it is Mentioned in Telenor Pakistan’s website that, telenor going to increase charges from 15 FEB 2012. Telenor will increase service charges to 7%. After the incresing in service charges, customers will get Rs 83 from 100 Rs after deducting all the taxes and service charges. it is stated in Telenor Pakistan’s Website that, Increase [...]

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India’s Supreme Court ordered telecoms licences issued under a scandal-tainted 2008 sale be revoked, striking a decisive blow against corruption that plagues the country and roiling the world’s second biggest cellular market. The ruling applies to 122 licences held by eight operators including Norway’s state-backed Telenor which said it may quit India rather than wait [...]

Almost at the verge of its operational collapse in India as a result of its license being cancelled on account of spectrum auction curruption case, the Ab Mera Number Hai operator Telenor is reported to shift its financial focus in Pakistan and double their investment here.

Report from an English daily in Norway, The Foreigner, also states that Telenor is content with relaxed policies of Pakistani Authoriries as compared to the counterpart in India.

It is worth mentioning here that the news of such investments from Telenor comes at the time when it has posted 20% revenue growth in the last quarter and is in the race to bid for the upcoming 3G spectrum auctions in March 2012.

Excerpt from the report follows:

Telenor representatives immediately approached the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Chairman to set their forthcoming agenda in Pakistan following the revocation of partner Uninor’s license in India. Senior sources in the office of the PTA Chairman informed The Foreigner that Telenor is to invest double the amount in Pakistan after winding up their business in India.

These officials also revealed that Telenor is content with the PTA’s relaxed policies compared with the very strict rules and regulation and their implementation in India.

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Chairman Dr. Muhammad Yaseen, who has already been the subject of media criticism for being extra favorable to Telenor, refused to comment on this issue when approached by The Foreigner by mobile.

No senior Telenor representatives in Pakistan would make any statement to The Foreigner regarding the current situation and revocation of the Uninor license in India either. Company Corporate Media Communication heads are trying to the stop the publication of the news by major media outlets in Pakistan by pressuring journalists and media moguls.

Telenor in Norway has not commented on the issue after being contacted by The Foreigner.

via The Foreigner

We had covered on the subject early this month when the Telenor and Mobilink franchise attacked in December last year. As Januray draws to close we have more. In a recent attack Warid sales officer was shot dead and just today we have another attack on Telenor franchise taking life of women and a security guard.

This brings the death toll in Karachi telecom franchise attacks to 5 in last two months and 4 in particular to Telenor franchise.

More on the matter from Express Tribune excerpts:

A security guard and a woman was killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire at Telenor’s franchise in the Nazimabad area of Karachi on Tuesday, reported Express News.

Three other people sustained injuries in the incident and have been shifted to a hospital.

The police reached the franchise to investigate into the incident. SP North Nazimabad Chaudhry Asad said that four men came to the franchise on two motorcycles and opened fire at it.

The police said that it was planned attack.

The attacks on mobile franchises have been on the rise in the city.

Yet again, who are the attackers and what is their real motive behind these attacks still remains unclear. If is it about target killing, why suddenly did telecom franchises become the target?

via Express Tribune

The overweight morning talk show host for SAMAA TV is furious with her research team for failing to identify the goldmine story of frAndhsippers and stalkers. What is the even more unfortunate is now Telenor Talkshawk has beaten her to the aid of helpless women once victim to lewd calls and text messages by these [...]

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If you are Telenor customers and using Telenor Talkshawk 30 Sec your new call rates would be 1.5+tax/min to any number anywhere in Pakistan it will effect from 27th Jan’12 onwards and new name of this Price plan would be Telenor Talkshawk Economy.
If you do not want your calling rates to change, [...]

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To combat the recent LBC offers from Mobilink and Zong, Telenor comes with Poora Pakistan Offer.

Why limit yourself to a couple of cities when you can make FREE CALLS from all of Pakistan to all of Pakistan with TalkShawk Poora Pakistan offer!. Telenor TalkShawk is proud to introduce an amazing “Free Call” Offer for Calling Telenor numbers. Now Talkshawk subscribers on Talkshawk 24 Hrs package plan can all Telenor numbers for absolutely Free!

The daily subscription charges for the offer are Rs. 7+tax. This is a limited time offer and ends on February 10, 2012.

Subscription and Validity:

• Dial *345*000# USSD to subscribe
• Subscription price: Rs.7+tax (Rs. 8.37 inclusive of tax)
• Offer is for Talkshawk 24 Hrs Subscribers Only
• Validity: Customers can make Free Calls on day of subscription – till 12am (offer not valid between 6pm-9pm)

Terms and conditions

• Free Calls offer is available till 10th February 2012 only.
• Offer mechanics and price are subject to change at any time.
• Talkshawk reserves the right to withdraw the offer at any time.

TweetBoth companies have initiated a new series of Developer Workshops in Pakistan with an aim to cater to the lower-end of the market With a vision to cater to the lower segment of the market, Nokia Pakistan and Djuice have joined hands to start a series of Developer Workshops that aim to provide training focused [...]

Two cases of attacks on telecom franchises have come in last two weeks. This is for the first time the telecom outlets are under attack for no obvious reasons.

In an attack on Telenor Franchise of Shadman Karachi, two employees of a telecommunication franchise were killed and two others were injured by armed men who entered the outlet and opened fire.

Very recently, cellular market leader, Mobilink’s Franchise of Hyderi area in North Nazimabad again in Karachi. This time two young men drove up to the outlet on a motorcycle and threw the device/grenade at it. Two security guards, Zafar and Younus, were wounded.

Who are the attackers and What is their real motive still remains a mystery. Investigations on both the cases have yet not been concluded but the possibility of both incidents to be related is also not overruled.

With the 3G on the edge and license auctions expected in March this year, these recent attacks have raised concerns on market stability for further investment in telecom sector.

As the elections are expected to happen sometime soon we have seen the political parties making most use of technology, the recent being robocalls for inviting participation to the PTI Karachi gathering. Stepping ahead, National Database & Registration Authority, NADRA has developed an SMS based service application to facilitate citizens.

The application will allow CNIC holders to verify their vote registration and particulars in the voters’ list.

Cellular operators Ufone, Warid and Telenor have offered their platforms in best national interest while other companies are expected to get in to the loop.

NADRA and ECP signed agreements with telecom companies to forge a partnership in order to launch this service. “I congratulate UFone, WARID and Telenor who stood up and offer their platforms for this national interest, and expect the companies who are sitting on fence to step up to the challenge and contribute on national cause” said Tariq Malik. He added that this service would be initiated soon after the publication of Preliminary (ghair hatmi) electoral rolls (PER) for public display. The sender will send his CNIC number to a short code and will subsequently receive a message in Urdu. It will confirm registration of voter as well as location (electoral area) where voter is registered along with serial number of voter in electoral rolls.

This service will help the general public to check the status of their vote conveniently from anywhere, anytime across Pakistan. He said after the introduction of the new service, it would be the responsibility of every eligible voter to make sure that his/her vote had been registered and furthermore to report any discrepancy to ECP. The intent of using this service is to assist ECP to execute its constitutional duty as per electoral laws. “We want to use technology, to provide outreach” Malik added. ECP is considering more than 50,000 display centers countrywide where PER will be physically displayed but introduction of SMS service is expected to spike genuine public interest in electoral process.

While lauding the innovative service and NADRA role’s Mr. Ishtiaq Ahmad Khan, Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan said it is a milestone to facilitate the voters. He said it is a great convenience to the citizens to be able to check their vote status through e-governance using state-of-the-art technologies, first time in the world. He appreciated the cooperation offered by the Ufone and Telenor in this historic move leading towards ensuring free and fair elections. Deputy Chairman NADRA, Secretary ECP and Chiefs of Ufone, WARID and Telenor later signed the agreement.

Details on the procedure and short code for the service will be announced as soon as the electoral rolls are ready which is expected sometime next month.

via Press Release

Telenor Pakistan has introduced an interesting and useful service which enables us to receive job vacancy alerts on our mobile handsets via SMS. This service is named as Djuice Rozgar Service.

This is a monthly subscription based service which will send job vacancy alerts via SMS to the subscribers. User can select the categories of job alerts they want to receive.

This service is also available for Telenor TalkShawk Subscribers. Talkshawk Rozgar which sends job vacancy alerts to its subscribers. So whatever career path you want to venture in, just select the category and you will be receiving job alerts in the field of your choice courtesy Talkshawk Rozgar.

Dial *345*7788# and use the menu to get relevant vacancy choice and updates. Upon subscription user will be asked to give the desired information via SMS.

Tariff for this service is Rs 20+tax for 30 days and All SMS sent to 7788 will be charged @ Rs 0.5+tax per SMS.

How to subscribe ? Dial *345*7788#

To Un-Subscribe or Alerts on / off: User can turn off / on the alerts at any time by sending keyword ON or OFF to 7788

Available Area of Interest are:

1. All
2. Marketing & Sales
3. Production/operations
4. Finance
5. IT
6. HR & Admin
7. Medical

All SMS sent to 7788 will be charged @ Rs 0.5+tax per SMS, To edit your profile at any time SMS ‘EDIT’ to 7788

More Details are available at: Djuice Rozgar and TalkShawk Rozgar

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