All Posts by Ahsan Javed
Warid Reaches 6250 Destinations Across Pakistan
Warid Telecom hits 6,250 destinations across Pakistan, expanding its service to 486 cities, covering more than 12,500Km road length throughout Pakistan. The subscriber base has crossed over 18.58 million with a market share of 19.37% (As of PTA Oct-09) Warid also offers international roaming with over 229 live GSM roaming partners in 140 countries...
SBP and PTA Join Hands to Promote Mobile Banking
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) have joind hands to setup a new framework for the promotion of mobile banking in Pakistan. A meeting held between Syed Salima Raza - Governor State Bank of Pakistan and Muhammad Yaseen - Chairman PTA, at SBP Karachi. Both the authorities agreed to setup ......
USF signs agreement with PTCL and Wateen for Broadband Services in HTR
Universal Service Fund (USF) has awarded telecoms contracts worth approximately PKR1.25 billion (USD15 million) for the provision of broadband services in unserved areas of the Hazara Telecom Region (HTR) to Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) and Wateen Telecom. The two companies will be paid PKR266 million to provide services in the...
PTA Permits Cellular Netwokrs to Take Back SMS Packages During Eid
PTA in a meeting with representatives of cellular companies, authority did not object over the withdrawal of SMS packages during Eid by leading operators, and said that value-added services offered by mobile operators such as SMS are un-regulated services in terms of pricing and validity. Official statement issued by PTA said that bundled packages...
Crime Incidents Through SIM Cards-Once Again Ownership Verification
The Inspector General of Police NWFP, Malik Naveed Khan has once again urged the mobile phone customers to verify the ownership of their SIM cards as soon as possible for their safety and in the larger interest of the country. In a statement issued from Central Police Offices Peshawar here on Monday, the IGP revealed ......
Ufone’s Website Got a New Look
Its been a long time since there has never been any change to Ufone's website, but this time ufone comes up with more attracting yet user freindly version of its website. Seems like Ufone Copied Telenor's main theme for the display of new promotions but on the whole complete site looks good than previous one. Turab ......
Mobile Phone Import Decreases by 66 Percent in 2008-09
According to PTA, import of cellular handsets decease by 66 percent falling to a total of $130 million which was previously $446 million. Since the duty of Rs. 500 has been imposed by government on each handset, the grapgh has a big fall down showing the clear trend of public. The regulatory duty applied was previously ......
Ufone Profits Tripples in 1st Quarter of 2009-10
Ufone, a subsidiary of PTCL(Pakistan Telecommunication Authority) gets tripple profit in 1st quarter of year 2009-10. PTCL financial repoter said that ufone has posted a net profit of Rs 506 million in the first quarter of 2009-10, which is 3.3 times higher than the amount of same period last year. Ufone has witnessed an overall revenue ......
PTCL Conference Call – 3 Party Call
PTCL introdueces conference call, now you can talk to 2 persons at a time, using conference call. This call can be made to both landline and mobile numbers. Service costs Rs. 25/month. How to use the service: To initiate the conference call, the subscriber will dial the first person with whom he wants to talk and ......
Telenor to start Uninor in India
Telenor, the Norway-based telecom provider, will soon strengthen its global operation with the addition of a new mobile service under the brand name Uninor in India. The move comes as Telenor joins forces with Unitech Ltd to enter the Indian market, reports Norway News. Telenor has already invested USD 500 million in the partnership with ......
Mobile users post slight growth in Q1 2009
The growth in cellular phone subscribers remained sluggish amidst aggressive marketing efforts of the operators, showing addition of only 1.561 million connections in the last three months. According to the latest subscriber’s data updated by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the cellular phone users’ base widened to 95.90 million by...
PTCL Bill Counters
THE Pakistan Telecom Company Limited has set up special bill collection counters at various One Stop Shops in Lahore to facilitate the submission of bills and avoid long queues. As per special instructions of PTCL Senior Executive Vice President (BZ-N) Tariq Salman, customers can deposit their bills at Faisal Town, Cantt, CTH, Garden Town, Gulshan-e-Ravi,...
Telenor Offers 50% Discount on Calls to East-Asia
Telenor offers 50% discount on all calls made to East Asia. This new offering is in addition to the two Step Charging Campaigns launched for Middle-east destinations in August & October 2009. Now all Telenor subscribers can enjoy 50% discount on all CALLS (after 5 mins) & SMS to any number in Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, ......
ASK Telenor Messaging Service
ASK Telenor is a SMS based service that gives you the answer to your query in approximately 15 minutes. You can ask questions via SMS and get reply in mentioned time. Service costs Rs. 9(plus tax) per SMS. Send your query via SMS on 275. Initially, an answer to your question will be sought in Ask ......
PTA and SBP to formulate Third Party Mobile Banking Regulations
The State Bank of Pakistan and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority have agreed to introduce a unified regulatory framework for enhancing mobile banking in the country. It has been decided to set up a ‘Joint Regulatory Committee,’ according to a ‘Joint Statement’ released after a meeting held at SBP, Karachi between State Bank of Pakistan...
