The telcos have said the new measure would shake the confidence of investors in the telecom industry of Pakistan that had been one of the largest recipients of foreign direct investment. Reuters/File
ISLAMABAD: All the four mobile phone companies and PTCL have warned the government that the proposed Rs0.75 federal excise duty on calls after five minutes is technically difficult to implement and may damage the service model of the telecom sector.
The PTCL and four cellular mobile operators Jazz, Telenor, Ufone and Zong4G have in a letter to Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin and IT Minister Syed Aminul Haq expressed concern over the new proposal in the Finance Bill 2021 to levy FED at the rate of Rs0.75 after a call of five minutes.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has renewed the licences of Telenor, Ufone and Jazz to operate in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan for another 15 years. AFP/File
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has renewed the licences of Telenor, Ufone and Jazz to operate in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan for another 15 years.
These licences were to be expired on June 25 (today).
PTA chairman Amir Azeem Bajwa and chief executive officers (CEOs) of Telenor, Jazz and Ufone along with senior representatives of these cellular mobile operators (CMOs) attended the licence renewal signing ceremony held at the PTA headquarters in Islamabad on Wednesday.
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Jun 14, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology (IT) and Telecommunications has approved the allocation of funds for the Universal Service Fund (USF) projects for high-speed internet services and contracts for next-generation broadband, ARY News reported on Monday.
The approval was given in the 77th meeting of the Board of Directors of Universal Service Fund (USF) chaired by IT secretary Dr Sohail Rajput today. The board approved the USF’s budget worth approximately Rs18 billion for the fiscal year 2021-22.
Four USF projects worth approximately Rs2.14 billion have been approved by the board to provide high-speed internet services to approximately 2.2 million people in un-served and under-served areas of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provinces.