If one sits down to take an account of how technology has become part of his/her life it may be difficult to think from where to begin. Almost everything what is done is driven my some sort of micro processor by it the wake up alarm set in a mobile phone, tea maker/toaster, unlocking of car to step in, elevator, biometric attendance, working at desktop or laptop computer and …
Read More »Strategy to expand mobile banking
Mobile wallet accounts to cross 50 million in five years The State Bank of Pakistan has developed a strategy, in collaboration with the World Bank, to make a multifold surge in mobile account holders to over 50 million in the next five years, as branchless banking remains an effective channel to expand outreach of un-banked and under-banked people in the country. The governor State Bank of Pakistan Ashraf Mahmood …
Read More »PTA set to regulate mobile apps and OTT services
The government vision for the growth of telecommunication sector is fighting fit, affordable as quality telecommunication services are being offered by open, competitive and well managed markets for the advantage of economy and society. The government has formulated a comprehensive ‘Pakistan Telecommunication Policy 2015’ and believed that it would spur socio-economic development and act as a catalyst towards achieving knowledge based society. The present government proclaimed that the telecommunication …
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