Contract signed between USF, Telenor: Universal Service Fund (USF) and Telenor have entered into a Rs 930 million contract to provide basic telephony and data services to the population in the yet un-served areas of Mirpur Khas “Lot”, consisting of un-served areas in, Sanghar, Tharparkar, Umerkot and Mirpur Khas districts. Telenor, Jon Eddy Abdullah and Chief Executive Officer – Universal Service Fund, Parvez Iftikhar signed the contract.

IBM declares Inbox as the “Fastest Growing Business Partner in 2008”: Inbox achieves yet another award from IBM as it is declared as the “Fastest Growing Business Partner in 2008”. Being a Premier Business Partner of IBM, Inbox is authorized to provide IBM Server and Storage solutions to medium and large organizations.

Wateen Telecom to Implement Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence: Wateen Telecom has chosen IBM Services, Software, System Storage and System P to improve its organizational performance and operations in order to provide a single version of integrated corporate information. Wateen offers a complete range of carrier-class telecom and multimedia services along with a host of other value-added services.

Motorola introduces new Digital Assistant MC55 phone: Motorola has unveiled a new mobile phone MC55 Enterprise Digital Assistant. This phone is specifically designed for the mobile workers the phone is the smallest and lightest addition to its EDA line-up. The Motorola MC55 EDA phone comes with a 3.5 inch display screen and a full QWERTY keyboard that enables easy input of data. Operating System is Windows Mobile 6.1, the phone also integrates various features that meet the business user’s requirement.