Tuesday 22 April 2014

3G / 4G Auction in Pakistan [Live Updates]: ProPakistani

3G / 4G Auction in Pakistan [Live Updates]: ProPakistani

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3G / 4G Auction in Pakistan [Live Updates]

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 06:21 PM PDT

The day has arrived, 3G / 4G is finally happening in your country. Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) has said that it has finalized all the arrangements for the Spectrum Auction for Next Generation Mobile Services (NGMS) to be held today. Mobilink, Telenor, Ufone and Zong will be taking part in the bid to secure their 3G and 4G licenses. As you may know that bidding [...]

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3G / 4G Auction to Begin Tomorrow at 10:30 AM

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:44 AM PDT

The final round of spectrum auction for 3G and 4G technologies is all set to commence tomorrow, April 23rd, 2014 at 10:30 AM, that's just hours away from now. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority is all prepared to conduct the auction after it exercised full-fledge mock auction yesterday. PTA officials told ProPakistani that all qualified cellular operators participated in the mock auction to understand the procedures and [...]

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PTCL Posts 9% Growth in Revenues During Q1 2014

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:40 AM PDT

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) today announced its financial results for first quarter with revenue during the period standing at Rs 21.1 billion, up from Rs 19.38 billion during the same duration last year and showed a positive growth of 9%. Company said that its net profit after tax stood at Rs.  3.4 billion, up from Rs. 2.9 billion during same quarter last year, while [...]

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3G / 4G Spectrum Auction in Pakistan is Already Successful: Ricardo

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:38 AM PDT

By Ricardo Tavares – International telecom policy consultant, CEO of TechPolis The spectrum auction for provision of mobile broadband services that takes place on April 23rd in Pakistan is already successful. It has attracted four bidders that are among the top mobile operators in the world. Any government who would have China Mobile (the single largest mobile operator in the world with close to 800 [...]

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CEO Warid Meets Chairman PTA

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:36 AM PDT

Getting permission for deployment of LTE services without participating in next generation mobile services award (NGSMA) might not be as simple as it seems, hinted a statement issued by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. Statement from authority revealed that Chairman PTA Dr. Syed Ismail Shah held a meeting with Mr. Muneer Farooqui, CEO Warid Telecom in Pakistan to discuss the reports of Warid Telecom launching 4G services [...]

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PTA to Take Legal Action Against Reuters For Misreporting on 3G / 4G Auction

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:18 AM PDT

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has decided to take on Reuters with legal action for presenting falsified facts regarding the on-going process of 3G and 4G spectrum, we have confirmed with sources. Reuters had published a story on April 15th, 2014 – exactly the next day after operators submitted sealed bids – claiming that auction drew disappointing bids. A spokesperson of PTA confirmed ProPakistani that authority is [...]

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SHC Suspends 14 Local Loop Licenses of Zong

Posted: 21 Apr 2014 11:45 PM PDT

Sindh High Court has suspended recently issued local loop licenses to Zong (for all 14 regions), we have confirmed with officials. SHC issued this interim order while hearing a petition which had plead that these local loop licenses issued to Zong — and other telecom operators – were granted with expired telecom policy. A Pakistan Telecommunication Authority official confirmed ProPakistani about the suspension of Zong's [...]

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Auction of 3G / 4G Challenged in Supreme Court, Stay not Granted!

Posted: 21 Apr 2014 10:51 PM PDT

It appears that there are people in Pakistan who still want Pakistan to remain without 3G and 4G technologies. Just hours before the auction, a petition has been filed in the court that seeks a hold on the auction plan. Petitioner believes that auction violates the rules and that it will fetch less money that it actually should. SC, however, didn’t grant the stay on [...]

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PTCL Signs MoU With WWF to Reduce Carbon Footprint

Posted: 21 Apr 2014 08:55 PM PDT

Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) has signed an agreement with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) – the leading wildlife conservation organization – for implementation of 'Green Office Program' at PTCL's corporate head office. The program is aimed towards reducing resource consumption, subsequent costs, and carbon footprint of the company that would eventually help in environmental conservation. The agreement will enable PTCL to monitor and reduce its [...]

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ATM Solutions for the Visually Impaired

Posted: 21 Apr 2014 08:55 PM PDT

TPS, a provider of cards and payment solutions has developed a solution to assist and enable visually impaired individuals to make transactions at ATMs. The special solution called, VIP CASH, has been developed by TPS to facilitate banking institutions in providing ATM service to the visually impaired. To use the service, the VIP customer (visually impaired customer) needs to insert an audio jack into the [...]

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