wi-tribe, Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science and University of Engineering and Technology (KICS-UET) unveiled ‘wi-cam’ at a press conference held at the UET campus today.

wi-cam, a CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Management and Administration tool, developed by students and graduates of KICS-UET using open-source technology, allows broadband companies, such as wi-tribe, to remotely configure and manage CPEs, while receiving instant notifications and access to live data. Not only does this result in an improved customer care experience, it also enables customers to continue enjoying seamless connectivity.

wi-tribe entered into a strategic public-private partnership with KICS-UET to conceive, develop and launch a fully funded research and development program, enabling the innovation of this breakthrough feature-rich management tool. With wi-cam, wi-tribe and UET jointly demonstrate that sourcing local development of critical customer service innovation is not only possible, but also essential to the proliferation of technical capabilities within Pakistan.

“At wi-tribe, we thrive on the potential of the Pakistani youth and are eager to foster innovative ideas that can elevate the local IT industry to international standards. With remote CPE management capabilities, providing real-time updates and support allows wi-tribe to stay focused on customer satisfaction”, said Dr. Tanveer-ul-Haq, Vice President Technical at wi-tribe Pakistan.

This is the first of many other locally developed business tools that will aid the industry in setting new global standards in customer care, operational efficacy and return on investment, while ensuring a long-term vision with public-private partnerships between academic institutions and the internet service industry.

“At KICS-UET, researchers are keen on capitalizing open source technologies and developing cost effective solutions for local telecom and IT industry. wi-cam is a product built with local talent and it has helped KICS-UET researchers better understand software needs of the telecom industry. With these leading steps we foresee significant growth in such collaborative arrangement in telecom industry in Pakistan”, said Dr. Waqar Mahmood, Director KICS-UET.

Lt. Gen. (R) Muhammad Akram Khan, Vice-Chancellor of UET, said “This is an achievement, not just for UET and wi-tribe, but for the entire telecom industry. KICS-UET is extremely proud of this successful collaboration with wi-tribe and looks forward to continuing the partnership. wi-cam is innovation brought to life by Pakistani students and graduates, showcasing local capabilities.”
By significantly enhancing customer care, wi-cam has already begun to revolutionize customer experience and promises to do so for the industry at large. Going ahead, wi-tribe is looking forward to continuing its contribution to the industry’s growth through such initiatives, especially those showcasing the technology-capable youth of Pakistan.

PTCL has launched an attractive win-back initiative for EVO customers who can now recharge, get bill waivers, and win exciting prizes.

EVO customers, who have not recharged their pre-paid device or paid EVO post bill since December 1, 2011 or earlier, can now recharge and get bill waivers and as well as win a brand new EVO Tab, Cloud or Nitro device in a lucky draw being held on February 15, 2012.

Offer Details:

Under this promotion any inactive EVO customer who has not recharged his pre-paid device or paid his EVO post-paid bill since Dec 1st 2011 or earlier can now recharge to win an EVO TAB/Cloud/Nitro Device through a lucky draw to be held on 15th Feb 2012.

Post-Paid Customers:

For Post-paid customers Win Back offer would be offering following incentives on payment of their current bills.

• Exemption of Previous outstanding dues
• A chance to winbrand new Evo Tabs, EVO Wi-Fi Clouds and Nitro devices through lucky draws.

Pre-Paid Customers:

For Pre-paid customers Win Back offer would be offering following incentives on a recharge.

• A chance to win brand new Evo Tabs, EVO Wi-Fi Clouds and Nitro devices through lucky draws.

Key Highlights:

• This offer is valid for both Pre-paid and Post-paid customers
• For postpaid customers all previous dues for the customer shall be exempted.
• Lucky draw will take place after on 15th Feb 2012.

Prizes include:

• 3 Evo Tab (3G Android Tablets)
• 10 Wi-fi Clouds (Pocket 3G Routers)
• 15 Nitro devices (9.3 Mbps USB Modems)

Business Rules:

• This offer is valid for both Pre-paid and Post-paid customers
• 28 lucky winners will be given the EVO devices
• 1st three winners will be given EVO Tab, next 10 would be given EVO Wi-Fi cloud and the last 15 winners would be given Nitro devices.
• Offer is not valid for PTCL Employees/Management.
• Lucky draws will be conducted for all those customers who have not recharged their accounts or paid their bills since 1st Dec 2011 or earlier.
• Lucky draw will be audited by an audit committee which will be responsible for conducting fair and unbiased draw.
• The decision of the audit committee shall be final.

Double up Unlimited packages were launched in August 2009 to promote Broadband and PSTN with double play offering. Now PTCL has come up with the all new Double impact packages which offer a bundle package of capped voice minutes and data services.

Below are the PTCL Double impact Packages with Capped Voice Minutes:

• Double-Play 1Mb @Rs 1,499 with 750 On-Net voice minutes
• Double-Play 2Mb @Rs 1,799 with 750 On-Net voice minutes
• *Double-Play 4Mb @Rs 2,499 with 750 On-Net voice minutes
• *Double-Play 6Mb @Rs 5,499 with 750 On-Net voice minutes
• *Double-Play 8Mb @Rs 7,499 with 750 On-Net voice minutes
• Double-Play 10Mb @Rs 10,499 with 750 On-Net voice minutes

Key Highlights:

1. Unmatched voice quality at lowest call rates
2. Double Impact offers more value for money
3. PTCL Broadband offers service is available in over 1000 cities and towns across the country
4. Seamless experience when streaming HD videos and downloading movies, TV shows and music files etc
5. Access to free movies, music, classical Pakistani plays, famous cricket matches, educational and religious contents exclusively for PTCL broadband customers on ‘Buzz’ broadband web infotainment portal

* For quality assurance purposes and to provide uninterrupted service to all customers Rs.1000/month will be charged for greater than 50 GB downloads. This is applicable on 4 Mbps, 6 Mbps & 8 Mbps packages.

PTCL has introduced a new Smart Pack package which is a bundled offer of 256Kbps Broadband data rate with Smart TV in addition to its existing Broadband data rate packages. Introduction of Smart Pack is an effort to aware people to opt for Smart TV at a lower price & with broadband data rate as low as 256kbps.

The new package is offered to the customers at Rs.749 / month with unlimited download. Existing customer can also avail this package but they have to pay one time charges of Rs.1500 as downgrade charges.

Offer Details:

• Access to PTCL Smart TV
• Access to 100 + digital quality TV channels
• Freedom to pause and rewind live TV programs
• Library of 500 video on demand.
• 24/7 service availability from PTCL’s side.
• Parental control on TV channels and video on demand.
• Access to rich HD multimedia resources over the internet
• Access to free movies, music, classical Pakistani plays, famous cricket matches, educational and religious contents exclusively for PTCL broadband customers on ‘Buzz’ broadband web infotainment portal.
• Increasing the horizon offered to Smart TV & broadband customers through providing Smart TV & broadband service to the customers with low spending preferences

Note: There is no student discount on the package

PTCL is offering Broadband student Package Bundled with PSTN including 1Mbps broadband with unlimited download and 150 free voice minutes per month at Rs 999 / month.

Package Details:

• 1Mbps Unlimited Broadband Download
• 150 Voice On-Net Minutes per month
• Rs. 999/month

Benefits and key Highlights:

• PTCL Broadband Student Package is available in over 1000 cities across Pakistan.
• Affordable high speed unlimited internet for Students
• Liberty to download unlimited infotainment material with PTCL Broadband and free minutes to call on landline numbers.
• Access to rich HD multimedia resources over the internet

PTCL offers unlimited download on 256Kbps from 1st Aug to 30th Sep, 2011 for existing and new customers
Package details:
256Kbps @ Rs. 299*

Unlimited download from 1st Aug to 30th Sep 2011

Benefits and key Highlights:

• Range of available Data rates from 256Kbps to 10Mbps to suite customers unique requirements and needs accordingly
• PTCL Broadband service is available in over 1000 cities and towns across the country.
• Seamless experience when streaming and downloading movies, TV shows and music files etc
• Access to rich HD multimedia resources over the internet
• Access to PTCL Smart TV
• Access to free movies, music, classical Pakistani plays, famous cricket matches, educational and religious contents exclusively for PTCL broadband customers on ‘Buzz’ broadband web infotainment portal.

Recently PTCL launched 50 MB pacakge for all customers. With the launch of this package PTCL decided to increase the rates of other various packages for unlimited plan while same rates with limited data plan of upto 50GB.

According to ProPakistani

PTCL’s 1Mbps broadband connection is available in student package as well as simple bundled package. PTCL has revised monthly charges for student package whereas charges for the bundle offer, which gives you 1Mbps connection with 150 on-net free minutes and unlimited ‘Keh Do SMS’, are same. New tariff is as follows:

Limited Data Plan ( 50GB )                                  Unlimited Data Plan

• 4Mbps Rs 2000                                                     Rs 3000
• 6Mbps Rs 5000                                                     Rs 6000
• 8Mbps Rs 7000                                                     Rs 8000

Note that 1Mbps, 10Mbps, 20Mbps and 50 Mbps are still unlimited.

These revisions will be effective from 1^st of August, 2011.

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New EVO Wi-Fi cloud customers will be getting one month Free usage on advance payment of two months line rent. Get Your EVO Wi-Fi cloud with two months Unlimited Internet access & get the third month Absolutely Free.

Offer Highlights:

• Simple One touch high speed internet connectivity.
• Connects up to 5 Wi-Fi enabled devices simultaneously to blazing fast 3G speeds.
• Plug & Play—Instant Connectivity
• Compact portable device that fits in the pocket.
• Secure password protected connection to ensure optimal connection security.
• Internet connectivity at speeds of up to 3.1Mbps.
• Nationwide roaming on Rev A Network (up to 3.1Mbps) in 106 cities across the country.

Business Rules:

• Promotion is applicable for all new Evo Wi-Fi Cloud Customers.
• Customer will have to pay Rs.10,999 in advance for the usage bundle eligible to avail this offer.
• Customer will get 3 months internet usage included in the bundle.
• Customer will be charged as per normal rate Rs.2000/month from 4th month onwards.
• Offer is valid on PSTN and Non-PSTN packages.
• For PSTN billing package, the customer shall not be billed for the first 3 months, billing shall start from the fourth month.

Tariff Details:

• Upfront Charges: Rs.10,999
• EVO Wi-Fi Unlimited monthly charges from 4th month:Rs.2,000/month
• Billing Options: – EVO Wi-Fi cloud PSTN billing
• Advance Line Rental Billing
• Ordering Details: Service can be availed from any PTCL OSS.

We reported earlier Here that PTCL is going to launch broadband packages upto 50MB and today ptcl launched it. PTCL Announcing Bandwidth (DSL) Data Rate Up to 50 Mbps Using VDSL2 Bonding Technology. PTCL has become the 1st operator in the world to use VDSL2 Bonding technology to provide to its bandwidth hungry DSL customers with Bandwidth up to 50 Mbps on its existing Copper network.

VDSL2 Bonding takes two copper based lines per subscriber and aggregates them to almost double the bandwidth speed available to the existing customers and also expands high speed broadband access to areas that are underserved today. Using VDSL2 Bonding technology, service providers can extend the life of their existing copper infrastructure supporting the delivery of bandwidth intensive services such as Triple play service, data and IPTV.

PTCL has deployed VDSL 2 Bonding solution for its customers in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. Currently we are offering the following three Packages for VDSL 2 Bonding:

1. 10 mbps VDSL unlimited downloads:
Package Price Rs.9,999
Installation Charges inclusive of Modem Charges: Rs.10,000

2. 20 mbps VDSL unlimited downloads:
Package Price Rs.15,000
Installation Charges inclusive of Modem Charges: Rs.10,000

3. 50 mbps VDSL unlimited downloads:
Package Price Rs.20,000
Installation Charges inclusive of Modem Charges: Rs.10,000

Benefits:

• PTCL Broadband service is available in over 1000 cities and towns across the country.
• High speed broadband data rate is now more affordable than ever before
• Seamless experience when streaming and downloading movies, tv shows and music files
• Access to rich HD multimedia resources over the internet
• Access to free movies, music, classical Pakistani plays, famous cricket matches, educational and religious contents exclusively for PTCL broadband customers on ‘Buzz’ broadband web infotainment portal.

Mr. Walid Irshaid, CEO and President of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) was awarded the TeleTimes International Leadership Award for Best BroadBand services in the region at the TeleTimes Annual International Industry Excellence Awards ceremony, held at Islamabad Club on Friday.

The prestigious award was received by the PTCL CEO and President Mr.Walid Irshaid from the Federal Minister for Finance Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh in the ceremony which was presided over by Dr. Muhammad Yaseen, Chairman, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). A large number of top executives from the telecom industry were also present on the occasion.

PTCL Broadband is the largest and the fastest growing broadband service in Pakistan. The service was launched in 2007 and currently Broadband Pakistan has 95% market share. The service is available in over 1100 cities and towns across Pakistan, leading the proliferation and awareness of broadband services.

Mr. Walid Irshaid, CEO and President PTCL has expressed extreme satisfaction on this achievement and has thanked his team for their dedication and commitment that they have put in to ensure the success of PTCL Broadband services. He also reaffirmed that under his leadership, PTCL will continue to lead from the front in developing and introducing new and innovative technologies for richer customer experience.

PTCL EVO offers a wide verity of exciting postpaid as well as prepaid packages that are designed to suit your lifestyle; With EVO there is something for everyone.

USB Device Charges: Rs.3,999

Post Paid Packages

Pre-Paid Packages

Time Based Packages

Volume Based Packages

Package Change
If you consistently use more than your subscribed package, we encourage you to upgrade to a package that suits your internet usage. Just contact us at 1218 or evo.support@ptcl.net.pk

PTCL Offer of 2Mbps for the price of 1Mbps expires on 30th JUNE, 2011 OR call 1236 to revert back to 1Mbps for Rs 1199 per month.
The New 2 Mbps data rate is offered to the customers at Rs. 1499 / month with unlimited downloads onwards 1st July the 2 Mbps Package charges are to be Rs 1499 per month.

PTCL has upgraded data rate of 1 Mbps customers to 2 Mbps without any additional charges till 30th June 2011. PTCL 1 Mbps Broadband customers can now enjoy 2 Mbps data rate at the price of 1 Mbps data rate (Rs.1,199 per month) till 30th June 2011. After the expiry of the promotional period, normal tariff of 2Mbps “Rs. 1,499” will be applicable. This promotion will not be applicable on Broadband student package.

PTCL Broadband packages available for customers:

• 256Kbps    @Rs 299
• 1Mb          @Rs 1,199
• 2Mb          @Rs 1,499
• 4Mb          @Rs 1,999
• 6Mb          @Rs 4,999
• 8Mb          @Rs 6,999
• 10Mb        @Rs 9,999

Key Highlights:

• PTCL Broadband service is available in over 1000 cities and towns across the country
• PTCL broadband is the most affordable broadband service in the country
• Seamless experience when streaming and downloading movies, TV shows and music files etc Access to rich HD multimedia resources over the internet
• Access to free movies, music, classical Pakistani plays, famous cricket matches, educational and religious contents exclusively for PTCL broadband customers   on ‘Buzz’ broadband web infotainment portal