Karahi @ Lasbela

Today some of my mates forced me to go with them to an area of Karachi where I guess I have never been before..... Lasbella

We had Chicken Karahi and I never had such a good taste when it comes to Karahi....

Though the area was weird as one one side of the road they were again and again playing Benazir's last speech... and one side traffic is going and going on.. the seating was on Chapai / Manjhi and that was very uncomfortable but when food arrive every one forgot whats going on and what is uncomfortable and all of the friends including me started eating chicken karahi :)

Muneeb

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Telecom glossary

ANI Automatic Number Identification: 1. A service feature in which the directory number or equipment number of a calling station is automatically obtained. Note: ANI is used in message accounting. 2. The code that provides the billing number of the line or trunk that originated a call. 3. A system that identifies the billing account for a call. For 911 systems, the ANI identifies the calling party and may be used as a call back number.
Buffer Box a device that temporarily stores data, usually between two devices with different data speeds; sends data out at a speed that the slower machine can handle. Recommended to prevent CDR loss on a call accounting system (see CDR).
Call Accounting System A computer, a magnetic storage device (floppy or hard disk), software and some mechanical method of attaching itself to a telephone system. A call accounting system is used to record information about telephone calls, organize that information and prepare reports - printed or to disk. The information it captures about phone calls typically includes from which extension the call is coming, which number it is calling (local or long distance), which circuit is used for the call (WATs, MCI, etc), when the call started, how long it lasted, for what purpose the call was made (client or project, etc). A call accounting system may also include information on incoming calls - which trunk was used, where the call came from, which extension took the call, if it was transferred and to where and how long it took.See basic uses for call accounting
CDR Call Detail Records - call data generated by the PBX in the form of an ASCII file that includes records of outgoing and incoming calls, who made or received the calls, incoming and outgoing locations of the calls, call length, time call took place and other information. May be stored in a buffer box (see PBX).
Centrex a telephone business service provided by a local phone company from a local central office and provides features directly to each phone at a business without using an on-site PBX (see PBX).
CLEC Competitive (or Certified) Local Exchange Carrier - the Telecommunications Act of 1996 opened the door for smaller companies to compete with the ILEC (Incumbent LECs), such as RBOCs (Regional BOCs) for local, long distance, international, internet and entertainment (see BOC, LEC).
Client/Server a network architecture that lets a user at a PC request information or applications from another computer over a LAN (see LAN).
Comport communications port - also known as a serial port (see Serial Port).
 

Extranet one-to-one connections over the Internet that are not accessible to all; mainly set up by a business for their customers or business partners.
Fully Dedicated Access long distance carrier access method in which a non-local call is carried by the long distance carrier via a dedicated trunk facility for both the first and last part of the call's journey, and on the same long distance carrier's network for the entire length of the call. Also referred to as "dedicated-to-dedicated" or "on-net to on-net."
Gateway entrance/exit to a communications network; electronic repeater device that intercepts and guides electrical signals from one network to another; filters out unwanted noise.
GUI Graphical User Interface - a computer user interface that uses graphical representation instead of characters; makes the interface easier and more intuitive to use. i.e. Windows 95.
H.323 one of two main standards regarding voice transmissions over data networks; the other main standard is VoFR (see VoFR).
InterLATA services, traffic or facilities start in one LATA and terminate in another, either InterState or IntraState (see IntraLATA, LATA).
IntraLATA services, traffic or facilities that start and terminate in the same LATA (see InterLATA, LATA).
Intranet one-to-one connections over the Internet that are not accessible to all; mainly a private Internet set up internally for employee view only.
IntraState services, traffic or facilities that start and terminate in one state
IP Centric a phone system built around an IP network, not a PBX (see PBX).
 

IP Telephony allows voice traffic to travel over data networks; in the consumer market, traffic can go over the Internet; in the commercial market, this traffic typically goes over privately-owned data networks.
ISDN Integrated Services Data Network - phone line standards that allow for voice, video and data to be sent over digital phone lines or normal phone wires; data transfer rates of 64Kbps.
Key System Key telephone system (KTS): In a local environment, terminals and equipment that provide immediate access from all terminals to a variety of telephone services without attendant assistance. Note: A KTS may interface with the public switched telephone network.
Key Systems are generally most appropriate in relatively small business environments, in the range of 50 telephones. Contemporary Electronic Key Telephone Systems (EKTSs), however, often cross the line into the PBX world, providing switching capabilities, as well as impressive functionality and feature content.
LAN Local Area Network - data communications network in a confined geographic area, usually within a building or campus; connects computers, printers, modems, servers, etc.
LATA Local Access and Transport Area - local geographic areas in the US where local phone companies can offer local and long distance telephone services.
LEC Local Exchange Carrier - local phone company, can either be a BOC or an independent (i.e. Verizon); differentiates them from CLECs (see BOC, CLEC).
Modem Acronym for modulator /demodulator. 1. In general, a device that both modulates and demodulates signals. 2. In computer communications, a device used for converting digital signals into, and recovering them from, quasi-analog signals suitable for transmission over analog communications channels. Note: Many additional functions may be added to a modem to provide for customer service and control features. Synonym signal conversion equipment.
 

Parallel Port an output port on a PC that transmits data eight bits (one byte) at a time.
Partially Dedicated Access long distance carrier access method in which a non-local call is carried by the long distance carrier via a dedicated trunk facility for either the first or last part of the call's journey, and on the carrier's network for the middle part of the journey. Also called "dedicated to switched," "switched to dedicated," "on-net to off-net" and "off-net to on-net."
PBX A PBX (private branch exchange) is a telephone system within an enterprise that switches calls between enterprise users on local lines while allowing all users to share a certain number of external phone lines. The main purpose of a PBX is to save the cost of requiring a line for each user to the telephone company's central office.
The PBX is owned and operated by the enterprise rather than the telephone company (which may be a supplier or service provider, however). Private branch exchanges used analog technology originally. Today, PBXs use digital technology (digital signals are converted to analog for outside calls on the local loop using plain old telephone service).
A PBX includes: Telephone trunk (multiple phone) lines that terminate at the PBX A computer with memory that manages the switching of the calls within the PBX and in and out of it The network of lines within the PBX Usually a console or switchboard for a human operator In some situations, alternatives to a PBX include centrex service (in which a pool of lines are rented at the phone company's central office), key telephone systems, and, for very small enterprises, primary rate Integrated Services Digital Network. Among the larger manufacturers of PBXs are Lucent Technologies, Northern Telecom (NORTEL), Rolm/Siemens, NEC, GTE, Intecom, Fujitsu, Hitachi, and Mitel.
 

PMS Property Management System - A software program and computer that controls all guest billing and guest services functions in a hotel. In short, the guts of a hotel's computer system. Some telephone systems have a PMS interface which allows various degrees of integration between the telephone system and the hotel's computer systems. For example, voicemail could be administered throught the Hotel's Property Management System.
Polling 1. Network control in which the control station invites tributary stations to transmit in the sequence specified by the control station. 2. In point-to-point or multipoint communication, the process whereby stations are invited one at a time to transmit. 3. Sequential interrogation of devices for various purposes, such as avoiding contention, determining operational status, or determining readiness to send or receive data.
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network - worldwide voice telephone network accessible to anyone with a phone and access privileges.
RAM Random Access Memory - The primary memory in a computer. The "random access" part of its name comes from the fact that the next "bit" of information in RAM can be located - no matter where it is - in an equal amount of time. This means that access to and from RAM memory is extraordinarily fast. By contraast, other storage media (magnetic tape) store information serially, one bit after another. Therefore you have to search for them and your search time will depend on how from from the bit you're searching for you are. Floppy disks are faster than magnetic tape because their information is readily at hand, though the read/write head will have to search for it. Hard disks are even faster because there are multiple heads and because the disks spin faster and everything moves faster. RAM memory is the fastest of all.
Rate Table a database containing cost of a call based on area code and time of day.
 

Real time 1. The actual time during which a physical process occurs. 2. Pertaining to the performance of a computation during the actual time that the related physical process occurs, in order that results of the computation can be used in guiding the physical process.
Redundancy part of a message that can safely be omitted/deleted without ruining the integrity of a message; backup systems in case of main system failure.
Router interface between two networks that finds the best route between the two; provides network management capabilities.
Serial Port an input/output port of a PC that transmits data one bit at a time.
SMDR station message-detail recording - A record of all calls originated or received by a switching system. Note: SMDRs are usually generated by a computer.
Soft PBX a server with specialized software that works like a PBX (see PBX).
SQL Structured Query Language - commonly used with database servers; powerful language used for the creation, maintenance and viewing of databases.
Switch a mechanical or electronic device that opens or closes circuits, completes or breaks an electrical path or selects paths or circuits. Switches with more than two ports are able to route traffic.
Switched Access long distance carrier access method in which a non-local call is carried by a local exchange carrier via a Central Office trunk for the first and last part of the call's journey and on the long distance carrier's network only for the middle part of the journey. Also called "switched to switched" or "off-net to off-net."
T-1 Trunk Level 1 -dedicated phone connection with a total signaling speed of 1,544 Mbps; a T-1 is made of 24 channels which can be split to carry voice or data, each carrying 64K bits per second.
 

TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol - networking protocol used to connect network hosts, even with computers with very different hardware architectures and operating systems; network protocol of the Internet.
Telecommunications system A collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. Note: The components of a communications system serve a common purpose, are technically compatible, use common procedures, respond to controls, and operate in unison.
Telemanagement the management of a company's telephone and telecommunications systems, from call accounting to corporate inventory management.
Toll Fraud Unlawful, unauthorized use of another's telecommunications system to make long distance phone calls. It typically involves compromising or tapping into a telephone customer's equipment, but it can also involve tricking an employee into giving away access to outside lines.
Trunk Group a group of trunks with essentially the same characteristics that run between the same two geographic points.
Trunk a communication channel between two switching systems; usually refers to large bandwidth phone channels between switching systems that handle mass quantities of voice and data simultaneously.
VoFR Voice over Frame Relay - one of two main standards regarding voice transmissions over data networks; other standard is H.323 (see H.323).
VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol - telephone calls (voice) bypass the typical public-switched telephone network and transmit voice calls over a private network (the same network that carries web, e-mail and data traffic).
WAN Wide Area Network - data communications network that extends a LAN outside its geographic area, over common carrier lines, to link other LANs (see LAN).
 

WATS WATS (wide-area telephone service) is a specialized form of fixed-rate long-distance telecommunication service. WATS lines are commonly used by businesses and government agencies. Some individuals and small corporations also have WATS subscriptions.
There are three types of WATS lines: IN-WATS (for incoming calls), OUT-WATS (for outgoing calls), or a combination of both services. IN-WATS lines have telephone numbers with certain area codes reserved expressly for that purpose, such as 800, 888, or 877. People calling these numbers are not charged a long-distance toll. Instead, the recipient (subscriber) is charged a fixed monthly rate up to a certain number of hours of usage. Beyond the limit, an additional toll is imposed. OUT-WATS lines are, in effect, fixed-rate long-distance subscriptions.
With most WATS lines, calling-zone restrictions apply. For example, it might not be possible to make or accept WATS calls to or from locations within the state where the subscriber is located, or to or from locations outside the country where the subscriber is located.
Web Browser also known as browser - software which collects documents on the World Wide Web and displays them on a computer; the two most popular are Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator.
Web-enabled able to connect to or be used on the Internet.

Experience With Portability in Pakistan

Porting a number from Warid to Mobilink seems to be my greatest ever mistake I have ever done.

I ported my number to Mobilink though It was quite strange for them as well as this might be the first time that some one was coming to mobilink rather then going away from them.

Now I cannot recive SMS from Telenor and a few othernetworks in Pakistan

I cannot complain as i don't want the account manager to be fired and it seems he is taking too much time to get it fixed.

Yesterday I sent him an email asking bhai what happened? did you got my issue fixed. He replied I thought it would be fixed .. I asked did u follow up the case with the technical department you launched the complain with, he said we don't do this... we just raised the issue and that is it.

I clapped for him and did some nice stuff and requested him sir can you please start following up with customer and with your technical department, Specially in my case and he said sir I will try... now let's see until when he will get this fixed.

I have decided, since I am the first victim of porting in Pakistan, let's try to port to all the networks :)

going home

Experience of eating Sushi

Previously I have heard lot of bad and good things about Sushi.. It was first time for me to eat it about 4 days ago in Cozmo - Sheraton

I was having lot f mix expectation and finally i ordered them.

Now; I told the chef that this is my first time I am eating Sushi ... he suggested me Maki Roll, I said go ahead...

Finally; I had the Maki Roll with the green sauce and it was superb..

I had a great experience... ;)

Muneeb

Howto register your Mobilink Infinity VoIP number on Softphone

Again; It's UPPAL's contribution:

Here are the SIP settings , if you want to use your VoIP number from Mobilink Infinity on a softphone.

You’ll have to first logon to your CPE admin interface , Browse to NAT -> ALG and Uncheck “SIP ALG” and click Apply. If you use an outdoor unit , do the same with the outdoor CPE as well.

Fireup x-lite and configure it with the following settings.

Server: 10.215.11.250
Port: 5060
UserID: 725XXXX
Password: Your wi-max password
Domain: Hauwei.com
Authentication User: 725XXXX

Have fun

How to beat Inflation and Rising Prices..Brilliant idea

A man eats two eggs each morning for breakfast. When he goes to the grocery store He pays 60 cents a dozen. Since a dozen eggs won't last a week he normally buys two Dozens at a time. One day while buying eggs he notices that the price has risen to 72 cents. The next time he buys groceries, eggs are 76 cents a dozen.

When asked to explain the price of eggs the store owner says, "The price has gone up and I have to raise my price accordingly”. This store buys 100 dozen eggs a day. He checked around for a better price and all the distributors have raised their prices. The distributors have begun to buy from the huge egg farms. The small egg farms have been driven out of business. The huge egg farms sell 100,000 dozen eggs a day to distributors. With no competition, they can set the price as they see fit. The distributors then have to raise their prices to t he grocery stores. And on and on and on.

As the man kept buying eggs the price kept going up. He saw the big egg trucks delivering 100 dozen eggs each day. Nothing changed there. He checked out the huge egg farms and found they were selling 100,000 dozen eggs to the distributors daily. Nothing had changed but the price of eggs.

Then week before Thanksgiving the price of eggs shot up to $1.00 a dozen. Again he asked the grocery owner why and was told, "Cakes and baking for the holiday". The huge egg farmers know there will be a lot of baking going on and more eggs will be used. Hence, the price of eggs goes up. Expect the same thing at Christmas and other times when family cooking, baking, etc. happen.

This pattern continues until the price of eggs is 2.00 a dozen. The man says, “There must be something we can do about the price of eggs".

He starts talking to all the people in his town and they decide to stop buying eggs. This didn't work because everyone needed eggs.

Finally, the man suggested only buying what you need. He ate 2 eggs a day. On the way home from work he would stop at the grocery and buy two eggs. Everyone in town Started buying 2 or 3 eggs a day.

The grocery store owner began complaining that he had too many eggs in his cooler. He told the distributor that he didn't need any eggs. Maybe wouldn't need any all week.

The distributor had eggs filing up at his warehouse. He told the huge egg farms that he Didn’t have any room for eggs would not need any for at least two weeks.

At the egg farm, the chickens just kept on laying eggs. To relieve the pressure, the huge egg farm told the distributor that they could buy the eggs at a lower price.

The distributor said, “I don't have the room for the eggs even if they were free". The distributor told the grocery store owner that he would lower the price of the eggs if the store would start buying again. The grocery store owner said, “I don't have room for more eggs. The customers are only buying 2 or 3 eggs at a time. Now if you were to drop the price of eggs back down to the original price, the customers would start buying by the dozen again".

The distributors sent that proposal to the huge egg farmers but the egg farmers liked the price they were getting for their eggs but, those chickens just kept on laying. Finally, the egg farmers lowered the price of their eggs. But only a few cents.

The customers still bought 2 or 3 eggs at a time. They said, "When the price of eggs gets down to where it was before, we will start buying by the dozen."

Slowly the price of eggs started dropping. The distributors had to slash their prices to make room for the eggs coming from the egg farmers.

The egg farmers cut their prices because the distributors wouldn't buy at a higher price than they were selling eggs for. Anyway, they had full warehouses and wouldn't need eggs for quite a while.

And those chickens kept on laying.

Eventually, the egg farmers cut their prices because they were throwing away eggs they couldn’t sell.

The distributors started buying again because the eggs were priced to where the stores could afford to sell them at the lower price.

And the customers starting buying by the dozen again.

Now, transpose this analogy to the gasoline industry.

What if everyone only bought $10.00 worth of gas each time they pulled to the pump? The dealer's tanks would stay semi full all the time. The dealers wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the huge tank farms. The tank farms wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the refining plants. And the refining plants wouldn't have room for the oil being off loaded from the huge tankers coming from the oil fields.

Just $10.00 each time you buy gas. Don't fill it up. You may have to stop for gas twice a week but, the price should come down.

Think about it.

As an added note...When I buy $10.00 worth of gas that leaves my tank a little under quarter full. The way prices are jumping around, you can buy gas for $2.65 a gallon and then the next morning it can be $2.15. If you have your tank full of $2.65 gas you don't have room for the $2.15 gas. You might not understand the economics of only buying two eggs at a time but, you can't buy cheaper gas if your tank is full of the high priced stuff.

Also, don't buy anything else at the gas station; don't give them any more of your hard earned money than what you spend on gas, until the prices come down..." just think of this concept for a while

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Swurl

I was surfing via various websites and found Swurl

Swurl is a place to bring all the things you do online together to share in a blog-like format

My Swurl page is http://justmuneeb.swurl.com

Jajah inks another deal, Gizmo5 onboard

Jajah has just announced another huge win for their managed service platform, Michael Robertson’s Gizmo5 known as SIPphone brand.
Coming on the back of Yahoo’s decision to switch their telco minutes to Jajah it now looks as if we are seeing the emergence of a new super telco which will allow developers to get on with what this do best and outsource the most difficult part to Jajah

Source: http://patphelan.net/jajah-inks-another-deal-gizmo5-onboard/

School student refuses award from US ambassador / Pakistani Student Snubs U.S. Ambassador, Payback For Attack

ISLAMABAD ( 2008-06-18 23:33:51 ) :The US Ambassador in Islamabad, Anne W. Patterson faced embarrassment on Wednesday when a Pakistani student refused to receive award from her as a protest over recent US air strike in the country's tribal region.

Samad Khurrum, a school student, did not receive award at the hand of the US envoy who was chief guest at a function at the Islamabad's National Arts Gallery, participants at the function said.

Private TV channels also reported the news.

The student of a private school was quoted by the private TV channels as saying that he will not receive the award from the US ambassador to protest over deaths of Pakistanis in the US air strike.

The student also did not shake hand with the American envoy and left the stage.

"I can not receive award from the US ambassador after the attack," the student said, according to private TV channels.

Refusal of the student caused embarrassment for the American ambassador, who said that the air strike was unfortunate and that both governments are investigating the incident.

Good Managers Are Not Necessarily Good Leaders

By: Liz Weber of Liz Consults http://www.wbsllc.com

I was speaking with a client recently about his company's heir-apparent: his son.

He wants his son to take over as the company "leader" in a few years. His son is very organized.

He runs a solid department, manages his staff well, satisfies customers 90+% of the time, and manages his project and department budgets well.

However, he's lost when it comes to thinking long-term, studying the industry and competition, identifying new opportunities to pursue or ponder, or in developing the company - or his department - into stronger more viable entities.

His son is a good manager. His son may not be a good leader.

The difference in management skills and leadership skills are as vast as the difference in front-line customer service skills and supervisory skills.

Yet how often do we see the most effective customer service representative get promoted into the supervisory slot?

The typical - and quite often - incorrect thought process is, "Well, if she's great at customer service, she'll be great at supervising others too." Wrong.

Each position requires its own unique set of skills; skills that are not necessarily transferable.

Too often, by promoting the best manager or customer service representative into a position she is not suited to fill, we just end up losing a good manager or a good customer service representative and we gain a poor leader or supervisor.

Good managers are capable of tracking the daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly activities of their respective areas of responsibilities.

They're good at managing, supporting, and challenging their employees. They use the resources they have to their fullest, and regularly discover new ways to get the most out of what they already have.

They meet deadlines. They manage projects. They manage resources, facilities, people, supply chains, and customer demands. They look at the here and now. They focus on implementing the plan that's been established. They focus on getting the job done.

Leaders, on the other hand, focus on establishing the plan. They're responsible for taking the organization on journeys of growth, change, and development.

Leaders look to the outside for trends, opportunities, and hazards. They study the competition; the economy; and the shifts in cultures, trade practices, religions, ethics, philosophies, and politics.

They anticipate what the world will look like and then develop a plan to state how and where they'll fit in.

Good managers and good leaders are each vitally important to an organization. Each helps the organization's plans for the future become a reality.

However, good managers may not necessarily be good leaders. Good leaders may not necessarily be good managers. Don't lose a good manager by creating a poor leader.

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Former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam : 'A Leader Should Know How to Manage Failure'

Kalam: Let me tell you about my experience. In 1973 I became the project director of India's satellite launch vehicle program, commonly called the SLV-3. Our goal was to put India's "Rohini" satellite into orbit by 1980. I was given funds and human resources -- but was told clearly that by 1980 we had to launch the satellite into space. Thousands of people worked together in scientific and technical teams towards that goal.

By 1979 -- I think the month was August -- we thought we were ready. As the project director, I went to the control center for the launch. At four minutes before the satellite launch, the computer began to go through the checklist of items that needed to be checked. One minute later, the computer program put the launch on hold; the display showed that some control components were not in order. My experts -- I had four or five of them with me -- told me not to worry; they had done their calculations and there was enough reserve fuel. So I bypassed the computer, switched to manual mode, and launched the rocket. In the first stage, everything worked fine. In the second stage, a problem developed. Instead of the satellite going into orbit, the whole rocket system plunged into the Bay of Bengal. It was a big failure.

That day, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, Prof. Satish Dhawan, had called a press conference. The launch was at 7:00 am, and the press conference -- where journalists from around the world were present -- was at 7:45 am at ISRO's satellite launch range in Sriharikota [in Andhra Pradesh in southern India]. Prof. Dhawan, the leader of the organization, conducted the press conference himself. He took responsibility for the failure -- he said that the team had worked very hard, but that it needed more technological support. He assured the media that in another year, the team would definitely succeed. Now, I was the project director, and it was my failure, but instead, he took responsibility for the failure as chairman of the organization.

The next year, in July 1980, we tried again to launch the satellite -- and this time we succeeded. The whole nation was jubilant. Again, there was a press conference. Prof. Dhawan called me aside and told me, "You conduct the press conference today."

I learned a very important lesson that day. When failure occurred, the leader of the organization owned that failure. When success came, he gave it to his team. The best management lesson I have learned did not come to me from reading a book; it came from that experience.

The lion, rats, snake and the honey comb - a beautiful story

Hopefully, this story will be beneficial for everyone, Insha ALLAH.

Once a man saw in his dream that a lion was chasing him, the man ran to a tree, climbed on to it and sat on a branch. He looked down and saw that the lion was still there waiting for him. The man then looked to his side where the branch he was sitting on was attached to the tree and saw that two rats were circling around and eating the branch. One rat was black and the other one was white. The branch would fall on the ground very soon. The man then looked below again with fear and discovered that a big black snake had come and settled directly under him. The snake opened its mouth right under the man so that he will fall into it. The man then looked up to see if there was anything that he could hold on to. He saw another branch with a honeycomb. Drops of honey were falling from it. The man wanted to taste one of the drops. So, he put his tongue out and tasted one of the fallen drops of honey. The honey was amazing in taste. So, he wanted to taste another drop. As he did, he got lost into the sweetness of the honey. Meanwhile, he forgot about the two rats eating his branch away, the lion on the ground and the snake that is sitting right under him. After a while, he woke up from his sleep.

To get the meaning behind this dream, the man went to a a pious scholar of Islam. The scholar said "The lion you saw is your death. It always chases you and goes where ever you go. The two rats, one black and one white, are the night and the day. Black one is the night and the white one is the day. They circle around, coming one after another, to eat your time as they take you closer to death. The big black snake with a dark mouth is your grave. It's there, just waiting for you to fall into it. The honeycomb is this world and the sweet honey is the luxuries of this world. We like to taste a drop of the luxuries of this world but it's very sweet. Then we taste another drop and yet another. Meanwhile, we get lost into it and we forget about our time, we forget about our death and we forget about our graves."

May ALLAH wake us up from the sleep and save us before its too late (Aamen)!

Time

Time,

People say time is money but I deny... Time is some thing more important then money...

The reason I am saying this is because Money can be regained but Time one passes cannot be gained back.

Time passes like highway, road e.t.c. it passes so quickly that you cannot beleive they are passing so quickly.

Always remember! Time goes by and there is nothing you can do....

So better grab your things.. go out and do what you wanna do.. but always remember your boundriess...

One more thing... Not to be a bitter over life's disappointment... learn to let go of the past.. Recognize Every day will not be sunny, when you will find your self lost in life darkness...

aah enough of my crappy stuff.. best of luck to all who is reading this....

Regards,

Muneeb

Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled

A great note for all, it will take just 37 seconds to read this and change your thinking


Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation.


Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.

The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.

The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.

As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene.

One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by.

Although the other man couldn't hear the band - he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.

Days and weeks passed.

One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths, only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.

As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.

Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside.

He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed.

It faced a blank wall. The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window

Nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, 'Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.'

Epilogue:
There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations.

Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled.

If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy.

'Today is a gift, that's why it is called the present.'

Have a great day!

Ratan Tata in world's biggest business brains list

New York: After being named among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine, head of India's Tata Group Ratan Tata has been included in the list of 73 biggest brains in business for his Rs.100,000 Nano car.

Conde Nast Portfolio, a US business magazine, in its May issue on all-round brilliance, has identified business' biggest brains including media czar Rupert Murdoch, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and investor Warren Buffet.

"Brilliance comes in many forms, whether it is founding a startup that kicks sand in Microsoft's face or creating an affordable car for the developing world. A small number of innovators influence the rest of the influencers in business," the magazine said.

Profiling Tata, the magazine said: "He believes the future of the auto industry rests in the hands of people who don't yet drive. Besides snapping up Jaguar and Land Rover, his company, the Tata Group, is developing a car that will cost just $2,500".

The model won't be sold in the US, but the magazine said, it has the potential to radically alter the market for manufacturers there.

"Tata-inspired followers are already revving up their engines: Nissan-Renault is partnering with India's Bajaj Auto to develop a car by 2010 that will sell for less than $3,000," the magazine added.

World’s largest Islamic reinsurance Co launched

ABU DHABI: Dubai Group, the financial services unit of the government-owned investment company "Dubai Holding", has launched the world's largest Islamic reinsurance company with a paid-up capital of one billion dirham ($272.48 million), "Gulf News" reported on Sunday.
The newly established ACR ReTakaful Holdings is a joint venture of Dubai Group, Malaysian investment group Khazanah Nasional and Singapore-based Asia Capital Reinsurance (ACR), the report said.
The deal was completed through Dubai Group's subsidiary Dubai Banking Group, a Shariah-compliant investment company. The new company will focus on general (non-life), non-cyclical and large speciality risks in infrastructure and transportation industries such as aviation, marine, energy and engineering.
It aims at leading the way in channelising these traditional risks from the conventional market into Shariah-compliant Takaful channels. Takaful is an Islamic insurance concept in accordance with the rules and regulations of Islamic law.
"We are pleased to announce this landmark joint venture with our Malaysian and Singaporean partners, which reinforces our strong presence in Asian markets," said Mohammad Abdullah Al Gergawi, chairman of Dubai Holding.
"The deal reflects Dubai Holding's commitment to strategic investments within the reinsurance business regionally and globally," he added. Founded in October 2004 by Dubai government, Dubai Holding aims at consolidating the various large-scale infrastructure and investment projects that contribute to Dubai's economic, social and industrial development.
It has 19 subsidiaries covering numerous sectors, including technology, communication, energy, health, education, tourism, real estate, finance, hospitality, biotechnology and industrial manufacturing.-NNI

What is MVNO?

A Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) is a mobile operator that does not own its own spectrum and usually does not have its own network infrastructure. Instead, MVNO's have business arrangements with traditional mobile operators to buy minutes of use (MOU) for sale to their own customers

Distinguishing Characteristics of the MVNO

Many are familiar with simple resellers of telecom services such as long distance, local exchange, and mobile network services. In contrast, MVNO's typically add value such as brand appeal, distribution channels, and other affinities to the resale of mobile services.

Successful MVNO's are those that position their operations so that customers do not distinguish any significant differences in service or network performance yet offer some special affinity to their customers. Unlike simple resellers, who often have little or no brand recognition, MVNO's are typically well known, well positioned companies, with a good deal of marketing clout. For example, Virgin Atlantic Airlines is a MVNO in the UK that uses its market recognition to position itself for selling directly to its airline customers and others.

Successful MVNO's will also be those that have ample financial resources and sufficient agreements with existing operators to provide a good service coverage area. Additionally, well-diversified independent MVNO's can offer a product mix that incumbent mobile operators can not match. For example, grocery store MVNO's could offer a package of MOU's and groceries.

Warid On Wheels

Uganda's newest mobile operator, Warid Telecom has launched a mobile customer care service - in a van. The vans termed as 'Warid On Wheels' branded as WOW are customized with in-built counters, have computer terminals in them and they accommodate 2-3 service personnel in addition to a driver and a support person. The idea is to bring superb service to those customers who may not be mobile enough to come to Warid, so Warid comes to them.

This way they are giving their customers a chance to say WOW... and only such organizations who gave their customers a chance to say WOW and Surprise them will be able to be at the top because best product is with every one, way of delivering know by every one, now it's the way you delight your customers and that will force customers to stay loyal with you and be with you always.


source: www.cellular-news.com

Why the Elephants Don't Run?

Why the Elephants Don't Run?

A number of years ago, I had the rather unique experience of being backstage
in Madison Square Garden, in New York, during the Ringling Brothers Barnum &
Bailey Circus. To say the least, it was a fascinating experience. I was able
to walk around looking at the lions, tigers, giraffes and all the other
circus animals. As I was passing the elephants, I suddenly stopped, confused
by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope
tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the
elephants could, at any time, break away from their bonds but for some
reason, they did not. I saw a trainer near by and asked why these beautiful,
magnificent animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away.

"Well," he said, "when they are very young and much smaller we use the same
size rope to tie them and, at that age, it's enough to hold them. As they
grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They think
the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free."
I was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds
but because they believed they could not, they were stuck right where they
were.

Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief
that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before? How
many of us are being held back by old, outdated beliefs that no longer serve
us? Have you avoided trying something new because of a limiting belief?
Worse, how many of us are being held back by someone else's limiting
beliefs? Do you tell yourself you can't sell because you're not a
salesperson?

Particularly in starting or running a business, we are cautioned not to take
risks, usually by well intentioned friends and family. How many of us have
heard, "You can't do that?" These are the dream stealers who, due to their
own limiting beliefs, will attempt to discourage you from living your
dreams. You must ignore them at all cost! I am not suggesting that you
should not seek advice from qualified individuals and mentors, but that you
avoid like the plague, being swayed by the limiting beliefs of others,
especially people who are not in their own business.

Challenge your own limiting beliefs by questioning them. If you begin to
question a belief, you automatically weaken it. The more you question your
limiting beliefs, the more they are weakened. It's like kicking the legs out
from under a stool. Once you weaken one leg, the stool begins to lose its
balance and fall. Think back to a time when you "sold" someone on yourself.
We are selling all the time. You have to sell your ideas to your spouse,
your children, and your employees - even your banker. Maybe, as a child, you
sold Girl Scout cookies or magazine subscriptions to raise money for your
school team. That was selling too!

Once you realize you are, in fact, a capable salesperson, you have weakened
that old belief and began to replace it with a new, empowering one. Look for
references to support the new beliefs you want to cultivate. As in the
example of the stool, you want to reinforce your beliefs by adding more and
more "legs" to them. Find people who have accomplished what you want to
accomplish, discover what they did and model their behavior. Remember back
to times in your past when you were successful and use that experience to
propel yourself forward. If your challenge is in sales, read sales books and
listen to tapes or attend sales seminars. This is a critical area of your
business. One that cannot be undermined by limiting beliefs.

There is a technique called "fake it until you make it" that works well. I
am not suggesting you live in denial, just that you begin to see yourself
succeeding. Visualize your successes. See yourself vividly in your minds eye
making the sale and reaching your goals. Affirm, over and over, that you are
succeeding.

Write your affirmations daily. Of course, make sure you take the appropriate
action. As it says in the Bible, "Faith without works is dead."

Remember that your subconscious mind does not know the difference between
real and imaginary. Before you go on a sales call, take a moment and
mentally rehearse the scene, just like actors and athletes do. Tell
yourself, "I'm a great salesperson." Do this over and over, especially just
before a sales call. See the sale being made. See and feel the success. You
will be pleasantly amazed at the result. Don't take my word for it. Give it
a try. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

It has been said throughout history that what ever you believe, with
conviction, you can achieve. Don't be like the poor elephant and go through
your life stuck because of a limiting belief you were given or developed
years ago. Take charge of your life and live it to the fullest. You deserve
the best!

By Jim Donovan

Holy Quran says: "That man can have nothing but what he strives for". (Holy
Quran 53:39)

Web Service for Number Lookup in 499 DIrectory

This API that has been made to be used as a web service. It is .Net based and can be used by any application regardless of programing language. The service has two functions, GetResultByName and GetResultByNumber, and the return type of these functions is array of string type.
1) the function GetResultByName has the following declaration.
GetResultByName(firstname,lastname,city,state) as string()
this function has four parameters, firstname, lastname, city and state. Parameter "lastname" is an essential parameter that must be given. This function returns the address and the phone number of the owner of given details.
2) the function GetResultByNumber has the following declaration.
GetResultByNumber(num) as string()
this function has only one parameter "num". This function returns the Name and the address of the owner of given number.
Example 1) GetResultByName(firstname,lastname,city,state) as string
First Name: Adam [optional]
Last Name: Smith [mandatory]
City: [optional]
State: [optional]
the result will be the detail of the owner including the address and the phone number of the owner.
Example 2) GetResultByNumber(num) as string()
Number: 7134672333
the result will be the detail of the owner including the address and the phone number of the owner.
PHP Example: GetResultByNumber(num) as string()
include "Const.inc.php";
include "$INCLUDEPATH/ADb.inc.php";
include("lib/nusoap.php");
$area=$_POST['Area'];
$tel1=$_POST['Tel1'];
$tel2=$_POST['Tel2'];
$num = $area . $tel1 . $tel2;
$myADb = new ADb();
$firstname=Null;
$lastname=Null;
$address=Null;
$city=Null;
$state=Null;
$zip=Null;
$phone=Null;
$strSQL = "SELECT * FROM ReverseInfo WHERE Phone='$num'";
$Result = $myADb->ExecuteQuery($strSQL);
if ($Result->fields[7] == $num)
{
while(!$Result->EOF)
{
echo $firstname = $Result->fields[1];
echo $lastname = $Result->fields[2];
echo $address = $Result->fields[3];
echo $city = $Result->fields[4];
echo $state = $Result->fields[5];
echo $zip = $Result->fields[6];
echo $phone = $Result->fields[7];
$Result->MoveNext();
}
}
else
{
$wsdlURL = "http://dev4.tvpakistan.com/SearchService.asmx?wsdl";
$soap = new soapclient($wsdlURL, "wsdl");
if ($_POST)
{
$parameters['parameters']['num'] = $num;
$result = $soap->call("GetResultByNumber", $parameters);
//print_r($result);
$lastname = $result['GetResultByNumberResult']['string'][0];
$firstname = $result['GetResultByNumberResult']['string'][1];
$address = $result['GetResultByNumberResult']['string'][3] . " " . $result['GetResultByNumberResult']['string'][4];
$city = $result['GetResultByNumberResult']['string'][4];
$name = $fname . $lname;
if ($error=$soap->getError())
{
die($error);
}
if (is_null($result))
{
echo "Record not found";
exit;
}
$insSQL = "INSERT INTO ReverseInfo(FirstName,LastName,Address,City,Phone)
VALUES('$firstname','$lastname','$address','$city','$num')";
$Result = $myADb->ExecuteQuery($insSQL);
exit;
}
}
?>
In the code example "GetResultByNumber(num)as string()" is used. The execution of the above code is simple, first the function is called and the corresponding record is fetched from the database, if the record is available in the database then it will simply be fetched and displayed. On the other hand, if the record is not available in the database, then it will use the web service, fetch the record if available, save it in the database and finally display it.
Demo

Telephone Number

if you find any problem or confusion, you can ask by posting the comments.

AOL Buys Bebo For $850 Million

Investment bank Allen & Co. has been shopping Bebo for some time. A number of potential buyers passed on the company, including News Corp., Microsoft and Google, our sources say. Yahoo may have also taken a long look, but recent woes probably prohibit it from doing any large transactions.

AOL’s intention, they told press in a briefing call this morning, is to marry AIM and ICQ with a proper social network. At a high level, AOL is saying they are basing much of their go forward social networking strategy around AIM. Layering in Bebo, they say, lets people communicate both synchronously and asynchronously. The goal is to allow people to both express themselves and extend existing relationships. AIM users have 100 buddies on average. Bebo’s platform allows those users to share and distribute media as well.

AOL’s also talking about their Platform A advertising platform which can blend big brand advertising along with performance. Bebo’s page views will be enticing to those brands to the extent they can track how those ads do.

Current President Joanna Shields (middle in picture) will continue to run Bebo and will report to AOL President Ron Grant (right in picture). Founders Michael Birch and Xochi Birch will shortly be leaving the startup, apparently. Rumor has it, though, that Shields has effectively run the company for some time. Bebo was originally launched in 2005.

Bebo is the second largest social network in the U.K. (its largest market) after Facebook. Recent Comscore data says Bebo has 22 million unique visitors and 11 billion page views; AOL said Bebo users spend an average of 40 minutes a day on the site in a press briefing. The company claims 40 million users.

Source: Techcrunch.com

Calacanis Fires People Who Have A Life

Mahalo founder and serial entrepreneur Jason Calacanis has some interesting tips up today about how to squeeze every single last thing from your startup employees.

Helpful advice includes (our interpretation):

• If you do meetings, have them over lunch, because you shouldn’t let your employees eat alone
• Don’t provide people with phones, they can always use their own cellphones, and this saves money
• Buy a decent espresso machine and provide food in the office, because you don’t want your staff to ever stop working, this way you keep them in the office every minute of every day
• Buy people who work hard a computer for home, so they can work after hours, on weekends and public holidays
• Urinary catheters are cheap, hook each employee up to one so they don’t waste minutes going to the restroom

OK, so I made the last point up. Here’s my favorite one though (direct quote):

• “Fire people who are not workaholics…. come on folks, this is startup life, it’s not a game. go work at the post office or stabucks if you want balance in your life. For realz.”

Apparently having a life isn’t “for realz” in Calacanis’ playbook so a note to possible Mahalo employees: expect to check your family at the door if you want to go work for JCal. Up to 18 hours a day for $30-35,000 (what I’ve heard is the going rate for base Mahalo employees) , you’re never allowed to go outside during this time or have a proper break…. sounds like a great place to work.

Source = http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/calacanis-fires-people-who-have-a-life/

Stream live video fast to the world. Right from your phone!

Go live with your life by streaming anytime, anywhere — right from your phone.

Be an eyewitness, capture those first steps, or whip up your own streaming video blog.

I was checking this web site and was amazed to see such nice work done by this guy.

If I was a news reporter I would definitely be using this application rather then traveling with so many equipments.

Go ahead try this out it's amazing....

Undersea cables 'cut by saboteurs'

From http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2209985/saboteurs-cut-undersea-cables:

Undersea cables 'cut by saboteurs'
Infowar a possibility, warns UN

Written by Iain Thomson

A United Nations official has warned that some of the recent internet outages affecting the Middle East may have been the work of saboteurs.

A series of cable cuts earlier this month left large parts of the Middle East without proper internet access, hurting outsourced call centre operations in Egypt, India and Pakistan.

One outage has been traced to a dragging anchor cable, but others have yet to be explained.

"We do not want to pre-empt the results of ongoing investigations," Sami al-Murshed, UN head of development, told Agence France-Presse.

"But we do not rule out that a deliberate act of sabotage caused the damage to the undersea cables over two weeks ago."

While it was initially thought that rogue shipping was responsible for the cable cuts, al-Murshed is not so sure.

"Some experts doubt the prevailing view that the cables were cut by accident, especially as the cables lie at great depths under the sea and are not passed over by ships," he said at a conference on cyber-crime in Qatar.

Omantel buys Worldcall for $193mn

MUSCAT:

Oman Telecommunications Co (Omantel) said it paid $193 million for Pakistan's Worldcall Telecom, its biggest investment outside its home country. The state-controlled company said in May it was in talks to buy a Pakistan telecom operator, identifying Worldcall the following month. It never said how much it was looking to pay.

ICE (In Case Of Emergeny)

We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory but nobody, other than ourselves, knows which of these numbers belong to our closest family or friends.

If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people attending us would have our mobile phone but wouldn't know who to call. Yes, there are hundreds of numbers stored but which one is the contact person in case of an emergency? Hence this "ICE" (In Case of Emergency) Campaign

The concept of "ICE" is catching on quickly. It is a method of contact during emergency situations. As cell phones are carried by the majority of the population, all you need to do is store the number of a contact person or persons who should be contacted during emergency under the name "ICE" ( In Case Of Emergency).

The idea was thought up by a paramedic who found that when he went to the scenes of accidents, there were always mobile phones with patients, but they didn't know which number to call. He therefore thought that it would be a good idea if there was a nationally recognized name for this purpose. In an emergency situation, Emergency Service personnel and hospital Staff would be able to quickly contact the right person by simply dialing the number you have stored as "ICE."

For more than one contact name simply enter ICE1, ICE2 and ICE3 etc. A great idea that will make a difference!

Let's spread the concept of ICE by storing an ICE number in our Mobile phones today!

Please forward this. It won't take too many "forwards" before everybody will know about this It really could save your life, or put a loved one's mind at rest .

ICE will speak for you when you are not able to

Interactive Voice Response Service

SuperIvr.net is a service via which you can design IVR for your company on any of the virtual number offered by them.

You can record your own voice and message and upload it in your account.

You can call any of the following numbers for demo:

92218301000
92218301079
92228360360
92235200600
92297220200
92415051000
92518080110
92528000700
92532017800
92558340000
92638000100
92712000400
92726200100
92748000800
92917006744
92923809400
92946209500
442080028720
441612630229
13232814440

Expanded Coverage in Canada

DIDx added new DID numbers from Canada which includes:

• Winnipeg
• Kitchener-Waterloo
• London
• Victoria
• Markham
• Brampon
• Aurora
• Newmarket
• Malton
• Cooksville
• Unionville
• Thornhill
• Richmond Hill
• Burlington
• Oakville
• Streetsville
• Calgary
• Toronto
• Quebec
• Longueuil
• Pointe-Claire
• Brandford
• Windsor
• Montreal
• Vancouver
• Ottawa-Hull
• SudburyBarrie
• St Johns
• Vancouver
• Edmonton
• Sherbrooke
• Halifax

Regards,

Muneeb

Microsoft offers $44.6bn for Yahoo

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft Corp. has pounced on slumping Internet icon Yahoo Inc. with an unsolicited takeover offer of $44.6 billion in its boldest bid yet to challenge Google Inc.'s dominance of the lucrative online search and advertising markets.
The surprise offer of $31 per share, made late Thursday and announced Friday, comes with Sunnyvale-based Yahoo in a vulnerable position.
With its profits steadily sliding, Yahoo's stock slipped to a four-year low earlier this week and a new management team has been trying to steer a turnaround sees more turbulence through 2008.
The announcement sent Yahoo's share price up 60 percent in premarket trading, while Google fell 8 percent.
In a letter to Yahoo's board of directors, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said the world's biggest software maker will bid $31 per share, representing a 62 percent premium to Yahoo's closing stock price Thursday.
Since reaching a 52-week high of $34.08 in October, Yahoo shares have fallen 46 percent. Yahoo climbed $11.47 a share, or 59.8 percent, to $30.65 in premarket trading.

Extended Coverage In Canada on DIDx

Coverage for Canada has been exceeded to 40 new cities on DIDx now.

You can even back order for Canadian numbers.

Regards,

Muneeb

HP introduces thin client hardware

Hewlett-Packard has introduced its first mobile thin client, a notebook that can store data and access applications wirelessly on a centralized server. In addition to the Compaq 6720t, HP introduced on Thursday two desktop thin clients, the Compaq t5730 and t5735. The 6720t and t5730 run Microsoft Windows XPe, and the t5735 uses the Debian Linux operating system and supports open source applications.

HP's thin-client hardware uses technology acquired last year in the $214 million purchase of Neoware, which sold hardware and software that allowed users to build desktop systems that could be centrally managed from servers with little desk-side intervention. Neoware's Linux-based thin-client systems complemented HP's Windows-based systems.
The 6720t mobile PC features a 15.4-inch display and is powered by a 1.06-GHz Intel Celeron M Processor 423. The machine also has 1 GB of memory, a 1-GB solid-state flash drive, and three USB 2.0 ports. For graphics processing, the PC uses the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950.

The mobile thin client has no hard-disk drive, since all storage is hosted on a server, which also handles processing for all business applications, such as Microsoft Office.

Android Seems Promising!!!

http://code.google.com/android/

The Android platform is a software stack for mobile devices including an operating system, middleware and key applications. Developers can create applications for the platform using the Android SDK. Applications are written using the Java programming language and run on Dalvik, a custom virtual machine designed for embedded use which runs on top of a Linux kernel.

If you want to know how to develop applications for Android, you're in the right place. This site provides a variety of documentation that will help you learn about Android and develop mobile applications for the platform.

An early look at the the Android SDK is also available. It includes sample projects with source code, development tools, an emulator, and of course all the libraries you'll need to build an Android application.

Nestle loses sales as restaurant bans bottled water...

NEW YORK:

Tap water is fine for Alice Waters, who stopped selling bottled stuff last year at her environmentally conscious Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California. That could be bad news for Nestle SA. Per-capita sales of the product in the US will rise 6.3 per cent this year and 3.6 per cent in 2010, slowing from 8.9 per cent last year, according to Euromonitor International Ltd.

Operating profit growth at Nestle's water unit, whose 2006 sales of 9.6 billion Swiss francs ($8.7 billion) were 10 per cent of the Swiss company's total, will shrink by half to 5 per cent in 2008, UBS AG has forecast.


Beverage companies including Nestle, Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. are also facing inroads from private labels in the $15 billion industry. The competition comes as religious groups and environmentalists say that bottling wastes energy and overtaxes landfills.