Telecom Sector

Telcos’ Excessively High Expenses Threaten 5G Development in Pakistan

Three out of four Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in Pakistan have annual spectrum expenditures that exceed 10% of their...

Sep 9 · >

New 15,000km Submarine Cable Installed Between Pakistan and France

Just recently Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) Cable International Network Co. Ltd announced that the installation of...

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Sep 8 · >

Telecom Sector Heavily Affected by Rupee Depreciation and Interest Rate Hikes: IT Ministry

The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT) has acknowledged that the telecom industry is essential to digitalization in...

Sep 6 · >

Telecom revenue shrinks by 4.1% while telecom indicators rise up in FY21

In recent news, the telecom industry highlighted a recent decline in revenue which was by 4.1 percent to Rs....

Nov 25 · >

Pakistan’s Rs. 30 tax on each Rs. 100 spent on mobile services is the highest in the world: experts

In a webinar organised by the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) titled “Internet for all”, leading technology experts...

Jun 4 · >

Telecom sector added Rs278bn to Pakistan’s exchequer in 2020: report

The telecom sector’s titanic status in Pakistan prevails as a recent report released by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)...

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Jan 15 · >

ECC agrees to reduce taxes on telecom sector

The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet officially agreed to cut taxes on the telecommunication sector on Wednesday....

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Oct 29 · >

Pakistan’s Telecom sector received $92 million Foreign Direct Investment between July-August

Pakistan’s telecom sector is strengthening by leaps and bounds and the recent figure for the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)...

Sep 19 · >