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Govt Launches Mobile Virtual Network Operator Framework to Boost Telecom Innovation
The federal government has officially launched Pakistan’s Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) framework, following Cabinet approval, marking a major step towards modernizing the country’s telecom sector and expanding digital connectivity. The initiative, spearheaded by the Ministry of Information Technology &…
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Telenor Pakistan Champions Gender Equality and Inclusiveness in the Workplace
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Zong heavily fined by PTA over illegal use of spectrum, asked to stop immediately
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UPaisa App simplifies cashless transactions: Another step towards the vision for Digital Pakistan
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MMBL, the only microfinance bank in the industry to have maintained a ‘Stable Outlook’, not included on PACRA’s Watchlist
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Mobilink Microfinance Bank (MMBL), the largest digital bank in Pakistan with over 700,000 traditional individual and micro-enterprise loans disbursed, alongside more than 3,300,000 digital nano…
