Tag: Mobile

No tax deduction on mobile top-up for 15 days

ISLAMABAD: Following the order of Supreme Court, cellular companies have decided to suspend all taxes on mobile phone recharge through pre-paid scratch cards. According to media...

Apple prepares to release biggest iPhone ever

SAN JOSE: Apple is preparing to release three new smartphones later this year, including the largest iPhone ever, a device that may have a...

Indian diplomat who called Pakistan ‘Terroristan’, robbed of phone in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Bike-borne men snatched the mobile of Eenam Gambhir, the first Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, reports NDTV. The...

Pakistan records highest increase in internet access speed in 2017: report

Pakistan recored the highest increase in mobile internet speed among some of the world’s most populous countries in 2017, according to a report published...

Cellular services will remain suspended in Karachi on Friday

KARACHI: Sindh government has banned cellular services in Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur in context of law and order situation ahead of 12 Rabiul Awwal--Eid Milad-un-Nabi. The authorisation...

Mobile boosts Facebook quarterly profit

Facebook on Wednesday delivered another blockbuster earnings performance, showing solid growth in mobile ad revenues as the social network expands into new services. While Facebook...

Qandeel murder case: passport, mobile phone recovered from cousin

Mobile phone and passport of the slain internet sensation Qandeel Baloch have been recovered from the possession of her cousin, accused in her murder...

Policemen face arrest after gangster flees from mobile

  Local police put three policemen behind the bars after gang war ringleader Bilal alias Sindhi escaped from their custody on Monday. According to police sources,...

Mobitunes mobile application Version 2.0 released

Following the success of Mobilink’s Mobitunes Mobile Application, the first of its kind initiative in the industry, Mobilink has announced the launch of its...

Police mobile attacked with hand grenade

A police mobile narrowly escaped a mishap as a hand grenade hurled on them by unknown miscreants did not go off on Sunday. According to...

Govt, cellular companies urged to improve mobile internet usage in country

The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday said mobile internet penetration is highly unsatisfactory in Pakistan for which government should take initiatives while cellular...

Mobilink-owner Vimpelcom eyeing Warid bid

Telecoms group Vimpelcom has agreed to sell two of its sub-Saharan assets for about $100 million and is bidding for Pakistan's mobile operator Warid...

Mobile phone imports reach $536.7m in nine months of FY12-13

The mobile phone imports into the country increased by 4.38 percent during the first nine months of the current year over the same period...

Mobile phone users make over 192.9bn minutes voice calls per year

The mobile phone subscribers in the country have made more than 192.9 billion minutes per year voice calls to landline and other cellular networks...

Mobile phone operators top in registration of complaints with PTA

Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) topped in term of complaints registered with Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) during 2012 which was 71% of total grievances of...

Mobile services to be suspended during Friday prayers in Karachi

Cellular services would remain suspended during Friday prayer timings in Karachi on orders of Interior Minister Rehman Malik, a private TV channel reported. According...

Facebook is a mobile company now: Zuckerberg in Q4 earnings call

Facebook reported its Q4 revenue for the year 2012 which was at $1.585 billion, versus $1.131 billion in the year-ago period. But the...