ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Ambassador of Tajikistan in Pakistan H.E Sherali called on the Minister of State for Information Technology Ms. Anusha Rahman in her office here today. Areas of mutual interest, bilateral ties and cooperation in the field of ICT came under discussion. Federal Secretary IT Mr. AzmatRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) The Government of Pakistan and Directorate General Of Immigration And Passports (IMPASS) have announced the initiation of Auto Passport Delivery SMS Service. This service will help citizens to know when and where to get their passports once they have been printed. This service will offer threeRead More →
KARACHI ( MEDIA REPORT ) Telecom companies on Thursday, while criticising the imposition of tax on internet, threatened to stop their expansion plan if the government doesn’t withdraw the tax. “The uncertain and unpredictable policies of the government are hampering the future investment from the telecom companies,” said Wahaj usRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Discussing the taxation structure of the Telecommunications and ICT industries, the Chairman Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) – Syed Ismail Shah along with the Member HRD, Ministry of Information Technology, Government of Pakistan – Mr. Tahir Mushtaq expressed agreement with the comment of Ms. Jehan Ara,Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Universal Service Fund Company (USF Co.) 39th Board of Directors Meeting was convened on Tuesday June 09th, 2015 in the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom, Islamabad. The Minister of State for IT & Telecom; Mrs. Anusha Rahman Khan chaired the meeting in which anRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) disclosed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it tapped 6,856 telephones across the country in the last month of May, which was a little higher than the number of calls it recorded in April, i.e. 6,742. Dawn reported. The informationRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMA REPORT ) Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in its ongoing efforts to control grey traffic has unearthed illegal gateway exchange in Islamabad. According to details, successful raid against the grey operator was carried out along with FIA team at residential area of Islamabad. The raid was carried outRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in its ongoing efforts to control grey traffick has unearthed three illegal gateway exchanges in Lodhran. According to details, successful raids against the grey operators were carried out along with FIA team at two different areas of Lodhran. First raid wasRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) The National Accountability Bureau has found defects in the $2.6 billion deal for sale of 26 per cent shares of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited with management control to the UAE-based telecom company, Etisalat. A NAB representative informed the Public Accounts Committee on Wednesday that lastRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has conducted an awareness seminar on “Practicalities and Challenges around Network Rollout and Quality of Service” in collaboration with Anite (NEMO) Finland and Saybi Pakistan at a local hotel Islamabad. The event was encompassed the Quality of Service (QoS) challengesRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Dr. Syed Ismail Shah affirmed that 75.5 million Sims has been re-verified and 27.5 million Sims are blocked after completion of verification process. Dr. Shah said during exclusively talking with Telecoalert.com that all blocked Sims can only be activate after BiometricRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Wednesday stopped the government from transferring property of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) to Etisalat without recovering of $800 million. The PAC also directed the Privatisation Commission to give a detailed briefing to the committee on the privatisation of PTCL andRead More →