VEON eyes to buy GTH’s assets in Jazz for $2.55 billion
Global Telecom’s capital amounts to EGP 2.7 billion distributed over 4.7 billion shares at a par value of EGP 0.58 per share.
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...
PTA formulates new regulations to stop use of unregistered cell phones, devices
ISLAMABAD
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has formulated regulations to permanently stop the use of lost, stolen, invalid IMEI number, mobile phones/communicating devices...
Reliance Communications says committed to settle dues with Ericsson
The transaction was key to the debt-laden telecom operator’s restructuring plan, announced in May 2018, which entailed the sale of telecom assets such as towers and airwaves to Jio
Telecom sector; third highest contributor in terms of FDI for July-August 2017
Karachi:  Pakistan’s telecom sector was the third highest contributor in terms of foreign direct investment (FDI) during July and August, reported State...
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...
World needs Huawei’s ‘advanced’ technology, founder of Chinese telecom giant says
The normally media-shy Huawei founder has been forced to step into the limelight in recent months as the company has come under increasing pressure over espionage concerns and the U.S.-led campaign to persuade other countries to ban its technology
Telecom sector profit repatriation to headquarters reach $177m for FY 2016-17
Islamabad: According to data compiled by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), it has been reported that telecom companies repatriated dividends worth...
Slow speed of internet to persist for few more days across Pakistan
Islamabad: Significant number of internet users have been experiencing slow internet speed from last few days during peak hours while few areas...
Centralized system should be established for telecom policy intervention says: PTA
Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Chairman Ismail Shah on Tuesday said the government needed to establish a centralized system for telecom policy...
Economic Survey 2017-18: Telecom sector revenues touched Rs235.5 billion in FY 2017-18
Until the end of February 2018, Pakistan’s total mobile broadband subscribers stood at 53.5 million.
Mobile banking transactions grow by 195pc
ISLAMABAD:Â With a significant growth of some 195 per cent, mobile phone banking transactions in Pakistan had crossed the Rs410 billion mark in...
Mobile phone imports reach $526.036mn in eight months
ISLAMABAD: Mobile phone imports in the country have witnessed a growth of 14.51 per cent in the first eight months (July-February) of...
China’s Xiaomi unveils 5G smartphone
BARCELONA: China’s Xiaomi, the world’s fourth-largest smartphone maker, unveiled a smartphone on Sunday that will be able to take advantage of new...
17th ITCN Asia conference held in Karachi
Karachi: The 17th ITCN Asia 2017 –Pakistan’s largest telecom and information technology conference – organized in Expo Center, Karachi, attracted more than...