Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Important initiative of PTA for mobile users

PTA

The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has again extended the deadline for blocking mobile devices in the wake of the Coronavirus. According to a statement issued by PTA, all GSMA approved IMEIs on mobile networks, which are not yet registered with PTA, are required to register such IMEIs. The PTA has been extended till July 3 … Read more

Coronavirus: Device sales expected to decline significantly in 2020

Coronavirus: Device sales expected to decline significantly in 2020

The global sales of desktop computers, tablets and mobile phones are expected to reduce by 13.6% in 2020 due to coronavirus Pandemic. Gartner, a company that monitors device sales, estimates that 1.9 billion devices will be sold this year. Computer sales are expected to fall 10.5 percent this year, but according to Gartner, this could … Read more

Spike in mobile import, 962 smuggled phones seized in Peshawar

Smuggled Phones

The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department on Sunday successfully seized 962 illegal smuggled mobiles worth of millions of rupees from armed persons during an operation in Rind Road Peshawar. According to the details, armed men, carrying illegal mobiles have attacked on a team of customs intelligence department Peshawar and opened firing on them, which was … Read more

Mobile phones commercial imports shoot up by 110%

Mobile phones commercial imports shoot up by 110%

The successful implementation of the new mobile phone registration system, introduced by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), has resulted in a significant increase in commercial imports of mobile phones. According to statistics available with the media, commercial import of mobile phones has increased by 110 per cent in one year. In the year 2018, 9,564,424 … Read more