Indian Propaganda Against Pakistan on Telecom Front

Time of India has reported that fraudulent calls are being originated from Pakistan that appears to be involved in lottery scams, victimizing Indian mobile phone users. Though newspaper admits that technology can be used to change the phone number.
Newspaper further claims that allegedly these callers from Pakistan have access to subscribers’ database of cellular operator Bharti Airtel.
In a general advisory to all mobile/landline users, Airtel has urged subscribers to avoid responding to suspicious calls from unknown numbers, especially those beginning with +92.
Now this is interesting that fraudulent premium IDD calls are being made from Pakistan against very low commissions, as described by Times of India. It said that fraudsters ask for DTH recharge which is way below the viable ROI for the model.
All mobile operators in Pakistan are offering in range of Rs. 6 to Rs. 10 per min call charges for India.
On our part, PTA must come in action and should investigate if any such calls are made in abundance to India or not? If yes then culprits must be shown the bars, otherwise, this claim by Indian operator should be dealt accordingly.

Original Post @ ProPakistani

PTCL will Introduce ‘Life Line’ Bouquet in Near Future

PTCL will introduce a banquet of services for customers, which are already launched for corporate users, called “Life Line”.
This banquet will include security, entertainment, infotainment and DSL internet, told Naveed Saeed, SEVP Commercial, PTCL in an interview with The Nation.
We are told that PTCL is offering IP based security Camera, IPTV, DSL and other similar services in parallel to corporate customers.

Shocking: PM media cell Using GMail Account

Earlier today I came across this news playing on GEO television network where they showed an email sent from PM cell. The address was mentioned as pmmediaoffice [at] gmail.com.
Went into shock and awe. The government official channel is using GMAIL account. What is going on here? Thought it was some kinda mistake so I just googled the email address and I found the exact email address. Exact Match!!.
Check it out for yourself here http://asiapacific.ifj.org/en/articles/appeal-to-government-to-protect-targeted-journalists-in-pakistanWhen we have all the official IT infrastructure to help the cause then why do they use the GMail account?When we have Electronic Government Directorate to enhance the efficiency of the government, then why do we have GMail account for official purpose?When we have official email addresses backed by Government own IT infrastructure, then why do we keep our mails on public servers?When there is petty amount of tax payers money going to the pockets of providers of securing government communication, then why do we rely on freely available email address?
Do we not know the repercussions of having freely available email address? Out of my narrow sightedness. What do you think?

Original Psot @ProPastani

First Pakistan-Made Cell Phone Within a Year

First Pakistan-made cell phone would be available in the market within a year, Secretary of the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom Naguibullah Malik has said.
Talking to APP, he said:

Dialogue with China and British companies in this regard is underway and the
first made-in-Pakistan mobile handset would be available in the market within a
year.” To a question, he said the government was taking all possible measures to
boost the IT sector. The secretary said the government was well aware of the
problems being faced by the IT sector. “We will address all the problems of the
IT sector

Apple's Jobs says cash hoard allows for bold moves

CUPERTINO, California (Reuters) - Steve Jobs defended Apple Inc's decision to maintain a $40 billion cash pile and said it was better to save the money for bold risks, like acquisitions, than to spend it on stock buybacks or cash dividends.

Faced with shareholders' questions over his intensions for the company's cash balance, equal to about one-fifth of its market capitalization, the chief executive said buy backs and dividends would not have a lasting impact on the Apple's share value.

Worldwide Mobile Phones Sales Flat in 2009

Egham, UK -- Worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totalled 1.211 billion units in 2009, a 0.9 per cent decline from 2008, according to Gartner, Inc. In the fourth quarter of 2009, the market registered a single-digit growth as mobile phone sales to end users surpassed 340 million units, an 8.3 per cent increase from the fourth quarter of 2008.

LG Text Ed for Parents Introduced

LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc. (LG Mobile Phones) today introduced LG Text Ed, a multifaceted campaign that provides parents with the know-how and resources they need to promote responsible mobile phone usage among their text-savvy children. Through extensive in-depth research, LG discovered that mobile phone misuse such as sexting, harassment, sending gossipy texts, and forwarding inappropriate images is prevalent among today's teenage youth. Yet, many parents are still in the dark about the myriad ways kids can misuse their mobile phones.