Mobile broadband subscriptions in the country have reached a historic 100 million mark. In a statement on Friday, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) announced this, terming it a result of supportive government policies, effective competition among telecom operators and its commitment to ...

The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has drafted ‘National Broadband Policy-2021′ targeting the contribution of digital and broadband development on the economy, to the tune of $5 billion investment and $20 billion revenue by 2025. The draft policy also envisages up to ...

ISLAMABAD: The government is taking steps to improve the broadband services and expand the network as it has started to work on the auction of additional available frequency spectrum. The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications tweeted that “The network expansion will ...

ISLAMABAD- Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin-ul-Haque says his ministry is taking various steps to provide broadband services in the country through the IT Universal Service Fund. The IT Minister stated this during meeting with Dr. Ishrat Hussain in Islamabad. They discussed issues ...

NEW DELHI - India ranked behind its neighbours Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal at 128th spot in mobile broadband link for September 2019, according to a report by broadband speed analysis firm Ookla. The country, however, was far ahead of its South Asian neighbours at 72nd place in fixed-line ...

ISLAMABAD - The Federal Government has withdrawn the exemption of Federal Excise Duty (FED) from internet and broadband services in the Finance Bill 2019-20. The move comes only a few days after the government had been very critical of the provincial government in Sindh for the imposition of ...

ISLAMABAD - The number of mobile broadband including 3G and 4G users in the country have crossed 64 million by end-December 2018 with its tele-density that touched 30.59 per cent mark. The major contribution has been made by 3G and 4G users whose number has reached 62 million mark by December as ...

ISLAMABAD - Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has said that government is committed to extend broadband penetration to far flung areas as it is the information technology era. Addressing a broadband contract signing ceremony at Islamabad on ...

ISLAMABAD – The number of 3G and 4G users in the country has crossed 60.02 million by October 2018, adding around 0.52 million new users in a month. The number of mobile broadband users till September 2018 was 59.48 million. Latest statistics issued by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority ...

ISLAMABAD - Internet broadband subscribers in Pakistan reached 61 million by the end of August 2018, said Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). - Telecom industry has seen a dramatic increase in mobile broadband as penetration over the past five years as mobile broadband subscribers ...