August 2, 2021

Mobile Connectivity to lead Industry 4.0 in Pakistan

Digital technologies are set to transform the way people live and work in Pakistan. As we saw in the GSMA 2020 Digital Societies Report, which tracks […]
July 28, 2021

Digital skills for youth through ‘Ehsaas Digital Hunar Programme’

The unemployment rate in Pakistan was at 4.4% in 2020. The prolonged prevalence of the coronavirus pandemic is expected to further add to this number. The […]
July 27, 2021

How digitalization help find a new solution? – A case Study

COVID-19 pandemic prompted insurance companies to ramp up digitalization efforts. They had the need to determine how to best meet the needs of their customers, agents, […]
July 20, 2021

Jazz successfully rolls out Massive MIMO technology to deliver premium LTE experience

Jazz, Pakistan’s number one 4G operator and the largest internet and broadband service provider, has made a major innovative headway by becoming the country’s first operator […]
July 16, 2021

CONFIRMED: Samsung to partner with Lucky Group to start production of smartphones in Pakistan

As per a news article shared on this blog earlier, it was predicted that tech giant Samsung was looking for a suitable local partner in Pakistan […]
July 16, 2021

Tax on calls exceeding five minutes is unfavorable for the masses and equally difficult for Telcos to implement

The Federal government, in the budget for the fiscal year 2021-22, said that while there will be no tax on mobile internet usage and SMS, a […]
July 15, 2021

Samsung considers entering local mobile assembly market

Pakistani mobile users will be able to afford top of the line mobile devices in future courtesy of locally manufactured devices by an international producer. According […]
July 15, 2021

Parliament’s digitalization to improve efficiency of legislative business: President Arif Alvi

President Dr Arif Alvi has called for timely completion of all processes with regard to the automation of Parliament to make it digitally operational by January […]
July 14, 2021

MoITT to lay down optical fiber cable in three districts of Sindh

Digital connectivity is not only the need of time but has also become a key factor in the progress of nations. The IT sector can play […]
July 13, 2021

Irrational Taxation Policies can hamper Pakistan’s Startup Potential

According to a recent article published by Forbes Middle east, investors have injected more than $125M into Pakistani startups since January 2021. Majority of these startups […]
July 9, 2021

“In principle, I disagreed. I had courage to say this…”

At a recent contract signing ceremony between Universal Service Fund Pakistan and Jazz, the Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haque spoke about […]
July 8, 2021

IT Ministry role in fulfilling Prime Minister’s Digital Pakistan Vision is commendable: Shah Mahmood Qureshi

Islamabad: Thursday, July 08, 2021; The Universal Service Fund (USF) awarded contract worth approximately PKR 154 Million to Jazz for providing High Speed Mobile Broadband services […]