Nokia E 72 Media Launch – Pakistan – My Thoughts

As promised here are my thoughts about the Nokia E72 Media Launch held on 27th Oct 2009 , at Sheraton Hotel Karachi Pakistan , where Ms Trude Gjaland , Category Head ‘E’ Series Nokia MEA came all the way from Dubai

First it was an event well conducted , the Q & A style with Khurram , Product Manager Nokia Pakistan and Afghanistan , asking questions and Trude and Imran Khalid Mahmood , GM Nokia Pakistan answering them , some may call it a fixed interview , it was but the questions were too the point and answers were too related to the event . A much refreshing setup than people coming on stage and giving speeches .

Trude’s coming to Pakistan shows Nokia’s commitment to the country and it’s market , in these times when travel advisories are being issued for Pakistan , Trude took a bold step to come here , attend the program and also visited the market .

Pakistan may look small on the map but telecom density wise it rivals the developed nations in the west with more than 90 million connections in the population of 170 million . The country has also seen one of the highest telecom growth rates and boost one of the lowest calling rates in the world . On services wise , almost all of Pakistan is GPRS / EDGE equipped with minimum of white areas and with data rates as low as Rs 500 / Month ( USD $6) for an unlimited ( 2 GB Fair Use Policy ) data limit for Nokia E series it’s a lucrative market .

Trude’s visit to Pakistan emphasizes on the importance of Pakistan in Nokia’s portfolio , she is not the first to come to Pakistan earlier in June Mr. Head of N Series MEA came to Karachi on Nokia N97 launch .

Source: http://senseapplied.com/

Mobiles Sans IMEI Numbers Face Disconnec

Almost a yearlong saga of banning non-IMEI laden, cheap Chinese phones still goes on. Following the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, the government had directed the cellphone companies to bar mobile phones with no or spoofed IMEIs from their networks. That, however, was not strongly implemented with a number of flip-flops from both - the government and the cellphone manufacturers.

Almost a year on, in its latest move, the Indian Cellular Association (ICA) has announced that cellphones without IMEI will face disconnections by December. The announcement comes following a DoT directive where mobile operators were asked to disallow calls from such handsets to be completed. There are an estimated 25 million such handsets in circulation across the country - owing to which replacement of all such handsets is a difficult proposition. The only way out as the ICA has figured out is to make people aware about the advantages of a using phone with a valid IMEI and request users of all such phones to migrate to another phone before the cut-ff date. In fact, the ICA had started a countrywide campaign in order to make the transition from a non-IMEI phone to a legal one smooth.

Apart from being a security concern, these phones had also started eating onto shares of genuine manufacturers who were unable to compete with unbranded Chinese phones in terms of price and features. Quality wise though, it's a no contest.

Source: http://www.techtree.com/

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