Samsung SGH-E700… now with Android?

Imagine my sudden, unexpected excitement when I...

My iPhone 15 Pro Max SLi Ultra Ghia Plus strategy

So there's a new iPhone about to...

Acision boost Pak Telecom’s SMSC capacity by 700%

Got this in from Acision today. Remember Acision — they were formed after the purchase of LogicaCMG’s Telecoms Products business and formally launched in June this year. Well they’ve just upgraded capacity by 700%. So if you’re in Pakistan, you can now get texting like no tomorrow!

Acision today announces that following a competitive tender, leading Pakistani operator Pak Telecom Mobile Limited (PTML) has upgraded its Acision high performance Short Message Service Centre (SMSC) to support rapid uptake of SMS for its mobile service brand, Ufone. PTML is expanding Ufone’s messaging capacity by 700% to handle very high volumes of messaging traffic and provide subscribers with a consistently high-quality messaging experience.

The mobile market in Pakistan has been experiencing strong and sustained development, reaching above 60 million subscribers across the country, while still only at a 40% penetration level. In Pakistan’s unsaturated market which is experiencing falling handset costs, there are a high number of new subscribers to compete for, with most operators adding an average of half a million subscribers per month. However as penetration levels rise, mobile operators will have to differentiate on superior service levels if they are to avoid simply competing on price.

Recently Published

Samsung SGH-E700… now with Android?

Imagine my sudden, unexpected excitement when I saw this email and subject in my inbox this morning: "OMG," I thought. "Have they actually done...

Why you need GadgetsOman (or similar) in your life

About four days ago I got a familiar WhatsApp message from the team at GadgetsOman. It was just a day or so after the...

My iPhone 15 Pro Max SLi Ultra Ghia Plus strategy

So there's a new iPhone about to launch. It's not that different from the one I've already got (iPhone 14 Pro Max). The camera is slightly...

Microsoft Surface Duo: Insert lament post here

I was reading Ron Amaedo’s post on ArsTechnica earlier today about the ending of software upgrade support for the first edition of the Microsoft...

“Apple will only sell 100,000 of their headsets in the first year” Really?

BGR reports a TrendForce estimate that Apple will sell 100k units of their new headset when released and says “but that’s still a big...

The BlackBerry Movie: Worth a look, but it’s heavy on fiction

I went to see the BlackBerry movie last night here in Dubai. I was astonished to find the movie theatre almost full, apart from...