Telecom News Bulletin

Telecom Sector Fund of Rs. 45 Billion to go to BISP?

Telecom Market has been over taken by a Rumor that Telecom Act 1996 was being amended and funds of Telecom sector will go to Benazir Income Support Program (BISP). According to a report by The News, Finance Ministry has decided to transfer Rs. 45 Billion of Telecom Fund to account of Federal Government. Sources said that [...]

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ASJ issues Arrest Warrants for Accused in Rs. 134 million Fraud Case

An arrest warrant was issued of  Zafar, an accused, in the case of printing fake mobile cards that caused a loss of RS. 134 million to the local telecom companies. Additional Sessions Judge Kamran Bashrat Mufti issued the warrant on Wednesday after Zafar did not appear before the court. FIA was directed to arrest the accused. [...]

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Telenor’s Financials : 2nd Quarter, 2011

Telenor has released a Press report to show the financials of 2nd quarter of 2011. The report was presented by Telenor CEO, Jon Fredrick Baksaas. Following are the important points that were focused upon on the report: CEO Telenor said that the company showed organic revenue growth of 7% in the 2nd quarter of 2011 [...]

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Pakistan tops LINREasia’s TRE Survey!

The recent Telecom Regulatory Environment (TRE) Survey conducted by LIRNEasia showed an improvement in TRE in Pakistan since 2008. India and Indonesia also showed improvement while Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Philippines showed decline in performance. Thailand showed no significant improvement than last year. The TRE Suvey is done by evaluating the effectiveness of the TRE in [...]

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Apple Buys 2 New Domains (iPhone4.com & WhiteiPhone.com)

Recently Apple acquired the domain www.iPhone4.com and iPhone4 has been released an year ago. A few days  before acquiring iPhone4.com Apple also bought www.whiteiphone.com but the amount was not disclosed. The ownership of iPhone4.com has been handed over to Apple only two days ago by ”Who is privacy services”.   The USA based company has a [...]

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Fake Mobile Scratch Cards Cause Rs 134m loss to Telecom Companies

Apart from other crimes taking place in Pakistan, the fraud and theft cases in the Telecommunication industry witnessed in the recent past are gaining roots day by day. Recently it is revealed that many fake mobile cards of different companies were made by some criminals which resulted in a total loss of Rs 134 million to various mobile companies in Pakistan.

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Accounts of Defaulting Telecom Firms to be Seized : NA Body

In a latest advancement the National Assembly's standing committee on IT and Telecom has voiced its concern over the problem of recovering of payments that are due by telecom companies.

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