Caretaker Minister for IT & Telecom Visits PTA
Caretaker Federal Minister for Information Technology & Telecom (IT&T), Dr. Sania Nishtar visited Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Headquarters today. Additional Secretary, Member Law , Member IT of MoIT Director Generals (DGs) of Different Divisions of PTA and senior officers of the Authority were present on this occasion. During the visit, senior officers briefed the Minister [...]
LDI Operators Mulling to Get Support of New Govt for ICH, Penalty Back
LDI operators are seeking support of the new government to avoid penalty and support for the establishment of ICH through policy decision of Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT) and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). LDI operators and PTCL in particular will convince the government to back them in order to attract investment mainly the [...]
IMEWE Cable Restored: PTA
PTA has updated that, IMEWE Seg-1 repair has been completed and cable has been powered up for the traffic, as reported by IMEWE, post repair system performance has been verified. Repeaters performance and splice loss all are as per the acceptable values. Reportedly, the shunt fault was located at 116.7 KP from Mumbai BU where [...]
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PTA Orders All Telecom Operators to Stop Prize/Inami Schemes [Again]
Once again PTA has ordered to all telecom operators to stop all the Prize/Inami Schemes immediately. This is another effort from PTA to order the operators for stopping such schemes as these are against the consumer protection rights. Earlier in this month Islamabad High Court (ICH) also ordered to all telecom operators to stop prize [...]
Islamabad High Court Orders Telecom Companies to Close Prize Schemes
Islamabad High Court (IHC) orders to all telecom companies in Pakistan to close the all prize schemes. It may be recalled that PTA had already ordered all the telecom companies to stop all such prize schemes immediately, as it is against the Telecom Consumer Protection Control, otherwise a legal action would be taken. Taking PTA [...]
PM Directed to Verify SIMs before March 7, 2013
Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has directed to Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT) and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to work with all telecom operators and make an efficient and working road-map for the verification of SIMs by March 7, 2013 Prime Minister issued this direction in a meeting with cellular operators who met at the [...]
Mr. Farooq Awan Reappointed as Acting Chairman PTA
Mr. Farooq Awan has been reappointed as acting Chairman PTA until the authority not takes any decision about the fulfillment of permanent place of chairmanship. During from many last months, there are lot of issues and worse management crises in the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). Once again Govt has trusted on Mr. Farooq Awan and [...]
Dismissed Chairman PTA Files Appeal Against Suspension Order by LHC
Dismissed Chairman PTA, Mr. Farooq Awan has filed an appeal against his suspension orders by LHC. Earlier, LHC orders that his appointment is illegal and terminated him as it is against the rules and regulations that seems to be considered on political basis. LHC terminated him on January 15, 2013 while hearing a petition filed [...]
Breaking: Chairman PTA Terminated, LHC Declares the Appointment as Illegal
Lahore High Court (LHC) has terminated Mr. Farooq Awan, the Chairman of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). LHC gives and order today and said that the appointment of Chairman was illegal and was against the laws. A petition was filed by Khawaja Saad Saleem of Nayatel and challenged the appointment of Mr. Farooq Awan as Chairman [...]
Cellular Subscribers in Pakistan Crossed 121.6 Million
According to latest stats of PTA, mobile phone subscribers crossed 121.6 million in the country due to the addition of 1.08 million cellular connection in the month of October. The tele-density of mobile phones in the country was 68.8 percent in October in the overall tele-density of 72.3 percent. Zong has added the highest number of subscribers by [...]
Mobile Phone Service to Remain Suspended During Long March of Tahir-ul-Qadri
PTA has directed to cellular operators in Pakistan to suspended the mobile phone service in account of Long March held by Fr. Tahir-ul-Qadri. The mobile service is suspended almost from evening today in Lahore and it will be remain suspended during the route of Long March. Currently the service is suspended in below mentioned areas [...]
Breaking: Mobile Phone Service to Remain Suspended Today Across the Country
On the occasion of Hazrat Imam Hussain (R.A), tomorrow the Mobile Service would remain suspended in different cities across Pakistan. According to details, Mobile Service would be suspended from Morning 8am till Night 10pm in Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi and 18 other districts of Punjab. In Sindh, Mobile Service would be suspended in Karachi, Haiderabad, Sakkar [...]
Breaking: Good News for People of Karachi – Mobile Service Will Not Be Suspended on New Year Night
It is a breaking news that Interior Minister Rehman Malik told to media that Mobile Service would not be suspended on New Year Night 2013. So it’s a good news for the citizens of Karachi they would not be bear again the suspension of Mobile Service. Yesterday it was announced that Mobile Service would be [...]
Mobile Service to be Suspended on New Year Night in Karachi
Mobile service will be suspended on New Year Night in Karachi. Sindh Police Spokesperson told to media that agencies responsible for maintaining the security of the city have requested the federal government through Sindh Home Department to ban mobile service in Karachi on New Year Night. According to resources, mobile service will be suspended from [...]
Breaking: Mobile Service to Remain Suspended Today in Karachi
It is a breaking news that cellular companies has received directive from Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to suspend mobile service in Karachi today from 11AM to 6PM toady. Cellular companies received the directive unexpectedly and without any reason. but some sources said that this sudden closure of mobile service could be due to immediate terrorism [...]
