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Farm growth rate remains low
By Technology Times at August 7, 2012 | 12:41 am | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Farm community organizations have contested President Asif Ali Zardari's claim that government policies have resulted in higher agriculture growth and said rather the growth in agriculture sector has been relatively low due to anti-agriculture policies. The government has failed to achieve 3.4 per cent growth target of agriculture sector during more...
Broadband growth: Don’t blame the economy!
By Technology Times at August 7, 2012 | 12:05 am | 0 Comment
[caption id="attachment_20392" align="alignright" width="150"] Naveed Saeed[/caption] DESPITE ONGOING economic challenges faced by the country, Pakistan is experiencing a phenomenal growth of Broadband Internet, which has become a household product. The current global economic recession has had a spiral effect worldwide and few segments have been able to resist its more...
ICT role in SME sector growth
By Technology Times at June 18, 2012 | 4:40 pm | 0 Comment
THERE IS hardly any iota of doubt that Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has a key role to play in driving innovation and competitiveness for small businesses and the IT sector itself. But at the same time equipping the labour force with the right skills and providing access to high-tech infrastructure are still major grey areas especially in Pakistan that more...
Pakistan facing food insecurity despite good growth
By Technology Times at June 2, 2012 | 1:56 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Despite growth of agricultural output Pakistan is still suffering from food security issue, facing high level of ‘hunger and malnutrition”, and climate change is threat to this country that can be tackled by educating communities. Vice Chancellor, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Dr Rashid Amjad, said this while addressing a more...
Agriculture growth through mobile phone
By Technology Times at May 29, 2012 | 11:53 am | 0 Comment
THE EXPLOSIVE developments taking place especially in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT) have practically converted the concept of global village into a reality. The whole world is now reaping benefits of this phenomenon. According to a recently published report, mobile phones have emerged as a potential mean to effectively address productivity more...
PTCL stimulating economic growth
By Technology Times at May 15, 2012 | 3:12 pm | 0 Comment
By Palwasha Qazi LEADING THE telecommunication industry from the front, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) is now the country's largest converged services carrier, providing all telecommunication services from basic voice telephony to data, internet, video-conferencing and carrier services to consumers, including telecom operators, and the corporate sector more...
Telecom indicators show positive growth
By Technology Times at April 23, 2012 | 1:08 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: The telecom indicators are showing a positive growth despite abysmal state of the economy of Pakistan, with a telecom revenues reaching an all-time high of Rs387.15 billion during the calendar year 2011, reveals the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority in its latest Telecom Review. The telecom players, mostly the mobile network operators, invested more...
Pakistani game developer joins Atari, Kabam
By Technology Times at April 23, 2012 | 1:06 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: A Pakistani social game developer is set to join global gaming giants - Atari and Kabam - after accreditation from 6waves, the largest Facebook game publisher in the world. The Islamabad’s White Rabbit Studios is the only Facebook gaming studio from Pakistan – and in fact the entire South Asian region – to be featured in the list of key social more...
PTCL Smart TV posts 30pc growth in subscribers
By Technology Times at March 17, 2012 | 12:32 pm | 1 Comments
STAFF REPORT IBD: PTCL’s Smart TV (the IPTV service) has witnessed a 30 per cent increase in subscriber base mainly due to the content enhancement and improved service quality. "Bundled deals coupling Voice with DSL and IPTV marked PTCL’s resolve to encourage the usage of high-end services,” reveals a recently published report by PTCL. PTCL has introduced a new more...
S&T development termed key to economic growth
By Technology Times at February 25, 2012 | 2:27 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Developing countries cannot make any significant progress unless they incorporate science and technology in their economic planning. “We are fully aware of the fact that COMSATS member states have several common socio-economic problems and most of these problems cannot be solved unless we break the barriers of isolation in science and technology,” more...
PTCL secures revenue growth
By Technology Times at February 25, 2012 | 2:16 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: PTCL has gained net profit of Rs 2.84 billion in its half-year earnings made during the financial year 2011-12 for the period ended on December 31, while also showing a growth of 7 per cent in revenue. “PTCL’s profits and revenue growth during the first half of FY2011-12 is a strong indicator of our dynamic corporate direction as well as our more...
Agriculture sector growth slows down
By Technology Times at January 28, 2012 | 1:53 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD —The agriculture sector is widely considered the backbone of the countrys economy. But official data show the growth of this sector has slowed down in recent years, largely due to water related woes. Growth of the countrys agriculture sector slowed down to an average of just 2.7 percent in the first decade of this Century as compared to 4.4 percent in more...
