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The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has reported that there were 1.4mn mobile banking accounts in the country at end-June 2012, up by 156% year-on-year. All five mobile operators... 2013-04-16


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Pakistan's Universal Service Fund (USF) approved in mid-February 2013 a project to connect the country's rural regions to the main hospitals in cities by expanding the telemedicine... 2013-02-19


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Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has agreed to sell its 30% stake in Pakistan-based Warid Telecom after a strategic review revealed that it was unlikely to improve its current... 2013-01-30


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BMI View: The Pakistani Government's use of mobile technology to detect and manage outbreaks of dengue fever shows the potential for mobile handset providers and network operators to... 2012-11-09


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Middle Eastern mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) FRiENDi will launch services in Malaysia by the end of 2012. FRiENDi will partner with sovereign wealth fund Kumpulan Perangsang... 2012-06-27


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Latest data from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) showed that Zong has overtaken Warid Telecom to become the country's fourth largest mobile operator. Zong has had an... 2012-04-23


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The Pakistani government has warned UAE-based Etisalat to pay the US$800mn it owes arising the firm's acquisition of a 26% stake in Pakistan Telecommunication (PTCL) in 2006. This is... 2012-04-16


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Demand for WiMAX services remains comparatively strong in South Asia, specifically Pakistan and Bangladesh, while interests in other parts of the world are rapidly fading. However,... 2012-04-10

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