Over 600 companies participating in ITCN Asia LAHORE: The 24th edition of ITCN Asia provided a platform for local and foreign companies and investors to sign... Published 22 Apr, 2024 04:39am
Business & Finance PTCL Group posts double digit revenue growth of 14pc KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the leading telecom and ICT services provider in the... Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am
Business & Finance Implementation of around 150 projects: USF has given Rs141.66bn in subsidy to telecom operators so far ISLAMABAD: The Universal Service Fund (USF) has awarded Rs 141.66 billion in subsidy so far to telecom operators for... Published 26 Mar, 2024 04:20am
BR Research IT exports on a rise IT exports have been growing consecutively over the past four months. As per the latest data, the IT exports for... Published 23 Jan, 2024 09:07am
BR Research Surge in IT exports The upward trend in ICT exports is a good sign for the economy is stagnation. The country’s IT sector exports have... Published 26 Dec, 2023 08:58am
Print 5G will be arriving in July next year, says minister ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunication Dr Umar Saif on Friday... Updated 09 Dec, 2023 09:02am
Technology Mobile operators in Pakistan may levy ‘SIM Disowning Charge’ from January 1 Cellular mobile operators in Pakistan may levy a disowning charge on SIMs having less than a six-month retention... Updated 10 Nov, 2023 10:50pm
Business & Finance ‘Charter of technologically-driven economic transformation’ urged ISLAMABAD: Telecom experts urged for a charter of technologically-driven economic transformation to foster the... Published 07 Nov, 2023 06:33am
Business & Finance Visas for KSA: envoy pledges to help facilitate IT firms ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Pakistan Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki on Thursday assured that ... Published 03 Nov, 2023 06:11am
Pakistan Poor service: Amin advocates heavy fines on telecom cos ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunication, Syed Aminul Haque Wednesday demanded... Published 06 Jul, 2023 05:42am
BR Research Telecom FDI still in the blue While the disappointing run in the telecommunications industry’s foreign direct investment (FDI) continues, slight... Published 05 Jul, 2023 09:54am
Print Cabinet approves new directors on USF board ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has approved new directors on Universal Service Fund (USF) Company Board including... Updated 28 May, 2023 10:04am
Business & Finance OICCI urges govt to abolish WHT on telecom users ISLAMABAD: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has urged the government to abolish... Published 09 May, 2023 05:37am
Print NTC’s budget sent to ECC for approval ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has sought the Economic Coordination... Updated 10 Apr, 2023 08:29am
BR Research ICTs: out of breath? With numbers for two-thirds of the fiscal year now in, the country’s information and communications technology (ICT)... Published 31 Mar, 2023 08:48am
Technology Ministry set to finalise Telecom Infrastructure Sharing Framework ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication is all set to finalise “Telecom... Published 10 Mar, 2023 03:46am
Business & Finance Telecom licence price pegged with USD: CMOs warn of ‘digital catastrophe’ ISLAMABAD: The Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) Wednesday gave SOS call to the government and warned that the ... Published 23 Feb, 2023 05:52am
BR Research PTCL Group in CY22 The country’s telecom giant posted its first annual net loss on the group level since at least 2012. As per latest... Published 17 Feb, 2023 09:10am
Business & Finance Spectrum availability not being fully utilised by CMOs ISLAMABAD: The government has sufficient spectrum to offer for any future spectrum auction for NGMS in Pakistan;... Updated 13 Feb, 2023 09:20am
Pakistan General election not possible before Oct? ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haque has said that the... Updated 02 Feb, 2023 09:12am
BR Research Handset imports: blacked out! Latest central bank data show that the country’s mobile phone imports have crashed by an even bigger magnitude than... Published 30 Jan, 2023 09:23am
Business & Finance Telecom, data infrastructure: World Bank advocates regulatory reforms, investments to improve climate resilience ISLAMABAD: Regulatory reforms and investments are needed to improve the climate resilience of telecom and data... Published 26 Jan, 2023 05:58am
BR Research Telecom FDI: painting red The disappointing run in the telecommunications industry’s foreign direct investment (FDI) continues. Latest data... Published 24 Jan, 2023 09:54am
Technology Telecom operators asked to complete transition to IPv6 ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has instructed all telecom operators and internet service... Published 21 Jan, 2023 06:15am
Pakistan MoITT readies draft of first Infrastructure Sharing Framework ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT) has finalised the draft of ... Published 06 Jan, 2023 05:58am
Business & Finance Telecom industry begins issuing SIMs through ‘MBVS’ ISLAMABAD: The telecom industry has started issuing SIMs through an enhanced version of Biometric Verification ... Published 24 Dec, 2022 05:50am
Business & Finance Payments to Google: SBP rejects allegations KARACHI: Recent news circulating in some sections of the media that certain payments to Google are stuck at the... Updated 27 Nov, 2022 09:43am
Business & Finance Amin urges Dar to ‘direct’ SBP to make payments ISLAMABAD: Federal IT and Telecom Minister Syed Aminul Haque wrote a letter to Finance Minister Ishaq Dar regarding... Updated 27 Nov, 2022 09:43am
Technology Suspension of DCB payments to Google Play: users, telecom companies at receiving end Facing a growing liquidity shortage as foreign exchange reserves continue to fall, Pakistan’s central bank has... Published 26 Nov, 2022 05:47pm
Business & Finance October IT exports up 13pc to $221m YoY KARACHI: Information Technology (IT) exports for October 2022 increased by 13 percent on year-on-year basis to $221... Published 24 Nov, 2022 04:28am