Telecom News Bulletin

Telecom Sector of Pakistan Has Made Customer Care A Separate Industry

In Pakistan, the biggest and emerging industry is of telecom that has boosted from few years. No one knows or ever thought that process of communication will become so much cost effective. The advent of latest advancements in the field of information technology and communication has also boosted many other industries in Pakistan and one of them is customer care practice.

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PTA & Comsats Sign MoU For Telecom Research

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and COMSATS Institute of Information Technology have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in order to promote the telecom research that would be beneficial not only for both the organisations, but also for the country, an official said on Friday. PTA Chairman Dr Mohammed Yaseen said that the authority would provide data on telecom sector and expertise to COMSATS and the institute would encourage its students to undertake research in different areas of telecom.

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PTA Focuses on Value-Added Services Including E-Commerce, E-Agriculture & E-Education

Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Dr. Mohammed Yaseen has said that PTA’s focus is on value added services and with a high penetration level of mobile and low penetration of internet we have to explore the available possibilities which could be gained via mobile 2.0 theories. I very much foresee the ...

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PTA Awards Gold Medals To the Winners of Best Research Projects on IT & Telecom

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has awarded gold medals with cash prizes to 12 students of various distinguished educational institutes of the country for the best research projects on IT & telecom for the year 2009. Secretary Cabinet Division, Abdul Rauf Chaudhry presented gold medals to the winners of the competition during a ceremony held at [...]

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Intel Collaborates With PTA, Nadra to Provide Employment Opportunities

Intel Pakistan Corporation in collaboration with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA), today launched a program to provide employment opportunities to the unemployed people & increase IT Awareness and PC Penetration in the country. The program offers a low cost Telecentre starting from PKR 33,000. NADRA will contribute in this cause by offering e-sahulat to these Telecenters as per conditions of e-sahulat franchise scheme. The Intel® World Ahead Program has been working with Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom to accelerate technology education and usage in the country.

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