10. No cell phones made in Pakistan
09. Not much of Urdu services or local content (who needs it when you are having so much fun)
08. Driving + talking on mobile = Accidents …. And no one is doing anything about it
07. People using their phone as a status symbol
06. No unlimited calling plans
05. Silly advertising which is completely out of touch with ground realities
04. PTA: Sleepy customer service + a lousy web site where finding information is a pain
03. Too many fancy schmancy services (eg mobile TV) but 3G and data services are still a rip off
02. Prime Minister firing off a statement every few days about rising mobile subscriber numbers, implying that all our problems are now solved and demanding that all the foreign investment should flow to Pakistan.
01. Mobile phone snatching
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May 8, 2007 at 9:47 am
Osama A.
Doesn’t seem like Babar wrote this. I can’t imagine him saying “fancy shmancy”
May 8, 2007 at 10:28 am
Babar Bhatti
I’ll take that as a compliment
May 8, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Aaqil Mahmood
PTA: Sleepy customer service + a lousy web site where finding information is a pain
ITS REALLY TRUE PTA SUXS
May 9, 2007 at 7:13 am
Raza
pointing out of cellular media plans is truly narrow
May 10, 2007 at 7:55 pm
permood
http://www.mobilemarkaz.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=6
May 10, 2007 at 7:56 pm
permood
http://www.mobilemarkaz.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=6
May 11, 2007 at 11:46 am
Abdussamad Abdurrazzaq
By 9 are you implying that mobile phone companies don’t need to create local content because business is so good as it is?
May 12, 2007 at 8:39 am
Babar Bhatti
Abdussamad - No 9 is a complaint. I’d like more content is Urdu. But industry is so busy making money that no one cares about people who need Urdu content.
May 13, 2007 at 10:15 am
aijaz
for 9
its not only mobile industry its everywhere
they arent working to create the business they just wanted to find easy money
and this IMHO gives opportunity to someone really competent
we need some ‘google’ in pakistan
February 7, 2008 at 9:02 pm
K
these comments r stupid….u ppl r nt thankful tht u r getting atleast all those services in Pak with such low prices…come to USA or other country where u r even charged for receiving an SMS…wht to talk abt receiving a call…. and according to my visit to USA cell ph snactching is more common here.feel some shame….!!!! still not happy with 5 carriers…and the 6th one (wateen) being launched.compare to the States where AT&T and T-mobile(only 2) r ruling…in addition to net10 and verizon.