Pakistan Has a New PCB Chairman

Pakistan has a new PCB chairman, and the winner is, Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf.  Many fans are nervous about this decision because Ashraf has never before now been associated with the sport.  So the feeling is, what can he bring to the table that the other runner ups could not? 

Others are confident that with a money background he just the person to help the sport out of the funk it’s been in the last few years.

Ashraf wants to bring Pakistan cricket back to the top and bring the name back into households around the world.  He feels it’s important to show the world that the incident in 2009 does not define the country.  Ashraf is confident he will bring cricket back to Pakistan and make the fans proud.

How do you think this decision will affect the sport?  Are you happy with who they picked?  Or would you have wanted someone else?

StanaCard loves to help celebrate new beginnings, so we have decided to lower our rates to Pakistan.  The new rate is 4.70 .  Now with $5 you can call Pakistan for 106 minutes. 

StanaCard has amazing voice quality and a no fees policy.  That means you will never have to pay connection fees or disconnection fees like Skype and other calling cards.  So login or sign up today and get calling.

Aakash! The World's Cheapest Tablet

On Wednesday October 5^th India launched the world’s cheapest tablet, the Aakash.  The government will be giving away 100,000 tablets for free to students and the first 500 given to the launch attendees.  Once it goes on sale students will receive a subsidized price of $35 and the rest of India will pay only $60.

The new device will have 2 USB ports, support video conferencing and have a three-hour battery life.  The first 500 testers had mix responses to the device; with some saying it was slow.  Most people would agree that the speed of the device will not affect their decision to purchase.  Most will be going from no technology to the Aakash so they feel it’s already an improvement.

Suneet Singh, DataWind CEO, has discussed that in future versions of the tablet they would include a mobile phone connection which will make it even more useful in rural areas.  When this is implemented people in rural India will now have access to more of the world than ever before.

StanaCard wants to help celebrate this fantastic jump in technology for India, so we have lowered our rates.  Now you can call India for 1.89 cents per minute.  That means that $5 gives you 265 minutes.  So take advantage of our no fees policy and great voice quality, Sign up today!

Rate Decrease to Afghanistan!

StanaCard has great news! We are decreasing our rates to Afghanistan by 14%.  The new rate is 21.49¢.

That’s almost 30% cheaper than Skype and -- unlike Skype and most calling cards -- we charge absolutely no connection fees.  You pay only for what you use.

The more you know…

Afghanistan literally means “Land of Afghans.”  But this could mean more than the people living in the modern state of Afghanistan, which was founded by Ahmad Shah Durrani in 1747.  There are other sorts of Afghans:

1.    The Afghan Hound, one of the oldest hound breeds. They acquired their unique features in the cold mountains of Afghanistan, where it was originally used to hunt hares and gazelles by coursing them

2.    An Afghan can also be referred to as a "throw". Afghans were first made in Afghanistan and commonly featured geometric designs with many holes in the pattern. They are hand-stitched or knitted. 

3.     Afghan rugs are meant for covering large areas of floor. Many patterns and colors are used, but the traditional and most typical is that of the octagonal elephant's foot (Bukhara) print, often with a red background.

      If you need to call to find an Afghan rug, want to know a pattern for knitting, or want an Afghan hound straight from the source, click here to find out how to do it for really cheap!