Cell phones in Pakistan
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Pakistani Operator Launches Mobile Banking Service Pakistan's Mobilink has launched a range of mobile banking services, in association with Citibank under an arrangement endorsed by the State Bank of Pakistan....China Mobile Pakistan to Double Number of Base Station by Year-End China Mobile's Pakistani subsidiary, Zong is planning to spend up to US$500 million by the end of this year on a substantial expansion of its mobile network, ...Globitel Signs Two Roaming Settlement Contracts Jordan based roaming services provider, Globitel has announced the signing of a couple of new operator contracts. ...Telecoms Charity to Offer Phone Services for War Refugees in Pakistan Two experts from the telecoms charity, Telecoms Sans Frontieres (TSF) deployed for a mission in emergency telecommunications in and around North-West Pakistan. In contact with UN agencies on site, they are assessing the needs of the country's internally displaced population and the humanitarian staff....SingTel Earnings Hit by Currency Changes - Seeking Aquisitions in 2009 Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has reported that its fourth fiscal (1st calendar) quarter's underlying net profit fell 0.9 percent to US$657 million from a year ago impacted by the weak Australian dollar and major regional currencies....Pakistan Mobile Buys Back Debt - Risks Ratings Downgrade Egypt's Orascom Telecom Holding says that its wholly owned Pakistan subsidiary, Pakistan Mobile had brought back US$140 million of its debt at the rate of US$730 per US$1,000....Telenor Pakistan Names New CTO Telenor Pakistan has appointed Khalid Shehzad as the firm's new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) with immediate effect....Indonesia Overtakes Japan to Take Third Place in Asia Subscriber Rankings The Asia Pacific region contains five of the world's ten largest mobile markets – China and India, which are the number one and two respectively and Indonesia, Japan and Pakistan, the sixth, eighth and tenth largest....Uncertain times ahead as Pakistan's monthly figures continue to disappoint The customer registration programme instituted by Pakistani regulator the PTA began to take effect in Q3 08, and growth in that period slumped to less than a third of that recorded in Q3 07....The debt ratings agency, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has warned that it considers Pakistan Mobile to be at risk of defaulting on a debt repayment. ... |
