ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) The Supreme Court (SC) has sought legal and constitutional explanation from the attorney general (AG) until March 17 on withdrawal of Rs 70 billion from the Universal Services Fund (USF) by the federal government. A three-member bench of the SC, headed by Justice Jawwad S Khawaja,Read More →
LAHORE ( SABIR SHAH ) Lahore High Court has declared the appointment of member Compliance and Enforcement against PTA Act. This ruling came in response to the petition submitted against the appointment of various PTA members. This ruling came from Justice Mansoor Ali Shah who hearing petition that has beenRead More →
ABU DHABI ( MEDIA ) Emirates Telecommunications Corporation ” Etisalat ” succeeded in selling the most expensive phone number in the UAE during an auction attended by 700 bidders. After a big competition, Etisalat’s Diamond Plus mobile number, 0507777777 was sold for a staggering Dh7,877,777, of which Dh7,440,777 went towardsRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) After years of struggle, Pakistan has finally decided to settle the dispute with Etisalat –the buyer of 26% shares in Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) – over $800 million outstanding payments by forgoing an amount equal to the value of those properties that it cannot transfer inRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Revised Information Memorandum (IM) for the auction of the next generation spectrum (3G/4G) will be made public by March 17 that will address the concerns of all the stakeholders, said a senior government official on Friday. This was decided in a meeting chaired byRead More →
Pakistan has just one percent broadband penetration. This dismal number lets down a population that will be approaching 200 million inhabitants soon. The good news, though, is that the central issues that are concerning existing mobile operators and potential new investors can be resolved before the auction takes place.Read More →
KARACHI ( MEDIA ) Cellular companies are not at ease with the government’s policy regarding new entrants in the country’s telecom sector as defined in the recently released Information Memorandum (IM), said an official belonging to a cellular company, requesting anonymity. The News clamied. Three telecom operators, including Saudi Telecom,Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) A delegation of Turkish mobile phone operator Turkcell has arrived here to asses market conditions before the auction of 3G/4G spectrum scheduled for april 7, 2014.Turk Cell delegation visited Ministry of IT and met with the Minister of State for IT and Telecom. High rankingRead More →
ISLAMABAD( BMZ REPORT ) A meeting of the Spectrum Auction Advisory Committee was held under the chairmanship of Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar at the finance ministry here on Wednesday. Secretary Ministry of Information Technology, Akhlaq Tarrar briefed the committee on the progress made so far on the auction ofRead More →
LAHORE ( MEDIA ) Ongoing due diligence between Etisalat and Warid for the buyout of the Abu-Dhabi Group’s cellular service provider has remained inconclusive as Warid called off negotiations when it wasn’t able to get its desired price, said a Warid official on Tuesday. The News clamied. “The ongoing discussionsRead More →
LONDON ( MEDIA ) Malala Yousafzai may be the only teenager who doesn’t have a mobile phone — and is willing to admit it. The girl who was shot by the Taliban for daring to want an education set off a chorus of chuckles Monday night when she said sheRead More →
LAHORE ( MEDIA ) The biggest search engine of the world, Google, has selected SMSall network, developed by two Pakistanis, for the entrepreneurs parties programmes, says the network chief operating officer (COO). According to SMSall COO and Director Idrees Butt, 16 entrepreneurs have been selected from all over the world,Read More →