Tag: Telecom

Malaysia’s Axiata to buy Pakistan telecom towers for $940 million

Malaysian telecommunications group Axiata Group Bhd (AXIA.KL) on Wednesday said it will buy communications towers in Pakistan for $940 million in partnership with local...

Is govt waiting for another telco tower catastrophe?

  In June and July, 2 telecom towers collapsed in twin cities     Back in June and July, this year, two telecom towers installed on rooftops...

Telecom imports fall 0.66% in 11 months

    The imports of telecom related products into the country fell by 0.66 per cent in the first 11 months (July-May) of the current fiscal...

Rs 1,109 mln earmarked for IT, telecom in PSDP

  The federal government has allocated Rs 1109.249 million for 15 development projects of the Information Technology and Telecom Division in the Public Sector Development...

PTA amends consumer protection regulations for telecom sector

  Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) Thursday amended the provisions of "Telecommunication Consumer Protection Regulations, 2009" to protect consumers’ interests as mandated under the Pakistan Telecommunication...

PTA in a bid to reform telecom tariff

Tariff for on-net calls may be increased to protect the industry’s profitability while also preserving competition In a move to streamline the ‘unhealthy competition’ among...

Ideal business opportunity for telecom sector exists in Pakistan: PM Nawaz

  Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Monday that the incumbent government’s policies based on incentives had restored the confidence of international business community to...

Anusha believes in environmentally safe telecom sector

ISLAMABAD APP   State Minister for Information Technology and Telecom Anusha Rehman has said that government was devising a comprehensive information technology and telecom policy by reviewing...

Warid Telecom brings bundles of joy this Ramazan

This Ramazan Warid Telecom brings its customers closer to their loved ones with a vast variety of Ramazan offers and services. All throughout this...

Telecom imports reaches US $ 662.1m in 9 months

The country has imported mobile handsets and other telecom apparatus worth US $ 662.1 million during first nine months of current fiscal year. Of the...

World Call Telecom Limited signs Walter Pakistan as communication partners

World Call Telecom Limited, an Oman Telecommunication Company (Omantel), has appointed Walter Pakistan (A division of WPP Marketing Communication) as its communication partners to...

CCP drafts marketing guidelines for telecom companies

The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) prepared a guidelines report to provide guidance on what may constitute as ‘deceptive marketing’ with respect to Section...

Telecom sector awaiting balanced, healthy days

Rapid surge in investment in fixed-line, mobile networks and establishment of systems to aid in network growth has established Pakistan’s telecom sector as the...

Suicide bombers strike Nigeria telecom firms

Two suicide car bombers attacked the offices of two mobile phone operators on Saturday in Nigeria’s northern city of Kano, killing themselves but no...

EXEMPTION TO TELECOM COMPANIES: NA body calls FBR

In order to expose those who allowed tax exemption to telecom companies, the National Assembly’s standing committee summoned ex-chairman FBR Mumtaz Haider Rizvi, the...

Warid Cricket C’ship 2012 concludes

Warid Telecom kept the rich tradition of organizing sports festivals in Ramadan alive by hosting a tape ball cricket tournament which proved to a...

Ramzan Festival T20: DIB Beat Advance Telecom by seven wickets

Tariq Haroon scored 56 to help Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) defeat Advance Telecom by seven wickets in the Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramazan Trophy Silver...