Since the introduction of the mobile phone, the land-line telephone has slowing become an endangered species. The addicting Blackberry is quickly settling itself as "man's best friend." As life moves faster, we are predisposed to demand services and products that satisfy our on-the-go attitude.In line with such a demand, NextWave Wireless, Inc has just recently launched MXtv. Wireless Design and Development Asia describes MXtv as:"a breakthrough mobile multicast and broadcast technology that enables WiMAX operators to deliver a broad range of rich and personalized multimedia services including mobile TV, interactive media services, and digital audio without having to invest ...<< MORE >>

Youtube & Pakistan Telecom (PIE) RIPE NCC Chief Scientist Daniel Karrenberg discusses the recent YouTube outage and how the events were seen by RIPE NCC's Routing Information Service (RIS). ...<< MORE >>

Tee Emm posted the article at his blog The Tube Trouble and Why its a Good News February 23, 2008 - Tee Emm The You Tube blocking (orders by PTA to ISPs can be found here) in Pakistan has taken the local blogosphere by the storm - for obvious reason. The news was broken and extensively discussed at various local mailing lists. The highly sticky video website contributes as much as 1/10th of the entire Internet bandwidth according to some estimates. That's a crazy big statement. Every technology blog that has any Pakistani connection has a post ...<< MORE >>

Broadband Entertainment Portal Source ISLAMABAD, Feb 29 (APP): PTCL Friday launched its Broadband Entertainment Portal and new packages for its DSL subscribers, affirming its customers that the access to the portal will be absolutely free-of-cost exclusively for PTCL Broadband Pakistan customers. "The history is in the making today as this is the first Broadband Portal of the country which offers to the subscribers a variety of professional media content including but not limited to mainstream music (Urdu and English), movies, religious naats and ...<< MORE >>

CMPak, the wireless operator formerly known as Paktel, has confirmed that the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has amended its licence to allow it to provide wireless services in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and the Northern Areas (NA). According to the CEO of CMPak, the new licenses will allow the company to extend its coverage to the scenic northern parts of the country.In February 2007 Millicom International Cellular (MIC) sold its 88.86% stake in Paktel to China Mobile Communications Corp for USD284 million in cash. In May 2007 China Mobile acquired the outstanding shares from the Arfeen Group (10%) ...<< MORE >>

Interesting Read from GuyKawasaki's Blog The Seven Sins of Solutions I introduced you to Matt May in January. He's the author of The Elegant Solution and the ChangeThis manifesto called Elegant Solutions: Breakthrough Thinking the Toyota Way. He added a new manifesto called Mind of the Innovator: Taming the Traps of Traditional Thinking. Here's an excerpt for you: Shortcutting. Leaping to solutions in an instinctive way or intuitive way-i.e. the "blink" method of problem-solving-seldom leads to an elegant solution because deeper, hidden causes don't get addressed. Watch CSI and House: first they collect the evidence, ...<< MORE >>

Also visit 'Air Jaldi' for more details. Originally Post at http://telecompk.net/2007/08/27/solar-powered-wimax-wifi/ Intel has developed a Solar-Powered WiMAX Base Station Solution (pdf), as reported by Daily Wireless. Total system cost is around $10,000. The complete report details the electricity consumptions and savings. Any chance we will see one of these in Pakistan soon? In remote sites where there is no grid electricity, the cost of a diesel generator can be as high as 40 cents per kWh, including the cost of fuel delivery to the site. In some cases, an electric generator is transported to a repair site, which ...<< MORE >>

By Shahid Hussain (The NEWS) LAHORE: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has prepared a consultation paper to promote IP telephony, a modern form of telephony in which the services of calls between computers, PC-to-phone and phone-to-phone are available.The IP telephony, which is also called Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP), is routing of voice conversations over the Internet or through any other IP-based network. The PTA observed that this technology is exciting in so many ways, because for the first time in history, customers really do have a choice in the service provider they use for ...<< MORE >>

Consolidation of the Industry is yet again evident. —————— Posted by 'The News' By Imran AyubKARACHI: Asia's one of the fastest growing telecommunication companies is eying Pakistan as it is in advanced talks with the country's biggest payphone company to acquire majority shares. Industry sources expect the deal may attract over $90 million.Sources said the Asian company was likely to strike a deal with TeleCard ñ one of the few payphone companies in Pakistan ñ which had planned to sell its majority shares. ...<< MORE >>

This isn't going to further endear Google with the current telecoms establishment... NewYork Times If Googlesucceeds with federal regulators, it could change the way millions of Americans use their cell phones and how they connect to the Internet on their wireless devices. In the Internet giant's view of the future, consumers would buy a wireless phone at a store, but instead of being forced to use a specific carrier, they would be free to pick any carrier they wanted. Instead of the wireless carrier choosing what software goes on their phones, users would be free to put any software ...<< MORE >>