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Agreements have led to increase in import of subsidised goods, argues official

Bureaucracy unwilling to share anti-graft measures with Special Oversight Committee

Over 2.2 million new users added by telcos in July 2016

PTA along with Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) carried out a raid at Master Communication in Lahore

The move comes a day after the MQM chief made anti-Pakistan remarks in a telephone speech

Site is inaccessible in Pakistan only and is still online in other countries

ICT admin writes to interior ministry, PTA seeking suspension of cell service for six hours

XiaomiPK.com is not the official Xiaomi's website in Pakistan, claims the company

Say certain clauses could give unbridled power to PTA, investigation agencies

Authority releases statement day after Chinese smartphone company accused it of banning its sales

Hoping to correct balance of trade currently in Indonesia’s favour

ICT indicators can help monitor poverty reduction, economic growth

Pakistan also set to have complete broadband technology by the end of 2018

PTA chairman says international roundtable conference to be held this month

PTA auctioned the license to local and international telecom companies, with Telenor winning the bid

Regulator to complete task before end of current fiscal year on June 30 in a bid to overcome revenue shortfall

Petitioners urge high court to declare the practice illegal.

The complaints were received against telecom service providers including mobile phone operators

PTA chairman believes country’s population could benefit from digital payments

PTA provided ISPs with a list of over 400,000 domains that needed to be blocked for pornographic content

Rights group raise renewed fears over internet censorship

SC told filtering all websites would severely impede internet speed

Every time the PTA announces a ban on a website, it publicises its existence to people who never knew about it

There are now 26.3 million mobile broadband connections which is a startling six per cent increase since November

Reached Rs115b or 25.6% of total revenues in FY15, up over 100%

Implementing the order will take some time, say service providers

Afghan SIMs can still be used in border areas to call numbers in Pakistan

Google has decided to restrict objectionable material in Pakistan, PTA official says

PTA directs ISPs to open access to video-sharing site after it announced local version, blocking blasphemous content

Telecom authority says sacrilegious material removed from local version

The discussion carried inputs by participants highlighting policy, technology and capacity building related activities

PTA Chairman Dr Syed Ismail Shah and Member (Finance) Tariq Sultan chaired the meeting

WLL licenses will give operators right to provide services within specified area

Senate adopts NUMS Bill but only on the assurance it would later support amendments

Penetration goes over 13%, number up 8% in August

Says mobile towers should be outsourced to third parties

PTA directs telecom operators to stop offering BES from November 30, 2015, onwards