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Kwick manufactures GSM SIM Cards in Pakistan

Kwick’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Waseem Rafi, told that Kwick High Tech and Solutions is the only manufacturer of local GSM SIM cards in the country. It provides the SIM cards with global standards and at better costs.

The company is fully capable of meeting the requirements of GSM industry including 2G and 3G Java and Native Technologies and their SIM applications. The company is providing SIM cards to two local operators while also contacting other cellular operators. The other cellular operators currently import SIM cards from international vendors, mainly from China.

Kwick also provides complete warehousing, distribution and logistic solutions as value added services along with SIM manufacturing. It currently manufactures 3 million SIM cards per month to meet local orders.

Besides SIM cards, Kwick specializes in Smart Cards, E-Passport Solutions, Recharge Vouchers, ID Card Printing, and Biometric Security Solutions.

PTCL brings 3G EVO Tab Eid Offer

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) announced 3G EVO Tab offer for Rs.12, 000 with three months of unlimited internet as a special Eid gift.

The offer will allow customers to save up to Rs. 18,000 on purchase of new PTCL EVO Tab with three months of unlimited internet. The customers will then shift over to normal monthly package and can also avail various volume based post bundle recharge options.

PTCL’s 3G EVO Tab is the country’s first 3G enabled Smartphone Android tablet with in-built EVO Wireless broadband service. PTCL’s Senior Executive Vice President Commmercial, Mr. Naveed Saeed said, “PTCL’s growth as an innovative telecom company is due to its enhanced service quality and product diversity. We are constantly striving to bring products and services that meet our customers’ expectations and empower them to experience the future today.”
The company’s Executive Vice President Wireless Business, Mr. Omar Khalid said, “3G EVO Tab opens up new possibilities for customers with on-the-go connectivity offering a wide range of built-in and downloadable applications.”

EBay reports strong quarterly results

EBay posted strong results for its third quarter, but seems cautious for its next forecast for the holiday season as the war between the big retailers and rivals Amazon.com has boiled up.

The company’s third-quarter revenue was $3.4 billion, which is up by 15% and the profit climbed to $718 million i.e. up by 14%. The revenue matched Wall Street expectations while the profit beat by a penny.

EBay’s forecast for the next quarter revenue stands at $3.85 billion to $ 4 billion and the profit of 66 cents to 69 cents per share. Wall Street’s forecast stands at $3.94 billion, with a profit of 69 cents per share.

RJ Hottovy believes that EBay’s cautious forecast came because the big retailers are planning to match Amazon’s online prices. He said, “It’s probably wise for eBay to err on the side of caution because of this price competition.”

Earlier, EBay tested a revamped version of its website which has worked successfully and is expected to be rolled out soon.

The Pirate Bay shifts to Cloud to avoid Shutdown

The Pirate Bay, which has been accused for encouraging illegal file-sharing, has shifted to the cloud to avoid its shutdown. The site will now operate from cloud-hosting providers around the world. The website believes the move will help in cost saving and will make it hard for the law-enforcers to take it offline. It said: “All attempts to attack [us] from now on are an attack on everything and nothing.”

The site was shut down in 2006 when police in Sweden raided The Pirate Bay and shut down its servers. The site further said, “The site that you’re at will still be here, for as long as we want it to. Only in a higher form of being. A reality to us. A ghost to those who wish to harm us.”

Moreover, a representative of TPB told sources, “Moving to the cloud lets TPB move from country to country, crossing borders seamlessly without downtime.

The hosting providers have no idea that they’re hosting The Pirate Bay, and even in the event they found out it would be impossible for them to gather data on the users.”

The statement issued also said, “If the police decide to raid us again there are no servers to take, just a transit router. If they follow the trail to the next country and find the load balancer, there is just a disk-less server there. In case they find out where the cloud provider is, all they can get are encrypted disk-images.”

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