Telecom sector seeks reduction in withholding tax and sales tax rates for upcoming budget
The telecom sector is lobbying with the government to reduce the withholding tax and sales tax rates in the budget slated to...
Chinese company to set up cross-border telecom infrastructure
China Telecommunications Corp will set up resources to complete cross-border telecom infrastructure initiatives including the China-Pakistan information corridor, the China-Laos-Thailand and the...
Coming to Pakistan
In a dynamic smartphone market where it is hard to keep track after having attained success in the international smartphone market, Lenovo...
PTCL announces collaboration with iflix
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the country’s leading ICT services provider, has announced its collaboration with ‘iflix’, the world leading Subscription Video-on-Demand...
MOIT directs PTA to conduct 4G auction within current FY
ISLAMABAD:Â The Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT) has issued policy directive to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) for conducting an auction of single block...
Wi-Tribe to launch the first ever 4.5G service in Pakistan
Wi-Tribe is bringing 4.5G service for the first time in Pakistan, one month after the company signed a $15m pact with the...
Govt prepares to auction last 4G spectrum
The government is going to auction the last spectrum of 4G mobile internet at a minimum price of over $210m in May-June,...
Telenor sacking hundreds of employees, again
Telenor has already sacked more than 100 employees
Previously, Telenor shut down its 17 country wide service centres that rendered 218...
GSMA recommends tax cuts for Telecom sector
Higher taxes mean lower purchasing power of an average consumer. (Groupe Spéciale Mobile) Association (GSMA) has set out a number of measures...
Meddling with PTCL’s infrasturcture to result in heavy penalities
A notice has been sent out by PTCL today claiming that its infrastructure is damaged by a number of entities including individuals,...
Alibaba explores possible entry into local e-commerce industry
After Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba , during World Economic Forum in January this year, company officials...
Mohit Goel of Ringing Bells arested
Mohit Goel, the founder of Ringing Bells, an Indian tech firm was arrested on Thursday afternoon in Uttar Pradesh on charges of...
PTCL announces consolidated revenues of Rs 117 bn for 2016
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the ICT services provider, has announced consolidated revenues of Rs117 billion for the year ended on December...
From JazzCash to Cashless – Hacker steals money from retailers’ mobile accounts
In a recent development that could undermine the government and private sector’s efforts towards financial inclusion, a fraudster siphoned off Rs15 lacs...
Dar, Google director discuss collaboration for economic digitalisation
Google Director Ann Lavin called on Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on Thursday and discussed the possibilities of her company’s collaboration in...