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Jazz acquires TPL Insurance as the telecom giant secures a 76.33% stake in the digital-first insurer to expand its financial services ecosystem in Pakistan.

Jazz Officially Owns TPL Insurance After Blockbuster Rs4.55 Billion Deal

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-07-14

KARACHI: Jazz International Holding Limited has closed its takeover of TPL Insurance Limited, handing Pakistan’s largest telecom operator direct control of one of the country’s most closely watched insurers. TPL Corp Limited confirmed the transaction on July 13, 2026, in a disclosure filed with the Pakistan Stock Exchange under Section 96 of the Securities Act, ... Read more

Google Pixel phone motherboards stripped and clustered into low carbon cloud computing server rack as Google old phones cloud computing project launches at UC San Diego 2026

Google Is Building a Data Center From 2,000 Old Smartphones

Nayab Fatima2026-07-10

This is not the time to dismiss your outdated smartphone as completely useless. This idea is being tested by Google in collaboration with University of California San Diego. The Google old phones cloud computing project aims to set up a data center using 2,000 refurbished Pixel phone motherboards from the university campus in the fall ... Read more

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Huawei Launches Pura 80 Pro and Ultra Refurbished Models at Up to 70% Discount

Nayab Fatima2026-07-10

The refurbished units of Huawei Pura 80 Pro, Pro+, and Ultra have been made available for sale by Huawei. This means that the company now sells refurbished phones from among the best of flagships the Chinese technology firm has launched recently. One can buy a Huawei Pura 80 Pro refurbished at up to 70 percent ... Read more

Pakistan mobile phone production rises as local manufacturers assemble 2 million handsets in May 2026, meeting 86% of domestic mobile phone demand.

Pakistan Mobile Phone Production Hits 2 Million, Imports Lose More Ground

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-07-07

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s mobile phone assemblers picked up the pace in May, churning out 2.0 million handsets, a 10% jump from April’s 1.81 million units. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority released the figures this week, and they mark one of the stronger monthly readings the local industry has posted in recent memory. Local factories now cover 86% ... Read more

Pakistan telecom laws reform highlighted as IT Minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja outlines the country's roadmap for 5G and digital infrastructure expansion.

Pakistan’s Outdated Telecom Laws Can’t Support 5G, IT Minister Warns

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-07-06

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan telecom law was written for the 2G era and cannot support the demands of 5G technology, Information Technology Minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja said on Sunday as she defended a telecom amendment bill that a parliamentary committee is now reviewing after lawmakers raised concerns over several clauses. Pakistan Telecom Laws Lag Behind The Minister of ... Read more

SpaceX AI Smartphone prototype reportedly shown to investors before the company's IPO.

SpaceX Secret AI Smartphone Prototype Revealed Before Historic IPO

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-07-03

Elon Musk’s SpaceX quietly showed investors a prototype AI-powered smartphone weeks before its blockbuster stock market debut, The Wall Street Journal reported, even as Musk publicly dismissed the device as fiction. According to sources, SpaceX revealed a sleek, handset-type gadget to a selected few investors and other stakeholders before its IPO in June. Sources also ... Read more

Apple new iPhone models including foldable iPhone during global memory chip shortage

Apple Unleashes Five New iPhones Models Despite Global Chip Shortage

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-07-02

Apple has chosen the worst possible moment for a memory chip drought to launch its most aggressive iPhone offensive in years and industry sources say that’s exactly the point. Apple is planning an ambitious iPhone launch for the second half of this year and first half of 2027 with at least five new models and ... Read more

Telenor Pakistan merger receives final Islamabad High Court approval as PTML completes the telecom amalgamation

Telenor Pakistan Officially Disappears as Court Clears Historic PTCL Merger

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-07-01

ISLAMABAD: Telenor Pakistan‘s operations as an independent company is over. The Islamabad High Court approved its amalgamation into Pak Telecom Mobile Limited (PTML) on Tuesday, closing out a merger that has been in motion since late last year. PTCL notified the Pakistan Stock Exchange the same day. Company Secretary Zahida Awan filed the disclosure under ... Read more

WhatsApp usernames allow users to chat without sharing their phone numbers as Meta rolls out a major privacy update.

WhatsApp Finally Ditches Phone Numbers With Game-Changing Username Privacy Feature

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-06-30

Users will no longer need to give out their contact information in order to communicate with other users on WhatsApp. Meta announced that WhatsApp has started letting users communicate through reserved usernames instead of sharing their phone numbers. The old system forced an awkward trade-off. Anyone holding your number could message you directly on WhatsApp ... Read more

Ufone 5G in Islamabad showing live sites near Jinnah Avenue, Margalla Road and Islamabad Expressway

Ufone 5G Goes Live in Islamabad, Delivers Over 300Mbps in Early Speed Tests

Nayab Fatima2026-06-30

ISLAMABAD: For the first time since its lagging 5G rollout in Pakistan, Ufone is now moving forward to activate its Ufone 5G in Islamabad. It is a crucial catch-up move by Ufone as the company has been witnessing their rivals setting up 5G network in Islamabad despite its absence. The Ufone 5G coverage map for ... Read more

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