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Pakistan produced 1.21mn cellphones in Jan-Feb 2021
Pakistan’s mobile phone assembly witnessed an encouraging boost this year as it ended up producing 1.21 million mobile phones over the course of the first…
Number of 3G, 4G users in Pakistan reaches 93 million: PTA
According to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), 3G and 4G internet is witnessing wide-scale acceptance in the country, with the number of users having reached…
Businesses in Lahore are complaining about poor cellular service
The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Wednesday urged the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to look into the poor quality of services provided…
IT Minister Amin ul Haque resolves to promote public-private partnerships
Introduced earlier this year, the implementation of the Right of Way (ROW) Policy for the telecom sector is a key milestone in Pakistan’s digital transformation. The National…
PTA arranges alternatives for internet services during the restoration of the submarine cable
As a result of the recent faults in the internet services, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has announced that alternative methods will be implemented to…
Service providers in Pakistan make alternate arrangements for internet connectivity
In the aftermath of the massive disruption in internet services due to a fault in a significant submarine cable earlier this week, service providers in…
German Ambassador meets PTA Chairman to discuss IT investments in Pakistan
On Thursday, the German ambassador to Pakistan, Bernhard Schlagheck, met the Chairman of PTA (Pakistan Telecommunication Authority), Maj General Amir Bajwa, per a press release…
Jazz comes up first with the highest number of new subscribers and the fastest-growing 4G network
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA’s) Annual report 2020 presented an analysis of the leading telecom sector players and their respective growth. It had declared Jazz as…
Govt to improve internet services in Waziristan within ‘next four weeks’
With directives to the private mobile service providers to improve services in South Waziristan, the government is working to recommence fixed-line broadband services in the…
Telecom industry reports significant decline in average revenue per user in FY20
According to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the average revenue per user (ARPU) per month for telecom operators has dropped by 8.31 percent in the…
Govt actively monitored internet during lockdown: PTA
The year 2020 was memorable for loads of obvious reasons. It was the year that witnessed a meteoric rise in the number of Pakistani internet…
PTA blocks 452 access links of a Netflix movie containing blasphemous content
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday that it had blocked 452 out of 778 links of the blasphemous…
Pakistan to get commercially available 5G internet by 2022-23: PTA
5G technology has been making waves all over the world ever since its introduction, with applications ranging from smartphones to driverless cars. Now, the Pakistan…
