Special features on telecom have appeared well before Intl Telecom Day this year. The News carried two reasonably interesting pages last Sunday while DAWN carried an advertising supplement today [not online yet]. The Nation ran three articles, two on WLL on its Business pages. PTCL has also been mass mailing an article titled 'Roti, Kapra aur Broadband' to all newspapers, with two appearances today [DAWN, Nation] and one last week [business recorder].
Read these from cover to cover in hopes of getting more than mere market indicators. A good time to ask: Are we getting dazzled by all the 'estimated' stats alone? Where's the hardcore analyses regarding what actual benefits one can obtain from a 'telecom revolution'. What does broadband boil down to in a country like Pakistan for instance?
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well now somebody is trying to give a hint to the new spider editor to evaluate the telecom sector :-) Obviously that'll also mean free marketing for Telenor. Smart thinking. Let's see if it works.
The post specifically mentions cases in point missing the analyses. Read what you see carefully, little 'anon' fella.
WE at Spider have established what and who's interests we guard ages ago. Your useless feedback is not welcome.
Ooch!
HAHAHA! 'little anon fella' sure had it more than one way! Besides, now it's clear to me that the commentators on this blog are more interesting & informed than the majority of contibutors (most of who just post to redirect the audience).
Letting the cat out of the bag? Rather, you're all shooting the messenger.
Certainly there is nothing confusing about little anon's message and my response. Any one taking silly undeserved potshots at my professional integrity--unwelcome and uncalled for--will not get a thank you note from me. I challenge any of you to sit smirking when the same comes around to you.
Re-read: I have inserted three cases in point from the daily press, identifying the lack of analyses in newspapers and a 'supplement' dedicated to telecom. NONE of you have commented on the cases themself. Is the fog clearing now?
Our Chief Ed [and not the new Ed] has dedicated two editorials to telecom--and Spider has in the past published plenty on PTCL and PTA [this to referesh your memory]. The point is, if I quote something from Spider "being-a-good-example", I can see you all still wanting your last word in, jibes mostly, about favoring the publication.
Go back to my post. Newspapers are not publishing enough analyses+comment about the 'big investment' rolling in. What are the consequences for all of us, as members of this society, nationals of Pakistan, and at the end, consumers too. Think about that, instead of looking for an opportunity to challenge my professional affliation [past or present]!
No, you weren't--'anon' was.
Let's focus on the discussion about what we expect [or don't] from the future.
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