Telecom Sector Seeks Tax Relief in Budget 2025–26

By Manik-Aftab ⏐ 1 week ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

ISLAMABAD: The telecom sector has submitted a set of proposals to the government ahead of the federal budget 2025–26, urging tax relief and regulatory reforms…

Report Sheds Light on LDI License Renewal Challenges

By Manik-Aftab ⏐ 1 week ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The issue of LDI (Long Distance International) License Renewal in Pakistan is at the forefront of discussions within the telecommunications sector. Recent briefings from the…

PTCL Group Achieves 17% Revenue Growth in 2024

By Tech Desk ⏐ 4 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

ISLAMABAD: PTCL Group has announced its financial results for the year ending December 31, 2024. According to a statement released after the Board of Directors…

Telecommunication Sector Faces Over PKR 17 Billion in Losses After the Floods

Telecom Sector Faces Over PKR 17 Billion in Losses After the Floods

By Abdullah Shahid ⏐ 3 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A detailed report of losses incurred by each telecommunication company will be submitted to the IT ministry, which will then make decisions about the compensations…

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Telcos’ Excessively High Expenses Threaten 5G Development in Pakistan

By Techjuice Team ⏐ 3 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Three out of four Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in Pakistan have annual spectrum expenditures that exceed 10% of their earnings, posing a danger to the…

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New 15,000km Submarine Cable Installed Between Pakistan and France

By Techjuice Team ⏐ 3 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Just recently Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) Cable International Network Co. Ltd announced that the installation of a submarine cable infrastructure between Pakistan…

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Telecom Sector Heavily Affected by Rupee Depreciation and Interest Rate Hikes: IT Ministry

By Techjuice Team ⏐ 3 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT) has acknowledged that the telecom industry is essential to digitalization in Pakistan. But on the other hand,…

Telecom revenue shrinks by 4.1% while telecom indicators rise up in FY21

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In recent news, the telecom industry highlighted a recent decline in revenue which was by 4.1 percent to Rs. 541.4 billion in FY21. This was…

Pakistan’s Rs. 30 tax on each Rs. 100 spent on mobile services is the highest in the world: experts

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In a webinar organised by the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) titled β€œInternet for all”, leading technology experts lamented that the government collects Rs.…

Telecom sector added Rs278bn to Pakistan’s exchequer in 2020: report

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The telecom sector’s titanic status in Pakistan prevails as a recent report released by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) shows that the sector’s contribution to…

ECC agrees to reduce taxes on telecom sector

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet officially agreed to cut taxes on the telecommunication sector on Wednesday. The ECC further asked for negotiations…

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Pakistan’s Telecom sector received $92 million Foreign Direct Investment between July-August

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Pakistan’s telecom sector is strengthening by leaps and bounds and the recent figure for the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the sector is further proof…

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