ISLAMABAD (SPECIAL REPORT ) Warid Telecom sales have been pushed to next month. Mobile companies are now pushing themselves away from the company since it has been discovered that Warid Telecom has considerable amount of loans and outstanding payments. Ufone and Zong has started negotiations with Warid over the recentRead 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 →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) In view of service problems faced by consumers, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has asked all the users of illegal jammers to remove the unauthorized devices immediately otherwise action will be initiated against violator as per Pakistan Telecom (Re-Organization) Act 1996. It has been repeatedly informed that jammer(s) installed inRead More →
LAHORE (MEDIA) Warid Telecom, leading innovator in Pakistan’s telecom industry, now offers its prepaid subscribers the lowest international call rates to Afghanistan. Warid Telecom subscribers can now make calls to landline and mobile numbers in Afghanistan for just 30 paisas per second. To avail this offer Warid subscribers have toRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) The Supreme Court of Pakistan asked the finance secretary to submit a detailed report that how Rs. 62 billion were withdrawn from Universal Services Fund (USF) on Monday during hearing petition about PTA and other realted issues. A three-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief JusticeRead More →
ISLAMABAD (SPECIAL REPORT) Policy Directive of the Ministry of Information Technology & Telecom and all ensuing steps taken by Pta and the LDI Licensees do not fall within the purview of the Competition Act 2010 or jurisdiction of the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP). This is stance of Moitt reportsRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) As news in telecom sector are spreading about telecoms group VimpelCom, which also owns Mobilink Pakistan, that it’s eyeing a bid for Warid Telecom, VimpelCom believes that in-market consolidation would be positive for Pakistan. A spokesperson for VimpelCom telecoms, responding to Daily Times’ query to this scribe declinedRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Mobilink has posted 5 percent overall increase in revenues in the second quarter of 2013. VimpelCom’s Q213 results claim that Mobilink’s mobile data revenues have gone up by 32 percent. Mobilink has also seen higher revenues coming in from the interconnect, VAS and other streams which remained aRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Apple is expected to launch a new version of its iPhone on 10 September, A special event will be held to unveil the device which is believed to be called the iPhone 5S, following previous naming convention from Apple. Along with likely camera and processor improvements, the new flagshipRead More →
LAHORE (MEDIA) Telecom industry’s revenue growth has shown nearly two percent negative trend quarter on quarter first time in the history of Pakistan due to unfavorable government policies, said a senior official of a leading telecom company. The revenue fall is shocking for the industry, he said. The industry’s peopleRead More →
ISLAMABAD (SPECIAL REPORT) Four telecom companies are in race to get Warid’s small customer base in Pakistan with old technology and heavy loan. Mobilink, Etisalat(UFONE), China Mobile (ZONG) and Qatar Mobile are seriously working on it. Warid telecom Pakistan has offered last month to sell its complete share with managementRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Information Technology Secretary Kamran Ali Qureshi has said grey traffic has increased considerably in the country and underlined the need for steps to be taken to control it as quickly as possible. He was speaking at a follow-up meeting on monitoring of grey traffic under the supervision ofRead More →