Advisor to PM on Finance Shaukat Tareen Sunday said the government had lowered duty over the telecom sector as the General Sales Tax (GST) had been brought down from 21 percent to 19 percent while only 20 paisas tax had been imposed on every SMS.

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Samsung Electronics Company here on Thursday organized a seminar to impart knowledge about the state of the art technology of `Thin Client’. A statement said that Harris Seunghyun Kwak, Manager Marketing and Sales Middle East and Africa Region Samsung Electronics, maintained that this technology will bring phenomenal improvements in the operations of various sectors like banking, education, hospitals, and airports etc.

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The Palm Pre, the new smartphone from the US pioneer in handheld devices, goes on sale in the United States on Saturday amid generally glowing reviews and favorable comparisons to Apple’s iPhone.The Pre was named “Best in Show” at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January, and most reviewers have been equally full of praise for the latest device from the Sunnyvale, California-based company.

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Samsung Thursday launched its newest full touch screen mobile phone Samsung Star (S5233). With this extremely cost competitive product, Samsung is able to enhance its position as a leading player in the hugely popular touch screen mobile market. “Samsung Star is a significant product in our full-touch screen mobile portfolio, bringing stylish designs and intuitive user interfaces,” said Steve Han, Country Manager Samsung Pakistan, while talking to the APP.

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Telenor has teamed up with Nokia Siemens Networks to implement an energy efficient GSM network that will enable the Communication Service Provider to reduce its energy consumption by 50 percent.