Posts Tagged ‘PTA’
PTA, stakeholders to form broadband group
Monday, November 17, 2008 18:38 No CommentsISLAMABAD: Dialogues between the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority and other stakeholders concerned have decided to form a broadband stakeholders group to study various aspects of the service and suggest measures to boost it.
The meeting was chaired by PTA Chairman Dr Mohammad Yaseen and attended by representatives of the Ministry of Information Technology, Universal Service Fund, Information [...]
IP Sniffing is Bad for Business
Sunday, October 19, 2008 11:01 No CommentsCompanies working out of Pakistan have to compete with global operations in order to help foster the “robust technology infrastructure” image we project of Pakistan, their reliance on VOIP-generated services is immense. We live in 2008. Granted that VOIP has been used and abused since as early as the days of Net2Phone and the YapJack, [...]
Talk of the day: September 12, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008 1:44 No CommentsThe Chairman of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, Dr. Muhammad Yaseen, in a -press conference, declared that Telecom Sector has witnessed a decline in Foreign Direct Investment this year. The Chairman explained that the FDI was 27% at the end of the fiscal year 2007-08 and now, the FDI is 21%. The total FDI, during the past [...]
Week In Review: Week ending on Saturday, the 2nd of August, 2008
Saturday, August 2, 2008 17:04 No CommentsPresident of Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Abdul Rauf Chaudary said that E-filing facility for submission of various applications has become a necessity for efficient Governance. He said that if we want to keep pace with modern world, we would have to meet the changing requirements of the time and implement integrated new machineries. [...]
Week In Review: Week ending on Saturday, the 12th of July, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008 16:56 No CommentsThere’s been so much going on this past week in IT and T, we’ve hardly had time to put it all together! But of course you know that’s not true, because here’s a look at this past week! (haha! We almost made a funny there!)
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Failure to block unverified SIMs: action to be taken against mobile companies
Monday, June 23, 2008 13:23 No CommentsISLAMABAD (June 21 2008): Strict action will be taken against the cellular companies for their failure to block all unverified SIMs within the deadline given by the Standing Committee on Interior. Chairman of the committee Senator Muhammad Talha Mehmood on Friday vowed to take action after June 30.
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PSEB and PTA working to frame guidelines for call centres
Monday, June 23, 2008 13:22 No CommentsISLAMABAD (June 21 2008): Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) in collaboration with Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is making targeted efforts to frame effective guidelines for the call centres running in the country so that they could continue uninterrupted operations of their services.
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What’s the deal with the illegal Sim Yaar?
Friday, June 20, 2008 13:00 2 CommentsThere was a recent release in the local news where the Lahore Police Department actually made a valid suggestion to the PTA. Considering the PTA is this great mammoth organization that sits on the pulse that drives this nation, all the huff made over illegal sims and the disappointment of not catching or shutting down [...]
Week In Review: Week ending on Saturday, the 14th of June, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008 19:30 No CommentsWow! What a great week for Karachi! The City Nazim Karachi, Mustafa Kamal, has announced the establishment of world’s biggest call center in Karachi…. and more this week! Here’s the week in review for the week ending on the 15th of June, 2008!
PTA devises strategies to stop obnoxious calls, balance theft
Monday, June 9, 2008 8:50 No CommentsISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has devised a strategy to address obnoxious calls, SMS and balance theft by negative minded cell-phone users.
Taking serious notice of the plight of cellphone subscribers, the PTA, as a first step, cautioned these negative elements to shun such practices or they would face consequences. The PTA has also sent [...]