Pakistan
Industry
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...
2013-04-16Industry
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...
2013-02-19Industry
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...
2013-01-30Industry
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...
2012-11-09Industry
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...
2012-06-27Industry
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...
2012-04-23Industry
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...
2012-04-16Industry
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
