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  • Two cellular companies pay $449 million as license renewal fees

    Two cellular companies pay $449 million as license renewal fees

    ISLAMABAD: The government has received $449 million from two cellular companies as license renewal fees.

    “The government of Pakistan has received payment amounting to $224.6 million and Rs 35.262 billion (equivalent of $224.6 million) from two cellular companies respectively as their license renewal fee,” says a press statement issued by the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday.

    According to the statement, the license renewal fee of telecom companies collected by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority is a significant source of non-tax revenue for the federal government.

    “The government received Rs 35.2 billion from Jazz and US$ 224.6 million from Telenor in partial settlement for their cellular license renewal,” Dr. Hafeez Shaikh, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance, said in a twitter message.

    “Good news for the telecom industry and revenue collection of the federal government,” he added.

    Due to stay orders given by the apex court, the collection of this renewal fee from two telecom companies which was budgeted in previous fiscal year had been delayed.

    However, with the efforts of the Adviser to Prime Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, his team led by Secretary Finance and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, due payment from the two companies has now been received by the government.

  • Zong becomes first operator to conduct successful 5G trial

    Zong becomes first operator to conduct successful 5G trial

    ISLAMABAD: Zong CMPAK has become the 1st Pakistani telecom operator to have successfully conducted the 5G trial, said a statement issued by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Friday.

    The PTA said that this year it unveiled its roadmap for facilitating public testing of 5G technology and related services in Pakistan in line with the policy of the government.

    Zong CMPAK has become the 1st Pakistani telecom operator to have successfully conducted the 5G trial.

    This is a proud moment for Pakistan and testament to the accelerating technological innovation within the country.

    Wireless technology developments, like 5G are expected to deliver increased flexibility, reliability and capacity to help meet requirements of a Digital Pakistan.

    This trial is the first one being conducted and there will be more on the different scenarios of 5G in the near future. PTA, as a regulator of ICT sector, is committed to supporting technology and innovation in Pakistan.

  • Customs unfolds bid to clear mobile phones on passengers’ stolen information

    Customs unfolds bid to clear mobile phones on passengers’ stolen information

    KARACHI: Pakistan Customs has unfolded a bid to steal the data of air travelers for the purpose of mobile phone registration with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).

    According to the details the customs staff posted Jinnah International Airport (JIAP), Karachi detained a person, who was fraudulently obtained data of air travelers including passport numbers for clearing mobile phones at customs stage and for clearing PTA restriction.

    As per regulations only PTA certified mobile phones are allowed to have active connection in Pakistan. In this regard passengers arriving from abroad are allowed to clear one mobile phone without payment of duty and taxes. However, more than one phone will attract levy.

    Details revealed that customs authorities recovered around 63 mobile phones from a passenger namely Muhammad Umar arriving from an international flight.

    The accused passenger entered details of passengers into the PTA system to get cleared the mobile phones without duty and taxes. The accused passenger managed to get clearance from the PTA for those 63 mobile phones.

    This was confirmed by Muhammad Faisal, Deputy Collector of Pakistan Custom.

    The customs official said that the authorities had lodged an FIR against the accused for smuggling cell phones and stealing information of passengers.

    Faisal said that the accused had indulged in clearing mobile phones by entering details of passengers including CNICs, flight number and passport numbers etc.

    The accused in his statement said that many travel agencies were involved in this scam.

    The customs official said that PTA had been requested to introduce bio-metric system for the clearance of mobile phones.

  • Pakistan imports mobile phones worth Rs55 billion

    Pakistan imports mobile phones worth Rs55 billion

    ISLAMABAD – The import of mobile phones in Pakistan has reached a staggering Rs55 billion during the first seven months of the current fiscal year, despite the government’s concerted efforts to control the import bill.

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  • FBR issues procedure for regularization of unregistered mobile devices

    FBR issues procedure for regularization of unregistered mobile devices

    ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Tuesday issued procedure for the regularization of unregistered mobile devices with SIM/IMEI functionality.

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  • Last day for non-compliant mobile phones

    Last day for non-compliant mobile phones

    ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has reminded the public that today serves as the final day for non-compliant mobile phones to operate without any service interruptions.

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