15 August 2010  PTA,Telecom

The general public / users of Telecom Services are advised to note the following:
With effect from July 1, 2009, the GST/FED on telecommunication services has been abridged from 21% to 19.5%. Withholding Tax (WHT) will continue to be charged @ 10% in addition to FED. Total Compounded Tax on telecommunication …

11 August 2010  PTA

Ericson and Pakistan Telecommunication authority (PTA) has announced the Ericson, PTA Mobile Excellence Award to honor all those students who come up with the innovative user generated ideas or professionally produced content that let the mobile users to have more fun and improves the usual mobile content experience. The panel …

31 July 2010  PTA

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is organizing a seminar with the alliance of HUAWEI on 2nd August, 2010 in Karachi to instruct the stakeholders on importance of 3G technology. The seminar would emphasize various aspects of 3G Mobile Broadband services and 3G spectrum auctions in Pakistan.

28 July 2010  PTA

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and National University of Science and Technology (NUST) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost joint assistance for research in the related field and to promote mutually advantageous relations between the two organizations. Chairman PTA, Dr Mohammad Yaseen, and Rector NUST, Lt Gen Muhammad …

18 July 2010  PTA

The Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has criticized the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) for demanding in advance charges from the users of Universal Access Number (UAN). The PTA has demanded Rs20,000 to Rs500,000 from the users of UAN as advance bills for the next five years.

14 July 2010  PTA

The subscriber base of WiMax and EvDO services of Wireless Local Loop (WLL) sector has shown 73% growth in last six months, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said on Tuesday. “The subscriber base for WiMax and EvDo has jumped from 190,947 in October 2009 to 331,416 in April 2010,” PTA said …

12 July 2010  PTA

According to an official from PTA, there is an increase of about 34% of cellular tele-density in Balochistan as compared to that of 2002, when it was about 0.17%. Chairman PTA, Dr. Muhammad Yasin said that there’s a sudden growth in total tele-density from 28.6% in 2008 to 36.86% in …