2014
Business Recorder- Pakistan will likely have four 4G operators
Business Recorder- Pakistan will likely have four 4G operators, 18-Apr-14
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Spectrum size does matter
(This article was first published in Business Recorder "ICT Review 2014", 16 Dec. 2014) As part of my presentation at e-India 2008, in New Delhi, when I proudly presented the slide of regional telecom development showing Pakistan ahead of all, little did I know that it was in fact the beginning of a long era of stagnation…
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Childhood and Universal Service
Back in the early sixties when I was a school-kid – long before our Bengali brethren were alienated by military-rulers and feudal politicians, and when the relations between the then East and West Pakistanis were sweet and friendly - my father, a young Signals officer in the army, posted in Dhaka for a couple of…
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ITCN Asia 2014 – 3/4 G Impetus to growth
“This question may only be answered by someone who does NOT agree that YouTube should be opened”, I jokingly challenged the panel of eight high-profile experts sitting on the stage when a young participant at ITCN Asia 2014 (Karachi, 26thAug ’14) stood up and, lamenting the losses to the youth due to YouTube blockage, asked…
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3G and 4G – what a waste…
If you can read Urdu, read the text on the accompanying picture and imagine (in case you can’t read the text, even then imagine!) how would it be if same information is conveyed to the agriculturists using VIDEOS! And imagine if these videos could be seen on cellphone screens of the targeted growers of the…
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TRMC 2014 Certificate
PI- TRMC 2014 Certificate, Master Class in Internet Governance & Policy 30 June- 03 July 14
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