Pakistan is trailing 25 million dollars of valuable foreign exchange per month due to grey telecom traffic. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has given this shocking news to Economic Co-ordination Committee in the meeting on July 29, 2010. “After making necessary changes in the Telecom Deregulation Policy, illegal telecom traffic can be controlled whereas inflow of foreign exchange could be doubled from its present level...

In what he called a “white paper” apparently against his own government and the ministry that he was heading till recently, the Prime Minister’s Adviser on IT Sardar Latif Khosa has revealed that at least Rs50 billion are annually lost by the state and telecom companies due to the unchecked grey tariff, i.e. illegal network of international calls. Forwarded to the Chairman National Assembly Standing Committee on IT, Khosa, who was...

Pakistan Telecommunication Company LTD (PTCL) in order to reduce the suffering of people in flood affected areas has established medical camps in northern areas. According to PTCL spokesperson, medical camps have been established in Nowshera, Peshawer, Charsadda, Warsak Road exchange, G.T Road exchange and Charsadda exchange. Two doctors assisted by one dispenser are already performing duties at each camp. Medicines worth Rs. 0.5 ...

Pakistan was placed at the 87th position on Global Information Technology Report ranking for 2009-10 of the World Economic Forum against last year’s 98th, proving innovation can serve as a possible driver for economic growth, said a press release issued on Tuesday. “It is evident that technology is playing a leading role in accelerating economic growth and promoting development. Pakistan should capitalize on its human capital to...

Warid has come up with new ‘Warid Call Block 9211’ service after Ufone, Telenor and Zong that allows the subscribers to get rid of annoying calls. Warid customers can now subscribe to this service and get control over the calls they wish to restrict, they now have the choice to block specific callers whether they are local or international numbers. Subscription: This service is in the test phase but subscribers can still subscribe...