ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has started analyzing the Telecommunication Policy 2015 recently released by Ministry of IT&T after approval from Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on 11th December 2015. A meeting of different Divisions of PTA to review in detail Sections of the Telecom Policy wasRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Chairman PTA, Dr Syed Ismail Shah alongwith Member Finance Mr. Tariq Sultan visited Headquarters Special Communications Organization (SCO). Director General SCO Major General Amir Azeem Bajwa, HI (M) and other officials received the distinguished guest. During the meeting, bilateral issues affecting SCO were discussed inRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government is faced with a major embarrassment as the incumbent telecom operators have shown no interest in participating in the fourth generation spectrum auction due to the unpredictable taxation on the telecom sector. Industry sources said the telecom sector isRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Pakistan Ministry of IT&T deserves to be congratulated on two accounts. The first is the announcement of the new telecommunications policy, and the second is the ‘GEM-Tech Global Achievers Award’ won by Minister of IT Anusha Rehman. The award was conferred upon her recently atRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Cellular services in the twin cities were restored after a temporary suspension of one and a half hours for the second consecutive Friday in the current month on directives of the Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA). “Cellular services were suspended after a letter issued by theRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Pakistan’s push to hold a 3G/4G spectrum auction will likely be delayed by at least 12 months after the consultant hired by the telecoms regulator reportedly determined the market is not ready for another auction. The consultant, InterConnect Communications, met with the country’s five mobileRead More →
KARACHI ( MEDIA REPORT ) The Telecommunications Policy 2015, which was approved by the government last week, addresses a large number of issues facing cellular mobile operators (CMOs) who are seeing the new policy as a positive development that will strengthen the telecom sector. “By and large the new policyRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Friday approved the Telecommunications Policy 2015 aimed at availability of universal, affordable and quality telecommunication services. These services would be provided through open, competitive and well-managed markets that can be used by people to the benefitRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) A legislative body of Senate expressed concern over collection of taxes by provinces on telecom sector, which according to it was not a devolved subject. The body also expressed serious concerns over heavy taxation on telecom sector and urged for rationalising it. Senate Standing CommitteeRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has asked all data SIM providers to verify their customers through biometric verification system before December 31st.2015. Cellular operators were already verified their SIMs through BVS. PTCL and other data service providers asked its customers to get their EVO and other devicesRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology said SIMs used in grey trafficking create problems in the military operation Zarb-e-Azb regarding identification of a person. FIA officials informed the committee that grey trafficking was being used for terrorists financing and it is difficult to trace,Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The number of active SIMs increased by 1.6 million in the country and reached to 122.595 million at the end of Oct 2015. Which had reached 111.5 million after the SIMs verification drive through Biometric Verification System (BVS). According to the latest figure released byRead More →