ProPakistani » PTA http://propakistani.pk Pakistan's Telecom & IT News Mon, 20 May 2013 13:12:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Caretaker Minister for IT & Telecom Visits PTA http://propakistani.pk/2013/05/16/caretaker-minister-for-it-telecom-visits-pta/ http://propakistani.pk/2013/05/16/caretaker-minister-for-it-telecom-visits-pta/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 10:38:41 +0000 Mehwish Khan http://propakistani.pk/?p=42843 Group photo of PTA officials with Dr. Sania Nishtar, Caretaker Federal Minister for IT and Telecom. Senior officials of Ministry of IT and Telecom are also present. Caretaker Federal Minister for Information Technology &Telecom (IT&T), Dr. Sania Nishtar visited Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Headquarters yesterday. Additional Secretary, Member Law , Member IT of MoIT Director Generals (DGs) of Different Divisions of PTA and senior officers [...]

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]]> http://propakistani.pk/2013/05/16/caretaker-minister-for-it-telecom-visits-pta/feed/ 0 Pakistan to Auction New LDI Licenses as Binding Term with Etisalat Expires http://propakistani.pk/2013/04/03/pakistan-to-auction-new-ldi-licenses-as-binding-term-with-etisalat-expires/ http://propakistani.pk/2013/04/03/pakistan-to-auction-new-ldi-licenses-as-binding-term-with-etisalat-expires/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 07:00:48 +0000 Aamir Attaa http://propakistani.pk/?p=41832 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 [...]

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]]> http://propakistani.pk/2013/04/03/pakistan-to-auction-new-ldi-licenses-as-binding-term-with-etisalat-expires/feed/ 6 Pakistanis Make Voice Calls of over 16 Billion Minutes Per Month http://propakistani.pk/2013/04/02/pakistanis-makes-voice-calls-of-over-16-billion-minutes-per-month/ http://propakistani.pk/2013/04/02/pakistanis-makes-voice-calls-of-over-16-billion-minutes-per-month/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:33:42 +0000 Aamir Attaa http://propakistani.pk/?p=41795 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 [...]

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]]> http://propakistani.pk/2013/04/02/pakistanis-makes-voice-calls-of-over-16-billion-minutes-per-month/feed/ 5 IHC Directs Cabinet Division to Appoint PTA Members Based on First Advertisement Only http://propakistani.pk/2013/04/01/ihc-directs-cabinet-division-to-appoint-pta-members-based-on-first-advertisement-only/ http://propakistani.pk/2013/04/01/ihc-directs-cabinet-division-to-appoint-pta-members-based-on-first-advertisement-only/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 08:52:57 +0000 Aamir Attaa http://propakistani.pk/?p=41738 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 [...]

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]]> http://propakistani.pk/2013/04/01/ihc-directs-cabinet-division-to-appoint-pta-members-based-on-first-advertisement-only/feed/ 3 Telecom Consumers Registered 33,310 Complaints With PTA During 2012 http://propakistani.pk/2013/03/21/telecom-consumers-registered-33310-complaints-with-pta-during-2012/ http://propakistani.pk/2013/03/21/telecom-consumers-registered-33310-complaints-with-pta-during-2012/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 07:12:28 +0000 Aamir Attaa http://propakistani.pk/?p=41497 Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has said that it received 33,310 complaints from users against telecom operators during FY2012, out of which 99 percent complaints were addressed and resolved. PTA said that telecom consumers registered these complains through various channels, i.e., online, email (complaints@pta.gov.pk), hotline (0800-55055), written complaints and faxes sent to PTA headquarter addresses and zonal offices. These consumer complaints were against cellular operators, fixed line, [...]

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]]> http://propakistani.pk/2013/03/21/telecom-consumers-registered-33310-complaints-with-pta-during-2012/feed/ 2 PTA Directs Telecom Operators to Stop Inaami Schemes http://propakistani.pk/2013/03/20/pta-directs-telecom-operators-to-stop-inaami-schemes/ http://propakistani.pk/2013/03/20/pta-directs-telecom-operators-to-stop-inaami-schemes/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:41:43 +0000 Mehwish Khan http://propakistani.pk/?p=41465 Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, through a letter produced below, has directed all telecom operators to stop Inaami schemes (Prize schemes) with immediate effect. PTA letter, sent to all telecom operators, mentions that these directions are as per Islamabad High Court order. PTA demanded all operators to submit compliance report by tomorrow, i.e. March 21st, 2013. It merits mentioning here that PTA had previously directed telecom operators [...]

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]]> http://propakistani.pk/2013/03/20/pta-directs-telecom-operators-to-stop-inaami-schemes/feed/ 1 Telecom Revenues Reached Rs. 412 Billion During 2011-12 http://propakistani.pk/2013/03/20/telecom-revenues-reached-rs-412-billion-during-2011-12/ http://propakistani.pk/2013/03/20/telecom-revenues-reached-rs-412-billion-during-2011-12/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 06:45:54 +0000 Aamir Attaa http://propakistani.pk/?p=41449 Annual revenues from telecom sector of Pakistan reached Rs. 411.4 billion during the fiscal year 2011-12 up from Rs. 362.9 billion a year ago, registering a growth of 12 percent, said a recent report published by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. Report said that this growth in telecom revenues this year is significant especially when growth rate was marginal during last two years, i.e. 5.4 percent during [...]

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]]> http://propakistani.pk/2013/03/20/telecom-revenues-reached-rs-412-billion-during-2011-12/feed/ 0 ECP Directs Government to Not to Hire PTA Members Due to Ban on Recruitments http://propakistani.pk/2013/03/19/ecp-directs-government-to-not-to-hire-pta-members-due-to-ban-on-recruitments/ http://propakistani.pk/2013/03/19/ecp-directs-government-to-not-to-hire-pta-members-due-to-ban-on-recruitments/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:23:27 +0000 Aamir Attaa http://propakistani.pk/?p=41406 Election Commission of Pakistan has once again communicated to Cabinet Division and directed it to not to hire Member Finance and Member Technical due to imposed ban on all kinds of recruitments till further notification. It merits mentioning here that Cabinet Division is in process of hiring Member Finance and Member Technical for Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, and in fact it had appointed Mr. Farooq Awan [...]

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]]> http://propakistani.pk/2013/03/19/ecp-directs-government-to-not-to-hire-pta-members-due-to-ban-on-recruitments/feed/ 3 Pakistanis Exchanged 238 Billion SMS in 2011 http://propakistani.pk/2013/03/18/pakistanis-exchanged-238-billion-sms-in-2011/ http://propakistani.pk/2013/03/18/pakistanis-exchanged-238-billion-sms-in-2011/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 05:27:40 +0000 Aamir Attaa http://propakistani.pk/?p=41340 Mobile phone users in Pakistan exchanged a total of 237.58 billion text messages in 2011 (Jan 2011 to Dec 2011), up from 176 billion text messages that were shared in 2010, said a report published by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. Report said that on average one mobile phone user sent 175 person to person SMS or text messages per month or 5.8 person to person SMS [...]

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]]> http://propakistani.pk/2013/03/18/pakistanis-exchanged-238-billion-sms-in-2011/feed/ 5 Farooq Awan Removed as Member Finance of PTA http://propakistani.pk/2013/03/18/farooq-awan-removed-as-member-finance-of-pta/ http://propakistani.pk/2013/03/18/farooq-awan-removed-as-member-finance-of-pta/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 05:15:00 +0000 Mehwish Khan http://propakistani.pk/?p=41345 The Cabinet Division has withdrawn the notification of appointment of Farooq Awan as Member Finance Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and assured the Lahore High Court (LHC) that the appointment will be made in a transparent manner in accordance with the rules and the PTA Act, reported The News. The written assurance was submitted by Secretary Cabinet Division Ms. Nargis Sethi in a contempt of court [...]

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