The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is reportedly planning to carry out a survey of jails in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for installation… Read More
The firewall Controversy: Internet Censorship in Real or its Just Blockade of Obscene Material?
As the advertisement by the National ICT R&D got published in the leading newspapers recently, seeking solution providers for URL… Read More
School Student Sends PTA a List of 780,000 Adult Websites to Get Them Blocked
Ghazi Muhammad Abdullah, a fifteen year old school boy, has sent a list of 780,000 adult websites which he thinks… Read More
PTA Improves Ranking in OICCI Perception Survey
The multinational companies and foreign investors have improved the ranking of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) from nine to six position… Read More
PTA Vacated 66 Illegal Frequency Spots During 2011
PTA, based on responsibilities given to it, carries out extensive field surveys to identify illegal/unauthorized users of frequency spectrum and… Read More
ICT R&D to Finance National URL Filtering and Blocking System a.k.a National Firewall
National ICT R&D Fund has asked for proposals from academia/research institutions, companies, organizations for the development, deployment and operation of… Read More
PTA to Auction Spectrums of 14 telecom Regions on May 3
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) will award all available spectrum to existing Fixed Local Loop (FLL), Wireless Local Loop (WLL) and… Read More
3G in Doldrums, Senators Ask PTA to Revamp Policy
First thing first: A senate’s standing committee for IT and Telecom, the same committee about which we told you earlier,… Read More
Pakistan Blocked 13,000 Adult Websites: Official
Government of Pakistan has blocked the access to around or over 13,000 websites in the country which were of obscene… Read More
PTA Seeks Diplomatic Support for Attracting Bidders for 3G
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has sought support of country’s diplomatic and trade ties for pursuing global telecom operators investing in… Read More
PTCL to Charge DSL Customers Rs. 5,000 Extra for Exceeding 300 GB Limit, Removes 50GB Limit
Last week PTCL implemented this new policy of charging its DSL broadband users an extra sum of Rs. 5,000 if… Read More
Wateen Tops Broadband QoS Survey by PTA
Wateen Telecom has been ranked the number one wireless broadband service provider in the country by PTA, said a statement… Read More
