ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) With the government once again facing the task of appointing the leadership for the telecom sector’s regulatory body, the industry – despite keeping its fingers crossed on whether the ambitious target can be achieved – is hopeful that the latest ruling by the apex court is a stepRead More →

ISLAMABAD (SPECIAL REPORT ) Lars Christian Luel Ceo Telenor  met with Federal Secretary Information Technology Akhlaq Ahmad Tarar and Federal Minister State Anusha Rehman Khan.  There was no specific agenda of the meeting nor there any discussion on telecom sector.  Delegation that was headed by the CEO Telenor stayed atRead More →

Islamabad (MEDIA) With reference to news reports on Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s latest letter to Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) to stop ‘chat packages’, PTA spokesperson has clarified that it is not a new matter but a continuity of the PTA letter of November 14, 2012 on the same issue. Earlier also,Read More →

ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has instructed all the  cellular operators of the country to immediately stop all kind of chat packages including voice and sms at any time of the day.  According to directive No CPD-1(227) 13-PTA dated August 29 2013 with subject ‘Directive relating to packages offeredRead More →

ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Ufone and Huawei recently co-launched the much anticipated worlds slimmest phone, the “Huawei ASCEND P6” in Pakistan. This co-launch is in continuation to the previous efforts made by both brands to help provide the Pakistani populace with the most affordable and tech savvy handsets. Mr Ahmed Bilal MasudDeputyRead More →

Islamabad (MEDIA) Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) jointly conducted successful raids at Okara and Lahore and seized illegal gateway exchange. Grey Setup operational at Okara at 111, Millat Cold Store was successfully raided and thirty five Voice over internet Protocol (VoIP) Gateways along with supporting hardwareRead More →

ISLAMABAD (SPECIAL REPORT ) The regulator—PTA— has been given 3- day deadline for placing a response mechanism in case of arising of any complaint of uploading of any blasphemous contents on websites. “We have developed IT solutions to block around 4000 URLs having blasphemous contents with the help of filtersRead More →

Islamabad (MEDIA) Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) jointly conducted two successful raids at Lahore and Karachi and seized illegal gateway exchanges. Grey Setup operational at Lahore area of Badami Bagh was successfully raided and four Voice over internet Protocol (VoIP) Gateways along with supporting hardware andRead More →