PTCL
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Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd., commonly known as PTCL, is the national telecommunication company in Pakistan. PTCL provides telephone and internet services nationwide and is the backbone for the country's telecommunication infrastructure. 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.
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1947
- Location
- Islamabad, Pakistan
- Also known as
- PTCL
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.466971.b · ISNI 0000 0004 0371 5810
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.ptcl.com.pk
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- mobile network code
- 02
- IPv4 routing prefix
- 39.32.0.0/11
- inception
- 1947-01-01
- social media followers
- 38400
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Article
20 sectionsContents
- Leadership
- History
- Posts & Telegraph Department
- Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation
- Privatization Plan
- Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited
- Financial and Operational performance
- Products
- Voice
- Vfone network shutdown
- Internet
- Wireless
- Television
- Anti-competitive practices
- Phone number format change
- 5G trials
- Acquisition of Telenor Pakistan
- See also
- References
- External links
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd., commonly known as PTCL, is the national telecommunication company in Pakistan. PTCL provides telephone and internet services nationwide and is the backbone for the country's telecommunication infrastructure. 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 shareholding 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.