WiMAX Launched in Pakistan

23 12 2007

This is an official press release sent to Ammar360.com

Wateen Telecom, an Abu Dhabi Group venture in Pakistan, launches its WiMAX and HFC services for the consumer markets today. The launch will allow Wateen customers to have voice, telephony and broadband internet.

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IPv6

4 12 2007

There is a growing concern of shortage of IP addresses for the internet. It is expected that the internet might “MAX out” in a few years time.

IPv6 is short for “Internet Protocol Version 6″. IPv6 is the “next generation” protocol designed to replace the current version Internet Protocol, IP Version 4 (“IPv4″). Read the rest of this entry »





FAST NUCES Engineering : PEC Accredited!

28 11 2007

Yes people, all six engineering programs offered at the four campuses of the National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences (FAST) has been accredited by the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC). This was decided and declared after the 52nd meeting of the PEC accredition committee…

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WiMAX! What’s all the buzz about?

15 11 2007

I just remembered I had initially thought of frequently including technical articles as part of my Blog, pardon me for being unable to do so. But here I am, with WiMAX!

WiMAX is a new telecommunication technology and it stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access. WiMAX is a commonly used term for broadband wireless metropolitan access networks (MANs) that use a point-to-multipoint architecture. WiMAX adheres to the IEEE 802.16 protocol.

Pakistan is the world’s first country to have a countrywide WiMAX coverage.

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NETCom 2007 – Engineering the Future!

2 04 2007

The Official NETCom 2007 LogoCome what may – we just had to make it successful! A fire burning inside this small team, tied up by a dozen limitations and difficulties. This event just had to be a success for the sake of God knows what, but it just had to!

Emotions ran high in the build up to the event, untiring efforts, work and night stays! Eleventh our crisis and what not!

NETCom 2007 – The first National Engineering and Technology Competition, held at FAST-NUCES (Karachi Campus) forced an unlikely success, much to the surprise of the faculty and students.

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