Comments for The Telecom Diehards

Comment on Is The Pakistani Telecom Sector Really Saturated? by ali baloch

ali baloch — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:38:24 +0000

well comments given by well professional pesons,im a student,but still im of the opinion that Telecomm Sectored is not still saturated in Pakistan due to the economic and law and order breakers are causing great haults time by time.
Few years ago,when foeign investment in the field of Telecommunication started,it looked that the Tele Density in Pakistan will grow much faster than any country has ever achieved.
Due to the Poliltical termoils caused by politicians who build policies have grown much higher which haulted the foreign investment in the country.
The importance that Telecomm field brought and how it could go much faster can be rreaalized from the fact that the energy crisis in just two years increased so high.it was the Telecommunication industry which is greatly responsible for this crisis.
Every Telecomm Operator operates nearly 50,000 BTS(i.e towers that our cell phones communicate with).it can be imagined how important was the development of this sector was for Pakistan.
There is still a grreat monopoly going in Telecomm sector by present operators,which are stopping the entance of new players in the market.which ultimately stops saturation.
For only thhis reason we are getting services like hellotunes,n crappy stuff like this.
The value added services in this field are beyond our imaginations,which we ae not achieving.
Investment from countries like China and India should be increased,which are great global emerging economies of the World.

Comment on Is The Pakistani Telecom Sector Really Saturated? by Murtaza

Murtaza — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:53:09 +0000

I think Telecom is doing same all over the world. Economic crisis is all over the world these days.But for sure in Pakistan due to security issues and its political instability foreign investors will refrain from making any investment.A fresh example is British Airlines recently terminated its flight between UK and Islamabad.

Comment on Is The Pakistani Telecom Sector Really Saturated? by taqi

taqi — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:53:46 +0000

I think, this is not the “settling down phase”, this is laying off phase after which settling phase will start. Regardind NO layoffs, recently 2 months ago this phase started in NSN covering a figure of around 300 layoffs.

Comment on Is The Pakistani Telecom Sector Really Saturated? by Arslan Rana

Arslan Rana — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:55:29 +0000

The article is very well written and touches on many points.However i could not hold out on some of the points that are still to be told to our younger,grooming telecoms generation that is still holding onto the telecoms bandwagon in Pakistan and also for freshers ventruing into the field.For this some light needs to be reflected by looking from outside the telecom industry and towards our higher education system.

We know as a fact that every year thousands of electrical/IT/telecom engineers are being produced from our engng. universities.Due to the limited industry infrastructure in Pakistan they also posses narrow pathways for a good career path.The same is not the case in western/developed countries.Every graduated field has a developed and lucrative industry thriving.Be it arts,music,journalism,chefs(!),sculpting,archeology etc…this is provided to the students there with diverse career options and with good counseling.Sadly this point is still ignored at large here w/o a BADLY needed emphasis during their final years (forgot about counselling in high schools!) in the universities.It is common to see “compulsory classes” held at the end of the final semesters (with no credit ratings) in good western universities, which shows them the different industry statistics in which they have opted and to prepare them for rude shocks if any.

I have also seen a large number of engineers who if given other options, would have gladly switched the fields, but have succumbed to our stereo typed and ‘dictated’ pre-med, pre-eng and ‘commerce’ fad.The end result is predictable, of one unbalanced market(telecom) with mostly unsatisfied customers(engineers).

Also I think the term ’stability’ may be a positive term for the american market and as such wont be a huge difference to them (as they have stability matrix of for all odd jobs into certain brackets) but in our scenario i think of the telecom market taking the shape of common DSL/networking companies with rampant job abuse by giving meagre salaries of 8k to 15k.

I wish all this woould prove to be wrong, but to be realistic the, cutlural and education dynamics have to be taken into scope.

Comment on Is The Pakistani Telecom Sector Really Saturated? by Mehak Aslam Khan

Mehak Aslam Khan — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:57:12 +0000

Well explained facts.

Yes, keep the fingers crossed.

Regards

Comment on Is The Pakistani Telecom Sector Really Saturated? by Asad abbas

Asad abbas — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:33:16 +0000

very much agree with umar but my question is that can we see the exact boom in near future as one or two new operators are expected to arrive for 3G.

Comment on Is The Pakistani Telecom Sector Really Saturated? by Kashif

Kashif — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:44:10 +0000

Very elaborately described the facts and factors related to the topic.

Comment on Is The Pakistani Telecom Sector Really Saturated? by Amjad

Amjad — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:16:57 +0000

ya m also strongly agree with the writer as the telecom sector is at a very nascent stage yet , it will goes towards 3G ,4G and there will be a tremendous growth but one thing is obvious that all this depends upon the economic, political and security conditions of tne country.

Comment on Is The Pakistani Telecom Sector Really Saturated? by Muhammad Umair (zong quetta)

Muhammad Umair (zong quetta) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:16:02 +0000

Well i belive what evr Mr. umar has written is the fact at present we are at a setteling stage which doesnot mean saturation also we should prpare ourselves for the upcoming technologies rather then blaming that we are stucked at a place due to saturation or limited opprotunities which i believe are never limited.

Comment on Is The Pakistani Telecom Sector Really Saturated? by Naveed

Naveed — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:51:20 +0000

Dear, i partially agree. Why don’t you know that companies like DanCom, RedTone and many LDIs has laid off their employees. The big giants have stopped further recuitment.

Naveed