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Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) organized a high-profile National Freelancing Conference 2021 to obtain feedback on the National Freelancing Facilitation Policy draft from Pakistan’s leading freelancers and associated stakeholders. The two-day conference held at Bhurban was sponsored by Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) as a key partner. Freelancers from across Continue Reading
5G, the fifth generation technology standard for broadband cellular networks, and successor to 4G, has been a late guest to Pakistan. While millions of people worldwide have access to 5G, the technology standard is not yet available in Pakistan. However, now a timeline has been estimated for when Pakistan will Continue Reading
Pakistan’s largest digital bank, Mobilink Microfinance Bank Limited (MMBL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Universal Motors (Private) Limited, a prominent importer, exporter, and manufacturer of commercial vehicles in Pakistan. The collaboration will facilitate MMBL Borrowers by allowing them to finance commercial vehicles from Universal Motors through subsidized Continue Reading
Quetta, Sep 2021: Digital Libas, a remote work providing social enterprise from Quetta, is the winner of the SDG Bootcamp for Social Enterprises organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Jazz in Balochistan. The social enterprise will now participate in the national level SDG Bootcamp competition to be Continue Reading
Pakistan’s Information Technology (IT) sector has made measurable and quantifiable progress due to the strong focus of the present government on the growth of the IT industry and the number of IT companies increased up to 160 percent during the last three years. The number of IT companies has increased Continue Reading
Ministry of IT & Telecom and its associated company, Ignite, have launched Pakistan’s first nationwide cybersecurity hackathon. 1200+ individuals have registered so far. Teams will be competing in five categories including application exploitation, mobile device exploitation, network attacks and exploitation, operating systems exploitation, and speed programming. Ignite is hosting the Continue Reading
Jazz, Pakistan’s number one 4G operator, and the largest internet and broadband service provider has maintained its strategic focus on 4G penetration, investing PKR 13.7 billion in network expansion during the 2nd quarter of 2021. Within this, 4G network investment continued to be the principal focus, the population coverage of Continue Reading
While Pakistan has set the target to commercially launch 5G internet by December 2022, a global expert in the field suggests that it should rather be a long-term goal for the whole region. “4G penetration is less than 40 percent in Pakistan, whereas the pioneer 5G markets in Asia Pacific Continue Reading
The production of mobile phones by local manufacturing plants has surpassed the number of mobile phones imports in the country. During Jan-July 2021, the production of mobile phones by local manufacturing plants was 12.27 Million and imported mobile phones was recorded at 8.29 Million. This trend reflects a positive uptake Continue Reading
The shift and impact of the digital surge in the year 2020 have pushed a lot of organizations around the world to transform their businesses in the digital and technical sphere. Change has become inevitable and digital transformation is now deemed as the need of the hour. More and more Continue Reading