ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Last month’s auction of the 3G and 4G licenses was challenged in the Islamabad High Court in a petition submitted by a citizen which contended that the bidding process was not carried out in a transparent manner and was conducted in violation of the codeRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Thursday formally handed over the 3G and 4G licenses to the four cellular companies following a transparent bidding process that fetched the country over US 1.22 billion dollars. A month after the auction for next-generation telecom spectrums, which raised overRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif will award 3G & 4G mobile spectrum licenses to the successful mobile operating bidders on 22nd May, 2014 at Islamabad. In the very transparent auction held by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in April, 2014 the government raised $902.82 million in the firstRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) The winners of 3G/4G auction have paid their advance tax today at Federal Board of Revenue. They will be paying their spectrum fees tomorrow at Pakistan Telecom Authority. Today (Tuesday) more than US $110 million was deposited by four cellular in state exchequer. This hasRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) 15 member trade delegation of Sweden led by H.E Ambassador Jonas Hafström Senior Advisor to the Minister of Trade called on the Minister of State for IT Mrs. Anusha Rahman today in Islamabad. Minister counselor Mr. Andres Sjoberg, MD Tetra Pak Mr. Stephen Johnsson, CEORead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA ) Although the auction of 3G and 4G cellular licences yielded the government a staggering proceed of over Rs111 billion ($1.12 billion), where the huge amount should be parked was the centre of discussion before the Supreme Court on Monday. Representing the federal government, Attorney General Salman AslamRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) The winning companies of 3G/4G auction held in April are expected to pay their advance tax with 50% of their spectrum fee on Tuesday. This shows that the companies that had serious reservations against the advance tax will be paying it now. There were threeRead More →
KARACHI ( MEDIA ) Members of the Sindh Assembly (SA) believe poverty is the second name of saving mobile phone balance through missed calls. Like few other parts of the world, mostly in third world countries, it is commonly used in Pakistan a free way to nudge another person withRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) World Telecommunication Day has been celebrated annually on 17 May since 1969, marking the founding of ITU and the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention in 1865. It was instituted by the Plenipotentiary Conference in Malaga-Torremolinos in 1973. The purpose of World Telecommunication andRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) The Senate standing committee on cabinet secretariat on Thursday took up the two-year-old alleged Rs47 billion tax evasion by telecom companies saying the actual amount may have doubled and required adjudication. In July 2012, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had served notices on five telecom operatorsRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The 7TH Pakistan TeleCON 2014 concluded here today with regulators and experts determining that a data revolution, connected communities and a digitized ecosystem will define the telecom sector in Pakistan. The theme of the conference was “The Changing Dynamics of Telecom and ICT Sectors inRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The Chairman, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Syed Ismail Shah will be delivering the keynote address at the 7TH Pakistan Telecommunication Conference (TeleCON 2014) to be held on May 14, 2014 at the Marriott Hotel Islamabad. The theme of this year’s moot is “The Changing DynamicsRead More →