Local cellphones' production exceeds commercial imports ISLAMABAD: The production of mobile phones by local manufacturing plants has surpassed the number of commercial... Published 26 Oct, 2021 04:39am
Pakistan 4G services: Senate body seeks report on absence of facility in some Abbottabad areas ISLAMABAD: The Senate Functional Committee on Government Assurances has sought a comprehensive report from the... Published 26 Oct, 2021 04:39am
Pakistan Banning TikTok violation of rights: IHC ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC), Monday, observed that banning the video-sharing platform TikTok is a... Published 26 Oct, 2021 04:39am
Technology Number of 3G, 4G users reaches 104.71m by end-Sept ISLAMABAD: The number of 3G and 4G users in Pakistan reached 104.71 million by end September 2021 compared to 103.12... Published 24 Oct, 2021 05:14am
Print PTA renews Jazz licence ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has renewed Jazz license, due for renewal since 2019, ... Published 19 Oct, 2021 03:52am
BR Research Dealing with social media firms Social media firms are under fire globally, and Pakistan is no exception to that trend. Another version of rules to... Published 18 Oct, 2021 07:30am
Print Social media: Online content rules notified by govt ISLAMABAD: The federal government Thursday notified “Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Online Content (Procedure,... Updated 15 Oct, 2021 09:51am
Pakistan PTA elects office-bearers KARACHI: Amanullah Aftab, Azmat Saleem Sheikh and Aziz Ahmed have been elected as Central Chairman, Senior Vice... Published 14 Oct, 2021 04:14am
Pakistan Fault in submarine cable causes internet disruption ISLAMABAD: A submarine cable fault was reported on Monday near Fujairah, UAE due to which some users faced... Published 13 Oct, 2021 04:47am
Pakistan Internet service disruption: Faulty submarine cable repaired, says PTA PTA says work underway to restore internet services Service was disrupted on Monday night, causing some users to experience slow internet speed Published 12 Oct, 2021 01:52pm
Pakistan Auction for NGMS in AJ&K, G-B: Three CMOs issued new licences ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Monday issued new licences to three cellular mobile... Published 12 Oct, 2021 04:44am
Print Significant decline witnessed in grey traffic after WMS deployment: PTA ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has claimed significant decline of around 92 percent in... Published 10 Oct, 2021 04:12am
Pakistan Sale/issuance of illegal SIMs: PTA, Nadra asked to deal with challenge by devising mechanism ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunications has directed ... Updated 09 Oct, 2021 06:35pm
Pakistan Customs seizes 1,800 smuggled cell phones LAHORE: The customs officials has seized some 1800 smuggled cell phones which were likely to be used for cloning of... Published 09 Oct, 2021 04:10am
Technology Facebook, Instagram & other services affected globally by outage: PTA ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Monday said that Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp services have... Published 05 Oct, 2021 04:34am
Business & Finance AJ&K, G-B: Spectrum auction for NGMS generates $30.5m revenue ISLAMABAD: The first-ever cellular spectrum auction for Next Generation Mobile Services (NGMS) in Azad Jammu and... Published 29 Sep, 2021 03:59am
Business & Finance Spectrum auction in 1800 MHz band in AJ&K, GB today ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is all set to conduct spectrum auction in 1800 MHz band in ... Published 28 Sep, 2021 05:12am
Print Rules notified: Only 5 mobile devices can be imported for personal use in a year ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has notified “Type Approval Technical Standards... Updated 26 Sep, 2021 12:18pm
Pakistan No auction in 2100 MHz band in AJK, GB: Spectrum to be awarded to ‘Telenor’ at base price of $0.87m ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has announced not to conduct auction in 2100 MHz band in... Published 24 Sep, 2021 04:40am
Pakistan NGMS spectrum auction in AJ&K, GB: Cellular mobile operators submit bids ISLAMABAD: All of the four cellular mobile operators have submitted bids for Next Generation Mobile Services (NGMS)... Published 23 Sep, 2021 04:35am
Business & Finance Number of locally-produced cell phones surpasses imports ISLAMABAD: The production of mobile phones by local manufacturing plants has surpassed the number of mobile phones... Published 22 Sep, 2021 03:48am
Technology Number of 3G, 4G users in Pakistan reaches 103.12m: PTA ISLAMABAD: The number of 3G and 4G users in Pakistan reached 103.12 million by end-August 2021 compared to 101.59... Updated 21 Sep, 2021 11:26am
Print Cellular Mobile Network Quality of Service Regulations notified ISLAMABAD: The government has notified “Cellular Mobile Network Quality of Service (QoS) Regulations 2021”, ... Updated 19 Sep, 2021 12:02pm
BR Research Ufone’s moment? While other operators had abstained from the spectrum auction last week, Ufone came in and participated rather... Published 17 Sep, 2021 07:35am
Print PTA issues 4G licence to Ufone ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Wednesday issued 4G license to PTML (Ufone) against the... Published 16 Sep, 2021 04:07am
Print Briefing to Tarin: PTA set to surpass Rs45.436bn non-tax revenue target ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman Major General Amir Azim Bajwa (retired) while... Updated 14 Sep, 2021 07:30pm
Business & Finance Ufone telecom gets unused Pakistan's spectrum, govt earns $279mn ISLAMABAD: Cellular company Ufone on Friday won a bid for Pakistan's unused spectrum with $279 million, said the... Updated 11 Sep, 2021 10:59am
Pakistan PTA receives only one bid for auction for NGMS spectrum ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to face a massive blow in realisation of the non-tax revenue of $831.8 million ... Updated 10 Sep, 2021 05:07pm
Technology Auction for NGMS spectrum: PTA notifies amendments to IM ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has notified amendments to Information Memorandum (IM) for... Published 07 Sep, 2021 06:25am
Technology Spectrum Auction for NGMS: PTA rejects CMOs' request for extension in sealed bid submission timeline ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has rejected the request of Cellular Mobile Operators... Updated 03 Sep, 2021 09:57am