PTCL has made a new move of doubling its broadband data rate speed. PTCL has upgraded its all existing 2 Mbps data rate broadband connections to 4 Mbps data rate and all 4 Mbps customers have been upgraded to 6 Mbps data rate on the same tariff. PTCL has also introduced a new 8 Mbps package. From July 15 2010, PTCL will have the following data rates for its broadband new and existing customers: 1 Mbps at Rs 1199 4 Mbps at Rs 1999 6...

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has announced a promotional offer on installation of new landline connections.  According to this promotion, the new installation charges of landline connections has been decreased from Rs.750 to Rs.500. The promotion further says that all new telephone line connections (NTC) since July 1, 2010 will be charged at Rs.500 as installation fee. According to PTCL, this is a limited time...

In Mardan, about 800 users with DSL facility are facing inconvenience owing to suspension of the service in their city and its adjacent areas for the last two days. According to sources, the affected consumers of the service could not carry on their routine activities because of some major fault in the DSL facility. Besides the city, consumers belonging to Risal Pur, Takhtabai and even some parts of Punjab province were affected because...

Progress on government-sponsored Universal Service Fund (USF) broadband projects appears to be largely on track, while the work is still going on four major projects. PTCL has come out as a major recipient of this scheme as it has managed to jointly win all of the six contracts announced so far.  Results of two additional contracts that are expected to be announced in the next few months could see PTCL bow out of the order process on...

In a recent press release, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has announced the extension of its wireless broadband EVO service to 100 major cities in Pakistan. EVO is a 3G wireless technology that can give a download speed of up to 3.1 Mbps and 300 – 500 kbps on average . PTCL claims to cover 100 major cities of Pakistan for its EVO service including Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, Quetta, Hyderabad, Chakwal, ...