Tag: #Mobile phones

  • Mobile Phone Service to Remain Suspended in Islamabad for Next Three Days

    Mobile Phone Service to Remain Suspended in Islamabad for Next Three Days

    The government has decided to suspend mobile phone service for three days in Islamabad in view of an important meeting of Extraordinary Session of Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Afghanistan. According to details, the federal government has decided to suspend mobile phone service for three days from tomorrow…

  • Lucky Motors to Manufacture Samsung Mobile Phones

    Lucky Motors to Manufacture Samsung Mobile Phones

    The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has given permission to Lucky Motors Corporation Limited to manufacture mobile devices for Samsung. In this regard, a statement issued by PTA said that this permission was given to Lucky Motors Corporation Limited under Mobile Device Manufacturing (MDM) Regulations 2021. According to the statement, the company had applied for permission…

  • Pakistan to Start Exporting Mobile Phones from January 2022

    Pakistan to Start Exporting Mobile Phones from January 2022

    ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister on Trade Abdul Razzaq Dawood has said that Pakistan will start exporting mobile phones from January 2022. According to reports, in the Senate Commerce Committee meeting chaired by senator Zeeshan Khanzada, he (Khanzada) stated that a Chinese company has established a mobile phone manufacturing factory in Karachi. After the meeting,…

  • Tax Hike on Mobile Phones

    Tax Hike on Mobile Phones

    Government has increased customs duty on importing mobile phones in the federal budget for the financial year 2021-22 to encourage local manufacturing. After the increase, customs duty will have to be paid at Rs. 300 on mobile phones up to $30, or mobile phones worth Rs 4,500. Similarly customs duty has been fixed at Rs…

  • PTA makes an important announcement for mobile users

    PTA makes an important announcement for mobile users

    Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has declared that all calls made to National Highway and Motorway Police (NH&MP) emergency helpline 130 shall be free of charge. In this regard, Inspector General (IG) Motorways, Mr. Kaleem Imam met Chairman PTA, Maj. General (R) Amir Azeem Bajwa today at PTA Headquarters. During the meeting, issues related to telecom…

  • US senators call for security probe of TikTok

    Washington, Oct 25 (AFP/APP): Two senior US senators called for the government to study national security risks possibly posed by Chinese-owned video app TikTok, saying it could leave American users vulnerable to Beijing’s spying. With 500 million users worldwide, TikTok has exploded in popularity in the past two years, offering a platform to produce and…

  • Nokia shares plunge on lower earnings forecast

    Helsinki, Oct 24 (AFP/APP): Shares in Nokia tumbled 20 percent on Thursday after the Finnish telecommunications equipment maker cut its earnings forecast in the face of intense competition to build the latest 5G mobile networks. While returning to profit in the third quarter, the company said it was downgrading its expectations for earnings and margins…

  • Huawei revenue up despite US pressure

    Huawei revenue up despite US pressure

    Shanghai, Oct 16 (AFP/APP): Chinese tech giant Huawei said on Wednesday that its revenue for the first nine months of the year grew 24.4 percent year-on-year despite a US campaign to isolate the company globally. Huawei’s revenues jumped to 610.8 billion yuan ($86.2 billion) and its profit margin grew 8.7 percent, the company announced. The…