Category: Telecom
5 Noteable Smartphones You Might Want to Buy (Apart from iPhone and Samsung)
July 17, 2017
Alina Anjum
Did you know, 60% of people in Pakistan who own cell phone use more than one cell phone and among those cell phone users, 72% use smartphone as their primary phone, and 28% keep other type of phones like featured phone as secondary phone for security reason. ( [...]
Who Offers What? A List of Broadband Providers in Pakistan
April 26, 2017
Umer Zuberi
The struggle to find a decent internet service in Pakistan is real. With too many internet services, offering too many packages on TVCs, one fails to come to a conclusion and in the end we are left with nothing but a never ending circle which keeps on rotating and does n [...]
Telecom Sector in Pakistan gets $21M in FDI
October 25, 2016
Hasnain
The telecom sector has received US $ 21 million as Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the first quarter of the current fiscal year as against the US $ 6.9 million in the corresponding period of last year.
Information Technology sector fetched US $ 3.3 million FDI in July-September 2016 as compare [...]
Mobile Broadband Users In Pakistan Consume 39821TB Data In 2015-16
October 18, 2016
Hasnain
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has revealed that Pakistanis browse internet only for entertainment.
According to the report, the internet usage trends shows that average 4.5 million daily regular users surf only social media, Over the Top (OTT), online videos and gaming.
And about [...]
It’s High Time PTCL Got Its Act Together!
February 15, 2016
Hasnain
PTCL, short for Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited, is the biggest and leading telecommunication provider in Pakistan having over more than 2 Million subscribers giving wired & wireless telephone and internet services all over Pakistan. However even though it’s widespread and boasts h [...]
Looking for Best Postpaid Package in Rs.1000? Find out your Options!
November 25, 2015
Hasnain
It’s the modern age and smartphone are in every hand these days which leads to an immense usage of Mobile Data for voice calls, video streaming, video calls, email and instant chat. All this usage gets difficult to keep track of hence consumers are now considering between Prepaid and Postpaid to [...]
Has Warid Landed a Deal?
August 10, 2015
Wasio Abbasi
Recently rumors started circulating in the market of a deal between Mobilink and Warid, with the former acquiring the latter after a long negotiation process. The rumors gained strength on Saturday and continue to dominate telecom grapevines.
Rumor remains a rumor
The news of [...]
$1.3 Billion Telecom Investment in Next 5 Years
May 16, 2015
Wasio Abbasi
Pakistan telecom industry currently has two large taxes imposed upon it. One if Federal Excise Duty (FED) and the other is Provincial Sales Tax. FED is 19% while PST is 18.5%, and according to GSM Association this taxation is hampering mobile service growth in Pakistan.
GSM Association has propos [...]
Top Three Postpaid 3G Packages
May 05, 2015
Wasio Abbasi
Last week we covered top three prepaid 3G packages offered by Pakistani telecom service providers, ranking them in categories of daily, weekly and monthly packages. This time we analyzed the postpaid packag [...]
Top 3 Prepaid 3G Packages
April 28, 2015
Wasio Abbasi
With four telecom companies providing 3G services, most Pakistani subscribers wonder if they are getting the right value for the money. With mobile broadband now available in several parts of the country, we decided to find out which company provides the most data in lowest price for daily, week [...]