ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that the process of auctioning 3G, 4G spectrum licences should be uninterrupted. A three member judge bench headed by Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja resumed the hearing of a petition filed by Khurram Shehzad Chughtai, an IT expert, who hadRead More →
Espoo, Finland ( BMZ REPORT ) Nokia Solutions and Networks and the NYU WIRELESS Research Center at the New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering are jointly organizing the first Brooklyn 5G Summit, held April 23-25 in Brooklyn, New York. The invitation-only event will bring together wireless and mobile industryRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) ‘’The finance minister Ishaq Dar is very angry so much so that he wants to call off the auction if we are so embarrassingly offtar get’ said an official on his team who declined to be beidentified as he is not authorized to speak officially onRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) The much anticipated 3G/4G auction has started with its first phase underway. Out of the five telecom companies four have submitted their seal bids today. No new company has taken part in the auction according to sources. Mobilink, Ufone, Telenor and Zong have submitted their proposalsRead More →
KARACHI ( MEDIA ) World Bank (WB) is considering Next Generation Mobile Award (NGMA) in Pakistan as a key economic booster while also anticipated likely unfair competition for some Pakistani products regarding Non Discriminatory Market Access (NDMA) to India by Pakistan. Jose Calix WB’s Pakistan Lead Country Economist responding toRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) Ministry of IT and Telecom decides to appoint Mudassar Hussain as Member Telecom, effective immediately. Mudassar Hussain is a world-class services executive who will accelerate his efforts in delivering high-value services for the telecom industry. He is an expert in Telecom Policy, Information Technology, strategy formulationRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Anusha Rehman, Minister for State, Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom, straight away refused to the recommendation and said that auction will be completed by April 23rd, as per plans. Authorities concerned confirmed ProPakistani that yesterday’s recommendations are not being considered by the government andRead More →
LAHORE ( HAFEEZ REPORT ) Warid has outscored other cellular operators by having more satisfied customers as compared to all other mobile phone networks of the country, revealed a recently concluded opinion poll conducted by Gallup Pakistan. 97% of Warid users said that they are happy with the quality of networkRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Telecoalert has learnt through reliable sources that Ms. Anusha Rahman, Minister of State for Information Technology & Telecom has stopped struggling to get her brother accommodated in PTCL somewhere in its legal department as advisor or consultant. A well placed expert in telecom sector whileRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Zakir Hussia Political Advisor to Ms. Anusha Rahman, Minister of State for Information Technology & Telecom has got a lucrative job in USF, sources close to this development have revealed to telecoalert.com on condition of anonymity. The sources revealed that Mr Zakir has been hiredRead More →
KARACHI ( MEDIA )Unlike its Bangladeshi counterpart that sold the third-generation (3G) mobile spectrum licences through an open outcry method, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has chosen to hold an electronic auction, which sources say is in line with international standards and also likely to discourage collusive bidding. Electronic auction isRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Mobilink and Telenor Pakistan have expressed strong reservations over the fact that PTA has not taken firm action against PTCL EVO. Both companies have asked President Mamnoon Hussian and Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif to take strong action against PTCL EVO which has been usingRead More →