KARACHI ( MEDIA REPORT ) Pakistan’s telecommunication industry has recorded an unprecedented growth in the past two years despite facing strict regulations and unfavourable economic conditions. Since the launch of third generation (3G) and 4G services in July 2014, the number of consumers looking to utilise high-speed mobile internet hasRead More →
ISLAMABAD (BMZ REPORT ) Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) in collaboration with GSMA organized workshop on Mobile Money here at PTA Headquarters. Chairman PTA, Dr. Syed Ismail Shah, Member (Finance) Tariq Sultan, Member (Compliance & Enforcement) Abdul Samad, senior officials of the commercial banks, representatives from State Bank of Pakistan andRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Pakistan tops the South Asians as telecom users, and as an investment destination, several multilateral institutions and the World Bank this week said. The Khaleej Time reported. Pakistan is leading the region in e-commerce, digital finance and branchless banking, as the campaign for the expansionRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Based on the information of PTA Head Quarter a successful raid has been conducted jointly by PTA and FIA at Mandi Bahuddin. During operation recovered illegal VOIP exchange comprising of 02 gateways of 16 ports each and 01 gateway of 8 ports each along withRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Censuring the exorbitant tax burden on telecom sector, the 60th meeting of Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) Study Group on Information Technology and Telecommunication on Thursday concluded that Rs40 billion annual withholding tax on telecom consumers has brought the once lucrative sector on the vergeRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The number of 4G mobile connections worldwide has surpassed the one billion mark and is on track to account for a third of all mobile connections by 2020, according to a new study by the GSMA. The series of reports points to an accelerating technologyRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The third meeting of the Advisory Committee for the impending Next Generation Mobile Services (NGMS) Spectrum Auction for the spectrum left unsold in the last auction was held on 2nd March, 2016, at MOIT under the chairperson ship of the Minister of State for ITRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Mr Waleed Irshiad CEO and President PTCL and Abdul Aziz CEO Ufone have been replaced by Mr Reiner Rathgeber and Dr Danial Ritz as the CEO of the Ufone and PTCL respectively, effective from 3rd March, 2016. The change is going to be the firstRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) along with Frequency Allocation Board (FAB) has conducted an extensive survey in major cities of the country to check the emission of power level of radio waves from transmitters and receivers of Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs)/Towers installed by Cellular Mobile OperatorsRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) The new telecom policy 2015 is another friendly reminder of how the government prides itself in dabbling on the lexicon of policy making. The draft policy, hailed by the government as a ‘landmark’, is in fact a mushy collection of platitudes that talk about almostRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Minister of State for IT & Telecom Mrs. Anusha Rahman chaired 184th Board of Directors meeting of TIP. 184th Board of Directors meeting of Telephone Industries of Pakistan (TIP) was convened here in Islamabad today. The meeting was chaired by the Minister of State forRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Upon request from Information and Communication Technology Institute (ICTI) to build the capacity and skill set on Mobile application development and mobile mediated solutions, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) are jointly organising a training course from 16-26 February 2016 at PTARead More →