On average, the cost for carrying out transactions with mobile banking or other forms of branchless banking is 19% cheaper than charges of conventional banks; however the gap can further widen if branchless banks tend to lower their profits, revealed a study done by CGAP research that compared 26 branchless banking pioneers and traditional banks.
The [...]
Lahore High Court during a hearing has ordered to lift ban on Facebook. Court has asked the government to make arrangements for making Facebook accessible in Pakistan.
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, after getting directive from Ministry of IT and Telecom will ask ISPs to unblock facebook.
It is expected that Facebook will be available in Pakistan by evening [...]
Dictatorship is attributed as a flawed system, and rightly so, as authority for making a range of decisions can’t work best when given to one single person.
With the emergence of democracy in Pakistan in 2008, like every other department, Telecom and IT sector had high hopes. Though the sector had flourished during the previous 4/5 [...]
We have mentioned earlier about the official launch of Qubee in Karachi this month. Now we have details of the launch ceremony and the agenda.
It is told that Qubee is launching in the country through an event at Golf Club, DHA – Karachi on May 30th at 7 PM.
Event will include a gala dinner for [...]
The formal trading of Wateen Telecom has started at the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE). The session started with a traditional opening bell. Furqan H Qureshi, General Manager (Enterprise Solutions), Wateen Telecom rang the opening bell.
While talking to media on this occasion, he said that the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Wateen Telecom Limited, offered on [...]
