Tag: sim
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PTA introduces 120-day tax-free mobile registration for overseas Pakistanis
You can now use sim in your mobile phone without paying full PTA tax fee for 120 days or four months. Users can apply through PTA website.
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PTA temporarily unblocks non-compliant smartphones
A number of Pakistani users have regained cellular connectivity on smartphones that are not PTA compliant. This led many customers and sellers to believe that the PTA had unblocked all non-PTA-approved phones. Unfortunately, all of the reports claiming that the PTA has unblocked non-tax compliant phones are false as the majority of imported phones with…
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After electricity, telecom companies warn of phone call loadshedding
Following a massive tax hike, telecom companies in Pakistan have warned the public of initiating ‘loadshedding’ of phone calls, similar to power cuts, across the country. Telecommunication officials informed senators during a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance that, like electricity, load-shedding of phone calls would be observed in the coming days, according to…