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PTA Issues RFP for Hiring of Consultants for 3G Auction

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After getting the Policy Directive for Auction of 3G/4G licenses
 from Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom, Pakistan 
Telecommunication Authority has today issued an RFP (Request for 
Proposal) for hiring of consultancy services for the auction of the 
next-gen telecom licenses.<br />
The consultant(s) hired for the purpose will be responsible to 
procure the auction in a transparent, professional and profitable 
manner.<br />
Consultants, when hired, will prepare the IM (information memorandum)
 for the auction of 3G/Advanced technology licenses in Pakistan.<br />
The IM is supposed to be the document that details the methodology of
 auction, base price, allocation of spectrum for auction and other 
similar information for interested buyers. IM will also define the 
criteria, requirements and other prerequisites for taking part in the 
auction.<br />
PTA said that RFPs can be submitted before November 12th, 2013 and if
 everything goes as planned then authority will be able to hire a 
consultant by the end of November.<br />
It merits mentioning here that PTA, last year, had selected two consultants for the same purpose, however, their selection went controversial when Member Technical of PTA (back then) termed the hiring illegal. Later on things went bad and can easily be called a disaster.<br />
It won’t be out of place to mention here that hiring of a consultant 
for procurement of telecom licenses is a mandatory requirement as per 
PPRA rules.<br />
For your reference, here is today’s RFP for the hiring of consultancy services:<br />
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PTA Issues RFP for Hiring of Consultants for 3G Auction

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PTA Directed to Complete 3G Auction by February 2014

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Ministry of IT has issued policy directive regarding “Spectrum 
Auction for Next Generation Mobile Services in Pakistan” to PTA on 7<sup>th</sup> October 2013, said a statement issued by Ministry.<br />
Policy Directive was approved by Prime Minister himself.<br />
The policy directive pertains to auction of spectrum for next 
generation mobile services in Pakistan (including 3G and advanced 
generations).<br />
PTA is entrusted to carry out the auction in the most transparent 
manner in the shortest possible time. In this regard, PTA will hire the 
services of a consultant.<br />
According to the directive, the allocation of the spectrum will be 
technology neutral and auction will be open for new entrants as well. 
Also, auction winners will encourage and facilitate local manufacturing,
 transfer of technology and research and innovation in telecom sector of
 Pakistan.<br />
PTA has informed that auction will be complete by end February 2014.<br />
As per policy directive, government has made it mandatory for 
existing cellular operators to share infrastructure on a cost-sharing 
basis with new entrants as well as among themselves. The PTA will 
prepare guidelines in this regard. It maybe recalled that a similar 
framework is already in place but is seldom practiced.<br />
According to the policy directives, the consultant – to be hired by 
PTA in next couple of months — will identify the number and size of the 
block to be auctioned considering the market situation. The Frequency 
Allocation Board has identified 30 megahertz (MHz) paired spectrum in 
1.9GHz/2.1GHz band for auction.<br />
The new licence will be technology neutral and useable for 
technologies standardised for third-generation (3G) and advanced 
generation mobile services. The licence will be offered for a period of 
15 years.</div>

PTA Directed to Complete 3G Auction by February 2014

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Nokia to End Support for Symbian and Meego from Jan 1st, 2014

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Nokia has just discovered a new way to tarnish your new year 
celebrations. The Finns have announced that from the very start of 2014,
 it will be ending the support for its Symbian – once the king of mobile
 OSes – and Meego Operating Systems.<br />
What that means is that while you will be able to download apps from 
those operating systems’ app stores, those apps won’t be getting updates
 any longer. No apps will be posted to the store after that either.<br />
“If you have Symbian and MeeGo content in the Nokia Store, it will 
continue to be available for download to customers, and you will 
continue to receive download and revenue reports as well as payouts for 
downloaded content”, the company said in an email to developers. 
“However, starting January 1, 2014, you will no longer be able to 
publish any new content or update existing content for Symbian and 
MeeGo.”<br />
While this news isn’t a surprise, recent events in the Nokia’s 
history including the move to Windows Phone and the eventual selling of 
the phone division to Microsoft meant that this move was probably 
hastened.<br />
Nokia had already announced earlier this year that it would never make a Symbian phone again.</div>

Nokia to End Support for Symbian and Meego from Jan 1st, 2014

Nokia has just discovered a new way to tarnish your new year celebrations. The Finns have announced that from the very start of 2014, i...

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Team Etisalat Completes Cycle Tour for Diabetes ICT Research and Development

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<span style="color: blue;">PTCL’s cyclist Muhammad Rizwan along with Team Etisalat at the Cross-Euro Cycle tour held to create awareness against Diabetes.</span></div>
Etisalat Group yesterday celebrated the successful completion of an 
arduous cycling tour through five European countries to conduct research
 and test prototype technology to manage diabetes.<br />
Cyclists from Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) were
 also part of the Etisalat’s international cycling team. Each of the 
participants of Team Etisalat, hailing from its operations in UAE, 
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Tanzania were given a 
hero’s welcome and congratulated by the company’s senior management at a
 special ceremony in Abu Dhabi.<br />
“These Etisalat employees tested their physical and mental 
capabilities to the limit in order to help progress the development of 
mHealth technologies to help people with diabetes,” said Ahmed 
Abdulkarim Julfar, the CEO of Etisalat Group and a Board Member of the 
GSMA. “Technology has a role to play in managing these diseases and 
other health conditions and by working with other ICT players we are 
showing the commitment of our industry to helping our customers and 
improving their lifestyles.”<br />
The GSMA Grand Health Tour concluded in Barcelona, Spain, after 
crossing through Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and France. The riders 
took turns to represent Team Etisalat over four 3-day, stages cycling 
approximately 200km per day. The total journey was 2,100km including 
22,000 metres of climbs and several difficult locations that have been 
used for the Tour de France.<br />
Ali Alsheri from Mobily, part of Etisalat’s operations in Saudi 
Arabia, led the team out from Brussels, along with UAE colleague Shahzad
 Ahmed.  In the Second Stage, Jason Woodrow who is based on Etisalat’s 
Abu Dhabi headquarters, and 56-year old Chief Technology Officer, Moncef
 Mettiji  from Zantel in Tanzania, covered over 600km each.<br />
In the Third stage, Ahmed Rizwan (PTCL, part of Etisalat’s operations
 in Pakistan), Ahmed Ragaie, from (Etisalat Misr, Egypt), and Sara Coppo
 (Etisalat Group, UAE), navigated tricky descents through the French 
Alps from Voreppe, close to Switzerland towards Castres which neighbours
 Spain.<br />
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In November 2012, the GSMA launched its mDiabetes Program, which 
encourages collaboration among people affected by diabetes, the policy 
makers and regulators, healthcare providers, healthcare payers and the 
mobile operator community. The project aims to develop and implement 
mHealth initiatives designed to manage the disease.</div>
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Team Etisalat Completes Cycle Tour for Diabetes ICT Research and Development

PTCL’s cyclist Muhammad Rizwan along with Team Etisalat at the Cross-Euro Cycle tour held to create awareness against Diabetes. Etisala...

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Breaking: Zong Decides Not to Bid for Warid Telecom

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In a rather surprizing move, CMpak or Zong decided not to bid for Warid Telecom, we have confirmed with sources.<br />
As per highly reliable sources, Etisalat and VimpelCom are the only 
two groups contesting to take hold of 100 percent shares of Warid 
Telecom.<br />
CMPak, one of the favourites, opted out of the bidding on the last day, confirmed us a source who wanted to remain unnamed.<br />
Mr. Sikandar Naqi, Chief Public Relation Officer, Zong, confirmed RexHacker that CMPak decided not to opt for the bidding for Warid in 
Pakistan after conducting business evaluation of the proposition.<br />
It merits mentioning here that <a href="http://rexhacker.blogspot.com/2013/09/zong-still-rallying-for-warid-hires.html" target="_blank">Zong had aggressively expressed its interest in Warid</a>,
 a deal which could get the company at least 11 million subscribers to 
take it to number two position in the market in terms of subscribers.<br />
Experts are pretty much surprized with the development. They are 
unable to comprehend the fact that Zong has missed such an opportunity, 
especially when its parent group (China Mobile) has over USD 70 billion 
dollars cash in hand.<br />
When asked about his thoughts on the development, Mr. Sohaib Sheikh, a
 telecom expert, said that It is too early to speculate right now on 
this. Zong has done phenomenal work in Pakistan and has been committed 
to the rollout of their network footprint and increasing their 
subscriber base. He further added that if its true then there decision 
must have been backed by some rationale and thought process behind it 
and it shows company’s confidence and strong focus on 3G to capitalize 
its growing market share amongst the potential segments.<br />
There are clear speculations that Zong has saved the money for 
investment in 3G operations, while others are of the opinion that 
Warid’s high asking price was the bone of contention.<br />
Zong didn’t clarify the reasons for pulling out of Warid bidding but 
said that company has decided to invest aggressively in Pakistan in the 
near future to transform CMPak within the technology industry and to 
achieve growth through investing in 3G and beyond.<br />
It is expected that the outcome of the bidding — for the sale of 
Warid — will surface after Eid, somewhere around the last week of 
October, 2013.</div>

Breaking: Zong Decides Not to Bid for Warid Telecom

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QMobile Announces Two New Entry-Level Smartphones, the Noir A30 and A34

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QMobile has unveiled two new smartphones running on Android, called the Noir A30 and Noir A34.<br />
The A30 is the better of the phones and is a bit expensive comparatively, costing PKR 7,800 PKR vs PKR 7,500 price tag of A34.<br />
The phones come with 3.5 inch displays, Dual-SIM compatibility and dual-core processors. Keep reading to know further.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Noir A30</span></h4>
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The Noir A30 comes with a 3.5 inch LCD display of HVGA resolution.<br />
Under the hood, it boasts a dual-core processor of unknown kind. 
Still, dual-core phones are harder to come by at this price point. 
That’s accompanied by 256 MB RAM which is decidedly low, considering 
that competing Samsung phones come with 1 GB memory.<br />
There is 512 MB of internal storage, which is expandable while the 
phone also boasts two front and back cameras of VGA and 2 mp resolutions
 respectively.<br />
Connectivity options include Bluetooth, microUSB, Wi-Fi and GPS. 
Dual-Sim compatibility is also onboard and the phone runs on Android 
version 4.2 Jelly Bean.<br />
There’s a 1500 mAh battery on the back, which should be enough for one day of usage.<br />
The price of Noir A30 in Pakistan is Rs. 7,800.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Noir A34</span></h4>
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The more modest phone of the two, the Noir A34 is an almost totally 
same package, save for the thicker design (13.3mm vs 12.6mm), no GPS and
 smaller battery (1300mAh vs 1500mAh). It also runs on Android 4.2 Jelly
 Bean.<br />
The 3.5 inch display is of the same HVGA resolution of 480 x 320 
pixels. The internal consists of the same dual-core processor, 256 MB 
RAM and 512 MB expandable storage. Back camera is of 2 mp, followed by a
 VGA camera upfront.<br />
Dual-sim compatibility and the same connectivity options (Bluetooth, microUSB, Wi-Fi, GPS) complete the package.<br />
The price of Noir A34 in Pakistan is Rs. 7,500.<br />
The duo is available now.<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div>

QMobile Announces Two New Entry-Level Smartphones, the Noir A30 and A34

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