At individual level, we often think that a single person can’t do any good for society, particularly at large scale level – that too with no external moral and physical support, inspiration and funding. However, there are people in this world who achieve the glory that hundreds of others can’t reach together. Master Ayub, one of those extraordinary...
India is planning to seek meeting with Pakistan to resolve issue of cross-border telecom signals which are affecting the quality of cellular operators of both countries in Punjab border areas. Indian cellular operators have complained that signals of Pakistani telecom providers are crossing into Indian territory in Punjab, leading to interference with...
After Punjab Assembly, NWFP’s provincial assembly has also passed a resolution to put immediate ban on late night calling packages. In fact they went even further, and demanded ban on SMS packages too. Some may term the SMS part little harsh, but night packages are not seen well by many eyes. By the way, Punjab Assembly passed a similar resolution;...
There should be a list, publicly available on PTA website, of the banned websites in Pakistan along with the reason of the ban. Along with, there should also be a procedure to review the decisions of blocking such websites. This was demanded by Press United to Serve Humanity (PUSH), a Pakistan-based non-profit, non-governmental, and non-sectarian consortium...
In a study conducted by the BBC World Service, four in five respondents said they believe web access is a fundamental right. 27,000 people from 26 countries were surveyed. 78 percent of Internet users believed the Web gave them greater freedom, while nine in 10 said it was a good place to learn. Almost 50 percent of those who used the Internet said...
The ministry of information technology has been asked to draft a proposal for a ban on the import of used computers and IT accessories, on directions of President Asif Ali Zardari. Earlier, LCCI had requested the president to ban the sale of used/old computers. If ban imposed, no vendor/seller will be able to sell used/computers in the market, eventually...
There are around or above 90 data centralization projects in the queue at NADRA, which will ultimately enable all the data of several dozen departments linked with your CNIC number, told us high level sources at NADRA. Orientation of projects is yet to be made public; however, NADRA is planning big to make all the data of the country to be linked with...
PEMRA has recently formulated fee structure and rules for Digital Cable TV in Pakistan. Authority is envisioning the completion of enriched Digital Cable TV network deployment till 2015. However, it looks that the rollout is somewhat mismanaged and mis-planned by all the cable operators. It is apparent that either they are fully prepared to go digital,...
By A Cellular User I have been living in this country since I was born 37 years ago. I have seen so many ups and downs in the country, when I was told that Pakistan is in serious crisis. Worst of all, all the serious situations were severe than the previous ones. As a common person, with my limited vision, I can understand that all those situations...
Service in parts of Lahore, Sialkot, Kasur, Sahiwal, Bahawalnagar and Bahawalpur near the Indian border is being affected by the bandwidth interference from Indian territories, reported Dawn. Citing a source at Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, dawn said that the main cause of the interference is the service of TATA Mobile and Reliance Communications...
CCP has been given unlimited powers, which needs to be checked, said Kashmala Tariq on assembly floor, as reported by Business Recorder. MNA said that there should be check and balance while reviewing the performance of the commission. There are flaws in the competition laws, which should to be removed. The CCP should not target industrial sector that...
Government of Pakistan has issued a regulation, as per Telecom Act of Pakistan, for possible termination of Telecom services in a particular region or whole of Pakistan, due to any concern relating to national security, told a highly reliable source at Ministry of IT and Telecom. In simple, as per directive, Government of Pakistan can ask PTA, in case...
A scandal surfaced in the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication concerning the tender of billions of rupees issued to the Chinese company, sources told SAMAA on Tuesday. The I.T and Telecom Ministry has given the tender of billions of rupees to the Chinese company without considering proper rules and regulations. The ministry has...
The Federal Tax Ombudsman has directed the Revenue Division to ask the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to work out a mechanism in consultation with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) for exempting bona fide mobile phone users based in the Northern Areas from withholding tax. In an order on a complaint filed by Qamar Abbas, President of the...
Time of India has reported that fraudulent calls are being originated from Pakistan that appears to be involved in lottery scams, victimizing Indian mobile phone users. Though newspaper admits that technology can be used to change the phone number. Newspaper further claims that allegedly these callers from Pakistan have access to subscribers’ database...
