NA committee seeks explanation from PTA over internet, social media disruptions

WISPAP expresses concerns over govt's recent measures to enhance online surveillance, citing severe impacts on the digital economy

NETSOL-led consortium to establish National Incubation Center in Lahore

Consortium will host 50 startups annually in its incubation program and 10 startups annually in acceleration program

Two emerging technologies projects launched under PSDP

Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal inaugurated Common Criteria Pakistan and Quantum Communication Projects 

Govt to shut down or privatise certain institutions attached to Ministry of IT & Telecom

Telecom Foundation to be privatised, NITB to undergo major restructuring; PSEB instructed to increase its revenue to at least Rs1 billion

Intel to cut over 15% of its workforce, suspend dividend in turnaround push; shares fall

I need less people at headquarters, more people in the field, supporting customers, says CEO Pat Gelsinger 

Pakistan earns $2.9 billion from IT services in FY 2023-24

23.33% growth in IT services exports, led by computer and telecommunication services

Without backup plans, global IT outages will happen again, report

Experts are concerned that many organisations are not well-prepared to implement contingency plans when an IT system or software goes down

Pakistan’s IT exports up by 24% to $3.2bn in FY24

Pakistan's Information Technology (IT) exports have soared to $3.2 billion in the fiscal year 2024, marking a robust 24% year-on-year increase from...

Can Artificial Intelligence make college counselling more equitable?

Kollegio is building an AI driven platform to assist promising candidates with their college applications

SBP permits export-oriented IT companies to acquire shareholding in foreign entities

Revised Foreign Exchange Manual (FEM) to facilitate IT companies in expanding their global footprint and increasing exports

China far ahead of other countries, including the US, in generative AI inventions, UN report says

China leads with over 38,000 of the 50,000 GenAI patents filed globally between 2014 and 2023; South Korea, Japan, and India follow, with India showing the fastest growth rate, data shows

Agreement signed for Chromebook assembly line in Pakistan

Assembly line will have an initial production capacity of 500,000 Chromebooks per year and will be scaled up to one million per year 

After digital financial services, could startup acceleration be the new passion of Pakistani telcos?

Telenor Velocity is an accelerator that is hoping to help galvanise the telco into diversifying at a time when their original business is in freefall

Govt plans to establish 10 IT parks by next year

PM directs third-party evaluation regarding the performance of software technology parks.

Pakistan records highest-ever monthly IT exports of $310mn in April 

IT exports increased by 62% YoY, 1% MoM from the previous highest of $306 million in March 2024.Â