Engro plans aggressive expansion for tower sharing business with Rs14bn investment
LAHORE: Pakistan’s leading conglomerate Engro Corporation has announced that it would make an equity investment of Rs14 billion in the telecom infrastructure...
PTA extends DIRBS deadline until further notice
The original deadline to register mobile phones with PTA's DIRBs was the 20th of October
Oppo kicks off first sale for F9 across Pakistan
OPPO, the Selfie Expert, kicked off its first sale for the recently launched breakthrough offering – OPPO F9 nationwide. The new F9...
Dutch telecom giant VEON acquires Dhabi Group’s stake in Jazz for $273m
LAHORE: VEON, a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services, in an official statement announced that it has successfully concluded the...
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.
Jazz failed to build Veon into the WeChat of Pakistan. That’s why it will succeed
CEO Aamir Ibrahim’s willingness to abandon his failures and invest in his successes suggests a strong path forward for the company
Zameen.com’s parent group EMPG announces $50mn investment as part of larger round
Emerging Markets Property Group (EMPG), the parent company of Zameen.com and other vastly successful property portals in the MENA and South Asia regions, has announced that...
No duty payable on phones being used on roaming for less than thirty days: Azhar
For these phones to be registered, Mr Azhar said it can be done at either the airports or in any of the Customs houses across the country and phones aren’t detained during the process of registration/duty payments
Pakistan Army owns $20 billion stakes in fifty conglomerates claims Indian media report
LAHORE: The Pakistan army exercises control over fifty conglomerates said to be worth $20 billion stretching from banks, industrial plants, universities, milk dairies,...
The govt wants your telco to finance your next smartphone if you can’t afford it. But how will it work?
Yes, the risks are high, but the key just might be the prospect of blocking all the defaulters’ SIMs across the networks, reasons Umar Saif; all the telcos still aren’t on board
Qualcomm launches 5G-enabled Snapdragon 855 processor for smartphones
The key feature of the Snapdragon 855 chip, launched at an event in Hawaii, is a so-called modem for phones to connect to 5G wireless data networks with mobile data speeds of up to 50 or 100 times faster than current 4G networks
Easypaisa facilitates customers with bio-metrically verified swift, secure transactions
KARACHI: Pakistan’s first and foremost branchless banking platform Telenor Microfinance Bank’s Easypaisa is helping its customers make safe and secure financial transactions...
Etisalat mulling new CEO for PTCL; Ufone likely to merge with national telecom operator
LAHORE: Emirates Telecommunication Group Company (Etisalat) is mulling to replace the incumbent CEO of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), Rashid Khan, for...
Jazz emerges as sole operator to bid for 4G spectrum
The government has so far failed in attracting any new operators to the market as Jazz has emerged as the sole operator...
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.