Senate committee recognises telecom sector‘s contribution
ISLAMABAD:Â The Senate Standing Committee for Information Technology and Telecommunication has recently recognised the contribution of the telecom sector and appreciated the investment...
Parliamentary panel summons heads of cellular companies
ISLAMABAD:Â A parliamentary panel, on Thursday, directed all the heads of the cellular companies to appear in next meeting and brief about the...
FBR squashes telecom company proposal to resolve tax dispute
ISLAMABAD: Telecom companies scheme to resolve tax disputes via Alternative Dispute Resolution Committees (ADRCs) has been outright rejected by Federal Board of...
FBR retrieves Rs2.34b outstanding withholding tax from telecom company
KARACHI: The freezing of two telecom providers by Federal Board of Revenue has resulted in a tax recovery of Rs2.34 billion, sources...
Etisalat to pay longstanding $800mn to government
ISLAMABAD:Â Etisalat, holding the company of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), which is defaulting $800 million to the government, has finally agreed to...
Nokia set to introduce efficient 5G network chipsets in 3rd quarter of 2018
FRANKFURT: Nokia is introducing new silicon chipsets for running next-generation 5G wireless networks that promise to cut antenna size in half, triple...
Telenor was highest direct tax payer during FY 2015-16: SDPI
LAHORE: A report published by Strategic Development Policy Institute (SDPI) revealed Telenor Pakistan was among the highest tax contributors in telecon and...
Diesel generators major source of environmental pollution, say: Telcos
KARACHI: Various Pakistani telecom operators said they are being forced to invest in power generation to provide uninterrupted mobile services to millions of...
Pakistan open to businesses and investment in diverse areas: PM Abbasi
DAVOS: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Thursday said Pakistan with a huge market of 200 million people, an annual economic growth of...
Pakistan’s mobile imports grew 14.38 percent during 1st half of FY 2017-18
LAHORE: Pakistan’s mobile phone imports during first half of financial year 2017-18 increased 14.38 percent, touching $376.498 million against $329.177 million in...
PTCL injects Rs 1 billion in U Bank
KARACHI:Â Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has injected an additional equity of Rs 1 billion in U Microfinance Bank Limited (U Bank), which...
Dawood Hercules to make capital injection of Rs17.453 billion in Edotco Pakistan
LAHORE: A bourse notification filed Friday by Dawood Hercules Corporation Limited revealed the company is planning an equity injection of Rs17.453 billion...
Telenor launches Pakistan’s first Virtual Mobile Switching Station
KARACHI: Getting closer to its network virtualisation goals, Telenor Pakistan has launched the country’s first Virtual Mobile Switching Station (vMSS) on its newly...
Telenor stops deducting withholding tax in Gilgit-Baltistan
ISLAMABAD:Â Telecommunication company Telenor has informed its subscribers through SMS that the deduction of withholding tax in Gilgit-Baltistan will be stopped from January...
PM inaugurates incubator for KP startups
KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and LMKT, an award-winning full-service technology company based out of Islamabad, announced the formal inauguration of...