ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) The Taliban have demanded a hefty new “protection tax” from Afghan mobile phone companies, industry and militant sources told AFP, as the resurgent group tightens its stranglehold on a rare successful business in a slumping war economy. At a secret meeting last month near theRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The ceremony celebrating the launch of the Telecommunications Policy 2015 was held in Islamabad today. The Minister of State for IT was the Chief Guest on the occasion. The ceremony was attended by the Secretary IT, Chairman PTA, ED FAB, senior officials of MoIT, PTA,Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) ICT R&D Fund Board accepted the resignation of CEO in its 43rd Board of Directors meeting. This meeting was held here in MoIT today under the chairpersonship of Minister of State for IT & Telecom Mrs. Anusha Rehman. Federal Secretary IT Mr. Azmat Ali Ranjha,Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) State Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Anusha Reham said that Pakistan had second highest taxation in the world in the telecom sector. Expressing serious concerns over heavy/double taxations on telecom sector, Anusha said that business environment for IT sector in the country was goingRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority yesterday said that the Authority during last seven years conducted 431 raids on illegal gateway exchanges and blocked 2.88 million SIMS. “A total of 1164 gateways were confiscated and 283 people were also apprehended during 431 raids from 2009 to 2016,”Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT) Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has established its Zonal Office in Gilgit for the provision of telecom services in Gilgit Biltistan (GB). Zonal Office Gilgit has started working from 7th January, 2016. It has been established for vigilance of the telecommunication services and to facilitate expansion inRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Less than Two years ago, a successful next generation spectrum (3G/4G) auction was held by the government. The Industry and sector has witnessed an exponential growth in result of this auction. There was a phenomenal increase in the number of subscribers in telecom sector whereRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology on Tuesday gave Etisalat, the Privatisation Commission and the federal government one month to settle the agreement regarding the sale of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL). “PTCL should be nationalised if a settlement cannot be reached,” Committee chairpersonRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) 2016 is going to be a challenging year for the Telecom sector. There are three reasons for this. Firstly the recently announced merger between Warid and Mobilink, secondly the new Telecom policy and lastly according to various reports, a 3G auction is to be heldRead More →
LAHORE ( MEDIA REPORT ) The year 2015 was bad for the telecom industry of Pakistan as no new foreign direct investment (FDI) came in, all the cellular operators were struggling to increase their average revenue per user (ARPU) to become more competitive and coverage of 3G/4G services was toRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) conducted Auction of Spectrum for Wireless Local Loop WLL Services at Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJ&K) and Gilgit Baltistan (GB) at PTA Headquarters today. Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and LinkDotNet Telecom Limited (LDN) participated in the auction of one lotRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA REPORT ) Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and BlackBerry have made formal contact and agreed to resolve the access issue through negotiations and discussions have been held in this regard. BES has given its consent to assist the government on legal matters. A proposal in this regard has beenRead More →