Islamabad: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has introduced measures to ensure that mobile SIMs of overseas Pakistanis remain active during their stay abroad, a move aimed at improving digital inclusion and strengthening ties between expatriates and the country. According to PTA, SIMs registered in Pakistan will no longer be blockedContinue Reading
Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, experienced a widespread outage on Friday, with tens of thousands of users reporting problems accessing the service, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector. Reports of disruption surged around 10am Eastern Time, with more than 41,000 users in the United States flaggingContinue Reading
Islamabad, Jan 16:The government on Thursday announced the launch of Indus AI Week 2026, a nationwide initiative aimed at accelerating the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across Pakistan, as part of broader efforts to modernise the economy through emerging technologies. The initiative was unveiled by Federal Minister for Information TechnologyContinue Reading
Islamabad: Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday chaired a strategic review meeting of the National Information Technology Board (NITB), issuing directives for the time-bound digitalisation of key government functions, including the complete digital transformation of Hajj operations for 2026. According to officials present at the meeting, the primeContinue Reading
Islamabad, Jan 16, 2026: Crypto exchange BingX has announced a multi-year partnership with Scuderia Ferrari HP, marking the first time the Italian Formula One team has entered into a collaboration with a cryptocurrency exchange. The agreement also represents BingX’s first venture into motorsport sponsorship, as the exchange looks to expandContinue Reading
Islamabad: Cybersecurity threats facing the global telecommunications sector are expected to persist into 2026 as operators grapple with both long-standing attacks and new risks linked to emerging technologies, according to Kaspersky’s latest Security Bulletin. Reviewing developments in 2025, the cybersecurity firm said telecom operators continued to face pressure from advancedContinue Reading
Islamabad, Jan 16: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has completed a Quality of Service (QoS) survey of fixed-line broadband services across 29 major cities, including Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), to assess network performance and service reliability, the regulator said on Thursday. Conducted during the fourth quarterContinue Reading