PTCL is going to get aggressive with hosting business as well. This is evident from its recently announced data center facility in Karachi.
PTCL has been offering web hosting and domain registration service since long, however, it didn’t show the seriousness the way it is demonstrating now.
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Tough time ahead for local web hosting companies, given that PTCL can manage billing so easily through its already running landline billing system. It merits mentioning here that Pakistani consumer is usually troubled due to in-availability of credit cards – a must have to buy hosting and domains from hosting companies.
Below is the PR for PTCL data center facility.
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) has launched the largest data center in Pakistan, the first of which will be located in Karachi.
This data center is engineered using the same rigid specifications, consistent with international standards and data center certification bodies and is enabled with technologies that proactively manages an enterprise’ mission-critical applications for predictable and continuous performance.
The PTCL Data Center is protected from intrusion and failure with multi-layered security, fail-safe redundancy, diversity measures, and rapid response recovery measures.
Talking about the data center, Senior Executive Vice President South Karachi, PTCL Abdullah Yousaf, said that PTCL’s investment in these type of services underscores its commitment to the rapidly expanding ICT sector in Pakistan and highlights the rapidly growing demand in this market who turn to PTCL for integrated hosting and network solutions, allowing them to focus on their core business. PTCL is making these investments on behalf of the business community of Pakistan, so that our customers can focus their resources on their core businesses, entrusting PTCL to provide what we do best – ICT.
The new center is directly connected to PTCL’s global MPLS backbone to offer a rich portfolio of hosting solutions with unparalleled network performance and features. PTCL offers capabilities designed to deliver greater efficiencies for hosting customers through the use of technologies such as storage on demand, processing on demand, business continuity and disaster recovery, all of which are integrated with PTCL network services.
Senior Executive Vice President, Commercial, Naveed Saeed while highlighting the importance of data centre stated that the aim is to provide business enterprises in Pakistan a reliable, responsive and resilient infrastructure to suit the their needs. The data center is designed and built to accommodate an enterprise’ IT equipment and software in a secure, managed and climatically controlled environment. The bottom-line is to benefit our customers in terms of cost-effectiveness, efficiency of processes and scalability of needs.
PTCL is the only unified service provider in Pakistan and is able to service all enterprise segments with a comprehensive portfolio of products including fiber optic and wireless connectivity, MPLS, VPN, Managed and Hosted technology solutions. And now with PTCL’s data centre, a tailor made accommodation for an enterprise’ application processing environment together with appropriate connectivity to the fully redundant self healing optical fiber network backbone, a much higher level of security and technology support to an enterprises’ mission critical operations is being offered
November 27th, 2010 at 3:09 AM
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November 18th, 2010 at 1:43 AM
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September 6th, 2010 at 3:33 PM
Nice and good article posted on the subject of PTCL Data Center. PTCL Tier 3+ Data Centers helps you to ritualized system, storage, and network resources to reduce the number of systems you need to manage, while increasing asset utilization. Our Data Center solution allows businesses to protect critical applications and confidential data, enhance data center operational efficiencies, and rapidly create new secure application environments to support new business processes.
August 18th, 2010 at 11:29 AM
I had applied (online) for PTCL connection in may – this was really a blunder from me.
No response received for 2-3 months.and just give me new number in june 35060244 .but not provied me any service
PTCL started sending me monthly bills (june 2010).
On receipt of 1st bill, complaint was immediately lodged on 080080800, 1236 and 1218
On receipt of 2nd bill, complaint was again registered on all numbers given on the bill and available on PTCL website. I also tried to contact lodged with PTA. so plz some thing good for me
IA
August 4th, 2010 at 12:41 PM
I discontinued using my land line phone as it was working only few months in whole year, I was informed that there are shortage of “pairs” in north karachi area:(
June 9th, 2010 at 5:06 PM
What a Performance of PTCL
I had applied (online) for PTCL connection in July 2009 – this was really a blunder from me.
No response received for 2-3 months.
On my follow up, connection was refused due to technical problems. PTCL, instead, offered me Vfone connection (probably in October 2009) which I declined.
Later, all of sudden, PTCL started sending me monthly bills (Nov 2009).
On receipt of 1st bill, complaint was immediately lodged on 080080800, 1236 and 1218
On receipt of 2nd bill, complaint was again registered on all numbers given on the bill and available on PTCL website. I also tried to contact the Divisional Engineer, Sr. Operation Engineer and RGM but all in vain.
On receipt of 3rd bill, the complaint process was repeated and it was also lodged with PTA.
After a week, a call was received from an Islamabad number (PTCL); assuring me that billing would be stopped immediately.
However, the next month, bill (4th) was again received. The complaint was again registered.
Then, as per matter of routine, the 5th monthly bill was received (without any connection). This time the bill was received with a threatening letter/ notice; what a criminal and condemnable act it was.
In reply, I again emailed to PTCL & PTA condemning the irresponsible attitude and poor management of PTCL. I made it clear that I reserve all the rights in the world to defend myself by all means. I also declared that in case of any mishap, the PTCL management would be fully responsible.
Soon, thereafter, Mr. Khalil Ahmed Dharpali (Business Manager Ops KIA Division STR-II Karachi), first contact me over my cell number and then visited my residence (on 17th April 2010) and assured me that all extra charges would be waived off and connection would be given immediately. On this commitment I allowed for connection, which was another blunder from me.
The line was soon installed but without any service/ calling facility.
I again started complaining
Then, they again advised me to pay the bill first to have calling facility.
Anyhow, the bill was paid. Meanwhile, the next monthly bill was received which was also paid
But infuriately the telephone service is still unavailable on my number
It is now a daily exercise for me to register a complain for restoring my number but all in vain
Since November 2009, I am suffering from such a poor, miserable and regrettable behavior of PTCL
PTA has also proved to be a helpless & useless institution having totally failed to take appropriate measures to regulate the PTCL and save customers from such big embarrassments and humiliations
June 9th, 2010 at 2:14 PM
Dear sir
my land line telelphone no 02136940627 is out of order since last 5 days its Dail tune not responding. please rectify this fault on priority basis
thanking you
Naveed
0345-2302225
June 9th, 2010 at 2:13 PM
dear sir
my land line telelphone no 02136940627 is out of order since last 5 days its Dail tune not responding. please rectify this fault on priority basis
thanking you
Naveed
0313-2569187
June 9th, 2010 at 2:13 PM
dear sir
my land line telelphone no 02136940627 is out of order since last 5 days its Dail tune not responding. please rectify this fault on priority basis
thanking you
Naveed
May 12th, 2010 at 12:35 PM
I am the user of your PTCL land line which # 02136940627
this number has been out of order last 3 weak. i am several
complain to Saleem center up more Branh office but they are
not resonding in my complain pls note my complain no 115
Dt: 03-May , complain no 56 Dt: 30 Apr.
Kidly pay attention toward this matter from your buyest schadule.
i shall be very thank full to you
Tks & Brgds,
Naveed Ahmed