NEW DELHI: In a bid to monitor internet usage in Indian-held Kashmir, the central government has asked telecom operators to provide mechanisms for fool-proof monitoring of internet traffic and has also banned several links to Youtube and Facebook pages, it was reported on Monday. According to a report on IBN-LIVE,Read More →
Islamabad (MEDIA) Jo Lunder, theChief Executive Officer of VimpelCom, has been named amongst the top 25 of the ‘GTB Power100’, which ranked the 100 most powerful people in the global telecom industryfor 2012. VimpelCom is the parent company of Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited (PMCL), also known as Mobilink. Jo LunderhasRead More →
Islamabad (MEDIA) Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) held its 17th Annual General meeting here today. Chaired by Chairman, PTCL Board of Directors, Amir Tariq Zaman Khan and attended by a large number of PTCL shareholders. The meeting apprised the shareholders of the company’s ongoing efforts and achievements attainted during theRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) has announced financial results for 1st quarter of FY2012-13 for the period ended September 30, 2012. The financial results were announced at the company’s quarterly Board of Directors meeting held at a local hotel in Islamabad. The PTCL group posted a steady growthRead More →
ISLAMABAD (SPECIAL REPORT) In many countries of the world the termination charge for international incoming calls is determined by national regulatory bodies. Here in Pakistan the GOP has mandated this assignment to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). 2. The LDIO’s (Long Distance & International Operators) are licensed to terminate the international callsRead More →
ISLAMABAD (SPECIAL REPORT) The international traffic terminating in Pakistan is a rich source of foreign exchange for Pakistan economy. In a bid to stabilize healthy termination rate and minimize the possibility of grey traffic, the Long Distance International Operators (LDIO’s), in compliance to Government of Pakistan’s Policy Directive, have implementedRead More →
After writ petition filed in supreme court against appointment of Chairman PTA, Mr. Farooq Ahmad Awan, the Islamabad High court gave another shock to Chairman as well as Government of Pakistan with the restoration of previously sacked member (Finance) of the Authority, Mr. Syed Nasrul Karim Ghazanvi. He is veryRead More →
ISLAMABAD (SPECIAL REPORT) The financial bid from the Interconnect communications does not conform to the evaluation criteria and other conditions as specified in RFP. Therefore the proposal submitted by the ‘Interconnect Communications is recommended to be Rejected. This was final report submitted to the Chairman PTA by the committee headedRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( SPECIAL REPORT) The appointment of the Chairman of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority is in violation of The Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organization) Act 1996, and merit based prescribed criteria (which were previously followed and notified by the Federal Government).The appointment of Chairman PTA is based upon nepotism, favoritism, and personalRead More →
ISLAMABAD (SPECIAL REPORT) The evaluation committee has remained unable to finalize its recommendations for selection of consultant for completion of auction of much delayed third generation (3G) technology as the committee knocked down two proposals on technical grounds out of three while financial bidding of last one required more dueRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) To ensure that pornographic and anti Islamic content is made inaccessible along with strict measures against illegal transfer international telephone calls Pakistan Telecommunication Authority will be implementing a state of the art system. The new mechanism will be administered by the security agencies. This was told by theRead More →
ISLAMABAD (SPECIAL REPORT) Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has failed to finalize the consultant for auctioning 3G licenses, a necessary procedure as per PEPRA rules for public sector auctions, we have confirmed with sources. According to sources at PTA, a total of three applications were received by authority against its advertisement forRead More →