PTA launches ‘SIM Information System’: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has launched “SIM Information System-668,” which would enable the mobile subscribers to know the total number of SIMs issued against their respective CNIC number, with each mobile operator.
Chairman PTA Dr Mohammed Yaseen said the launching of this new service is yet another evidence of PTA’s sincerity towards its vision of protection of telecom consumers and their rights. He said that every mobile user can know number of SIMs issued against his CNIC with the mobile company name, by sending his CNIC number without dashes and spaces to 668 through SMS. Rs 2/- will be charged on each SMS, which is inclusive of all taxes.

Telenor, Tameer Bank’s ‘easypaisa’ product launched: Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, Syed Salim Raza inaugurated a new mobile service product of Telenor Pakistan and Tameer Microfinance Bank called “easypaisa’. Speaking at the launching ceremony at a local hotel, he said the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) had always provided enabling regulatory environment to drive banks to increase their outreach.
He observed, “There is a huge business potential for branch-less banking in the country, which allows financial and commercial institutions to offer alternate services outside the bank premises.”