Warid has introduced new international call rates with per second billing for Saudi Arabia, Iran and UAE effective immediately for all its prepaid subscribers. Prepaid customers can now call on fixed line and mobile numbers of these countries for 20 paisas per second only! The offer can be availed by sending “ON” to 3333 via SMS. Daily subscription charges of Rs 1+tax will apply. Type [...]

Yesterday we told you about the new tax that has been imposed on the sale of every new cell phone, according to which every smartphone will be charged at Rs. 1,000 while feature phones (those voice only bsic phones) will be charged with Rs. 500 tax from now onwards. We also published the notification that was issued by FBR on the subject which clearly mentions [...]

Ufone has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), under which Ufone will sponsor a talent hunt drive for young fast bowlers in the country. The activity will be carried out nationwide as the candidates will be selected from 8-10 cities from across Pakistan and any bowler with a bowling speed of 140 kmph or more will be selected for 2 [...]

Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) today announced the availability of its Smart TV PC application with which customers can enjoy digital quality live streaming of 125 channels on their DSL broadband connections without set-top box. PTCL had previously offered the same app for EVO customers only as a pilot. Service is now extended to all PTCL broadband customers. With this Smart TV app for PCs [...]

Zong in its latest endeavor to extend convenience, comfort and priority, has opened Special Zong Lounges at Karachi and Lahore airports for its corporate Platinum and Gold members. Now each time you travel on a domestic route, you can avail the services at these lounges. As a member, customers will be entitled to take in a guest with them while they wait in the comfortable [...]

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has announced discounts for its potential new customers buying EVO Cloud and Nitro Cloud devices. Customers will have to pay monthly charges for three or four months in advance to get the discounts, in addition the devices are offered for free with such deals. PTCL says that this new 3 months bundle packages will provide maximum flexibility to the Customer [...]

Following the success of its Summer Internship Program (SIP) 2012, Ufone is now re-launching the similar internship program for 2013. Ufone’s Summer Internship Program for 2013 will commence in April at national level with campus drives being held across the country during which students will have to take a test and give an interview for final selection. The campus drives will be held in all [...]

Government of Pakistan’s binding of not issuing any new LDI license based on the sale-purchase agreement with Etisalat – under the sale of 26 percent shares of PTCL – got expired on March 22nd, 2013, after which Pakistan Telecommunication Authority is free to auction new LDI licenses now. Sources familiar with matter told ProPakistani that telecom regulator is likely to auction new LDI licenses, at [...]

Mobilink has announced Twitter Zero for all its prepaid Jazz and Jazba customers to let them tweet without any charges at all. Subscribers don’t need to subscribe to this offer since it is available for all prepaid subscribers by default. It merits mentioning here that Ufone has a similar offering for its customers too. How to Access Twitter Free? Mobilink customers will have to access [...]

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) organized a seminar in Karachi to introduce newly launched ‘Managed WAN Service’, which caters to the growing ICT needs of its corporate customers. Walid Irshaid, President & CEO PTCL; Hamid Farooq, PTCL Senior Executive Vice President (SEVP) Business Development; Zaman Gulzar, Executive Vice President (EVP) Business Zone South and Samer Ajjawi, Advisory Team Member Etisalat along with other company officials [...]

Thanks to unlimited and in-expensive voice bundles, Pakistani cellular users make voice calls – to landline and other cellular networks – of over 16 billion minutes or 192.9 billion minutes per year. These stats were revealed by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority for year 2011-12 and it is likely that figure will go up further during the on-going year. Cellular outgoing traffic to local fixed line and [...]

Mobilink Foundation partnered with the Pakistan Life Saving Foundation (PALS) to carry out a beach cleaning activity at the Sea View beach in Karachi. Sea View is one of Karachi’s most frequented beaches, with thousands of visitors every day, which also results in littering along the scenic coastline. Mobilink Foundation Torchbearers and PALS volunteers conducted the beach cleaning activity, which lasted for over four (4) [...]

Islamabad High Court has directed Cabinet Division to appoint members of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on basis of 29 January 2013 advertisement, i.e., first advertisement it had published for the recruitment of members of the authority. Hearing the petition submitted by Wahaj us Siraj, CEO of Nayatel and Convener ISP Association of Pakistan (ISPAK), Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of IHC directed the government to strike down [...]

Telecom sector of Pakistan contributed Rs. 132.5 billion during 2011-12 to national exchequer as taxes, up from Rs. 117 billion that were contributed last year. This huge collection of taxes is largely attributed towards heavily burdened cellular consumer, who is charged at as high as 30 percent of his/her total consumptions as taxes. Usually, throughout all sectors, GST is collected at 16% however, cellular consumers [...]

Ufone today announced that Mr. Abdul Aziz President & CEO, Ufone recently opened his wallet account using Ufone’s branchless banking solution during a ceremony that marked the commencement of the branchless banking solution that company is going to offer to the public in coming days. Mr. Rainer Rathgeber, Group Chief Commercial Officer at Etisalat, was already present at the first wallet opening ceremony of Ufone’s [...]