Cellular providers to give 100 percent credit on credit recharge for 15 days
As per the SC directives, this relief will last for 15 days after which the FBR and cellular companies would submit a mechanism to the apex court for collecting taxes via mobile phone top-up cards
Jazz offers customers direct carrier billing for purchases on Google Play
KARACHI:Â Jazz customers can now purchase apps and make in-app purchases from Google Play using their mobile balance or postpaid bill. This direct...
PTA fines WorldCall Rs10m for substantial ownership change without prior approval
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has imposed a fine of Rs10 million on WorldCall Telecom Limited (WTL) for carrying out a substantial...
Running out of options: The state of our telcos
Recent financial results indicate that the sector has reached a tipping point
Careem set to expand operations to 30 new cities in Pakistan
LAHORE: Popular ride-hailing service Careem which operates in more than 10 cities in Pakistan intends to expand its operations to 30 new...
PTA set to launch DIRBS for blocking stolen, smuggled mobile phones
Unregistered devices will be denied mobile communication service and will be included in blacklist if found operational on the public switched network
Huawei’s $105bn business at stake after US broadside
Trump administration says it will add Huawei Technologies and 70 affiliates to its 'Entity List'
HONG KONG/BEIJING:Â The latest US broadside against Huawei...
Internet speeds slow down to a crawl, as IMEWE submarine cable develops fault
Lahore: The nightmare of dismal internet speeds continues, as it has been reported that another submarine cable IMEWE has developed a fault...
PTCL wins ‘Best Asian Operator’ award
KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has won the award for ‘Best Asian Operator’ at the Telecom Review Excellence Awards 2018, held in...
Aamir Ibrahim appointed VEON Group Head of Emerging Markets
LAHORE: VEON Limited (formerly VimpleCom the parent company of Jazz), announced today that Aamir Hafeez Ibrahim will replace Jon Eddy as the...
GB court sets aside PTA order to grant 3G/4G spectrum to mobile companies
ISLAMABAD: Special Communication Organisation (SCO) has been permitted by a local court to start trial operations of 3G and 4G services in...
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
PTCL, JAZZ top consumer complaint chart: PTA
ISLAMABAD: PTCL leads the consumer complaint chart with 1,267 complaints received during October, JAZZ (Mobilink+Warid) stands at the second position as a...
FBR launches mechanism for paying duties and taxes online for unregistered mobile phones
However, sellers of mobile phones would be required to pay duties and taxes too and fines for for their registration according to the adjudication mechanism
Pakistan to get faster, reliable internet as China backed submarine cable to start operations by end-2019
LAHORE: Pakistan internet backhaul is expected to receive a significant boost with the addition of an upcoming submarine cable called PEACE cable...