PTCL awarded Rs3bn contracts to provide connectivity to interior SindhÂ
ISLAMABAD:Â The Universal Service Fund (USF) has awarded contracts for two Optic Fiber Cable (OFC) projects, worth approximately Rs3 billion, to Pakistan Telecommunication...
Telecom sector key driver of economic growth, job creation: Hafeez Shaikh
Federal Finance and Revenue Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has said that telecom is one of the fastest growing segments of Pakistan's...
British executive Matthew Wilsher confirmed as PTCL CEO
Wilsher headed Etisalat Nigeria as CEO during a debacle that led to Etisalat Group’s departure from African country
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...
Data usage jumped 25pc, revenue from voice traffic declined 10pc during lockdown
ISLAMABAD: Apart from other impacts of the outbreak of coronavirus, the lockdowns and work from home initiatives have also changed the consumers’...
Govt to improve mobile broadband services, expand network
ISLAMABAD: The government is taking steps to improve the broadband services and expand the network as it has started to work on...
Telenor Pakistan CEO shares expansion plans with finance adviser
Irfan Wahab says fresh injection of $45m into Telenor Microfinance Bank/Easypaisa will help strengthen Pakistan's digital payment ecosystem
3G users in Pakistan increasingly moving towards 4G as total subscriber base reaches 82.76m
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) issued telecom data for July 2020 and also updated telecom indicators on its website till end of...
Illegal gateway exchange busted in Karachi
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority claimed on Wednesday to have busted an illegal gateway exchange in Karachi, seizing GSM gateways and accessories...
Moody’s finds telco regulations in Pakistan politicised, unpredictable
The Investor Service of Moody's Corporation – a financial services company – in its latest report about telcos said that regulations in...
Strong smartphone sales raise hopes of Samsung turnaround
SEOUL: Strong sales of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note 10 smartphone series are limiting forecast profit falls at the South Korean tech giant, raising...
Jazz refutes AGP’s report, says Warid merger legal
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited (Jazz), in its clarification regarding the Auditor General of Pakistan's report that questioned the merger of Warid...
Huawei phones lose access to install Google’s apps
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s newly launched Mate 30 devices have lost their access to manually install Google’s Android apps, Bloomberg reported.
According to...
‘Telenor, SCOM providing 4G services in GB unlawfully’
ISLAMABAD:Â The military-run Special Communications Organisation (SCO) and private telecom giant Telenor are providing 4G internet services in Gilgit-Baltistan "without obtaining licences through...
PTA asks Zong to take down 5G advertisements
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has communicated to Zong to withdraw any advertisements that may mislead the public regarding availability of commercial...