Huawei’s Boss Reveals His Success Mantra

Huawei is a world’s leading technology manufacturer that has recorded numerous milestone in its 28 year journey. Huawei is among those few business empires that are turned into a multinational with a very little investment to start. In case of Huawei, Mr. Ren Zhengfei had started with just 21000 yuan and look at the $60 billion revenue generating giant today. Recently, in his talk to a media agency in China, Huawei’s home, the boss has revealed his success mantra and left the young businessmen to inspire with his approach towards business. For Mr. Ren the idea of goals, in his own words, are; “Our goal is to blaze a trail into No Man's Land in the telecom industry."

Huawei has outgrown from the home country and spread across the nations and regions in a robust fashion. Today, Huawei is not a top international technology brand only, but the tech giant has evolved to be a national brand in most of the countries. Customers in such countries prefer Huawei smart phone and products more than any other brand. The confidence Huawei has given to the consumer markets are unreachable for the contemporaries. In the markets across the globe, Huawei is engulfing shares of once top brands with a great pace and soon it will be the world’s number 1 technology brand, for sure.

Huawei CEO also admitted that the policies of the Government of China during the initial years of Huawei turned in favor of the Huawei company. Nevertheless, the heavy tax burdens on the company in the same period convinced most of the colleagues and friends of Mr. Ren that he must give up. But, later Shenzhen decided to not to levy taxes on the companies until the companies start earning profits. This reinforced the efforts of the Huawei founder to establish stronger footings for the company and to target the telecom sector with only dozens of employees. Mr. Ren said. “When we evolved into a company with hundreds or even thousands of people, we were still focusing on the same thing. And this remains the same case when we currently have more than 100,000 employees. We are targeting it with intensive bombardment."

Huawei, on a yearly basis, is investing more than $15 billion in the telecom sector in a way that it equally focuses on the R&D and the marketing. And parallel to this Huawei has been appreciating the win-win situation for all the enterprises to work like an information society, as Huawei is the a leader in bid data transmission as well. It is pertinent to mention here as Mr. Ren said, Huawei has learned and adopted the best from the Western corporate structures and management philosophies. (Although, Huawei claims to have even better management than the western corporate). In a rough estimate Huawei has 20,000 more management staff as compared to the Erricson that costs around $4 billion more in the management fee for the company. And now the company is focusing to optimize the structure and improving the efficiency at its best.

In the pursuance to achieve the goal of streamlining and improving management at Huawei, the company has been engaging the top of management profile personnel in the company. For instance, the retired director of Toyota motors served as an incharge senior management team in Huawei for 10 years. Similarly, German engineers also remained the part of Huawei for decades. This also depicts Huawei’s multinational approach and the concept of globalization, where Huawei does not confine itself to the borders or boundaries of any nature.

On the production side, Huawei had started from producing the products of 10,000 yuan value and eventually moved to the worth of billions of dollar value. Huawei is moving towards the heights of success and progressing towards something really big. And the most special about this progression is the steady graph of consistent growth. 

Mr. Ren also described that when Huawei started foreign ventures Huawei sought help from the consultants around the world and put the things in a best possible fashion.  And again here, Huawei is now on its mark to make things simpler and easy in this sphere as well. Huawei has proved to be among the companies adopting the modern business tactics and strategies so readily.

In the end Mr. Ren also expressed his deep concerns and determination to keep two factors under control for Huawei’s success. First one was focusing on the employees so they must not go slower with the ever increasing number of staff and the company’s boundaries. Secondly, Huawei must go for the intellectual property rights, however the physical property rights are already protected by law.

Overall, Huawei’s success story is fascinating and the way Mr. Ren devised his success mantras are even inspiring. Huawei is strongly accepted by the consumer markets across the globe. With the similar pace and progression future is “Huawei”.

Samsung Electronics’ Curved Monitors Earn Performance Validation from Harvard Medical School Research Study

Intensive testing finds curved monitors improve focus and reduce eye discomfort for users   compared with flat-screen alternatives   
 

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and its cutting-edge SE790C curved monitor deliver a more comfortable and less strenuous user viewing experience than comparable flat-screen alternatives offer, according to the results of a recently-completed Harvard Medical School study.

  

The complete findings of the research paper – “Comparison of Flat and Curved Monitors: Eyestrain Caused by Intensive Visual Search Task” – were unveiled during the Society of Information Display’s (SID) annual Display Week, held last week in San Francisco. The Harvard Medical School research team, led by Drs. Eli Peli and Gang Luo, presented its curved monitor findings during the event’s May 26 Curved and 3D Displays research segment.

Through its study, researchers from the Schepens Eye Research Institute, Mass Eye and Ear at the Harvard Medical School aimed to explore the health effects of computer screen exposure and gauge the potential to reduce symptoms of Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) through curved monitor usage. During its research, the Harvard Medical School team asked participants with 20/20 or better near visual acuities to view content on both a 34-inch version of Samsung’s SE790C curved monitor and a comparable flat-screen alternative.

Each participant was asked to complete pre- and post-viewing questionnaires to measure their comfort levels across 22 unique vision symptoms. The rigorous proportion testing found that significantly more participants reported certain worsening symptoms when viewing the flat-screen monitor than with the curved monitor, including eyestrain, difficulty focusing, blurred vision and tired eyes.

“Through innovative design and a host of viewer-friendly features, Samsung’s curved monitors are optimized to offer the most immersive, comfortable and vivid viewing experience possible,” said Seog-gi Kim, Senior Vice President, Visual Display Business, Samsung Electronics. “The results of the Harvard Medical School study further validate our promise to deliver high-quality visual environments that are less taxing and more enjoyable, and we will continue to introduce new innovations that exceed our customers’ expectations.”

An upgrade to the varying center-to-edge viewing distances common among standard flat-screen displays, Samsung’s SE790C displays employ a near equidistant design formatted to match the natural shape of the human eye. This edge-to-edge, 3000R curve creates an extensive and complete view that comfortably immerses viewers into the picture. Through its wide viewing angle, best-in-class 3,000:1 static contrast ratio and ability to deter external light interference, the SE790C display delivers exceptional picture quality and performance for long-duration use scenarios such as gaming and movie viewing.

Huawei Honor 5A & 5A Plus, Rumors or Reality

Huawei is keeping its promise to aggressively compete against its competitor in the mid-range and top-end smartphone market. Huawei, the company seems to be being uncompromisingly issue new products mainly in the form of a smartphone.  There were already some variants of smartphones that have been issued, for example Honor 5X released few months ago aimed at mid-range segment.

Besides Huawei also issued P9 and Mate 8 for high-end segment. Now Huawei is also preparing two new smartphones to compete in the entry-level segment reportedly. The product is Huawei Honor 5A and 5A Plus. Huawei 5A and 5A Plus is the next generation phone in mid range handsets. Both variants are already passed the certification TENAA, so it can be ascertained if the two will soon be launched in the Chinese market.

The Honor 5A is the smaller variant of the Honor 5A Plus. The Honor 5A is expected to feature a 5-inch HD display, a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, 2GB RAM and 16GB onboard storage which is expandable with a microSD slot. According to rumors it will has 13-megapixel primary camera. This variant will also be equipped with a battery capacity of 2200 mAh.

Honor 5A Plus, will carry a 5.5-inch wide screen with a resolution of 720 pixels HD display. This smartphone will be supported with octa-core 1.8 GHz processor and 2 GB of RAM to bring the internal storage of 16 GB which is expandable. The primary camera will be 13 MP & the secondary camera will be 8 MP and the battery capacity will be carried in the amount of 3000 mAh. Nevertheless, it is not certain about the information and release schedule Huawei Honor 5A and 5A Plus it. Clearly, these two smartphones will be targeting the entry level.

Huawei Brings An Innovative Approach in Latest Technology

Innovation is a key to success in the technology spheres. With the ever changing environment around the world, varying demands and accelerating pace of life urges a true technology manufacturer to be a step ahead every time. Huawei has adopted the same innovative approach in the latest technology. It has been generally relying on a large R&D team across the world for manufacturing the best possible devices. Subsequently, the company has witnessed steeper upward growth in the market with respect to brand success and revenue generation.

Among the most innovative products of Huawei is the all new Matebook, recently launched. The Matebook also ushered Huawei into a new technology sphere, where a smart phone manufacturer now became a brand of PCs as well. The Matebook has ultra modern features to offer the Huawei brand lovers.  The Matebook, is the first laptop by Huawei to begin with PC manufacturing, also accelerated the company’s chase to the over take global technology competitor for the 2nd largest technology manufacturer title. Samsung and Apple must have taken it seriously because so far this is quite evident from the smart phone market growth that Huawei has some serious sort of guts.

Moreover, Huawei has been planning to get into the productive games. Again, the company is focusing to bring innovation in this field through its strong research and development skills. If Huawei succeeded in its endeavors the whole concept of modern gaming will be revolutionized. As per the rumors, Huawei is up to something really exciting and the current year will bring the surprise for game lovers, certainly.

Apart from the above said Huawei has brought real advancements in the smart phones. Last year, when Huawei introduced Huawei Nexus 6P in USA, huge media hype had generated. Huawei Nexus 6P was acclaimed as one of most innovative technology products in USA.  And again this year a whole new idea has surprised the market when Huawei P9 launched by the technology giant. In the all new Huawei flagship smart phone, Huawei P9, a dual camera has been incorporated. The innovation was resulted when Huawei joined hands with the best camera brand in the world, Lieca. The dual camera of Huawei P9 has altered the way of photography that ultimately changes the way we see the world. Huawei is the only technology brand that has been successfully transforming ideas into reality and achieving the best customer response across the globe.

Huawei G9 Lite To Offer Great Smart Phone Features

Huawei has released it’s all new mid range smart phone in China and the smart phone is named as Huawei G9. It has been appeared that the Huawei Technologies is eager to take larger shares of smart phones market all across the world. On the other hand Huawei has already declared its plans to reap maximum successes in this year. And the second quarter of the year has depicted it crystal clear that Huawei is strongly determined and consistent to achieve the set goals. One after the other Huawei has been setting records of higher sales and greater accolades for the products and especially in the second quarter market has witnessed an even wider range of variety offered by Huawei.

Huawei G9 is just another addition in the smart phone models by Huawei in the market. According to technology experts G9 is an alternative to the newly launched (in the international market) high end smart phone, Huawei P9 or more accurately Huawei G9 and Huawei P9 Lite stands on the same position.

G9 Lite offers a single rear side camera with a stronger resolution of 13MP that lies that throws an impression of Huawei’s camera conscious features incorporated in the smart phones and fulfillment of customers’ demand more like an obligation. The front camera has a specification of 8MP resolution that enables smarter and elegant selfies of the user a reality.  Huawei G9 Lite also prepared with an attractive design to allure the attentions towards a mid range phone.

Moreover, pictures capturing becomes a fun with a 5.2” larger display screen with a resolution of 1080p. Apart from this it bears 2 GHz octa core processor and a Kirin 650 chip. The chipset further smoothen the operation of the smart phone when combines with 3GB heavy RAM and 16GB internal storage. Huawei G9 Lite has Android 6.0 Marshmallow along with Emotion U.

G9 Lite has a fingerprint supporting feature as well and the price for this amazingly great mid range smart device is the best affordable in Chinese market. Hope the customers here in Pakistan will celebrate Huawei G9 once it gets launched in Pakistan as well.

Once Again Huawei On The Top

According to The report of the World Intellectual Property Organization (generally known as WIPO) Huawei has set a remarkable position with respect to the patent application number during the year of 2015. Also in the same year a new record of patent applications has set with a huge number of 218000 patent application submitted to the WIPO. Moreover, China was the fastest growing country in terms of the number of patent applications filed last year, while USA stood in the first position.

 Last year, China came up with 29800 applications after USA’s 57400 and Japan’s 44200 applications. However, according to the statistics China has witnessed the growth in patent application with 16.8%, making it top in the order of the fastest growing countries like South Korea and Israel. Further, it was Huawei as a top enterprise with 3898 applications followed by 2442 applications of Qualcomm and 2155 applications of Chinese company ZTE.

Even during a ceremony of National People’s Congress, Chinese Prime Minister –Mr. Li Keqiang admitted that in the year 2015, China has focused towards the intellectual property rights and clearly among the telecommunication enterprises, Huawei took the lead. With a renewal of a global patent cross licensing between Huawei and Ericsson, communication and technology industry accepted the importance and a dire need of protecting their rights for the better development of technology in the future. And Huawei’s consistent progressive mode in this respect has been showing the high commitment of the company for the best and most advanced technological innovations in the future.

Huawei is the fastest growing smart phones brand in most of the regions around the world, most importantly in Europe. Huawei has been obtaining a large number of patent applications in Europe as well. As per the European Patent office report, Huawei has been ranked among the top ten in 2015 with 498 granted patent applications. However, in the digital communications spheres Huawei stood at the top with 1198 patents. Also the current rate of Huawei’s patent applications is growing annually with an increase of 1300 applications globally.

Moreover, it is pertinent to mention that Huawei has not only surpassed in its own intellectual property reserve, but it has been working with other technology and communication enterprises globally. Huawei considers the patents highly important for its future growth, technological innovations and a stable pace of advancement in the products of Huawei. The company is setting norms at the international level and now it was about the protection of the patent reserve to which global technology and communication stakeholders responded positively. This also shows the confident Huawei has successfully acquired with its incredible policies.

Huawei Is The Largest Producer Of Broadband Network

The world is transforming into a highly connected place where distances do not matter now as they used to be. Technology has brought the people near virtually eliminating the hurdles of communication and data transforming. Huawei is an international technology brand that has a vision to revolutionize the world with the advanced technology. Sure, the technology giant is the largest producer of broadband network in the world, both, in terms of services and the equipment. The main focus of the Huawei Technology always on the quality of technology experience, it provides to the consumer market, along with the highest possible efficiency.

A senior official of Huawei has described the future of the company stating that Huawei is preparing for the most advanced technological innovations. Huawei has been emphasizing to achieve the best of the vision as described in the science fiction movies like The Matrix. According to Huawei official, the company has been working on the large data transforming with a highly improved speed. Cloudification and larger data storage is also an ultimate pursuit of the company.

Huawei is connecting the virtual and physical world with its innovative approach even when the company designs a smart phone. Concepts to communicate beyond the boundaries of life also describe Huawei vision. Where, according to the Huawei official a man will able to interact with the other after the former’s death also.

Although, this vision looks unrealistically devised and the pursuit of this seems impossible. But, the technology giant, Huawei, sets its goals higher than ever. For Huawei it is more important to materialize the best of human imagination to connect the world through highly efficient networks and the best designed equipments.

IBA Centre for Excellence in Islamic Finance signs MoU with Pak-Qatar Family & General Takaful Limited

IBA's Centre for Excellence in Islamic Finance (CEIF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pak-Qatar Family and General Takaful Limited, on Wednesday, the 18th of May, 2016 at IBA City Campus. The signatories of the MoU, Mr. Ahmed Ali Siddiqui, Director CEIF and Mr. Nasir Ali Syed, CEO PQFTL agreed to mutually cooperate to enhance the objective of research, development and trainings in the field of Islamic Finance and Takaful – the fast-growing, Islamic mode of Insurance.

Dr. Ishrat Husain, Chairman CEIF and Mr. Said Gul, Managing Director, PQFTL were also present along with Mr. Zahid Awan – Director, Pak-Qatar Takaful Group. The two Institutions through the MoU agreed to jointly collaborate on training and research initiatives. Pak-Qatar Takaful Group also announced scholarship for students who would enroll in MS Program in Islamic Finance (to be launched by IBA soon).

This collaboration will foster professional excellence and help in gaining a deeper understanding of Takaful as a business model and the Shariah guidelines that govern this Islamic financial service. The objective of this MoU is to build a solid foundation and knowledge-base of Takaful, among the Takaful Professionals, Entrepreneurs, Academicians, Finance Managers, Students, Consultants and other stake-holders of this industry.

Dr. Ishrat Husain said, “The convergence of professional and academic experts will enrich global best practices in this growing field.”

The Managing Director of Pak-Qatar Takaful Group - Mr. Said Gul stated that; “It is a delightful moment for the Group to partner with the most prestigious institution in the country, as we pursue a long-term strategy to nurture highly competitive and knowledgeable managers for accelerating the future growth of the Takaful industry.
 
The Head of Marketing & Corporate Communications at Pak-Qatar Family Takaful – Mr. Nameer Khan said that; “It is a major breakthrough for Pak-Qatar Takaful Group and IBA to consolidate our professional synergies, and work cohesively to nurture a more specialized and resourceful workforce for the future. The fresh insights will help the society make better choices with Shariah Guidelines on Investments, Surplus distribution, Charity Funds, etc.

Huawei V8 Will Soon Be a Boon for Customers

It is revealed by the Huawei officials that they will soon be launching an extraordinary smart phone which has already won tremendous acclaim by the technology analysts and critics. Huawei has prepared it with its best craftiness and technological innovations. This smart phone will be called Huawei V8. Huawei V8 has been rumored to carry an ultra fast processor; Quad-core 2.3 GHz Cortex-A72 + quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex A53 and a latest Android OS; v6.0 (Marshmallow). Further, it will be available in 32GB and 64GB internal memory options that will also be extendable up to 128GB through micro-SD card.

Huawei has incorporated in this forthcoming smart phone, HiSilicon Kirin 950 (KNT-AL10, KNT-TL10) Chipset and super fast processor. The operating system integrated in this gadget is the latest Android v6.0 Marshmallow, which will make this smart phone literally smooth in functioning, and provide the users with abundant useful features and apps on their V8 ready to use with full efficiency.

The screen of Huawei V8 is praiseworthy; it is 5.7 inches large screen that has 73.5% screen to body ratio, making it looks a real art work of Huawei. The screen resolution is 1440 x 2560 pixels (KNT-AL20) with approximately 515 ppi.

Huawei has given this smart phone an ultimate powerful battery, which 3500 mAh Li-ion and non removable. Definitely, a smart phone like Huawei V8 requires such a powerful battery indeed to provide the users with nonstop entertainment and fun. As far its RAM is concerned, Huawei is going to offer 4GB giant RAM in both of the version making a combination of 4GB/32Gb internal storage and 4GB/64GB.

The launch of this amazing, smart phone is expected by the next month. It will be available at all Huawei authorized outlets.

Samsung Amplifies Longstanding Partnership with 20th Century Fox, Highlights Shared Vision in Video

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., unveiled today a shared vision with 20^th Century Fox (Fox) to further elevate the consumer viewing experience, and the TV industry at large.

A new video released by the company highlights its longstanding partnership with industry leading film studio and underlines the importance of TV in today’s larger content ecosystem, featuring executives from both Samsung and Fox who share their collective vision for the future.

“Fox and Samsung have been working collaboratively for many years on new technologies,” said Danny Kaye, executive vice president, global research and technology strategy, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. “Over the years, we’ve formed a deep mutual respect and now we’re taking that collaboration to a whole new level.”

The partnership between Samsung and Fox began in 2013, when Samsung joined the Secure Content Storage Association (SCSA) — a consortium of companies in the entertainment and storage space that aim to provide consumers with new ways to access high-quality digital programming across devices — and did so with the backing of Fox. Samsung has since launched a UHD download service with Fox content, as well as an expanded service that includes High Dynamic Range (HDR) titles, which is available to consumers globally.

“Our goal is to offer the best consumer experience while preserving the filmmaker’s intent with no distortion, no compromises,” said Won Jin Lee, executive vice president, service business team, visual display at Samsung Electronics. “We are answering industry, market and user demand with this continued partnership.”

In 2014, Samsung launched its first ever branded “Video Pack” that provided users with five titles licensed by the studio. That same year, Samsung and Fox established the Fox Innovation Lab, with the first project integrating accessible content into Samsung’s Ultra High Definition (UHD) TVs.

“We share a common goal of delivering the best user experience at home,” said Won Jin Lee. “Our complimentary skill sets have helped us continuously raise the bar for ourselves, as well as the industry.”

In 2015, Samsung and Fox, among other industry leaders, co-announced the UHD Alliance — a coalition of companies united to set the bar for next generation video entertainment by establishing standards to support innovation in video technologies. The Alliance is dedicated to furthering this commitment in 2016 and beyond.

Huawei is Committed to becoming an Advocate, Promoter & Leader of Full Cloudification

Huawei is a name of innovation and the synonym to make things possible. Recently, in Huawei’s 13^th Global Analyst Summit in China, the technology tycoon came up with the idea of full cloudification through cloud computing, IoT and operations transformations. This will, if materialized the way Huawei presenting it to the world, revolutionize the technology world as well as the concept of whole technological operations. Previously in a 12^th meeting of the Global Summit Huawei has already proposed  the Real-time, On-demand, All-online, DIY, and Social (ROADS) experience model to reshape the future and taking user experience to the new level of climax.

Similarly this year, Huawei has been focusing on full cloudification strategies that actually bases in providing the best ROADS experience. Huawei argues that for the successful accomplishment of the concept into reality few things should be the main focus, like complete reconstruction of the ICT infrastructure in terms of equipments, networks, services and the operations. This is indeed a revolutionizing idea, to change the whole world and connect it in an even better way. It wouldn’t be wrong if one coins that Huawei is committed to be the advocate, promoter and the leader of full cloudification at its best. Huawei believes that the idea can be materialized through creating a systematic strength in the pooled hardware resources, fully distributed software architecture, and full automation as the idea is already presented to the world.

A high official of Huawei describes the story in his words as, “Huawei will focus on ICT infrastructure and smart devices; invest over the long term; fully unleash the potential of connectivity, ultra-broadband, and data; and develop an agile architecture and open platforms to accelerate the digital transformation of our customers, including operators.

Huawei will continue to invest its energies and resources to connect the world in a better and more convenient way. The world where people experience high quality of technological innovations and ideas becoming a reality. Huawei is after making it possible for the whole world through its commitment and passion.

Huawei Has Turned To Be A Style Symbol

Since the last few years, Huawei has been performing outstandingly in the national as well as international markets. The company has earned fame to be the true  national brand in many countries the way it has been endorsed and celebrated by the people. With a complete focus of high class and high technology products Huawei has been manufacturing the best smart phones, in terms of the best designs, highly desirable features, attractive camera features, and the best in operating system. This consistent approach by the technology giant makes Huawei an ultimate competitor for the so-called technology leader; Samsung and Apple.

In today’s market, especially in Pakistan, the larger shares are being captured by Huawei and both the Samsung and Apple are facing tough condition. Even the year on year growth statistics, making it difficult for them to sustain any title of the big technology manufacturer. A number of Huawei products like Huawei Mate S, Huawei Nexus 6P, Huawei Mate 8, Huawei Honor 5X and the recently launched Huawei P9 have swapped a gigantic victory over Samsung and Apple products, especially in term of sales.

Moreover, Huawei has not been a brand that is only celebrated by the consumer markets or the general customers alone, but celebrities are also there to shine out with Huawei. If one can name the Pakistani stars there is Atif Aslam, who loved the brand most and can be seen in Huawei promotional campaigns, for instance for Honor 5X. Similarly, Henry Cavill and Scarlett Johansson are the Hollywood’s big names who have recently got associated with the Huawei. From the grounds of passionate game, football, Lionel Messi is a true lover and now the brand Ambassador for Huawei.

These high acclaims are earned by Huawei due to its commitment to the innovative approach and the consistency of bringing something new each time in its new products. In a newly launched Huawei P9 an amazing Camera has been experienced by the customers. A dual Camera worked out in collaboration with the leading Icon of Professional Camera, Leica, is just a mantra of success for the smart phone. Similar innovative ideas and then there implementation with so perfection make Huawei the most desired brand in the market.

The values Huawei has followed also includes the highest priority to the customer satisfaction, devising new models basing them on strong R&D, valuing the customers and many more like this. Huawei is a people’s brand and this has made it the world’s most valuable brand as well. If one can examine the last year statistics, these facts can easily be seen in terms of hiked brand awareness, Brand Loyalty, Priority brand and the high sales, of course.  With the same pace Huawei will soon turn to be the world’s number 1 technology manufacturer, soon.

Huawei launches Its Flagship Smart Phone, Huawei P9 Plus in Pakistan

Recently, in a fabulous event in Dubai, Huawei has brought forth its all new, best flagship smart phone Huawei P9 Plus. The ceremony in Dubai has been culminated the launch of this outstanding masterpiece of aestheticism. The Marketing Head of Huawei Devices and Terminal Department for Pakistan –Mr. Fraz Malik Khan also participated in the P9 Plus launch ceremony at Dubai. Huawei P9 Plus has captured the attentions all across the technology markets with a robust shift in the perception of smart technology, taking it to a whole new level and showing the people new ways to look the world. The Huawei P9 Plus launch was witnessed by the Technology stakeholders, media persons, high officials of Huawei, models and celebrities.

The Huawei P9 Plus was the most awaited flagship smart phone that is now available in Pakistani market as well. The Huawei Managing Director –Mr. Shawn said, “Huawei is committed to bring the best of technology products and innovations for the loyal customers all across the world.  After the successful launch of P9 we are presenting you with Huawei P9 Plus. And we are determined to bring you even advanced technologies and innovations.”

He also said that Huawei will always be focused to the customers’ need as its an immediate priority and customer satisfaction will always be the preference for the Huawei Technologies. The MD also reiterated about the Huawei’s overwhelming growth in the past, 2015 in the global markets. Pakistan market has boosted with a 15% increase of market share during the last year. Also Pakistan stood at 3^rd position after China (16.1%) and New Zealand (15.4%) respectively.

Huawei is the 3^rd largest technology manufacturer in the world with an exceedingly accelerated pace of expansion in terms of market share, brand awareness, brand status, and consumer pool. And this will surely lead it towards the number 1 position among all.

Huawei P9 Plus will be among the most celebrated flagship smart phones of the company, no doubt. But this is not the all; instead Huawei has yet to bring other exciting products for the customers. One thing is for sure that Huawei is the only smart phone technology brand that is expecting considerable growth in 2016 as it has achieved outmatched milestones in the previous year as well. Huawei has planned to introduce and exciting smart phones range this year. But, for now eyes are on the Huawei P9 Plus that reaches the markets.

SAMSUNG’S GRAND NIGHT AT PAS AWARDS, 2016

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., announced today that… In a night full of excitement, filled with the presence of eminent members of the marketing and advertising society, and graced by the Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Parvez Rashid, Samsung Pakistan shone the brightest. Leading from the front, Samsung and its advertising partners in Pakistan, Adcom Leo Burnett, won three awards at the 6th annual Pakistan Advertising Society (PAS) Awards including the most coveted trophy of “Campaign of the Year”.

PAS Awards is the only award platform for advertising in Pakistan, and these awards are rightfully considered to be the highest acknowledgement of marketing and advertising excellence in the country. Samsung was one of the big winners of the night, acknowledged for its “Selfies ban jaye Grandfies” campaign for its Galaxy Grand Prime smartphone. It not only won the category award for “Best in Telecommunication, Hardware and Consumer Electronics” but took home the most prestigious “Best Nationally Originated Campaign” and “Campaign of the Year” trophies, two awards which recognize the best work in the entire industry. 

Since its launch in the country, Samsung has been working towards bringing the best of global innovation and technology to the people of Pakistan. Echoing these sentiments, Samsung’s Vice President in Pakistan, Mr. JH Lee expressed his appreciation of this honor. He stated that, “Samsung was recently named the most creative marketer and these awards are just an extension of our commitment for combining creativity with technology to win people’s hearts across the world.”

Huawei One of First to Support Daydream, Google’s Platform for High Performance Mobile Virtual Reality

Huawei is excited to be one of the first OEMs to support Daydream, Google’s platform for high performance mobile VR, deepening our collaboration with Google.  Huawei looks forward to working with Google and other global industry leaders to build an ecosystem and bring rich and compelling Daydream experiences to users through transformative innovations in VR devices, applications and content.

Huawei will introduce devices that enable Daydream experiences, integrating new Huawei Kirin and Qualcomm chipsets.  Huawei will have Daydream-ready phones, headsets, and controllers to be announced by the end of 2016.

About Huawei Consumer BG

Huawei’s products and services are available in more than 170 countries, and are used by a third of the world’s population, ranking third in the world in mobile phone shipments in 2015. Sixteen R&D centers have been set up in the United States, Germany, Sweden, Russia, India, and China. Huawei Consumer BG is one of Huawei’s three business units and covers smartphones, PC and tablets, Wearables and cloud services, etc. Huawei’s global network is built on 20 years of expertise in the telecom industry and is dedicated to delivering the latest technological advances to consumers around the world.

Huawei Honor band A1, A better way to Safe from Sunscreen

Huawei is a largest technology giant in the world that not only manufacturer high quality smart phones but it has a number of other products as well. Especially, the products related to health and fitness of the technology lovers.  Recently, Huawei has all set to introduce its new high technology wearable, known as Honor Band A1. It is a fitness tracker that can easily be carried along with the user just like a watch on the wrist, but clearly it is way more than a simple wearable.

Honor Band A1 is designed to calculate the walking time, exercise time, dancing steps, run up and much like that. It also measures the amount of calories the user burns and even how much sleep he had. Honor Band A1 works with an Ultra Violet sensor that measures the radiations and display results.

Honor band A1 is not restricted to be an exercise wearable only, but you can have your messages and calls as well. The small LED on the Honor Band A1 indicates the messages and calls for the user so he can be notified even if he is busy doing push up and having music plugin in the ear.

Honor Band A1 connects through Bluetooth to the Android smart phones and it also has own battery of 70 mAh capacity. Although it sounds pretty small but in fact this battery provides 28 days standby time to the user.

Honor Band A1 is made up of metal and offer wonderful colors, keeping customers’ choice a priority. Huawei is expecting a greater response for this new smart wearable from Pakistani market as well. All the user have to do is be patient and wait for this high class wearable to reach the market.

Pak-Qatar Takaful and IBA-Karachi launched ‘Understanding Takaful’ program

Pak-Qatar Family Takaful Limited (PQFTL) collaborated with the ‘Center for Excellence in Islamic Finance’ (CEIF) at the ‘Institute of Business Administration’ (IBA), Karachi, to conduct an Executive Learning Program, titled: ‘Understanding Takaful’ (The Islamic mode of Insurance). This insightful program was held recently at the IBA – City Campus, to provide academic awareness and practical knowledge to the professionals and students, who have an interest in the high-potential Takaful industry.

Through this course, the participants were able to gain a clear understanding of Takaful as a business model and the Shariah guidelines that govern this Islamic financial service. The course elaborated upon the intricate differences between ‘Conventional-Insurance’ and Takaful. The course was enriched with case-studies and practical examples. The primary objective of this training program was to build a solid foundation and knowledge-base of Takaful. It was primarily focused at the; Takaful Window Staff, Takaful Professionals, Entrepreneurs, Academicians, Finance Managers, Students of ‘Islamic Finance’, Human Resources Managers, Consultants and other stake-holders of this industry.

The Chief Executive Officer of PQFTL - Mr. Nasir Ali Syed stated that; “It was a delightful occasion for Pak-Qatar Takaful Ltd. to partner with the most prestigious institution in the country, to create awareness about the fast-growing Takaful model. Pak Qatar is committed to nurture highly competitive and knowledgeable managers for accelerating the future growth of this robust industry. We appreciate the deep commitment and immense contributions of IBA-Karachi, for providing world-class training and research-based knowledge for the professionals in the financial and business sectors of Pakistan.”

The Head of Marketing at Pak-Qatar Takaful – Mr. Nameer Khan said that; We believe in the importance of creating alliances with the academia, as it is the bridge between the industry, professionals and the youth, who are the pillars of the economy. This collaboration with a prestigious institution is a great milestone for Pak-Qatar Takaful, and is in line with our company’s long-term strategy. We plan to continue with such enlightening sessions in future too.

The learning outcomes gained from this academic endeavor included; An understanding of the basic principles of Riba, Qimar and Gharar. Deeper learning about Takaful Concepts and Practices as implemented in Life and General Takaful. The participants also got an opportunity to assess the insurance model and compare it with Takaful models prevalent in the local as well as global markets.

The course delivered valuable insights on the Shariah perspective on ‘Risk’, while explaining the Shariah Guidelines for Investments, Surplus distribution, Charity Fund, etc. The learners were also able to get comprehensive answers to the Frequently Asked Questions in Takaful. Another session on this subject will be organized soon.

Enabling Policy, Technological Advancement and Financial Revolution to drive growth and social development in Pakistan

Eminent speakers from the Telecom & IT sectors emphasized enabling policy, technological advancement and financial revolution would drive growth and spur economic activity in Pakistan. This was concluded today at the 9^TH Pakistan TELECON 2016 organized by Shamrock Conferences International at the Marriott Hotel Islamabad.

Chairman PTA, Syed Ismail Shah in his keynote address stressed the need for recognizing the window of opportunity for Pakistan and encouraged the private sector and entrepreneurs to do more. He said, “Pakistan is on a growth strategy, we need collaborated and mutual handholding of various stakeholders.”

The theme of the conference “At the Crossroads of Revolutionary Technology Challenges” was carried forward through two dedicated sessions on regulatory and technology followed by a panel discussion.

Nadeem Hussain, a visionary financial specialist while introducing his new venture, Planet N Group, said, “The financial revolution for the unbanked people of Pakistan requires an under-Rs.1000 smart phone with embedded APIs, allowing the rural and unbanked population to open a bank account, obtain credit, make payments and watch TV for free.”

Examining the regulatory framework to determine the performance, potential and the future strategy for the nation’s progress in the Telecom and IT sectors, Wahaj Siraj, CEO & Co-Founder of Nayatel opined that the industry had huge potential, it was time for the regulator and the private sector to team up for favorable outcomes. Meanwhile, Syed Ahmad, Chairman of P@SHA was of the view that piracy is a major impediment and PEMRA rules were old and not conducive, lacking contractual enforcement; taxation was one of the biggest issues hurting the IT industry.

The session on ‘Technology’ was chaired by Salman Ansari, a former advisor MOiTT, who engaged the speakers by asking them how they saw technology unfolding for Pakistan. This session was focused on exploring new opportunities and factors that drive technology deployment, while the experts discussed how to make next-generation technologies accessible for all.

Irfan Wahab Khan, Deputy CEO, Telenor spoke about how amazing products were strengthening the digital ecosystem in Pakistan; he said, “technology is transforming seamlessly.” Meanwhile, two visiting technology specialists, Damian Bethke, Deputy GM, Global Message Services AG from Switzerland and Oguz Kuchkbarak, CEO & Managing Partner, ODC Business Solutions from Turkey, spoke about telecom & IT experiences in their respective countries.

An interesting aspect of TELECON 2016 was the Panel Discussion on the global theme of World Telecom Day 2016, “ICT Entrepreneurship for Social Impact” which was chaired by Jehan Ara, President, P@SHA and a specialist in nurturing entrepreneurship and startups. The panel comprising of Asim Sheharyar Hussain, MD, Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB), Shahida Saleem, Team Lead Ilm 2, Mohammad Nasrullah, VP, Customer Solutions CONVO and Junaid Iqbal, MD, Careem Networks Pakistan, concluded that data protection law was a long standing issue that needs attention.

Meanwhile earlier in his opening remarks, the Convener of the forum and Chairman, SHAMROCK Conferences International, Menin Rodrigues stated that the national telecommunication objectives and policies need timely realignments to accommodate the rapid technological advancements in the global telecom arena.