Backfiring of enhanced WHT on telecom sector
THE INCUMBENT government in its first annual budget for the year 2013-14 has come up with an aggressive but innovative’ style to increase as well as expand the tax net…
Taxes, duties on IT, telecom sector to remain same
STAFF REPORT IBD: The telecom and information technology industry will remain unchanged in the next financial year as the federal government has not touched in the finance bill for the…
MUET, IEEECS event focuses world telecom role for social uplift
THE DEPARTMENT of Telecommunication Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), Pakistan, in collaboration with the IEEE Communications Society - Karachi chapter (ComSoc-Khi), has recently celebrated the World Telecom…
Warid Telecom completes 8 years in Pakistan
STAFF REPORT LHR: Warid Telecom, Pakistan’s leading telecom innovator, has successfully completed its eighth year of operations in the country and has become the trusted operator of choice for millions…
Another call centre set up for Orange Telecom
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: After their numerous recent successes, Orange Telecom, in collaboration with C Square Consulting Pakistan is all set to launch another call centre in Congo.The project will not…
Wateen Telecom sponsors strategic leadership summit
STAFF REPORT KHI: Wateen Telecom has sponsored the first ever Asia Strategic Leadership Summit that held recently in Karachi.In this event Wateen Telecom has participated as a gold sponsor in…
Telecom revenue reaches Rs 412b in 2011-12
STAFF REPORT IBD: The annual revenue of Pakistan’s telecom sector crossed the figure of Rs 411.4 billion during the financial year 2011-12 from its earlier Rs 362.9 billion during 2010-11…
Wateen Telecom attends PITB conference
STAFF REPORT LHR: Wateen Telecom has recently been invited to participate in the prestigious first ever Punjab Information Technology Board Information Security Conference.Wateen Telecom Chief Technology Officer, Faisal Sattar, represented…
Telecom sector performed better in 2012
STAFF REPORT IBD: Despite challenging economic environment in the country, the telecom sector of Pakistan performed relatively better and most telecom indicators showed positive growth in the financial year of…
Tapping telecom sector potential is our aim: Fan
Fan Yunjun, CEO, CMPak Ltd., has emerged as an established brand in telecom networking besides proving his mettle in marketing and executive management. Holding a Ph.D. degree in engineering and…
Bad predictions about telecommunication sector
REPORTS ARE predicting that Pakistan’s telecommunication industry will continue to suffer bad times particularly during the first half of the year 2013 thereby meaning no foreign direct investments, no progress,…
Dr. Zafar made Secretary Ministry of IT and Telecom
STAFF REPORT IBD: The government has appointed Dr. Zafar Iqbal Qadir as Secretary IT and Telecom at Ministry of Information Technology. Earlier, Amir Tariq Zaman Khan was serving as Acting…