Warid Telecom congratulates Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) and the telecom Industry of Pakistan for achieving the milestone of one hundred million mobile subscribers. More than 61% of population and over 92% of land area is now covered by cellular services. Being part of this great achievement and phenomenal success, Warid Telecom reinforces its...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Telenor Pakistan have entered the race of Global Mobile Awards 2011. This will be 16th Annual Global Mobile Awards to be held on Feb 15. It is the most prestigious contest called as Oscar Award of the mobile phone and telecommunication world organised by GSM Association. Officials said the telecom authority...
The Secretary Cabinet Division, Abdur Rauf Chaudhry has said that 3G services would hopefully be available to the Pakistan mobile users by the end of 2011, while it is expected that the policy for auction of 3G services licenses would soon be presented to the government and Economic Co-ordination Committee (ECC) for discussion and approval. He ......
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Taxila have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote telecom related research that would be beneficial for both the organisations, the telecom industry as well as for the country. The MoU would also boost mutual cooperation in the relevant fields...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has published a draft, keeping in view the fact that quality of service for the voice and data services of celcos should be measured. PTA is aiming to regulate these standards with the name of “Cellular Mobile Network Quality of Service (QoS) Regulations, 2010”, to ultimately introduce a mechanism for...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is looking forward to participate in most esteemed contest organized by GSM Association. Global Mobile Awards usually known as Oscar award for the world of mobile and telecommunication will be held on 15th February in Barcelona, Spain. PTA has submitted its nomination recently for the category...
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), in collaboration with telecom operators, has started “1234” SMS Service to supplement the efforts of the government for rescue and rehabilitation of the flood affected people across the country. A short code “1234” has been activated by all the cellular mobile operators and users can send SMS...
In recognition of his significant contributions for the proliferation of various Information Communication Technologies (lCTs) in the country, the 2010 NetSol Technologies ICT Excellence Award was presented to Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Dr. Mohammed Yaseen. He was presented the award at a ceremony held Monday at NetSol IT Village,...
In a ceremony held at PTA Headquarters, Ericsson Pakistan and PTA signed a statement of interest for prospective Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) initiatives to be carried out by both organizations. Chairman PTA, Dr. Mohammed Yaseen and President Ericsson Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd, Mr. Mohsen Tavakol signed the statement. The statement of interest...
The Ministry of Information and Technology (MoIT) has asked the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to follow rules and regulations and abide by law for issuing licences to the Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) at a just fee. The News has learnt from reliable sources that the MoIT had also sought the opinion of the Law Ministry ......
As already anticipated, PTA was hiring developing bodies for the Urdu version of its website. Now, Advisor to Prime Minister on IT&T Sardar Latif Khosa inaugurated the PTA website in Urdu language. The urdu version of the website has been launched to facilitate the general public and telecom users who cannot follow English language. Addressing...
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has asked Wireless Local Loop licencees to roll out their networks in the allocated regions until March 20 in order to avoid their licenses cancelled. The regulator authority has ordered two WLL license holders, Super dialogue and Metroltel, recently to establish their obligatory infrastructure in the...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has intended to revise upward the annual license fees of radio-based services for commercial users in order to streamline the efficient utilisation of available spectrums. The telecom watchdog has sought consultation of the stakeholders mainly the operators in order to implement new frequency spectrum charges...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has said it received 13,325 complaints against telecom operators of the country during 2008-09. Majority of the complaints were against cellphone operators since they have the biggest share in terms of subscribers in the telecommunication industry. The PTA, in its annual report for 2008-09, said 7,479 complaints...
Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has formulated two sets of key performance indicators (KPIs) to improve and monitor the quality of service (QoS) of ‘Fixed Broadband’ and ‘General Packet Radio Service/ Enhanced Data rate for GSM Evolution EDGE’ networks. The objective of introducing these KPIs is to create transparency and set monitor-able...
