ISLAMABAD ( PAKISTAN ) Despite sevral challenges during the year 2011 teledensity of the country touched 68.39% reflecting hike of 6.7% over the previous year. But modest increase in cellular industry’s ARPU was witnessed from Us$2.41 in the previous fiscal year to US$ 2.45. Telecom sector revenues swelled to anRead More →
As the elections are expected to happen sometime soon we have seen the political parties making most use of technology, the recent being robo calls for inviting participation to the PTI Karachi gathering. Stepping ahead, National Database & Registration Authority, NADRA has developed an SMS based service application to facilitateRead More →
اسلام آباد (خصو صی رپورٹ) پاکستان ٹیلی کمیونیکیشن کمپنی لمیٹڈ(پی ٹی سی ایل) نے امسال اپنے چالیس(40)ملازمین کو حج کی سعادت پہنچا کران کے خوابوں کو شرمندہ تعبیر کر دیا۔ ان ملازمین حجاج کرام کے اعزاز میں ایک مقامی ہوٹل میں ظہرانے اور تقریب کے انعقاد کے موقع پر پیRead More →
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has announced that it is likely to auction a 800 Mhz cellular license for Pakistan in March 2012. Without revealing the modalities and procedures for the said auction, PTA said that this announcement is to alert the interested investor before time. Announcement came after Yousaf Raza Gillani, Prime MinisterRead More →
Sajid Mahmood – Chief Information Officer of ZONG – China Mobile Pakistan, will now be leading the company in the capacity of Chief Commercial Officer as well. He is already heading IT, Corporate Sales, Legal, Regulatory and OAS functions of the company. In effect, with these changes, Marketing, Sales &Read More →
Telecom stocks may see action on reports that a telecoms tribunal on Saturday (24 December 2011) asked the telecoms ministry not to take any coercive action over an order to ban 3G roaming until the next hearing, after firms appealed against the government order. According to reports, the Telecom DisputesRead More →
LAHORE – After disconnections of electricity and gas facilities to several railway stations and residential colonies due to non-payment of outstanding dues, the Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Limited (PTCL) on Thursday followed suit and suspended the outgoing call facility to Pakistan Railways (PR) Headquarters and the Lahore Division offices. The PTCL is demandingRead More →
ISLAMABAD (PAKISTAN) In pursuance of the policy directive issued by Ministry of Information Technology (MOIT), Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is planning to Auction Frequency Spectrum for Cellular Mobile Broadband Services. The license for this service will be technology neutral and the licensees be able to deploy any technology including 3GRead More →
Islamabad ( PAKISTAN ) Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a market leader and award winning innovator in consumer electronics and telecommunications, has now upgraded its various “Wave” smartphone models to feature bada 2.0. In August 2011, Samsung released bada 2.0 SDK (Software Development Kit), an application development tool for Samsung’s mobile platform.Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( PAKISTAN) After more than a year and a half, Ufone has managed to restore Facebook and Twitter apps for BlackBerry users after developing a content filtering solution which blocks specific pages of a website, a technology not yet available with BlackBerry mobile manufacturer Research In Motion. Ufone’s BlackBerryRead More →
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has appointed Mr. A. Riaz Asher Siddiqui as CEO, USF (Universal Service Fund) with immediate effect. Mr. A. Riaz Asher Siddiqui is expert in business development, Brand strategizing and project management. He is telecom professional and has a vast experience of business development, telecom brandsRead More →
Regulators actively monitor QoS of operators to safeguard consumers’ interests. PTA also regularly conducts QoS survey of different services offered by its licensees but it is pertinent to mention here that PTA is the first known regulator in the world who has conducted a survey in order to check theRead More →