Category: Technology

Islamabad (Muhammad Yasir) Pakistan’s leading connectivity and digital services company, Zong 4G, hosted the USF contract signing ceremony at its Islamabad headquarters. The event was attended by the Minister of IT & Telecom Syed Amin Ul Haque, Chairman PTA Major General (R) Amir Azeem Bajwa, Federal Secretary (IT & Telecommunication) Shoaib Ahmad Siddique, Zong 4G Chairman and CEO Wang Hua and USF CEO Haaris Mahmood Chaudhary besides other dignitaries from the corporate and government sector.

Being the leader of digital transformation in the country, Zong 4G is committed to reducing the digital divide in Pakistan and is striving to extend the benefits of ICT technologies to the masses across urban centres and far-flung locations. During the event, Zong 4G signed the USF contract for network expansion across the unserved areas of Balochistan which it won last month along with the contract signing for the recently won contract for deploying the network in Karachi West and Malir.

On the occasion, Minister of IT & Telecom Syed Amin Ul Haque said: “The efforts of both USF and Zong 4G towards accomplishing a seamlessly connected and empowered Pakistan are truly praiseworthy. We have an uphill journey ahead of us where we aim to position Pakistan on the global map of innovation. Thanks to telecom and digital services players like Zong 4G, we’re moving forward with the right pace toward our goal of a Digital Pakistan.”

Zong 4G’s Chairman and CEO Wang Hua said: “Since its inception, Zong 4G has been at the forefront of digital transformation in Pakistan, striving to bring the unserved and underserved areas and masses under the folds of connectivity and digital inclusion through the widest and largest network of the country. We thank USF for awarding us this project and the government of Pakistan for supporting us in pursuing our passion for an empowered and Digital Pakistan. We stay committed to our mission of serving the Pakistani people in all possible ways through our state-of-the-art technology and No.1 Network.  And a project like this simply fuels that passion of ours.”

Also sharing his thoughts on the occasion, USF CEO Haaris Mahmood Chaudhary said: “We are passionate about empowering the people of Pakistan by easing their access to connectivity and enabling digital solutions. To push our empowerment agenda in the underserved areas of Balochistan, we found the right partner in Zong 4G and hope that our mutual digital inclusion will be met through this project.”

Zong 4G is Pakistan’s number one network with the widest and largest coverage in the country. It’s also the foremost technology operator in the country with an unrelenting focus on customer-centricity. Besides many other accolades, Zong 4G’s network superiority was also recently recognized by Opensignal – an independent global standard for analyzing consumer mobile experience – which ranked Zong 4G the best in the top five service areas that include Video Experience, Download Speed Experience, Upload Speed Experience, 4G Availability, and 4G Coverage Experience.

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) realme has always focused on bringing phones which are trendsetting in technology and design. realme is currently gearing up for its upcoming realme 7 series launch event which is scheduled for November. As expected, the lineup will include realme 7 Pro among other smartphone, AIoT & for the first time smart lifestyle products. realme number series is quite popular in the mid-range mobile market. Now, it’s time for the Chinese brand to release the successors of the realme number series. We will soon see the realme 7 series launch date announcement. For the Pro version, realme is going to take a different road. It is expected to come with a 6.7-inch AMOLED display. However, there might not be any higher refresh rate on the Pro version.

Many people chose punchy colors rather than going for a higher refresh rate, and for that reason realme is going with a different option here. With the 65W SuperDart charging technology, which is not offered by any competitor brand in Pakistan. realme 7 Pro’s 4,500mAh could charge up to 13% in just 3 minutes and 100% in 34 minutes, making it the fastest charging smartphone in Bangladesh since its Global launch. With technological excellence realme has been prevailed to score many international awards of various categories, realme 7 Pro has successfully passed 60 tests and received TüV Rheinland Smartphone Reliability Verification, which has made this smartphone unique and trendsetting masterpiece in the market.

In the continuity of popularizing trendsetting camera, realme 7 Pro features 64MP wide-angle quad-camera that comes with Sony IMX682 sensor along with the 8MP ultra-wide-angle lens, macro, and B&W portrait lens. For natural, authentic, and bright selfies, it has a 32MP selfie camera. realme 7 Pro comes in 2 colors: Mirror Blue and Mirror Silver. Stay tuned to realme Pakistan official Facebook & Instagram to get updates on the launch event. -Ends- About realme realme is a technology brand that specializes in providing high quality smartphone with Dare-to-Leap experience.

The brand was officially established on May 4, 2018 by its founder Sky Li, together with a bunch of young people with rich experiences in the smartphone industry. realme is committed to offering powerful performance, stylish design, sincere services and exploring all the possibilities of smartphones. As per Counterpoint, realme has become the Global TOP 07 Smartphone Brand at Q2, 2020. And its registered users had reached 10 million within only one year, making itself the most rapidly growing brand. realme has expanded globally to over 20 markets, such as China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe, Russia, Pakistan and Africa including Egypt.

OPPO has unveiled its latest smartphone, the F17 Pro, that is a stellar camera powerhouse, allowing users to flaunt stunning portrait shots with its 6 AI portrait cameras that power up AI-powered portrait features. A 48MP wide-angle quad-cam system and front dual depth cameras work to amp up the clarity and quality of pictures. Your social media photos will look nothing short of professional now!

AI Colour Portrait

Flaunting brilliant and creative portrait shots is possible now with AI Colour Portrait, a feature which gives portraits a unique splash of colour, while fading out the background in a stylistic frame. Using AI algorithm, F17 Pro can differentiate between the people in the frame and the cluttered background and apply separate filters to distinguish the two so that you can add a flair of creativity to your photographs.

AI Night Flare Portrait

Taking portrait photos during the darker hours is usually a tricky business, but that’s no longer the case. The powerful night flare portrait mode on the F17 Pro allows you to transform low light portraits into sensational night-time masterpieces with its flared light effect.

AI Night Flare Portrait combines a bokeh effect and a lowlight HDR algorithm to brighten up photos in a dimly lit environment. Suited for night-time city shots, the bokeh effect superimposes artistic lens flares that make evening portraits more dynamic. It also enhances skin tones to make the subject look their absolute best.

AI Super Night Portrait

The powerful processing of the AI Super Night Portrait allows you capture clear selfie portraits even at night. Designed for low light conditions, OPPO F17 Pro aggregates a series of AI algorithms including HDR, which instantly captures and combines a series of frames at various exposure levels to produce gorgeous results in low lighting. 

AI Super Clear Portrait

You won’t miss any details when capturing a portrait photo by using AI Super Clear Portrait mode. Even after capturing a blurry shot of one’s face that seems to be missing a facial feature or two, F17 Pro uses AI facial reconstruction technology to fill in the gaps. Thanks to its proprietary deep learning technology, the most minute of facial details like an eyebrow can be enhanced or reconstructed to ensure clearer portraits.

AI Beautification 2.0

In its 2nd generation, AI Beautification 2.0, is customized for Pakistani beauty preferences, which preserves natural skin tones, while accentuating eyes so that they’re fuller and more pronounced. AI Beautification 2.0 also works to fill out men’s beards and eyebrows.

Dual Lens Bokeh

Bokeh is a pleasing and aesthetic quality of out-of-focus blur, which adds that extra oomph in a photograph. With OPPO’s F17 Pro, it’s easy to capture the perfect creative selfies by adding bokeh effects to a portrait photo with the dual-lens bokeh. To achieve it, OPPO F17 Pro uses both software and hardware-based solution to run depth image processing on its second 2MP Depth Camera and 16MP main camera.

The F17 Pro’s cutting-edge design uses an optimized mainboard, battery and other components that all fit into an ultra-lightweight, and ultra-sleek body. It comes with an 8GB RAM and 128GB of in-built storage, which is extendable up to 512GB. Not only that, it also comes with 30W VOOC 4.0 flash charging technology, which boasts 4-hours of talk time with just a 5-minute charge!

A key player in camera quality innovation, the F17 Pro is a prime example of the go-to phone camera for all your needs. It is available in two captivating colors to perfectly complement your vibe; Magic Blue, and Matte Black.

 

The F17 Pro is available in the market as well as on OPPO’s website.

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TECNO is here with its flagship photography phone Camon 16, which will be launched soon in Pakistan. This is another valued addition to TECNO’s most popular Camon series. Fans are overwhelmed with the news and the features this new phone is offering. The brand has also lifted the curtains from the brand ambassador for Camon 16 that is none other than Pakistan’s most favorite female artist Mehwish Hayat.

Commended for her incredible acting skills, Mehwish Hayat is one of Pakistan’s top actresses. She started her career on TV and can now be seen in many Pakistani films. She is the recipient of multiple awards including the Lux Style Award and the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz in 2019 from the Government of Pakistan. Fans are praising the brand for hiring Mehwish Hayat. This collaboration of TECNO and Mehwish looks promising as both are known for achieving excellence and breaking boundaries in their respective fields.

CAMON 16 is equipped with TAIVOS technology, the world’s exclusive trademark certification that is TECNO AI Vision Optimization Solution. TAIVOS technology not only makes Camon 16 the king of ultra-clear images but also supports multiple smart photograph.

The core TAIVOS photography functions include AI wide-angle selfie dual camera, for wider group selfies; beautiful night portrait mode, to give you ultra-clear pictures even in dark environments; and the professional shooting anti-shake mode, to give steadiest pictures. It also has the AI Beauty Portrait Mode that will not only keep the original skin colors intact but also complement and enhance the face beauty; the 960fps super slow motion, gives you amazing slow motion videos and 4K video shooting to give a professional SLR touch your memories.

TECNO Camon 16 is predicted to be the most influential launch of the year. Fans are anxiously waiting for the launch. It is expected to be revealed in the market very soon and will be giving a tough time to its rivals again.

Strengthened 5G Telco Cloud Portfolio with Cloud Native Support enables businesses to better harness emerging technologies in Pakistan’s cloud and mobile first economy 

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced its 5G Telco Cloud Platform, empowering Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to better meet the growing demands for 5G-powered innovations in Pakistan. The VMware 5G Telco Cloud Platform is a consistent cloud-first solution, powered by carrier-grade and high-performance cloud native infrastructure that enables CSPs to support future-forward technology applications across the region.

With 5G expected to contribute almost $900 billion to Asia’s economy over the next 15 years,[1]the potential of this technology to enable organizations to step up their digital transformation efforts and accelerate the pace of business innovation is huge. In order to enable businesses to supercharge their growth with 5G, CSPs in Pakistanrequire a field proven network powered by a modernized cloud that delivers web-scale speed and agility while maintaining carrier-grade performance, resiliency, and quality. VMware’s innovative multi-cloud platform simplifies and accelerates the rollout of 5G networks, while enabling CSPs to embrace cloud native principles, enabling them to deploy innovative applications and services to market faster to better meet the growing demands from businesses.

“VMware continues to accelerate the delivery of a comprehensive telco and edge cloud portfolio that addresses our customers’ challenges of today and enables them to harness the opportunities of tomorrow,” said Ahsan Rasheed Khan, Country Manager, VMware (Pakistan & Afghanistan). “With support for cloud native technologies in the Telco Cloud Platform, CSPs can now boost their innovation speed to deliver new applications and services, reduce operational complexities, and realize substantial total cost of ownership savings, further accelerating the rollout of their 5G networks to support the growth of Pakistan’s digital economy.”

The VMware Telco Cloud Platform combines VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure – an evolution of the vCloud NFV solution – and VMware Telco Cloud Automation – the recently launched multi-domain orchestration and automation capability. The 5G ready Telco Cloud Platform is tailored for CSPs to easily embrace cloud native technology and deliver applications and services across multi-cloud infrastructure. As CSPs evolve from NFV networks to cloud native and containerized networks, VMware is evolving its VMware vCloud NFV solution to Telco Cloud Infrastructure, providing CSPs a consistent and unified platform delivering consistent operations for both Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) and Cloud Native Network Functions (CNFs) across telco networks. Telco Cloud Infrastructure is designed to optimize the delivery of network services with telco centric enhancements, supporting distributed cloud deployments, and providing scalability and performance for millions of consumer and enterprise users. These telco centric enhancements enable CSPs to gain web-scale speed and agility while maintaining carrier-grade performance, resiliency, and quality.

Tightly integrated with Telco Cloud Infrastructure, VMware’s Telco Cloud Automation intelligently automates the end-to-end lifecycle management of network functions and services to simplify operations and accelerate service delivery while optimizing resource utilization. Telco Cloud Automation also now supports infrastructure and Containers-as-a-Service (CaaS) management automation to streamline workload placement and deliver optimal infrastructure resource allocation. It also significantly simplifies the 5G and telco edge network expansions through zero-touch-provisioning (ZTP) whenever capacity is required.

To speed up the deployment of network functions and services by CSPs, VMware recently expanded the Ready for Telco Cloud program to add support for VMware Telco Cloud Automation. With the release of VMware Telco Cloud Platform, VMware is further expanding the program to accelerate network functions readiness for deployment. The program scope extends to container-based network functions and these workloads conformance with VMware’s Cloud Native stack as well as the automation offered by the stack. CSPs can expect that Network Functions which passed certification will be quicker to onboard and deploy on the VMware Telco Cloud Platform while accelerating CSPs time to revenue. To date, more than 35 partners have received more than 180 certifications as part of the program.

VMware is also announcing Telco Cloud Operations, a real-time automated assurance solution designed to bridge the gap between virtual and physical networks. The solution provides holistic monitoring and performance management across multiple layers of the network, including SD-WAN, for rapid insights, lower costs and improved customer experience. It integrates machine-learning based performance analytics and vivid reporting dashboards for proactive assurance. Complemented by the Uhana solution from VMware that provides intelligent automation for Radio Access Networks (RANs), CSPs can have comprehensive operations visibility across their entire network.

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is setting up a research and development centre in Budapest, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó has confirmed. The investment, which will create jobs for at least 100 Hungarian engineers, is Huawei’s third in Hungary, Szijjártó said. The cooperation between Hungary and China was better than ever. The investment represents a milestone in Hungary’s Opening to the East strategy, he added.

The new centre will focus on artificial intelligence, streaming, image processing, signal transmission technologies and extremely large distribution systems, he said. The development project will give the country an opportunity to further boost the reputation of Hungarian engineering skills, he added.

He noted that Huawei was the first Chinese company that Hungary signed a strategic cooperation with seven years ago. Players in the Hungarian telecommunications market have greatly relied on the company’s technologies over the years, he added.

The company’s logistics centre in Hungary is its largest outside China, Szijjártó said. He added that despite the pandemic, Huawei has announced a significant investment in Hungary, and he thanked the company for its donations to anti-pandemic efforts.

The Minister said the strategy of opening to the East had resulted in a 22 percent increase in Hungarian exports to the East over ten years and 25 percent growth in trade. Last year, 60 percent of investments, in value terms, in Hungary came from the East and 40 percent of new jobs were linked to such companies.

He said one of the main objectives of the strategy was to develop close, pragmatic cooperation based on mutual benefits with China. Over the past ten years, 5 billion US dollars-worth of Chinese investments have been carried out in Hungary, and Chinese companies employ 15,000 Hungarians, he added.

Szijjártó said it was easy to understand why Hungary was the first EU country to join the Belt and Road initiative. Last year, China was Hungary’s 10th most important trade partner, he added.

The internationally renowned smartphone brand, TECNO, has announced its all new special edition of the Camon series, Camon 16 Premier. The phone is available on Pre-Order at TECNO’s official website and AirKart Online shop for only PKR 39,999. This is TECNO’s special edition and a limited stock is available for pre-orders. TECNO is offering a pair of TWS headphones worth PKR 3,999 to its pre-order customers for FREE.

The new Camon 16 Premier is ready for pre-orders from October 9, 2020 till October 15, 2020.The Photography King, Camon 16 Premier, is a treat for the fans with 64MP Quad Rear Camera, 48MP Dual front Camera, 33W Fast Charging, and Helio G90T processor. Everyone wants to get their hands on the new phone as soon as possible. The phone is available for pre-orders and will be in the offline market after October 15, 2020, but only on TECNO Official dealers.

Creek Ma, General Manager of TECNO shared his thoughts

“Very excited to bring this Camon 16 Premier for our fans. We have a limited stock for our special fans who can easily Pre-order it and enjoy a free wireless headphone set as well. The phone contains high-end flagship features and is available at a very convenient price. We at TECNO are looking forward to this product sale and are hopeful that our fans are going to love it as always.”

Pre-ordering is a trend these days and TECNO has given its customers this facility to get their most demanded phone from TECNO Official web page: https://www.tecno-mobile.com/pk/home/#/ and AirKart Online shop.

So what are we waiting for? Pre-Order at AirKart Online shop now!

 

TCF has connected NIFT’s ePayment Gateway for digital collection of donation on its website

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) The Citizens Foundation, has entered into an agreement with National Institutional Facilitation Technologies (NiFT), one of the largest payment processors in Pakistan for enabling digital collections donations through NiFT’s DFS platform under the brand name “NiFTePay”.

Both the organizations have focused to promote digital transaction in the recent past. The Citizens Foundation has aggressively focused to implement its digital channels for the comfort of its customers to donate digitally without the need to visit physical outlets to make cash donations. While NiFTePay has established an interoperable and secure digital commerce payments which works with any bank account or wallet in Pakistan. This provides an opportunity to the donors of TCF to conduct digital contributions directly through their bank accounts or Wallets on TCF’s website.

The agreement was signed by Mr. HaiderWahab, CEO – NiFT and Mr. Syed AsaadAyubAhmad , President & CEO – TCF.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Syed AsaadAyub Ahmad said ” “We are very grateful to NIFT for extending their support to TCF and providing a quick and easy way to make online donations through bank transfers. We are hopeful that this collaboration will help more people connect with our mission and play their part in educating the less privileged children of Pakistan.”

Mr. HaiderWahab CEO NIFT said, “We are proud and excited to enable The Citizens Foundation as we feel happy to be associated with the noble cause and also since this enables yet another new use case for NIFT’s payment gateway. This is exactly the vision that was behind NIFT ePay and it very heartening to see its actual manifestation in the market. We are working with different industries to enable different use cases which will follow this success.”

Blockbuster mobile game delivers new fully armed vehicles and heavy weaponry in powerful update to popular game mode

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) After much anticipation, PUBG MOBILE is amplifying the high-intensity gameplay with the introduction of Payload 2.0, an enhanced version of a beloved game variant for the world’s most popular mobile game. Beginning today, players can “Rock and Load” in the hit game type by experiencing new improvements such as armored vehicles, Super Weapon Crate and more in a free update on the App Store and Google Play.

One year ago PUBG MOBILE added Payload Mode, delivering never-before-seen features that provided an all new way for players to battle it out. With today’s addition of Payload 2.0, players can now use powerful vehicles and massive firepower to gain strategic advantages in the new exciting gameplay, including:

• Armored Vehicles – PUBG MOBILE’s classic rides, including the UAZ, Dacia, off-road buggy and pick-up truck have been fortified with protective armor. Similarly, players can take to the skies with the new Armed Helicopter
• Superpowered Weapons – The new laser-guided missile and four-barreled rocket launcher have been added to Super Weapon Crates for players to deal additional damage to enemies
• Special Tactical Gear – The 30-second UAV Control Terminal, armed with eight missiles, reveals neaby enemy locations, while the Man-Portable Radar reveals information about enemy vehicles
• Bomb Suit – This new lootable suit can be equipped for a significant reduction to all explosion damage
• Secret Room and Base – Secret Room randomly refreshes during the battle and contains super weapons. The Base is activated after the start of each match where players can get heavy weaponry and powerful equipments. Players can also revive fallen teammates through Advanced Communication Towers to stay in the battle.

PUBG MOBILE is available to download for free on the App Store and Google Play.