Company Name | Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd |
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Website | www.ptcl.com.pk |
Snippet | Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (Urdu: پاکستان مخابرات), commonly known as PTCL, is the national telecommunication company in Pakistan.[1][3] PTCL provides telephone and internet services nationwide and is the backbone for the country's telecommunication infrastructure despite the arrival of a dozen other telecommunication corporations, including Telenor and China Mobile. The corporation manages and operates around 2000 telephone exchanges across the country, providing the largest fixed-line network. Data and backbone services such as GSM, HSPA+, CDMA, LTE, broadband internet, IPTV, and wholesale are an increasing part of its business. Originally a state-owned corporation, the share holding of Ptcl was reduced to 62%, when 26% of shares and control were sold to Etisalat Telecommunications while the remaining 12% to the general public in 2006 under an intensified privatization program under Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. However, the 62% of shares still remain under the management of government-ownership of state-owned corporations of Pakistan. |
Type | Public |
Genre | Telecommunications |
Owner | Government of Pakistan (62%)Etisalat Telecommunications (26%) |
Founded | 1995 |
Revenue | ₨117 billion (US$1.1 billion) - 2017[2] |
Website | www.ptcl.com.pk |
Industry | Telecommunications |
Products | WirelessTelephoneInternetIPTV |
Traded as | PSX: PTC |
Key people | Dr. Daniel Ritz (President, CEO) Aamir Ashraf Khawaja(Chairman)Taimur Qadar Khattak(SEVP, CFO)Tariq Salman(CTO)[citation needed] |
Net income | ₨8.4 billion (US$80 million) - 2017[2] |
Headquarters | Block-E, G-8/4Islamabad, Capital Territory, Pakistan |
Subsidiaries | Ufone |
Number of employees | Over 18000[1] |
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd is part of the Pakistan company list
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