Lifestyle technology products distributor, Jeetek expects its sales to grow by 50% and touching to the magic figure of Dhs 500m this year. Jeetek growth path is driven by robust demand for smart technologies in the GCC and a sustained boom in Pakistan. It believes that its strategic partnerships with power retailers like Virgin Megastore to have contributed to the growth of company’s sales, especially in the UAE. Read More…

SAP Pakistan introduces Business Intelligence solutions especially aimed for Small and Medium Enterprises. SME’s make the biggest part of the economy and in fact, most Southeast Asian countries have more SMEs as registered businesses than large enterprises. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) puts the number of SMEs at 96% of all enterprises and employing up to 85% of overall workforce. SMEs also account for up to 30% of exports and contribute around 50% of GDP.Read More…

AOC recently held highly successful road shows in association with its Online Distribution in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad to spread awareness about the global new trends in the monitor space and how channel partners can benefit with their association with AOC brand in Pakistan. The road shows were specially designed to update its channel partners about the wide range of AOC eco-friendly, feature rich, high quality, ergonomically designed, value for money, ultra thin LCD/LED monitors Year-on-year basis AOC has maintained an average growth of above 20 per cent in the past three years.
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The number of mobile subscribers in Pakistan reached the 100mn mark in September 2010 and is expected to continue its growth momentum due to the relatively low penetration rate. Fast Market Research expects the subscribers base to grow to the level of 136.078mn in Pakistan by end-2015, representing a penetration rate of 70.3%. Pakistan’s broadband subscriber base reached 1.053mn in October 2010, an increase of 63.5% from the 643,892 in December 2009. While DSL remained the main technology used to access broadband services in the country, alternative wireless solutions WiMAX and EV-DO are catching up fast. The number of DSL users grew by 96.5% from 262,661 in June 2009. By contrast, subscriber figures of WiMAX and EV-DO increased by 246.6% and 708.5% over the same period to reach 306,665 and 181,947 respectively. Read More…

AOC the leading monitor brand today announced the appointment of Online Distribution as its distributor in Pakistan to distribute the wide range of LCD, LED, Sleek, and Ultra-thin AOC monitors across the country. Online Distribution is spread across the nation with 7 branches offering the widest reach in the Pakistan. According to Business Monitor International, Pakistan’s computer hardware market is expected to grow at 8% CAGR for the period of 2011- 2015. Whereas, the value of computer hardware sales for the year 2011 is expected to be US$312mn, up from US$292mn in 2010.Read More…

Aptec Holding, one of the largest distributors in the region expanded its relations with Symantec with signing of an sole distribution agreement to distribute Symantec products in Pakisten. To commemorate agreement with Aptec launched roadshows in Karachi and Lahore, in association with Symantec, which were attened by more than 120 channel executives from 60 channel resellers to train resellers on Symantec products and solutions. Rizwan Ahmed, Country Manager, Aptec Pakistan also participated actively in the roadshows.Read More…