It has been decided by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) that they are going to bring some improvements in the safety policy for their users including both mobile and telephone. Amendments will be made in their operator’s regulations. It was said that the subscription of the one who is responsible for repeated fraudulent calls and SMS’s [...]
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Mobilink Hajj Offer 2011: International Roaming With Up To 85% Off
In this year’s blessed event of Hajj, an offer for the users who are going to Saudi Arabia for Hajj has been introduced by Mobilink. This offer includes 85 percent discount to all the international roaming and it only available on Saudi Arabia’s Zain network. Only For Jazz, Indigo & Jazba Users This discount will [...]
Branchless Banking Growing Very Fast In Pakistan
A report published by the CGAP, many of the players are gradually offering the branchless banking in Pakistan as it is a favorable business model, State Bank is also having a new accurate approach for branchless banking. It is stated by the CGPA that in the developing markets of branchless banking Pakistan is the fastest [...]
PTA Reveals Ufone’s Remarkable Growth & Profit In The Current Year
A report by Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL) said that the cellular network, Ufone gained a great and remarkable growth by making 57 percent in profits and 14 percent in revenues. This was recorded in the financial year 2010-11 and it is due to the substantial cost savings during the year. An estimation made by the [...]
PTA Website Hacked But Recovered Soon: No Damage Done
Earlier the website of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) was hacked by an unknown hacker. Nothing was done to the website but only a page was entered in to the PTA server. It seems that the hacker was the same one who recently hacked the Supreme Court’s website. Demands Of Hacker The name of hacker is [...]
3G Licenses Issue Still Hanging In Air
Government of Pakistan’s decision regarding the auction of 3G licenses is still pending; on the other hand, it looks like IT ministry has not even finalized the 3G policy yet. 3G proposals, procedures and modalities for the auction of licenses in the country are also still pending and yet to be finalized by MoIT. Earlier, [...]
Personal Details Of Thousands Of Candidates Made Public On PPSC Website
Earlier this year when FBR’s website was exposing sensitive data of taxpayers to public, it was highly criticized. FBR had to rectify the flaw in their website. Well, today we have something new but similar for you. Punjab Public Service Commission or PPSC also have similar kind of situation. PPSC has now made every small [...]
Indian Authorities Put Limit For Sending SMS On Every Subscriber
A report from BBC states that Indian authorities have now put a daily limit for sending SMS on every subscriber. The step was taken due to the increase in telemarketing and SPAM text messages. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India passed a new regulation today which stated that now every subscriber is limited to send only [...]
Companies Ordered To Take Approval For Tablet Computers From PTA
Today, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority ordered all the cellular and broadband operators, OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturer) and IT equipment dealers to get type approval for Tablet computers from the authority within next two weeks. It means that PTA has now added Tablet computers in the Type Approval list. So, now if any of the above mentioned [...]
Emergency Calls Now Free From All Networks; “The Number Allocation and Administration Regulations, 2011” Issued By PTA
Today, a new directive was published from PTA for all the telecom operators in Pakistan. The directive states that all telecom operators are now bound to provide free emergency call services to their subscribers, purely on humanitarian grounds. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority stated this order in the renew copy of “The Number Allocation and Administration Regulations, [...]