by Teleco Analyst on December 22, 2009
Every year Pakistan Telecommunication Authority publish a PTA Annual Report covering all the major sectors of our telecommunication industry. The report is very useful for all those people who are either part of the telecommunication industry or are associated with it. This report also helps analyst in their analysis of Pakistan Telecom sector since it is the most comprehensive report on the telecom industry of Pakistan. The PTA Annual Telecom Industry report contains historic as well as current year data and numbers of all important telecom industry KPI’s. The PTA Annual Telecom Sector Report 2008-09 includes the following sections:
1) The Authority
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by MJK on April 16, 2009
The quarterly report titled “World Broadband Statistics for Q4, 2008” has been finally released. To the much surprise of all the analysts, the market showed overall sluggishness but the growth has not dropped as forecasted. According to the report, 13.77 million broadband lines have been added in the Q4, 2008 taking the world total broadband lines to 410.9 million. The economic slowdown has an enormous impact on the growth of broadband lines. However, few countries including France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Belarus, Croatia, Slovakia and Philippines showed an increase in growth in the Q4, 2008 over the previous quarter Q3, 2008. According to the report in a telecom magazine;
“Overall however worldwide growth was down on Q308 due to significant slowdowns in net adds in many of the countries that have been the powerhouses of 2008. [click to continue...]
by Owais Ehsan on February 27, 2009
Royal Bank of Scotland posted record losses for year ending 2008 in UK corporate history , accumulating to £24.1bn ($34 Billion).
RBS said that its 2008 loss totalled £24.1bn ($34.2bn), which is the biggest annual loss in the UK corporate history. It also said it would put £325bn of toxic assets into a scheme that offers insurance for any further losses.This is a much larger amount than had been expected, and given that these assets are so difficult to value it is not clear whether the British government will in the long run make or lose money on the deal.
RBS Pakistan has declared that its operations are up for sale as well after the RBS posted the biggest loss in the corporate histoty of UK. The RBS exit comes at a time when it was in the process of reorganising the business of ABN AMRO, which it bought at peak of the global financial crisis in 2007.
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by Teleco Analyst on February 25, 2009
www.pro-pakistan.com
Telenor Pakistan has performed really good in the fourth and last quarter of 2008 as per the reports even though the third quarter was a real disappointment for everyone. The major highlights for the 4th Quarter 2008 are given below as per their reports:
• The number of subscribers increased by 916,000 during the quarter, while the estimated subscription market share remained stable at 21%.
• ARPU in local currency decreased by 13% as both average usage and prices declined due to increased competition and the general economic slowdown in Pakistan.
• Total revenues in local currency increased by 20% mainly due to a subscription growth of approximately 5 million during 2008, partially offset by lower ARPU.
• EBITDA increased by 51% in local currency mainly due to higher revenue growth. The EBITDA margin improved by 9 percentage points compared to the previous quarter primarily due to a 9% revenue growth and increased usage of own fi bre network.
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by Owais Ehsan on February 19, 2009
Brandz 2008 report has unvelied the The top 100 most powerful brands in the world. As per the report google has strengthened its position, whereby its dollar value increased significantly 30% over the last year. Another Brand that has jumped places is the ever reliable Apple, approximately increased by 123% to 7th Rank, just below China Mobile and IBM. Among the loosers, Citi , Malbro and Walmart has negative growth and are shedding value on daily basis.
Full list of top 100 Brands is available here (PDF)
by Owais Ehsan on February 18, 2009
The GSMA announced the winners of the 14th Annual Global Mobile Awards at a gala dinner at the National Palace in Barcelona, hosted by the rising star of comedy, Michael McIntyre. The ceremony, one of the highlights of the Mobile World Congress, the leading event for the mobile communications industry, also revealed the Global Champion of the GSMA’s 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition. The winners of the prestigous events are as follows
Best Mobile Handset or Device
INQ1
Best Mobile Game
Gameloft: Real Football 2009
Best Mobile Music or Video Service
BBC: BBC iPlayer on Mobile
Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough
RIM: BlackBerry Storm 9500 SurePress Screen
Best Mobile Internet Service
Nokia: Nokia Sports Tracker
Best Mobile TV Service
MobiTV: MobiTV
Best Mobile Brand Campaign
R/GA London: Nokia Urbanista Diaries
Best Mobile Advertising Service
Turkcell: Tonla Kazan
Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Service
Vodafone: Vodafone Global Enterprise Limited
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by Owais Ehsan on January 13, 2009
All eyes were fixed on the Zurich Opera House as the 18th edition of the FIFA World Player of the Year took place and Yes Crisitano Ronaldo deserverdly won it. The former World Player of the Year Brazil’s Kaka who plays for AC Milan was also among the players fighting for the top individual award in the world of football.
Portuguese sensation Cristiano Ronaldo who scored an incredible 42 goals for Manchester United last season, helping them defend their Premier League crown and also providing enough ammunition to make United the champions of Europe, and recently the champions of the world was the favourite to clinch the trophy this time around.
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by Owais Ehsan on December 28, 2008
Before i start on about these movies, let me say that its really hard to chop down a list of great movies, because everyone tends to have their best movies totally different from another list, so pardon me if some of the movies here are not among your list of favourite movies of 2008.
Top Ten highest charting movies of 2008 (INTERNATIONAL GROSS)
- The Dark Knight ($996 Million)
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ($786 Million)
- Kung-fu Panda ($632 Million)
- Hancock ($624 Million)
- Iron Man ($581 Million)
- Mamma Mia ($572 Million)
- Quantum of Solace ($536 Million)
- Wall-E ($507 Million)
- Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian ($419 Million)
- Sex and the City ($415 Million)
So these were the most successful box office movies of 2008. I didnt like half of these movies, so lets move on to movies that are must see. Here are my favourite movies of 2008, and most of them are Oscar worthy.
- The Dark KnightÂ
- Revolutionary Road
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Must See)
- The Argentine (Che Guevara)
- Australia
- The Changeling
- Wall-EÂ
- The Reader
- Slum Dog Millionaire
- Frozen River
by Owais Ehsan on December 27, 2008
