Pta Achievements 2001 2002 View=Article&Catid=114%3Ainitia

02 - 2001 Achievements Last Updated (Saturday, 25 December 2004 ( The Year 2001-2002 has great significance for P akistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). This annual report covers all the achievements of the year as well as the performance of the Authority, its impact on the telecommunication sector of Pakistan. During the year, some major achievements made by the Authority. The high royalty on the telecom services was hampering the growth of the sector . The Authority decided to reduce the royalty on internet services providers from 4.0 to 0.66 percent of the gross revenue. For card pay phone services the royalty was reduced from 4 percent to 2 percent and for cellular mobile services it was reduced from 4 percent to 1.5 percent of gross revenues . • In case of tariff rebalancing of PTCL for this year, it resulted in a downward shift; the installation charges were reduced from Rs 3690/- to Rs 1850/-, long distance Call charges were reduced to 12 percent for international call, the percentage change was of 10.5 percent. However, no increase in local call charges was allowed as per PTCL?s request . • The cellular mobile industry saw tremendous growth of about 300 percent this year mainly d ue to the introduction of CPP regime and also in over all reduction of 15 percent in mobile tariff . • Under the Authority?s directive there was 20 percent reduction in cable TV tariff and 7.5 percent reduction in card pay phone tariff . • This year 75 licenses were issued for value added telecommunication services and 546 licenses for radio-based services. The GMPCS second license was approved to be given to M/S Arfeen International (Pvt.) Ltd . • Eighty (80) Non Objection Certificates (NOC) were issues this year for type approval of imported telecom equipment. The policy of obtaining formal NOC for type approval in case of imported cellular mobile phones discontinued . • In order to promote the local telecom equipment manufacturers, the Authority asked the basic telephony service providers to install locally manufactured Telephone sets at the time of giving new connections . • Internet over cable now allowed subject to observance of required conditions by the licensee . • To put an end to negative and nefarious propaganda on Indian channels against Pakistan, PTA enforced the CTV operators to stop transmission of all Indian channels on their networks . • All matters relating to cable TV services were transferred to new regulatory body, P akistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA .( • This year PTA approved its logo and following Vision Statement: ?Create a fair regulatory regime to promo te investment, encourage competition, protect consumer interest and ensure high quality of ICT services ?. • PTA entertained almost 3000 complaints this year from the consumers of telecommunication services and most of them were redressed . • Page 1 of 2 Achievements 2001-02 11/7/2011 -2001-02&tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page=&option=com_content&Itemid=332 ...

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