ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Senate Standing Committee on Information and Technology and Telecommunication on Wednesday expressed reservation over the outstanding amount of $800 million from Etisalat, pursuant to share purchase agreement made at the time of PTCL’s (Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited) privatisation. The committee met under the chairmanship ofRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Inbox Business Technologies and Viptela, the Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) company, announced a partnership to deploy software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) infrastructures for businesses and service providers in Pakistan. Inbox, the leading provider of digital services in Pakistan, has signed the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)Read More →

ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) PTCL data and cellular services in different parts of the country were disrupted Monday owing to a major fault in the PTCL back-end network. Internet subscribers of different cellular companies reportedly also faced difficulties due to the disruption, it was reported. The outage also broughtRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) The Standing Committee of Senate on Information Technology has termed the appeal filed by PTCL in the Supreme Court against the committee’s order unjust and an insult to widows of late employees. The meeting of the committee was held at Parliament House on Thursday withRead More →

KARACHI ( MEDIA REPORT ) Sindh High court directed the PTCL management to not enforced the employees for VSS Karachi (Wed, December 7, 2016) – “Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that during the pendency of this petition. Respondent No.1 has introduced Voluntary-Separation Scheme, 2016 WS’S, on 28.11.2016. He next arguedRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) According to reliable sources 4th VSS Scheme is being launched in Pakistan Telecommunication Company. All is set now. VSS material is being dispatch to its field staff. Following bag is being sent to Engineer Waqas Aziz, Busines Maanger Westrig Telephone Exchange IJP Road Rawalpindi. VSSRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Sub-committee of Senate Special Committee on delegated legislation in its meeting was told that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has issued network licence to PTCL in Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu & Kashmir, while only Special Communication Organisation(SCO) is allowed to provide telecommunication services in these areas. TheRead More →

KARACHI ( MEDIA REPORT ) When he took to the podium at the Management Association of Pakistan’s 18th Convention held in Karachi recently, Dr. Daniel Ritz, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited was clear about the mistakes PTCL made and the direction his company had toRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) After repeated delays, Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (PEMRA) is finally set to hold open bidding for Direct to Home (DTH) license auction on November 23, 2016, we have checked officially. The Authority has received seven fresh applications for participation in the auction, bringing to totalRead More →