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Telecom Sector to Spend Rs 2.3bn on Infrastructure

29 August 2010

Landline and cellular operators’ expenses to repair damaged infrastructure are likely to cross Rs 2.3 billion in flood-hit areas across the country. Heavy rains and flash floods have destructed the network infrastructure of telecom operators unprecedentedly in different telecom regions of the country. The initial assessment report prepared by Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication [...]

PTA Chairman Presented Cheque of Rs 6.5Lakh in PM Flood Relief Fund

25 August 2010

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Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday urged the Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to ensure the reconstruction of telecommunication infrastructure in the flood-hit areas to strengthen the relief activities. The Prime Minister said this while talking to Dr. Muhammad Yaseen, Chairman PTA at PM House. The PTA Chairman presented the Prime Minister a cheque [...]

PTA Asked to Formulate Guidelines to Curb Pornography

14 August 2010

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PTA has been directed by the Sindh High Court (SHC) to come up with comprehensive laws as soon as possible, for the guidance of service providers as to how to curb uploading of objectionable stuff on the internet. The observations were made by a single member bench of Sindh High Court comprising Justice Amir Hani Muslim on a constitutional petition by a serving bank officer whose young daughter’s pictures were morphed in an objectionable manner by a website.

PTA, NUST Join Hands For Real Time Research & Market Oriented Jobs

12 August 2010

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Perhaps for the first time in country’s history PTA signed Memorandum of understanding with NUST which will go a long way for benefiting the students and Telecommunication persons.Pakistan.The MoU is aimed at enhancing mutual cooperation for research in the relevant field and to promote mutually beneficial relations between the two organisations. Chairman PTA Dr. Mohammad [...]

Telecom Operators up Against Flood Damages on War Footings

10 August 2010

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Mobile Telecom operators have undertaken the most challenging job of restoring Telecom infrastructure in the cities of KP which have been the worst hit cities in all the four provinces. Punjab is the next flood hiot province where infrastructure damage is maximum. The operators initiated maintenance work and repaired a total of 43 Base Station [...]

Mobile Operators Sign MoU For Infrastructure Sharing

7 August 2010

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The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and the Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) of Pakistan have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on infrastructure sharing. The MoU will be valid for an initial term of three years and may be extended with mutual consent of the parties, upon expiration of the initial term. The MoU signed by all [...]

KP Flood Affectees Slam Cellular Companies Failure to Provide Service During Calamity

3 August 2010

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Flood devastated areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are not only facing acute shortage of drinking water and food items but they are without any telecommunication facility for the last one week. Locals in Nowshera, Charsadda, and adjoining areas have complained that the mobile telephone companies who had been earning billions of rupees from the Province are [...]

3G Mobile Technology: PTA to Introduce Policy Framework Shortly

3 August 2010

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Secretary IT and Telecom Naguibullah Malik on Monday said Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) would shortly introduce a policy framework on the 3G mobile technology. Speaking as a chief guest at a seminar – “Demand for 3G and beyond”, jointly organised by the PTA and HUWAEI, he said the PTA has so far completed most of [...]

Government Reportedly Making It Mandatory For Cellular To Curb Grey Traffic

29 July 2010

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The government is reportedly making it mandatory for the cellular companies to procure systems to curb grey traffic and channelisation of monetary transaction with foreign operations through the State Bank of Pakistan. Incoming international telephony traffic generates a financial premium over the cost of conveying and terminating such traffic into Pakistan. According to the provisions [...]

LHC Seeks Report From IT Ministry & PTA

29 July 2010

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The Lahore High Court on Tuesday sought report and para-wise comments from Ministry of Information Technology and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) till August 4 on a petition seeking permanent ban on Facebook website in the country for launching blasphemous competition against the Holy Quran. Justice Ijaz Ahmed Cha-udhry passed this order on a petition of [...]

Govt to Award Legal Staus to SMS & MMS

26 July 2010

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The government in principle has decided to give SMS and MMS legal cover in matters pertaining to courts BBC quoted Rehman Malik as saying various countries in the world have given legal status to pictures and SMS text message in a court of law. Preparations are underway to repeal the law in this regard so [...]

Cellular Operators Battle on Pakistan Historical Win Against Australia

25 July 2010

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Cellular operators battle continued as they became face-to-face once again in the sensational and historical test match won Pakistan against Australia. Pakistan, seeking a revenge of first defeat at the hand of Australia, had held dominant position in the match since the beginning and built high hopes among Pakistan’s fans to break fifteen-year Aussies record. [...]

FED Liability of Rs 400 Million Raised Against Leading Cellular Company

25 July 2010

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A huge amount of tax liability of Federal Excise Duty (FED) under Sales Tax mode, raised against a leading cellular company by Large Taxpayer Unit (LTU) Islamabad, has been challenged where provisions of section 36 of the Sales tax Act 1990 have been invoked to create a demand of over Rs 400 million against the [...]

Cellular Operators Directed to Sell SIMs by Mail

25 July 2010

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Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has directed all cellular operators to establish a system to sell SIM (Subscribers Identity Modules) by post to applicant subscribers within 15 days. Briefing the media at the conclusion of exclusive meeting on prevailing law and order situation of Karachi, he said every mobile phone company should ensure accurate SIM [...]

PTA Organized Telecom Consumer Forum “Together for Consumer Rights”

13 July 2010

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Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) organized telecom Consumer Forum with a theme “Together for Consumer Rights”. State Minister for Industries and Production, Dr. Ayatullah Durrani was the chief guest on this occasion while Chairman PTA, Dr. Mohammed Yaseen presided over the Forum. Consumer Representative, Mrs. Suraiya Allahdin, representatives from IT & telecom industry, telecom consumer groups, [...]