Apple sold 100 Million iPod Touch within 6 years

Almost six years after the iPod touch first launched in 2007, Apple is celebrating a milestone: It’s sold 100 million of the pocket-sized media players.

Since Apple first introduced the first-generation iPod in 2001, transforming both the portable music player and music industry, the company has sold an estimated 350 million devices.

On Thursday, the company unveiled the latest update to the iPod touch line, and it’s actually a bit of a downgrade: It’s the fifth-generation iPod touch without a rear-facing camera (it still has the 1.2 megapixel front-facing camera) and only two color choices (silver or black). It also has just 16 GB of storage.

Those trade-offs, however, also result in the lowest priced fifth-gen device: $229. The original fifth-generation iPod touch includes two cameras and starts at $299 for the 32 GB model (a 16 GB iPad mini costs just $30 more). Beyond those differences, though, the new iPod touch is identical in features and size (still 6 mm thick) to the full-featured fifth-generation model.

Apple argue that the new iPod touch replaces the fourth-generation iPod touch and noted that more than half of all iPods the company currently sells are iPod touches. Apple had nothing to share regarding sales or changes to the tinier iPod nano.

While Apple doesn’t break out exact holiday sales figures, Apple told us that the iPod touch sold well last holiday season. A recent Nielsen report said 36% of surveyed children wanted an iPod touch for the holidays.

On the other hand, the iPod touch’s broad appeal is clearly shrinking. Last quarter Apple reported that it sold 5.6 million iPods, a 26% drop year-over-year.

Telenor Pakistan Appoints Aslam Hayat as Chief Corporate Affairs and Security Officer

Muhammad Aslam Hayat has been appointed as Chief Corporate Affairs and Security Officer in Telenor Pakistan. He will be joining the company from 8 July 2013.

Muhammad Aslam Hayat is an ICT regulatory professional who is currently working as Centre Director (CEO) of Pacific ICT Regulatory Resource Centre (PIRRC) in Suva, Fiji, a World Bank Project.

In his role at PIRRC, he is responsible to engage with all Pacific ICT Regulators and Ministries. Before joining PIRRC, he worked in Grameenphone (a Telenor subsidiary), Bangladesh for five years mainly advising in legal, regulatory and stakeholder management matters, making strategies and building capacity of Corporate Affairs Division.

He has also worked as consultant to Telenor Pakistan from 2004 till 2006 advising on legal and regulatory matters. During his first tenure in Telenor Pakistan one of his key achievements was to lead the team of mobile operators of Pakistan in limiting mobility of WLL operators and successfully obtained a determination from the regulator. He also assisted in obtaining the LDI License for Telenor Pakistan and also contributed towards MNP and IMEI frameworks and proposed amendments in Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organization) Act 1996 and in Pakistan Telecommunication Rules 2000.

During his tenure in Ministry of Information Technology from 2002 till 2004 he was part of the team, which worked on ICT policies in Pakistan including Telecom Deregulation Policy 2003, Mobile Cellular Policy 2004 and Universal Service Fund Policy, 2006. He has also drafted various ICT laws for Pakistan.

“I am looking forward to coming back to Pakistan and am delighted to be joining Telenor Pakistan again with whom I have a fond association. I am also very keen to start working with an energetic and dedicated team with whom I am confident that together we will make a difference, shape better environment to do business and make our stakeholders successful.” said Muhammad Aslam Hayat, appointed Chief Corporate Affairs & Security Officer of Telenor Pakistan.

“I am delighted to have Aslam in my top management team. With his very sound stakeholder engagement and regulatory experience in Pakistan and abroad I am very confident that we will be able to forge stronger relationships with our key stakeholders in Pakistan.” said Lars Christian Iuel, CEO Telenor Pakistan.