ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Supreme Court has finally ended the International Clearing House (ICH) saga today by issuing orders that have formally deregulated the Approved Accounting Rate (AAR) and Approved Settlement Rate (ASR) with immediate effect. This means that the longstanding issue of ICH has finally settled down. ThisRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Pakistan’s largest telecom company, PTCL, reported massive decline of its profits for 2014. Compared to 2013, profits plunged by 74.8 percent due to huge expenses under the head of Volunteer Separation Scheme (VSS). The telecom group made a profit of Rs 3.966 billion in 2014 asRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Justice Athar Minallah issued notice to chairman PTA to reply within fortnight regarding as to why he has not done what is needed while this whole petition was transferred to him vide order dated 10-12-2014. Respondent also have to submit a detailed para wise commentsRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Lahore High Court suspended review of policy directive issued by Ministry of Information and Telecom dated 17-06-2014. Justice Shezad Mazhar issued suspension order on the petition filed by M/s 4-B Gentel International Pvt. Ltd. Learned counsel for the petitioner has challenged the Review of PolicyRead More →
Grey networks cause loss of revenue for over USD 40 million per month LDI contributed US $ 30 million to install state of the art equipment for controlling grey trafficking Main cause of grey telephony is illegal and unmonitored issuance of mobile SIMs ISLAMABAD ( GUEST WRITER ) For yearsRead More →
**IHC, as alleged, was the brain child of Rehman Malik who had mobile business in UK. **International incoming call rates were rase up to 450% **ICH totally failed in reducing grey traffic ISLAMABAD ( GUEST WRITER ) In our beloved Pakistan our politicians, rulers and bureaucracy hand-in-glove due to theirRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) After the abolishment of International Clearing House it seems that Telenor is reverting back to its old policy of handling international calls by itself. Now it seems that Zong is following Telenor in this regard. When ICH was abolished by Ministry of Information and TechnologyRead More →
EDITOR NOTE “Pakistan Telecom Authority Chairman, Dr. Syed Ismail Shah wrote today in “The News” about International Calling House and relevant matters. He supported the decision of the Government to abolishRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) has written to LDI companies regarding the Sindh High Court’s stay order against Ministry of Information and Technology policy directive. The stay order has stopped the implementation of the policy directive that saw International Clearing House will be abolished and LDIRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Mr. waleed Ershiad Ceo PTCL hit back Ministry telecom ( MOIT) and Telecom Authority ( PTA ) to getting stay order against the withdrawal of ICH policy from sindh high court with the help of other operator Star link. Sindh high issued order to FederationRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) International Clearing House failed to get aims and targets It is requested to review the ICH arrangement/policy directive as well as ASR regime as currently enforced. So international incoming calls to Pakistan may be brought through competition among telecom LDI Operators. Pakistan Telecom Authority presentRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The Chairman, Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP), Dr. Joseph Wilson, has welcomed the Government’s decision to withdraw the controversial International Clearing House (ICH) agreement. ICH Agreement, which came into force in September 2011, created a cartel of all 14 Long Distance & International (LDI) operatorsRead More →