TechLahore

The communication infrastructure in Pakistan, both wired and wireless, is quite incredible. There’s one pet pieve I’d had for a while though, and that’s the lack of inexpensive, true mobile broadband in Lahore. WiMAX is available, but I haven’t come across a USB dongle from Wateen so far. Their rates are also a bit on [...]

What’s that, Tech Lahore? Telenor, the cellular telephony company is about to turn into a bank? Surely you’ve finally lost your blooming mind! What utter malarky, Tech! Go take a cold shower! Well, my learned audience, far from losing his/her mind, Tech Lahore is as sharp as ever. A veritable young whippersnapper, frankly. And the [...]

Telenor Pakistan’s CEO, Tore Johnsen, has been replaced by his Malaysian compadre, Jon Eddy Abdullah. Tore has been in charge since the 2004 launch of Telenor in the country. He has done nothing less than a fabulous job in ensuring market share, delivering a variety of innovative services and creating a pretty compelling brand identity in just [...]