Pakistan Mobile Sector Grows and Gets More International with the Launch of MobileMonday Chapter in Karachi
Helsinki, Finland, September 27, 2010 --(PR.com)-- MobileMonday celebrates 10 years of collaboration, community, and innovation with the new chapter launch in Karachi, Pakistan. With Karachi becoming its 106th chapter, MobileMonday is now active in all continents. Karachi mobile community will join the worldwide group of mobile movers and shakers under the direction of Rehan Allahwala, CEO of Super Technologies and inventor of DIDX as well as other telecom, mobile, social media and social networking innovations.
The Pakistan telecom sector is opening up with new possibilities and opportunities. After the de-regulation of its telecom and mobile sectors in 2003 - 2004, 14 long distance and international licenses were awarded with another 38 fixed local loop licenses and 17 wireless local loop licenses. In 2005, the Pakistan Telecom Sector was the first country in South Asia to successfully implement Mobile Number Portability (MNP). As of late 2008, there were 90.5 million mobile phone subscribers in Pakistan according to the annual Pakistan Telecom Authority report. In 2007/08 the Pakistan telecom sector totalled $1,438 million USD Foreign Direct investment, which counts 27 percent of total FDI (foreign direct investment) for Pakistan.
"Pakistan is a huge mobile market with plenty of innovation and potential that rest of the world should be aware of. We hope that with the MobileMonday partnership, Pakistani businesses can benefit from our global network as well create a vibrant ecosystem locally,” said Jari Tammisto, CEO of MobileMonday Global.
"The positive changes after de-regulation, have made Pakistan a hotbed for the next generation of empowering mobile applications and services. Our goal for MobileMonday Karachi is to educate the global mobile community about the opportunities available in Pakistan as well as enable local business to continue their innovative work by creating an interactive network for finding partners, investors and clients. We want to see MobileMonday Karachi as a key influencer for the mobile industry in Pakistan," commented Rehan Allahwala, founder of Karachi, Pakistan Mobile Monday chapter.
MobileMonday will hold a live signing session for the MobileMonday Karachi chapter with Rehan Allahwala in Helsinki during the MobileMonday’s 10th Anniversary Summit on Monday 27th September. Rehan will also be presenting in the Peer Awards for the base of pyramid category during the Summit. The MobileMonday 10th Anniversary Summit takes place in Helsinki and Tallinn from 27th-29th September 2010.
Other MobileMonday launches before the end of 2010 will include Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Cairo, Egypt, and Ahmedabad, India.
Individuals and organizations wishing to get involved with the new Karachi, Pakistan Mobile Monday chapter should contact Rehan Allahwala on rehan(at)rehan.com.
For more information:
Jari Tammisto, CEO, MoMo Global
Tel: +358 400 333 366
jari.tammisto(at)mobilemonday.fi
Rehan Allahwala, founder, MoMo Karachi
Tel: +1 850 433 8555
rehan(at)rehan.com
About Mobile Monday
MobileMonday (MoMo) is an open community platform of mobile industry visionaries, developers and influential individuals fostering brand neutral cooperation and cross-border P2P business opportunities through live networking events to demo products, share ideas and discuss trends from both local and global markets. For more information, visit http://www.mobilemonday.net/.
About Super Technologies, Inc.
Incorporated in Pensacola, Florida, USA in 1999, the company specializes in wholesale and hosted for rebrand direct inward dialing and enhanced services such as DIDXchange and CFMS (call forward management system). The ecosystems and marketplaces serve over 17,000 mobile operators, MVNOs, incumbents, CLECS and other IP communications service providers and entrepreneurs. Rehan Allahwala is the CEO and co-founder, and his team will be available at ITEXPO West as well as CTIA Enterprise and Applications conferences for business development regarding the company's services and Mobile Monday.
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The Pakistan telecom sector is opening up with new possibilities and opportunities. After the de-regulation of its telecom and mobile sectors in 2003 - 2004, 14 long distance and international licenses were awarded with another 38 fixed local loop licenses and 17 wireless local loop licenses. In 2005, the Pakistan Telecom Sector was the first country in South Asia to successfully implement Mobile Number Portability (MNP). As of late 2008, there were 90.5 million mobile phone subscribers in Pakistan according to the annual Pakistan Telecom Authority report. In 2007/08 the Pakistan telecom sector totalled $1,438 million USD Foreign Direct investment, which counts 27 percent of total FDI (foreign direct investment) for Pakistan.
"Pakistan is a huge mobile market with plenty of innovation and potential that rest of the world should be aware of. We hope that with the MobileMonday partnership, Pakistani businesses can benefit from our global network as well create a vibrant ecosystem locally,” said Jari Tammisto, CEO of MobileMonday Global.
"The positive changes after de-regulation, have made Pakistan a hotbed for the next generation of empowering mobile applications and services. Our goal for MobileMonday Karachi is to educate the global mobile community about the opportunities available in Pakistan as well as enable local business to continue their innovative work by creating an interactive network for finding partners, investors and clients. We want to see MobileMonday Karachi as a key influencer for the mobile industry in Pakistan," commented Rehan Allahwala, founder of Karachi, Pakistan Mobile Monday chapter.
MobileMonday will hold a live signing session for the MobileMonday Karachi chapter with Rehan Allahwala in Helsinki during the MobileMonday’s 10th Anniversary Summit on Monday 27th September. Rehan will also be presenting in the Peer Awards for the base of pyramid category during the Summit. The MobileMonday 10th Anniversary Summit takes place in Helsinki and Tallinn from 27th-29th September 2010.
Other MobileMonday launches before the end of 2010 will include Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Cairo, Egypt, and Ahmedabad, India.
Individuals and organizations wishing to get involved with the new Karachi, Pakistan Mobile Monday chapter should contact Rehan Allahwala on rehan(at)rehan.com.
For more information:
Jari Tammisto, CEO, MoMo Global
Tel: +358 400 333 366
jari.tammisto(at)mobilemonday.fi
Rehan Allahwala, founder, MoMo Karachi
Tel: +1 850 433 8555
rehan(at)rehan.com
About Mobile Monday
MobileMonday (MoMo) is an open community platform of mobile industry visionaries, developers and influential individuals fostering brand neutral cooperation and cross-border P2P business opportunities through live networking events to demo products, share ideas and discuss trends from both local and global markets. For more information, visit http://www.mobilemonday.net/.
About Super Technologies, Inc.
Incorporated in Pensacola, Florida, USA in 1999, the company specializes in wholesale and hosted for rebrand direct inward dialing and enhanced services such as DIDXchange and CFMS (call forward management system). The ecosystems and marketplaces serve over 17,000 mobile operators, MVNOs, incumbents, CLECS and other IP communications service providers and entrepreneurs. Rehan Allahwala is the CEO and co-founder, and his team will be available at ITEXPO West as well as CTIA Enterprise and Applications conferences for business development regarding the company's services and Mobile Monday.
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Super Technologies, Inc.
Suzanne Bowen
+1 850-433-8555
www.didx.net
+1 850-207-2598
Suzanne Bowen
+1 850-433-8555
www.didx.net
+1 850-207-2598
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