Tag: Mobile

Mobile phone subscription surpasses 121.6m

Mobile phone subscriptions in the country has transcended 121.6 million with cellular tele-density reached 68.8 percent. As per statistics, till October last year, all...

Cellular services restored in Karachi

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) resumed mobile phone services in Karachi after a closure of about 10 hours on Monday. The PTA, acting on the...

Mobile services suspended in Karachi, resumed in Lahore

Mobile phone services in Karachi were suspended early Monday in the wake of security threats, a private TV channel said. The services in Karachi were...

Use of mobile phone during duty banned in all jails

The use of mobile phones by officers on duty was banned in all jails across the province on Friday. Regional Deputy Inspector General...

Mobile phones are weapon of terrorism, says Rehman Malik

Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik Friday said that mobile phones were now a weapon of terrorism as all improvised bombings were conducted through them....

Motorway Police to initiate help centres, mobile ambulances

Motorways and Highways Police Inspector General Zafar Abbas Luk said that during 2012, Rs 1.25 billion had been disbursed to initiate different projects including...

Mobile banking accounts touch 1.8 million mark

Mobile banking accounts have jumped to 1.8 million mark depicting a remarkable growth of 25 percent during July-September quarter of the current year. According to...

Mobile banking transactions hit Rs 139b in 1QFY13

Mobile banking accounts in the country climbed to 1.8 million registering what the central bank described it a remarkable growth of 25 percent during...

Robberies galore!

In a continuing saga of endless crimes, a woman was robbed on Friday by two men riding a motorbike in the area of Misri...

Indian village bars women from using mobile phones

A village council in eastern India has banned woman from using mobile phones, saying they "pollute the social atmosphere" by encouraging women to elope...

PM directs mobile companies to continue issuing SIM cards

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has directed the mobile companies to continue issuing SIM cards from their self-owned and operated business centers as well...

Mobile phone services suspended in major cities

In the wake of possible terror attacks, the Interior ministry suspended the mobile phone services in country’s major cities after Jumma prayers till the...

Sale of mobile SIMs banned in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Acting on the directives of the interior ministry, the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) on Monday banned the sale of all private cellphone company’s Subscriber...

Mobile phone services suspended in Karachi, Quetta

Cellular phone services were suspended in Karachi and Quetta on the federal government’s directives. The services were suspended in light of security concerns on the...

Over-the-counter sale of mobile phone SIMs to be banned: Malik

Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Thursday that over-the-counter sale of mobile phone SIMs would be banned from next month, and the cellular companies...

Japan mobile users make 260,000 years of calls

Japanese mobile phone users made a quarter of a million years’ worth of calls last year, the government said on Wednesday. A total of...

No decision taken yet to suspend mobile service on Eid: Malik

Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that no decision has yet been taken to suspend mobile service on Eid. In a statement he said a...