Advancement of ICT led development, a priority for the government
Mr Maqbool shared with the advent of mobile internet, Pakistan is on the same route of development as that of neighbouring countries
Mini-budget to have negative revenue impact of Rs6.8 billion during remainder of FY18-19
Despite the major shortfall of Rs 158 billion during the past six months, the FBR has kept the tax collection target unchanged at Rs 4,386 billion for this financial year ending June 2019
China says U.S., Canada abused extradition agreement over Huawei executive Meng
The United States will proceed with the formal extradition from Canada of Meng, the daughter of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd founder Ren Zhengfei, Canada’s ambassador to the United States told the Globe and Mail newspaper in an interview published on Monday
Mobile broadband fosters digital financial services
Mobile account ownership in Pakistan has witnessed a reasonable increase and crossed the 39 million mark, which was 15 million at the...
Import duties on mobile phones raised by 15%: Report
Also, a stipulation of Type Approval has also been enforced on the import of used mobile phones and according to KEDA President Muhammad Rizwan, this could result in government raising prices by as much as Rs20,000
Poland could consider limits on use of Huawei products
WARSAW: Poland could consider a ban on the use of Huawei products by public bodies and possible legislation to curtail their use...
Jazz CEO Aamir hints massive layoffs in a bid to revamp Jazz
LAHORE: In a recent message sent out to the employees at Jazz, Jazz CEO Aamir Ibrahim informed the company that Jazz would...
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
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...
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
Huawei founder’s daughter arrested on U.S. request, puts trade war truce in doubt
Huawei confirmed the arrest in a statement and said that it has been provided little information about the charges, adding that it was “not aware of any wrongdoing by Ms Meng”
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
IT minister tells Senate committee headway expected in recovery of $800m from Etisalat
While answering queries from Senator Imamuddin Shouqeen regarding the sale of PTCL properties, Mr Siddiqui said PTCL had been barred from selling its properties
CJP suggests reinstatement of tax on prepaid mobile phone cards
In June, the apex court had directed cellular companies and the tax regular from collecting various taxes from customers in event of credit top-ups in prepaid phones
PTA to deactivate all smuggled phones by Jan 2019
The Minister of State for Revenue Hammad Azhar has announced that mobile phones sold after 1st December 2018 that are not customs duty...