ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) According to sources in Telecom industry PTA is trying to play smart with the winning companies of 3G/4G auction held on 23rd April. In a recently sent letter to all four companies it has been revealed that PTA has sent letters to telecom companies withRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Dr. Fan Yunjun through such endeavors we show our commitment towards taking the telecom services in Pakistan to the next generation.” This is the beginning of a new era in mobile internet which will allow us to experience extremely fast download speeds. He was explainingRead More →
LAHORE ( MEDIA ) After a long wait, Pakistan has finally entered the world of 3G and 4G. Asher Yaqub Khan, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Ufone sat down with The Newpaper to discuss Ufone’s future strategy after successfully acquiring 3G licences and the telecom sector’s outlook. The News reportedRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) All four winner companies of the last week’s spectrum auction are expected to deposit 75 percent of the total license fee, more than US $800 million, anytime soon. According to government’s announcement one of the winners, Telenor Pakistan has deposited their remaining spectrum amount toRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) The government has directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to curtail the operations of Afghan cellular phones in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa because of security issues. Dawn reported on Monday. Informed sources told Dawn that more than 40,000 SIMs (subscriberRead More →
ISLAMABAD (BMZ REPORT ) Provision of rural telephony to the far flung areas of the country including FATA is the utmost priority of the present government; we intend that the whole country should be connected and telecom services are equally provided to the people of urban and rural areas. MinisterRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Mr. Irfan Wahab, Chief Marketing Officer announced last Friday that all telenor consumers will use 3G network free in Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Karachi. This announcement was made in a press conference that was scheduled by the PR department and only few journalist were invited.Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif apprised federal Minister for Finance Senator mohammad Ishaq Dar and MOS Information Technology & Telecom Mrs Anusha Rehman regarding successful 3G/4G auction held recently. Prime Minister met Senator Ishaq Dar and MOS Anusha Rehman last day. Later on Chief ExecutiveRead More →
HONG KONG ( BMZ REPORT ) Moody’s Investors Service says that the outcome of the 3G and 4G spectrum auctions held on 23 April in Pakistan are credit positive for Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited (Mobilink, B2 negative). “Mobilink was able to secure 10MHz of 3G spectrum in the 2100MHz frequencyRead More →
The whole process was carried out in a transparent and fair manner. ICT FOURM The 3rd slot of 3G should not have been split in two slots of 5MHz. Experts ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) The experts of ICT FORUM PAKISTAN have attempted a dispassionate analysis of strengths and weaknessesRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Owing to the sagacious polices of PML government, we are entering into the new era of latest information and communicational technology: State Minister for IT Mrs. Anusha Rahman said while chairing the high level meeting at the Ministry of IT today in Islamabad. The meetingRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Pakistan raised $903 million in its first auction for 3G mobile phone networks on Wednesday, as well as $210 million for the more advanced 4G spectrum, with four foreign-owned companies emerging as winners from the long-anticipated bidding process. The four winners of the 3G auctionRead More →