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Pakistan could attract between $ 5bn and $ 6bn in investments in next five to six years. PTCL is only covering 5% of the local population. Pakistan will also invest $ 40m for the construction of a new submarine fiber cable linking Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

Carriers and SPs will collaborate, in a new Fingerprint Sharing Alliance, to share detailed network attack profiles and fight more efficiently against Internet attacks and major infrastructure threats. Main companies (on a total of 13) involved are BT, Cisco, MCI, and University of Pennsylvania.

Microsoft is also a service provide and is offering Video Downloads (daily TV programs and video content) to Windows Mobile-based devices such as smartphones, Portable Media Centers and Pocket PCs. A $20 annual fee buys access to all available videos.