Category: Technology
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U fone telecom won the bid of unused Pakistan’s spectrum with $279 Million.
Lahore (NUT-DESK) Cellular company Ufone on Friday won a bid for Pakistan’s unused spectrum with $279 million, said the country’s telecom authority. Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) started the process to sell the unused spectrum late last year. The spectrum is in the 1800 and 2100 MHz bands typically used by operators for 4G LTE (long-term…
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APPLE TO SPEND OVER $500 MILLION ON MARKETING APPLE TV+
Lahore (NUT-DESK) Apple Inc plans to spend more than $500 million on marketing its streaming service, Apple TV+, this year, The Information reported on Friday, by reliable sources, The iPhone maker also intends to significantly increase its output of new TV shows and movies to at least one a week in 2022, more than double…
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WhatsApp is reworking on privacy settings!
Lahore (NUT-DESK) WhatsApp is making some minor changes to its privacy settings that will make its easier for you to disable privacy settings for specific contacts. This was announced by WABetaInfo, the main independent portal where you can discover news and real-time updates about WhatsApp, on Twitter. The update will be on WhatsApp beta for Android…
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Pakistan to launch 5G internet network in 2023.
Lahore (NUT-TECHNOLOGIES) Pakistan is planning to roll out the most advanced 5G internet in 2023 which will accelerate the download speed 10 times to one gigabit per second (Gbps) and widen economic activities in the country. In a recent presentation on the sector’s performance to Prime Minister Imran Khan, the ministry has highlighted that for…
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PTA notifies amendments to Information Memorandum for new spectrum auction.
Lahore (NUT-Technologies) The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has notified amendments to Information Memorandum (IM) for spectrum auction for Next Generation Mobile Services (NGMS), while granting a grace period of six months in achieving the throughput Key Performance Indicator (KPI) of 4Mbps. Sources revealed that the benchmark for technologies standardized for 4G/LTE was an average download…
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Twitter Launched New Feature to allow creators to generate revenue
Lahore (NUT-DESK) Twitter launched a “super follows” feature on its social media platform on Wednesday, which would allow creators to generate monthly revenue by sharing subscriber-only content with their followers. People in the U.S. and Canada using iOS can super follow a select group of people within the United States, the company said, adding that…
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Turkey Fines 1,950,000-liras to Whatsapp
Lahore (NUT-DESK) Turkey has joined a host of other countries in fining Facebook’s ubiquitous WhatsApp messaging service for failing to sufficiently protect user data. The 1,950,000-lira ($235,000, 200,000-euro) penality was imposed after months of confusion over whether WhatsApp had introduced its controversial new data sharing rules in Turkey. WhatsApp unrolled a policy change earlier this…
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PTA rejects extension request in sealed bid submission timeline
Lahore (NUT-DESK) The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has rejected the request of Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) for extending the timeline for sealed bid submission for Spectrum Auction for Next Generation Mobile Services (NGMS). Sources revealed that the CMOs had requested the PTA for extending the timeline for sealed bid submission by at least three weeks.…
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Apple hit with antitrust case over in-app payments issues
Lahore (NUT-DESK) Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is facing an antitrust challenge in India for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the apps market by forcing developers to use its proprietary in-app purchase system. The allegations are similar to a case Apple faces in the European Union, where regulators last year started an investigation into Apple’s imposition…
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AppGallery expands its app offering by adding Aramex Mobile App
Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) AppGallery, Huawei’s official app distribution platform, has recently added to its growing app portfolio, Aramex Mobile, Aramex’s innovative mobile app. This latest addition to the AppGallery places Aramex onto one of the top three app marketplaces globally, with more than 550 million monthly active users across 170 countries, allowing it to benefit…