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Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd., commonly known as PTCL, is the national telecommunication company in Pakistan. [1] [3] PTCL provides telephone and internet services nationwide and is the backbone for the country's telecommunication infrastructure. The corporation manages and operates around 2000 telephone exchanges across the country ...
Number Prefix Technology Services Ownership Total Subscribers as of December 2024 [1] Mainland Pakistan AJ&K/Gilgit-Baltistan; 1 Jazz (PMCL - Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited) 410 / 01 410 / 07 030x 032x 2G: 900 MHz (GPRS, EDGE) 4G: 900 (B8) / 1800 (B3) / 2100 (B1) MHz (LTE/LTE-A) 900 / 1800 MHz (GPRS, EDGE) Mobile Broadband VoLTE / VoWiFi
In 2019, PTCL and Ufone were merging a number of their departments. [6] Rashid Khan, president and CEO of both Ufone and PTCL, died in December 2020. [7] In 2021, it purchased its own 4G spectrum license for US$279 million. [3] In July 2021, Ufone had around 23 million cellular subscriptions, and had a market share of 12%.
The Telecommunications Ordinance of 1994 created the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Pakistan's first independent telecommunications regulator, and the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL), a state-owned monopoly. [1] Due to a lack of competition, local telephone call rates were high and international call rates were even ...
The Internet in Pakistan has been available since the early 1990s. Pakistan has over 140 million internet users, making it the 7th-largest population of internet users in the world. [1] [2] Information and communications technology (ICT) is one of the fastest growing industries in the country. In 2001 just 1.3% of the population used the Internet.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) (Urdu: مقتدرہِ ٹیلی مواصلات پاکستان) is the telecommunication regulator of Pakistan, responsible for the establishment, operation and maintenance of telecommunication systems and the provision of telecommunication services in Pakistan.
[27] [28] By 2010, iiNet and Telstra launched IPTV services in conjunction to internet plans. [29] In 2008, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) launched IPTV under the brand name of PTCL Smart TV in Pakistan. This service is available in 150 major cities of the country offering 140 live channels. [citation needed]
Because the majority of Pakistan's Internet traffic is routed through the PIE (98% of Pakistani ISPs used the PIE in 2004), it provides a means to monitor and possibly block incoming and outgoing Internet traffic as the government deems fit. [16] Internet surveillance in Pakistan is primarily conducted by the PIE under the auspices of the PTA ...