Telecom News Bulletin

Telecom Sector to Spend Rs 2.3bn on Infrastructure

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 [...]

PTCL Launches Bill Collection Counters at Ufone Customer Services Centers

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) has launched its bill collection at Ufone Customer Services Centers (UCSC) to facilitate its valued customers. This new facility would be in addition to already existing 84 bill collection points, operating through various one stop shops, walk in centres/revenue offices of PTCL in various cities of the country. Muhammed Nematullah [...]

PTCL Report For The Quarter & Nine Months Ended March 2010

The Directors of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) are pleased to present to the shareholders unaudited financial statements of the Company for the nine months ended March 31, 2010. The PTCL Group Revenue of Rs. 73.6 billion for the period under review was 7% higher compared to the corresponding period last year. The revenue earned [...]

Ufone Minute per Minute Free Offer

When it comes to innovative ideas that benefit customers, nobody comes close to Ufone. And how can they when Ufone is giving U a free minute on every minute 24 hours day. Yes, that’s right! Here’s the latest offer from Ufone… Minute Per Minute Free. Now when U make calls to any Ufone number and [...]

An Impressive Add With Nationalistic Ethos

My eyes got misty and then tears rolled down my cheeks as I watched the new TV ad of Ufone. First of all the ad amply demonstrates that the company is capable of making ads signifying the importance of the day,  besides mirth and laughter its ads are known for. Secondly the moving theme that struck [...]

Ufone CEO, Mr Abdul Aziz Nominated For CEO of the Year Award

The esteemed ‘World Communication Awards (WCA)’ committee has nominated Mr. Abdul Aziz CEO & President Ufone for the CEO of the Year Award 2010. WCA is widely recognized as the most trusted and global event of its kind in the communications industry. The World Communication Awards recognizes companies and individuals responsible for the innovations, achievements [...]

Ufone Offer Double Number on Single SIM

There is so much to manage in life already that having to manage different mobiles or SIMs for work, personal use or any other reason is not something that you really look forward to. For the first time in Pakistan, Ufone has come up with a breakthrough technology of Double Number service. Finally you do [...]

Cellular Operators Battle on Pakistan Historical Win Against Australia

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. [...]

Kismat Ki Dastak 2nd Winner

Ufone Conducted a Colorful Futsal Event at Islamabad Scouts Training Club

Youth in Lahore as well as Islamabad enjoyed an extravaganza of passion for Futsal, blast of music and fun as the craze for Ufone’s Uth package and soccer continue to rule the minds of all. The Lahore final of Futsal was played between LUMS and Deathrow. After some very intense and anxious moments Deathrow snatched a sensational win [...]

ENERON Extend The Solar Shift of Telco Towers

Earlier it is reported that Punjab Government Order to Shift Mobile Tower on Solar Power but now today an ad appeared in the newspaper form ministery of environment saying that the telcom operators as a CRS Responsibility shift to Solar also the ad shows that the deadline to shift solar power is extended till the [...]

Telecom Industry Has Yet To Go Miles

Telecom operators in Pakistan may well be running in losses; the cellular subscriber market may well have reached the saturation points, but nothing stopped the telecom firms throw in a wide range of product offerings and different packages in the year to date. In the face of slower mobile subscription growth, the industry managed to [...]

Is It a Coincidence … I Don’t Think So

Guest Post : Basar Mughal (Via Email) Its about two telecom giants and I do not know who is unable to cut mustard. I noted the other day that both Mobilink and Ufone are celebrating FIFA World Cup in their own ways. Ufone announced Futsal and Mobilink Foosball, which is very good keeping in view [...]

Re-Kindling Partnership With Ufone

ACCA Pakistan recently awarded Approved Employer status to Ufone. Currently, Ufone has 20 ACCA trainees working in the audit and finance department to complete their PER (Practical Experience Requirement), which is a mandatory milestone towards attainment of the ACCA membership. Ufone is a Gold Approved Employer, a prestigious title endowed by ACCA to appreciate the [...]

Ufone “Kismat ki Dastak” Winners

Ufone one of the leading telecom operators in Pakistan has taken the lead over the last couple of years to set new trends in the local telecom sector. The latest promotion that Ufone has brought forward to the masses is “Kismat ki Dastak” which offers an array of exciting prizes which are bound to change the [...]