Silence from Telcos - Is Everything Alright?
Cellular companies of Pakistan are facing some tough time inside, as reported by an inside official of a cellular company. They are apparently facing bunch of problems in parallel. These problems are making Think Tanks to decisively operate their minds and bring the lost glory of mobile phone companies.
Mobilink is worst hit of current situation, [...]
Celluar Users Will Pay Rs. 31 out of Rs. 100 card as taxes from July 1, 2008
Budget 2008 has badly impacted the telecom sector; specifically the cellular telephony which has witnessed a significant rise in recent years will be the worse hit of the consequences of current year budget.
There has been a debate that the government had no other industry to reap the taxes but from the telecom sector. However, on [...]
10 Percent Tax on Phone Bills Exceding Rs. 1000, Taken Back
We have briefly discussed budget 2008-09 and its impact on Telecom and IT sector before. There is a short news coming in from the National Assembly that 10 percent tax that was imposed on telecom bills exceding Rs. 1000 has been taken back. This news came through Nawa-e-Waqt, quoting sources in National Assembly that the [...]
Telecom Sector Worst Hit by Budget 2008-09
It seems that Government of Pakistan has tried to cover their deficits from telecom sector, by applying new taxes on many telecom services. Some opine that it was a good move in current economic scenario to regain the momentum by benefiting from Telecom sector that is main contributor of Foreign Direct Investment and GST/CED since [...]
Mobile Phones to Get Expensive by Rs. 1000 From June 2008
Mobile phones coming into the country may see a hike by Rs. 1000 per mobile phone, from June 2008, reported Daily Express. Paper says that Federal Board of Revenue has suggested the finance ministry to collect custom duty tax of Rs. 1000 on each one, regardless of its price. Notification is likely to be issued [...]
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