ISLAMABAD (PAKISTAN) The Board of Directors of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) announced the financial result of PTCL for the year ended June 30, 2011 in their meeting held in Islamabad today. As per the press release issued on the occasion, PTCL Group revenues at Rs.104.6 billion for the yearRead More →
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has launched a new Smart Pack, a bundled offer of 256Kbps Broadband data rate, with Smart TV. With PTCL Smart Pack customers can enjoy 3 services on one line i.e. Landline, Broadband and Smart TV at the same time at much lower rates.Read More →
Islamabad (Pakistan ) Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) on the 64th Independence Day of Pakistan announced the launch of the country’s first 3G enabled tablet with built in EVO Wireless Broadband “3G EVO Tab” is a 7 inch touch screen tablet with built-in EVO service to offer wireless broadband internetRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( PAKISTAN) Telecom operators in Pakistan have set up their mobile towers within 10 km distance from the international border in Rajasthan sector, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. “Inputs indicate that the mobile towers have been set up by U-Fone, Tenlor and Yuang mobile service providers inside Pakistan territoryRead More →
ISLAMABAD: The government is eyeing nearly Rs50 billion collected under the Universal Service Fund (USF) to use it for the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), apparently to achieve maximum political mileage before the next elections. Maintained by a conglomerate of telecom companies, the USF provides basic telecom services in theRead More →
ISLAMABAD (PAKISTAN) Pakistan was lagging behind in broad band service and the wireless broadband solutions with latest technology especially 3G could fill this gap. It was told in a briefing meeting on the upgradation of the country’s telecom sector, chaired by President Asif Ali Zardari here at the Aiwan-e-SadrRead More →
ISLAMABAD (PAKISTAN) Total telecom investments in Pakistan will reach US$ 2.4 billion by 2020, telecom sector revenues would cross Rs. 620 billion by the same year and mobile subscribers are expected to be around 161 Million, approximately 89% of the total population. According to the “Vision 2020” document preparedRead More →
ISLAMABAD: Universal Service Fund (USF) promotes the development of telecommunication services in un-served and under-served far-flung areas of the country but government failed to release more than Rs10 billion to the telecom sectors as the prime minister did not approve the budget, sources revealed on Saturday. It is pertinent toRead More →
Islamabad—Pakistan is losing $ 25million of valuable foreign exchange every month due to grey telecom traffic, which, according to tax experts, roughly implies a loss of Federal Excise Duty (FED) to the tune of Rs340 million. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) data for 2010 reveals this huge revenue loss is dueRead More →
ISLAMABAD (PAKISTAN) Pakistan telecommunication authority revise the approved accounting rate (AAR) approved settlement rate (ASR) and access promotion contribution (APC ) with the effect from 1. October 2011. Pta has meeting with LDI operators on 16 May 2011 after due deliberation and keeping view the comments of LDI operators has decidedRead More →
ISLAMABAD (PAKISTAN) After a ruling party Senator Faisal Raza Abedi hurled accusations at the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for being involved in grey traffic and involvement of senior officials of Ministry of IT in hushing up Rs 4 billion scam at the Universal Service Fund, the Senate Standing Committee onRead More →
ISLAMABAD (PAKISTAN) Telenor Pakistan arranged an Iftar Dinner for its media contacts at a local hotel here on Tuesday. The event was well attended by journalists from both the print and the electronic media, English and Urdu. The local bloggers community was also well represented by bloggers representing websites relatedRead More →