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Forum discusses ways to break cycle of poverty
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 12/05/2010
» ISLAMABAD : Islamabad was home to the expert meeting on mobile 2.0 applications and conditions, jointly hosted by think-tank LIRNEasia and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. In this forum academics, operators and regulators from the telecommunication, IT and financial sectors gathered together to share their research and experience on how a new generation of mobile applications can benefit the poor at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP) from micro-finance, agricultural, public transport or even social networking.
Digitising duty free to boost airline revenue
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 05/05/2010
» With margins being squeezed tighter and tighter, and low-cost, no-frills carriers on the rise, airlines are having to find new ways of generating revenue. One avenue is duty free sales and Guest-Logix offers solutions for airlines and trains to tap into their captive audience and monetise them.
Using existing networks to run 3G is too much like common sense
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 03/03/2010
» 3G auctions for the rest of us before the end of this year? Should we rejoice at the progress that the four new Knights of Truffle and Cupcake, sorry, National Telecommunication Commissioners, have made, or is one to despair at the naivete that such talk brings? The problem is not so much about pushing ahead with 3G, but what to do with the existing 2G infrastructure.