help of ICT tools.

LIRNEasia, a regional ICT Policy Think Tank, based in Sri Lanka brought under discussion the successful models that are being implemented across the world based on the telecommunication services.

The event was attended by large number of stake holders including World Bank, ADB, USAID, DFID, Telecom Operator’s representatives, representatives from Agriculture Companies of Pakistan etc.

 Dr. Rohan Samarjiva, CEO & Chair LIRNEasia presented a research carried out by the organization on the subject how the underprivileged make use of ICTs and findings from worldwide studies of Teleuse at the bottom of the pyramid.  He recommended that mobiles are the pre-eminent communication technology among the poor, among smallholders and those who interact with them. Yet, the use of mobiles for livelihood-related purposes is moderate in agriculture sector. He said that more mobile-based applications are needed for better diffusion of telecom in agriculture.

21% of Pakistan’s total income comes from agriculture sector which employs more than 45% of country’s total workforce and provide livelihood to 60% of our rural community.

Initiatives like e-Choupal in India have successfully upgraded 4 million farmers. The programs provides them timely and relevant information on transport, weather, market trend and future trends right on their mobile phones.

In Pakistan, a  similar initiatives – eTaleem- has just been taken by Nokia and UNESCO for promoting education through mobile phones amongst the women in rural areas of Pakistan.

Wi-tribe brings Summer Hangama: Free Internet

Wi-tribe continues to celebrate its 3rd anniversary as it has just announced Summer Hangama. Now wi-tribe customers can enjoy endless internet on Saturdays and Sundays without any charges.

Company says, simply keep your wi-tribe account current to avail endless internet for all weekends in the next 30 days. You will receive a confirmation email within 3 days from the date of bill payment with activation details.

 Conditions:

• Fair usage policy applies
• 30 days will be counted from the date of activation

Cellular Operators evade GST through hidden sale

Collectively, five cellular operators in Pakistan are collecting some Rs. 42 billion per month in the form monthly billing and pre-paid card balance on average that becomes Rs. 504 billion for the year 2010-11. The revenue includes prepaid as well as postpaid billing.

Whereas, it has been observed that all cellular operators are hiding their revenues and evading GST in a massive manner.

In 2003-04, then cellular operators earned Rs. 27. 84 million and paid to the government in terms of GST Rs. 12.1 million which amounts to 44 percent of the total amount collected. It is to be noted that tax rate was 19.5% and the total cellular subscriber base was mere 5 million.

The Transparency International Pakistan’s (TIP) advisor Syed Adil Gilani has noted that cellular operators have posted their revenue for the year 2010-11 as Rs. 262.76 billion on PTA’s website. He identifies a shortfall of Rs. 241.24 billion in revenue collection thus a GST evasion of Rs. 47 billion when the cellular subscriber base is approximately 119 million and the GST rate is 19.5%.

According to DAWN, TIP has written a letter to the Chairman of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority and asked to probe into the matter and check the reporting procedure of cellular operators.

Hiding sales and evading GST is a normal practice in Pakistani telecommunication sector. Recently, FBR had seized the accounts of Mobilink and PTA for not paying the outstanding tax amounts.

Ufone gets ISO 9001:2008 certification

Ufone has formed a Quality Management System (QMS) within its Technical Department; the structure of which is based on ISO 9001:2008 standards. The scope of ISO 9001:2008 covers services for developing, operating and maintaining GSM Cellular Mobile Network.

Ufone is currently the only GSM cellular service provider inPakistanwhich maintains an ISO 9001:2008 certified Technical Department.

Picture shows Abdul Aziz, President & CEO Ufone (center) and Jaffar Khalid, Chief Technical Officer Ufone (left) receive the ISO 9001:2008 certification from Mallick Mustafa Imam, Country Director DNV.

Ufone introduces ultra-cheap phones in Loot Sale Offer

In past you might have seen loot sales only on Eids but now you don’t have to wait for these occasions as they might pop up on random days like today. Ufone has come up with a loot sale offer for its most amazing mobile phones sets with lowest rates for any brand new handset in the history of Pakistan.

So now you can own G 1000 for only 799 Rs along with a Ufone SIM and Rs. 50 preloaded credit.  Rs. 749 is the price without SIM and free balance but definitely Rs.50 will not matter as you can get one SIM and also Rs. 50 credit. G 1000 is a low end mobile with basic functions like call, SMS, loudspeaker and torch. Radio is also there for you to enjoy your favorite shows. One of the reasons why these sets can be handy is most people want some cheap phone to carry with them due to high mobile snatching activities.

The other handset is G3610 for which costs Rs. 1,699 only.  This phone is powered with internet accessibility, loudspeaker, FM radio, torch, color display and camera.

The offer is valid till stocks last, so hurry up and grab the ultra-cheap phones before someone else does.

For further details, visit Ufone Website.

Wateen stops selling new WiMax connections

Wateen Telecom, the largest WiMax operator in Pakistan has stopped selling new connections and instead opted to retain its old customers who are churning out consistently since the re-launch of company in November 2011.

In December 2011 Wateen Telecom gathered its Franchisees in Lahore and announced that company will follow customer retention policy instead of going for new customers. In compliance with its decision, Wateen stopped issuing new Consumer Premises Equipment (CPE) / Modems to its franchises all over the country.

According to sources, higher management announced this policy owing to lack of funds for the purchase of new equipment.

As per retention policy, entire sales force including the franchises have been assigned the task to recover the old equipment from the default customers so that if a new customer plans to join Wateen network, he/she could be provided with a WiMax modem. In April 2012, management communicated to its sales force that apart from indoor modems, outdoor customer equipment was also not available  for facilitating the customers.

As a result of recent policies and weak customer services, many of Wateen customers churned out and opted for other broadband services.

Wateen officially claims that it has 300,000 WiMax customers all over the country whereas sources reveal that actual active customers on the network are less than 160,000. In Lahore, where company has a massive coverage, 35,000 WiMax customers are active.

“As a regular business practice, a franchise gets Rs. 1,000 to Rs. 1,400 in terms of commission on every new connection sold depending upon the value of connection and nature of package. Since Wateen has stopped providing equipment for new connections, the business plan of all Wateen franchises have collapsed. Contrary to our agreements with the company, we are only entitled to receive Rs. 270 against every equipment that we recover from the default customer.”, a Wateen franchise told MORE on the condition of anonymity.

“We have not received sales commission since January 2012 and percentage on recovered equipment is also pending and for this we are told that company does not have extra funds for meeting its liability. After Wateen was re-launched, we invested a good sum of money for buying the stock in good faith but we haven’t yet recovered our basic investment”, added the franchise.

Sources reveal that shortage of funds has reached to a limit where it has started to affect the normal business activities. Even the equipment for certain USF projects are being supplied from the recovered lot of CPEs from default customers.

The new management took over the company in January 2011. It took almost a year in making new strategy when eventually Wateen was re-launched in November 2011. It is out of comprehension that in just 2 months time after reshaping the entire company, Wateen management realized that it was out of stock and short of funds that caused the high ups to tumble and change the whole business plan.

Samsung Smart Snap winners announced

Samsung recently held  ‘Smart Snap’ contest which attracted a large number of participants. A small prize distribution ceremony was held at Samsung’s office where Samsung distributed digital cameras among the winners of the contest. The winners are Ms. Qudsia Tazeen Malik, Mr. Danyal Sufiyan and Mr. Umer Ali Qureshi.

Pictures shows Mr. Saad ul Hasan- Head of Corporate Marketing Samsung along with the Winners of  Smart Snap Contest on Samsung Pakistan Facebook page

Warid brings Power Pack, Ghanta Offer and Advance Balance

This week Warid has bombarded its customers with number attractive offers including Power Pack, Ghanta Offer, Advance Balance and SMS Bundles. Not only that it also launched its Online Application Store ‘MyAppsMall’.

Following is what Warid is offering;

Power Pack

Power Pack is offering 5MB of internet, 5 free on-net minutes and 100 SMS (on any network) for just Rs. 4.99 + tax. Validity of this offer is just 24 hours and after that it will expire automatically no matter you have unused SMS, minutes and internet in your account.

For activating Power Pack, write ‘P’ and SMS to 7777. Subscription charges of Rs. 1 + tax will apply on it. The offer seems to be a response of Ufone’s 5 Ka Punch but does not match with what Ufone offers.

SMS Bundle

The offer gives you daily and weekly SMS bundles.  You can get 500 daily SMS for Rs. 3.5 + tax and 1000 weekly SMS for Rs. 6.99 + tax. The offer is for Warid prepaid customers only. Company says, the offer will automatically be subscribed again once it expires.

Write ‘DS’ and SMS to 3333 for Daily Subscription and ‘WS’ and SMS to 3333 for Weekly Subscription.

Advance Balance

Taking advance balance if you by chance run out of your balance is not new in town but Warid customers can enjoy it now. For getting the balance, write ‘AB’ and send SMS to 7676. There are service charges of Rs. 2 + tax for enjoying this facility.

According to details, customer who wants to get the balance must be a 6 month old customer at least with some activity on his/her SIM during last 90 days.

A customer cannot get an additional balance before paying the earlier one. The advance balance cannot be shared and does not allow international calls.

Ghanta Offer

You can call for an hour for just Rs. 3.99 + tax. You can choose an hour of your choice between 12 AM to 6PM and call any on-net number(s). To subscribe write ‘GH’ and send SMS to 3333. Apart from Rs. 3.99 + tax, there are additional daily charges of Rs. 2 + tax.

For details on all the above offers click here

PTCL 3G EVO Nitro Cloud

This may be PTCL’s first ever TVC which directly hits its wireless competitors including Witribe, Wateen and Qubee. All their modems/devices are shown useless and being melted due to blazing speed of PTCL 3G EVO Nitro Cloud.

PTCL just launched its 3G EVO Nitro Cloud which is basically a Wi-Fi hotspot offering EVDO Rev B speeds on the go.

3G EVO Nitro Cloud is a 3G Wi-Fi router that can connect your multiple devices including your laptop, smartphone, tablet/iPad, or any other Wi-Fi enabled device. Apart from being Wi-Fi enabled, it has a USB interface as well to connect such a device that does not have Wi-Fi capability.

The device is small enough that can easily slip into your pocket and can last for 10 hours. Its standby time is 20 days. The auto mode of router gives you 9.3 Mbps of broadband internet speed in 70+ destinations where 3G EVO Nitro is available whereas, it automatically switches to 3.1Mbps EVO network where it doesn’t find Nitro coverage.

Its monthly charges are Rs. 3,000 but PTCL is selling this router for Rs. 12,000 including 4 months of free unlimited internet usage. Billing wills start from 5 month when introductory period is expired.

PTCL may have to change its TVC if other WiMax operator raise question about defaming their services intentionally.