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Save the Children’s SMS Texting Program Helps Pakistani Flood Survivors to Help Themselves

The simple act of SMS text messaging has helped scores of people displaced by the floods in Pakistan after Save the Children implemented an innovative way to use the mobile phone technology…

Etihad Sponsors UK Students To Visit Pakistan To Promote Cultural Exchange

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, sponsored a recent expedition of a team of British students from Off-screen Expeditions, a UK-based non-profit organization, to fly to…

Samsung donates $10,000 for Vision-Care Eye Camp

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a global leader in digital media, mobile phones and convergence technologies, has recently donated USD 10,000 to the 78th Vision-Care Eye Camp-Pakistan, for Cataract surgeries performed…

ETIHAD INCREASES FLIGHTS FOR HAJJ PILGRIMS

Etihad Airways will increase its services from Abu Dhabi to Saudi Arabia in November, providing additional flights to Jeddah for Muslims making the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Pilgrims from Pakistan taking…

Asia Pacific to Become the Largest Smart Phone Market by 2012

The smart phone market continues to see impressive growth around the world, and in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region particularly. Shipments in the region are expected to grow 53% year-on-year…

Rumor: China Mobile to Begin Large-Scale TD-LTE Tes

An industry rumor spreading online says that China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) will launch large-scale outdoor testing of TD-LTE before the end of this year. A final list of testbed…

Mobinil 3rd-Quarter Profits Drop 41%

Egypt’s Mobinil has reported a 3% drop in its third-quarter revenues compared to a year ago, of EGP2.7 billion (US$466 million), while net profit fell sharply by 41% to EGP289…

Comptel Taps Nokia Siemens Networks Exec for New CEO

BSS/OSS vendor, Comptel has announced that Mr Juhani Hintikka is to take over as President and CEO from the beginning of next year. He is currently the global Head of…

Operator News in Brief – 25th Oct 2010

Nepal’s three mobile networks have reported that some 25 million text messages were sent during the 10-day Dashain festival – a sharp rise on the previous year. China Unicom reported that…

HP Recognized as a Leader in 2010 Managed Print Services

HP Recognized as a Leader in 2010 Managed Print Services* HP today announced industry analyst firmGartner, Inc. has placed HP in the Leaders Quadrant in its 2010 Magic Quadrant for…

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