Syed Mazhar Hussain, CHRO PTCL and Dr. Syed Mohammad Zaidi, Principal SEECS, NUST along with senior PTCL officials during visit to NUST

Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) senior management visited the NUST School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS), Islamabad to appreciate the achievements of three brilliant students of the university, who presented their research paper at MIT USA - one of the most prestigious universities of the world.  

Three students of NUST, Abdullah Ahmed, Muhammad Jazib Khan and Muhammad Asawal have developed a device for cricketers to regularly gauge their body movements and angles while bowling. The creative device will provide an accurate, easy and affordable solution to the cricketers to monitor and rectify their bowling actions.  The research was sponsored by PTCL.

The delegation, which was led by Syed Mazhar Hussain, Chief Human Resource Officer PTCL included Amjad Iqbal, EVP Talent Management & Learning PTCL and Ahmed Jalal GM Training & Development PTCL.

At the ceremony held at NUST, Syed Mazhar Hussain, CHRO PTCL said that PTCL is striving to provide new learning opportunities and capacity building for the talented youth of the country through various initiatives.

He added that development of youth is the single most contributing factor towards national prosperity and growth and PTCL is committed to extend full support to the institutions and students for unleashing their potential.

Dr. Syed Mohammad Zaidi, Principal SEECS, NUST while acknowledging PTCL’s contribution said, “The initiative that PTCL undertook is motivating for other organizations and shall serve as a step towards enhancing the capacity of our youth and provide much needed international exposure.  These collaborations also broaden the vision of students and expose them to real time market situations.”

PTCL team also visited the state-of-the-art labs and research facilities of NUST. The event concluded with a commitment to continue the journey for opening up new vistas and knowledge creation.

PTCL is engaged in promoting the sports facilities in the country and encourages the youth introducing revolutionary inventions and bringing good name for the country.

PTCL offers SIP services where customers can leverage a centralized IP-PBX in one or more primary locations and deliver Voice over IP (VoIP) services to other branch locations.

Key Features:

• Leverage a centralized IP-PBX in one or more primary locations and deliver Voice over IP (VoIP) services to other branch locations
• Utilize directory assistance services.
• Make and receive local and long-distance calls.
• Access land line-based and mobile numbers.

Key Benefits:

• Save money on physical infrastructure
• Easy to scale your operation without any hassle
• Converge your voice and data services into a single network

Fazal Jillani, President Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry  with Omar Khalid, Executive Vice President, Sales and Distribution PTCL and other PTCL officials at the launching ceremony of CharJi EVO services in Sialkot

Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has introduced its next-generation CharJi EVO wireless broadband services in Sialkot.

Sialkot is a key commercial hub and the availability of PTCL CharJi EVO will enable residents of the city to access Pakistan’s fastest and most reliable 4G LTE wireless broadband.

The launch ceremony was attended by members of business community, government officials, media fraternity and prominent citizens of the city. Fazal Jillani, President, Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry was the Chief Guest at the ceremony.

Omar Khalid, Executive Vice President, Sales and Distribution PTCL said that, “Through expansion of CharJi EVO services, PTCL is contributing towards development of a robust ecosystem of high-speed wireless internet in the country. Our vision is to empower customers by providing high-speed internet everywhere and bridge the digital divide between urban and rural areas.”

Tariq Siddiqui, Regional General Manager PTCL, Gujranwala said, “Launch of CharJi EVO is aimed towards bringing convenience for the residents of Sialkot. The high-speed connectivity will open new avenues of growth and development in the area.”  

Launched in 2014, CharJi EVO provides connectivity speed upto 36Mbps. The service is available in convenient dongles, Mi-Fi clouds and tablet, providing a powerful internet experience, faster web browsing, HD video streaming, downloads, uploads and low latency (ping) rates for online gaming.  The ease and comfort of CharJi EVO cloud devices with its state-of-the-art Wi-Fi capability and fast internet browsing brings an unparalleled experience, connecting up to 10 Wi-Fi enabled devices simultaneously.

PTCL has launched Pakistan’s first 4G LTE tablet ‘CharJi EVO Tab’ which provides built-in CharJi connectivity and voice calling feature.

PTCL ‎CharJi EVO services are now available in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Multan, Faisalabad, Peshawar, Gujranwala and Sialkot. 

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You can also choose to invest in Basic Rate Interface (BRI) – a service that transmits voice, data and images over the telephone line through the telephone network and provides high quality of digital transmission and high speed data interfaces.

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• Combination of voice and data communications
• Scalability
• Re-allocation of capacity at any time
• PRI – unlimited number of ‘pairs’ with 30 lines or multiples of 30 lines.
• BRI – nearly three times faster than a 56Kbps dial-up line

Advantages

• Cost Effective
• Dual Communication (Data & Voice)
• Audioconferencing saves travel time
• Good option for backup connectivity

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Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has introduced new economical packages for its new and existing CharJi and EVO 9.3 customers through ‘EVO Limitless Packages’.

Through this new offer, PTCL customers can experience high-speed wireless broadband connectivity at even more affordable rates with higher data volumes. Customers can avail this offer by purchasing or upgrading to CharJi EVO or EVO Wingle 9.3 devices before 31^st October 2015.

Aasif Inam, EVP Product & Pricing, PTCL said, “Our CharJi and EVO product portfolio is opening up new opportunities through high-speed wireless broadband internet connectivity in the country. The new economical packages are designed to meet the diverse data requirements of our customers and provide maximum value for money.”

The new low-cost, high-speed packages offer a range of options starting from as low as Rs. 1,000 with 15 GB limit, while catering to heavy data users with new unlimited packages for only Rs. 2,000 per month. The discounted packages are valid for a period of 6 months from the time of purchase.

PTCL CharJi is Pakistan’s fastest wireless broadband service providing speed upto 36Mbps. The service is an extension of EVO range of services which are available in more than 250 cities nationwide.

Make it easier to have different lines at different places! With PTCL’s Universal Access Number (UAN) service, you can have several lines that can be accessed by a single unique universal telephone number.

Key Features:

• Easily accessible from anywhere in the country
• Improved accessibility to the caller
• Works both in multiline PABX and multi phone connections
• Customized routes
• Faster deployment, easy access

Key Benefits:

• One number is easier to memorise
• Increased customer satisfaction
• Cost-effective

Khawaja Khalid Hassan, President Chamber of Commerce and Industries Gujranwala along with Adnan Shahid, Chief Commercial Officer PTCL and other PTCL officials at launching ceremony of Charji Evo services in Gujranwala

Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has launched its next-generation CharJi EVO wireless broadband services in Gujranwala.

PTCL pioneered next-generation LTE wireless broadband services in the country by launching ‘CharJi EVO’ in 2014, which is an addition to the 3G EVO range of services already serving  customers nationwide.

Gujranwala is an important industrial hub and the launch of CharJi EVO will enable residents of the city to access Pakistan’s fastest and most reliable 4G LTE wireless broadband service at speed upto 36Mbps.

The launch ceremony of CharJi EVO services in Gujranwala was attended by a large number of business community, senior government officials, media personalities and prominent citizens of the city. Khawaja Khalid Hassan, President Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce & Industries was the Chief Guest at the occasion.

Adnan Shahid, Chief Commercial Officer PTCL, while speaking at the launch ceremony said, “We are striving to build a digital future for the people of Pakistan and we remain fully committed to contribute as an industry leader towards the development of the country.”

“Our broadband infrastructure is geared towards improving the socio-economic conditions nationwide and enabling people to lead better lives. Gujranwala is one of the key industrial hubs of Punjab and CharJi wireless broadband services will open new doors of opportunities for local businesses and residents as well,” he added further.

Naeem Shahbaz Ul Haq, Executive Vice President, Business Zone Central, PTCL said, “PTCL has always been at the forefront of offering cutting edge services and launch of CharJi EVO in Gujranwala is an extension of this vision. We are working hard to provide state-of-the-art products and services to our customers and provide CharJi coverage in more cities.”

Tariq Siddiqui, Regional General Manager PTCL, Gujranwala said “PTCL is proud to extend Pakistan’s fastest wireless broadband service in Gujranwala. Availability of CharJi EVO will not only enable fast internet access for citizens here in Gujranwala, but also provide new opportunities for businesses and students alike”.  

CharJi EVO service is available in convenient dongles, Mi-Fi clouds and tablet, providing a powerful internet experience, faster web browsing, HD video streaming, downloads, uploads and low latency (ping) rates for online gaming.  The ease and comfort of CharJi EVO cloud devices with its state of the art Wi-Fi capability and fast internet browsing brings an unparalleled experience, connecting up to 10 Wi-Fi enabled devices simultaneously.

PTCL has launched Pakistan’s first 4G LTE tablet ‘CHARJI EVO TAB’ which provides built-in CharJi connectivity and voice calling feature.

Extend your business reach, enhance your services and ensure business continuity with PTCL’s dynamic call-handling infrastructure! You can now use advanced features such as announcements, routing, redirection and control through our toll-free services. PTCL do all this with advanced technology and nationwide-deployed state of the art network elements.

 Key Features:

• Create custom announcements
• Route and manage toll free calls
• Load balance between contact canters to resolve call-handling problems quickly and effectively
• No special equipment required

Key Benefits:

• Convenient channel to communicate
• Easily accessible from anywhere in the country
• Improved accessibility to the caller
• Cost-effective 

Islamabad: A four member delegation from Zong, led by the Chief Technical Officer (CTO), Miao Qiao and senior technical experts visited the state-of-the-art Network operations control center of PTCL in Islamabad.

 The delegation was received by Sikander Naqi, Chief Business Development Officer PTCL; Jamshed Masood, EVP Carrier Services & Wholesale PTCL and Kamran Sharif, General Manager Network Operations Center PTCL. Ms Qiao was accompanied by Rizwan Khan, Director Operations and Management, Zong and Li Jian, Deputy Director, Network operations, Zong.

 PTCL NOC team presented a brief overview of PTCL’s network management system and technical capabilities, followed by a visit to the network operations center facilities, where real time operations management was exhibited by the PTCL NOC team. Zong’s delegation showed keen interest in developing stronger bilateral ties with PTCL and were enthusiastic about exploring futuristic technology collaborations with PTCL.

During the visit, GM NOC, PTCL elaborated the various aspects of the network management system and how it facilitates carrier customers in enhancing their business across the country, from a single point of contact (POC). Technical competence of PTCL’s NOC team and network strength around the country was also shared with the visitors.

PTCL NOC is Pakistan’s most advanced network management system, fully capable of proactive identification and resolution of faults through real-time network monitoring. The state-of-the-art system is designed to enhance and optimize Network Management through a transparent and centralized platform and provides a highly available, adaptable and fault resilient network that is designed to meet the market demands and exceed customer expectations.

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Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has been ranked as the number one broadband and fixed line telephony service provider in Pakistan. This was revealed by the Best Buy Award research survey conducted by the Swiss organization ICERTIAS.

ICERTIAS measures consumers experience, opinion, and perception in terms of best value for money.

Consumers in Pakistan have ranked PTCL Broadband internet as their most preferred choice. The Best Buy Award survey measures customer experience relative to price-quality ratio and best value for money.

The research in Pakistan encompassed about 50 different non-economic and economic categories in sectors such as retail, food, telecommunications and finance etc.

PTCL is the largest ICT services provider in Pakistan, encompassing fixed line voice telephony, broadband internet, digital television and corporate solutions for organizations. The company has revolutionized the broadband eco-system of the country by providing high-speed fixed and wireless broadband services at affordable rates nationwide.

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A view of PTCL Headquarters on the eve of Independence Day. A flag hoisting ceremony was organized by PTCL employees followed by prayers for the prosperity of the country.

PTCL is providing International Roaming Services for SCCP messages to Mobile Operators in Pakistan.

Muzaffar Said, Minister of Finance, Government of Kybher Pakhtunkha (KPK) along with Adnan Shahid, Chief Commercial Officer PTCL and other PTCL officials at launching ceremony of Charji Evo services in Peshawar

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has expanded its next-generation CharJi EVO wireless broadband services to Peshawar.

The introduction of CharJi EVO will enable residents of Peshawar to experience Pakistan’s fastest and most reliable 4G LTE wireless broadband service at speed upto 36Mbps.

The company ushered a new era of technological innovation in the country by introducing the next generation ‘CharJi EVO’ in 2014, which is an addition to the 3G EVO range of services already serving the residents of Peshawar and customers nationwide.

The launch ceremony of CharJi EVO services was attended by a large audience of business community, senior government officials, media personalities as well as representatives of IT and education sector. Muzafar Said, Minister of Finance, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) was the Chief Guest at the occasion.

Adnan Shahid, Chief Commercial Officer, PTCL, while speaking at the launch ceremony said, “PTCL has always been at the forefront in introducing innovative technologies and services in the country and our fixed and wireless broadband services are acting as a catalyst in transforming the socio-economic landscape of Pakistan.”

“PTCL has always introduced technologies that have helped people improve their lives. Peshawar is a historic city and a strong business hub and CharJi wireless broadband services will open new possibilities of growth and development in the area,” he added further.

Shahid Mahmood, Executive Vice President, Business Zone North, PTCL said, “We are committed to develop high-speed broadband eco-system throughout the country and launch of CharJi service in Peshawar is a reflection of this vision.”

Badar Ul Zaman, Regional General Manager, PTCL, Peshawar said “The launch of PTCL CharJi EVO will create more value for our customers here in Peshawar. The service will open new avenues for households, educational institutions and businesses in the city.” 

CharJi EVO service is available in convenient dongles, Mi-Fi clouds and tablet, providing a powerful internet experience, faster web browsing, HD video streaming, downloads, uploads and low latency (ping) rates for online gaming.  The ease and comfort of CharJi EVO cloud devices with its state of the art Wi-Fi capability and fast internet browsing brings an unparalleled experience, connecting up to 10 Wi-Fi enabled devices simultaneously.

PTCL has launched Pakistan’s first 4G LTE tablet ‘ CHARJI EVO TAB’ which provides built-in CharJi connectivity and voice calling feature.

Customers can choose the country coverage of their own choice which allows them to market their business globally. The unique services encourages customers to use the fixed line to call them often for orders and enquiries, as the calls made to them are free of cost.

PTCL reaches out to flood affectees by setting-up medical camps

Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) is carrying-out relief efforts in the areas hit by recent torrential rains and severe floods by providing medical assistance to the affected people.

The recent floods have affected various regions of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh provinces. To help the people in the flood hit areas, PTCL in collaboration with local authorities and Pakistan Army has mobilized its resources by setting up medical camps comprising of PTCL doctors and medical staff equipped with necessary medicines and ambulances.

Imran Janjua, General Manager Corporate Communications PTCL, while briefing the media said, “The Company’s medical care teams are currently providing medical relief services in affected areas of Chitral, Peshawar, Jhelum, Larkana and Sukkur. Medical camps have also been established in various remote areas including the remote Reshun village in Chitral, where initial relief services could not reach as the connecting bridge was washed away by flood waves.”

“As a leading national company, PTCL has always been at the forefront while playing its active role as a responsible corporate citizen by creating long term value and also extending support to fellow countrymen affected by natural calamities,” he further added.

In addition to the relief efforts, PTCL special teams are also working round the clock to keep communication links active in the flood hit areas so the people can stay connected to their loved ones.

PTCL is taking all measures to facilitate the people in the affected areas and the company stands with the nation in this hour of need.

PTCL provides termination to the carriers in the domestic as well as international market that has quite aggressive pricing especially for the Middle East region.

PTCL owns a state of the art International Switching Network comprising of Carrier-grade NGN Soft switches & Media Gateways and has established direct interconnects with more than 110 carriers in 44 countries, both via TDM and VoIP. They are connected via submarine cables, land cables, satellites and microwave links.

Benefits:

• Extensive Global reach with CLI routes
• Redundant IGEs at Karachi & Islamabad
• 24x7x365 O&M Online support through Centralized Intl NOC (INOC)

PTCL teams working in challenging weather conditions to restore communication links in flood hit area of Chitral

Being an incumbent operator and in order to cater for the Voice Interconnect requirements of all the telecom operators in Pakistan, PTCL has deployed state of the art nation-wide Switching Network comprising of Digital Transit Exchanges, NGN Soft Switches and Media Gateways, for seamless services provisioning under PTA RIO based charging zones regime as well as volume based commercial models, both for traditional TDM and latest SIP interconnects.

Benefits

• An operator may choose to establish voice interconnection only with PTCL and can terminate its traffic to any other operator indirectly through PTCL Switching Network.
• High Service Availability due to redundant PTCL Switching Network, with multiple traffic routing paths
• Dedicated Account Team for customized voice solutions
• 24x7x365 O&M online support through centralized Carrier Services Desk (CSD)
• Flexible interconnect topology

Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has restored the communication services in flood hit Chitral area. Despite heavy rains and challenging weather conditions, PTCL special teams have worked diligently during Eid holidays to connect the affected areas, restoring landline, broadband and wireless internet services.

Imran Janjua, General Manager, Public Outreach and Corporate Communications, PTCL while briefing the media said, “More than 50% of our exchanges and technical infrastructure in Chitral has been damaged in recent rains and floods. With the hard work of teams on ground, round the clock, most of our services have been restored. Few affected customers will be restored in the next 2 to 3 days. Despite electricity outrages, PTCL is running the services sites with backup power and transporting fuel on mules and horses.”

Muhammad Nasrullah, Chief Business Operations Officer PTCL, while appreciating the quick restoration undertaken by PTCL teams in Chitral said, “Helping out the people in the affected areas while connecting them to the rest of the country remains our top most priority. Let us spare no efforts of restoring services to Customers with all available resources, as soon as possible.

 “PTCL stands with the nation in this hour of need and our dedicated teams are working round the clock to keep the vital communications links active in this natural calamity,” added further by Mr. Nasrullah.

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Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the largest Information Communications Technology (ICT) services provider in Pakistan, has declared sound financial results for the first six months of FY 2015.

PTCL announced revenues of Rs. 39.4 billion for the period ended June 30, 2015 while gross and net profit of the Company stood at Rs. 12.9 billion and Rs. 6.1 billion respectively. 

Based on the sound performance, the Board of Directors has declared 10% interim cash dividend.

PTCL group earned revenues of Rs. 61.0 billion, while gross and net profit of the group stood at Rs. 17.4 billion and Rs. 3.2 billion respectively.

PTCL cash flows remained stable owing to the strong market position backed by the Company’s innovative services and focus on high speed broadband portfolio.

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What is AWS?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 175 fully featured services from data centers globally. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—are using AWS to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster.The AWS Cloud spans 76 Availability Zones within 24 geographic regions around the world.

Why PTCL is offering AWS services?

The AWS partnership is for PTCL a strategical milestone on the way into the hybrid cloud area.

Every hype cycle has its own players that rule the IT market. Open cloud services are dominating the IT market and AWS is the market leader by far. We are trying to get cloud players like AWS or Google to invest into our country. PTCL, as one of the biggest Cloud provider in local market, teams up with the best cloud services of the industry to provide best-in-class solutions.

PTCL has a primary focus on IT architecture and Hybrid Cloud solutions. Most projects today focus on IaaS. Our ambition is clearly to help our clients on their journey to open up their IT architecture to the open cloud. As a AWS consulting partner, we have a focus on providing AWS Cloud services and migration projects. As a Managed Service Provider in Pakistan we further have the ambition to become Managed Service Partner for AWS services. We want to offer our clients a 360-degree service contract for all their services that are running on-premise, in our Datacenters and in AWS.

Overview of AWS Services:

The compute services in AWS are at the heart of an amazing pace of innovation growth. There is a far better security and compliance inside AWS than on-prem or at any local provider. The availability on compute level, without any clustering or other additional redundancy means, is at 99.99%. With the right sizing an IaaS solution in AWS will always outperform any on-prem solution in terms of availability, agility and pricing. While on-prem infrastructure always requires new investments, as a subscription based service, your cloud gets better and cheaper every day. In the enterprise segment we see more and more workloads running in containers. Building and maintaining a Kubernetes environment to manage container lifecycles on-prem, makes no sense from effort and cost perspective. No OS patching anymore.

Getting close to 60 availability zones within the next year, there is always one next to you. PTCL Successfully build the Direct connect with AWS Bahrain Data center last year.

Amazon EC2

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.

The Amazon EC2 simple web service interface allows you to obtain and configure capacity with minimal friction. It provides you with complete control of your computing resources and lets you run on Amazon’s proven computing environment. Amazon EC2 reduces the time required to obtain and boot new server instances (called Amazon EC2 instances) to minutes, allowing you to quickly scale capacity, both up and down, as your computing requirements change. Amazon EC2 changes the economics of computing by allowing you to pay only for capacity that you actually use. Amazon EC2 provides developers and system administrators the tools to build failure resilient applications and isolate themselves from common failure scenarios.

Instance Types

Amazon EC2 passes on to you the financial benefits of Amazon’s scale. You pay a very low rate for the compute capacity you actually consume. See Amazon EC2 Instance Purchasing Options for a more detailed description.

On-Demand Instances—With On-Demand instances, you pay for compute capacity by the hour with no long-term commitments. You can increase or decrease your compute capacity depending on the demands of your application and only pay the specified hourly rate for the instances you use. The use of On-Demand instances frees you from the costs and complexities of planning, purchasing, and maintaining hardware and transforms what are commonly large fixed costs into much smaller variable costs. On-Demand instances also remove the need to buy “safety net” capacity to handle periodic traffic spikes.

Reserved Instances—Reserved Instances provide you with a significant discount (up to 75%) compared to On-Demand instance pricing. You have the flexibility to change families, operating system types, and tenancies while benefitting from Reserved Instance pricing when you use Convertible Reserved Instances.

Spot Instances—Spot Instances are available at up to a 90% discount compared to On-Demand prices and let you take advantage of unused EC2 capacity in the AWS Cloud. You can significantly reduce the cost of running your applications, grow your application’s compute capacity and throughput for the same budget, and enable new types of cloud computing applications.

Amazon Elastic Container Service

Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) is a highly scalable, high-performance container orchestration service that supports Docker containers and allows you to easily run and scale containerized applications on AWS. Amazon ECS eliminates the need for you to install and operate your own container orchestration software, manage and scale a cluster of virtual machines, or schedule containers on those virtual machines.

With simple API calls, you can launch and stop Docker-enabled applications, query the complete state of your application, and access many familiar features such as IAM roles, security groups, load balancers, Amazon CloudWatch Events, AWS CloudFormation templates, and AWS CloudTrail logs.

Amazon S3

Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is an object storage service that offers industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance. This means customers of all sizes and industries can use it to store and protect any amount of data for a range of use cases, such as websites, mobile applications, backup and restore, archive, enterprise applications, IoT devices, and big data analytics. Amazon S3 provides easy-to-use management features so you can organize your data and configure finely-tuned access controls to meet your specific business, organizational, and compliance requirements. Amazon S3 is designed for 99.999999999% (11 9's) of durability, and stores data for millions of applications for companies all around the world.

Amazon Elastic Block Store Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) provides persistent block storage volumes for use with Amazon EC2 instances in the AWS Cloud. Each Amazon EBS volume is automatically replicated within its Availability Zone to protect you from component failure, offering high availability and durability. Amazon EBS volumes offer the consistent and low-latency performance needed to run your workloads. With Amazon EBS, you can scale your usage up or down within minutes—all while paying a low price for only what you provision.

Amazon Elastic File System

Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) provides a simple, scalable, elastic file system for Linux-based workloads for use with AWS Cloud services and on-premises resources. It is built to scale on demand to petabytes without disrupting applications, growing and shrinking automatically as you add and remove files, so your applications have the storage they need – when they need it. It is designed to provide massively parallel shared access to thousands of Amazon EC2 instances, enabling your applications to achieve high levels of aggregate throughput and IOPS with consistent low latencies. Amazon EFS is a fully managed service that requires no changes to your existing applications and tools, providing access through a standard file system interface for seamless integration. Amazon EFS is a regional service storing data within and across multiple Availability Zones (AZs) for high availability and durability. You can access your file systems across AZs and regions and share files between thousands of Amazon EC2 instances and on-premises servers via AWS Direct Connect or AWS VPN.

Amazon VPC

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) lets you provision a logically isolated section of the AWS Cloud where you can launch AWS resources in a virtual network that you define. You have complete control over your virtual networking environment, including selection of your own IP address range, creation of subnets, and configuration of route tables and network gateways. You can use both IPv4 and IPv6 in your VPC for secure and easy access to resources and applications.

Amazon Route 53

Amazon Route 53 is a highly available and scalable cloud Domain Name System (DNS) web service. It is designed to give developers and businesses an extremely reliable and cost-effective way to route end users to Internet applications by translating human readable names, such as www.example.com, into the numeric IP addresses, such as 192.0.2.1, that computers use to connect to each other. Amazon Route 53 is fully compliant with IPv6 as well.

AWS Direct Connect

AWS Direct Connect makes it easy to establish a dedicated network connection from your premises to AWS. Using AWS Direct Connect, you can establish private connectivity between AWS and your data center, office, or co-location environment, which in many cases can reduce your network costs, increase bandwidth throughput, and provide a more consistent network experience than Internet-based connections.

Elastic Load Balancing

Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) automatically distributes incoming application traffic across multiple targets, such as Amazon EC2 instances, containers, and IP addresses. It can handle the varying load of your application traffic in a single Availability Zone or across multiple Availability Zones. Elastic Load Balancing offers three types of load balancers that all feature the high availability, automatic scaling, and robust security necessary to make your applications fault tolerant.

AWS CloudHSM

The AWS CloudHSM is a cloud-based hardware security module (HSM) that enables you to easily generate and use your own encryption keys on the AWS Cloud. With CloudHSM, you can manage your own encryption keys using FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validated HSMs. CloudHSM offers you the flexibility to integrate with your applications using industry-standard APIs, such as PKCS#11, Java Cryptography Extensions (JCE), and Microsoft CryptoNG (CNG) libraries.

AWS WAF

AWS WAF is a web application firewall that helps protect your web applications from common web exploits that could affect application availability, compromise security, or consume excessive resources. AWS WAF gives you control over which traffic to allow or block to your web application by defining customizable web security rules. You can use AWS WAF to create custom rules that block common attack patterns, such as SQL injection or cross-site scripting, and rules that are designed for your specific application. New rules can be deployed within minutes, letting you respond quickly to changing traffic patterns. Also, AWS WAF includes a full-featured API that you can use to automate the creation, deployment, and maintenance of web security rules.

Amazon Aurora

Amazon Aurora is a MySQL and PostgreSQL compatible relational database engine that combines the speed and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases

Amazon Relational Database Service

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. It provides cost-efficient and resizable capacity while automating time-consuming administration tasks such as hardware provisioning, database setup, patching and backups. It frees you to focus on your applications so you can give them the fast performance, high availability, security and compatibility they need.

AWS Security Solutions

AWS Supporting services

What set’s AWS apart?

On-prem vs AWS

Security Assurance

AWS Serverless service Advantages

PTCL has introduced a state-of-the-art and the only DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) detection and mitigation system in the country.

The system provides comprehensive visibility with real-time reporting of critical network traffic, services and applications to proactively protect against DDoS attacks, including comprehensive protection for dual-stack IPv4 / IPv6 infrastructure.

The system contains a full suite of countermeasures that surgically removes DDoS attack traffic while enabling the flow of legitimate traffic without interrupting the service thus ensuring quality of service and reliable performance of PTCL IP network.

How To Buy

To order please call 1218 or 111-20-20-20

Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), country’s largest ICT services provider, has announced ‘Ediee Offer’ for its landline customers.

Through this offer, the company is giving away two Honda City cars and 10 motorcycles to reward the loyalty and continued trust of PTCL customers in landline products and services. The winners will be announced through lucky draws held on July 1^st and July 14^th.

The Eidee offer is available for all active Landline, Broadband and SmartTV customers, who can participate in the lucky draw by paying current month’s PTCL landline bill before the due date.

Aasif Inam, Executive Vice President Wireline Business, PTCL said, “We are continuously striving to provide cutting-edge voice and data services to cater the growing needs of all segments. The Eidee offer is a step towards rewarding our longstanding landline customers and to celebrate the role PTCL voice telephony has played in the development of the nation.”

PTCL landline voice telephony and broadband service connects more than 2000 cities and towns nationwide. The company’s voice telephony service also extends to mobile phones through PTCL SmartLink application, which enables customers to experience same high quality voice connectivity anywhere anytime.

All PTCL Carrier & Wholesale Services are available for independent private label services. If you can create your own niche business, our network is made available.

• WL-DSL
• WL-IPTV
• WL-Charji cloud

Kamal Ahmed, CDSO PTCL and Shahid Sattar, President & CEO, Samba Bank at the agreement signing ceremony to provide Data Center Services to Samba Bank in Karachi

Islamabad:Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), Pakistan’s largest telecommunication services provider has signed an agreement with Samba Bank Limited - owned subsidiary of Samba Financial Group - for provision of Data Center Services.

The agreement was inked by Kamal Ahmed, CDSO PTCL and Shahid Sattar, President & CEO, Samba Bank at a ceremony held in Karachi. 

This strategic partnership shall enable Samba Bank in disaster recovery and business continuity, reduce internal network operations cost, provide geographical redundancy and add greater resilience to its network.

Under the agreement, PTCL will provide Data Center services to Samba Bank for its Production and Disaster Recovery sites. Samba Bank's Disaster Recovery covers the Bank's extensive branch banking operations 

The service provided by PTCL, will be deployed within PTCL’s Data Center in Karachi and Lahore for ease of maintenance of the IT equipment racks.

Kamal Ahmed, Chief Digital Services Officer (CDSO), PTCL said at the signing ceremony, “We are pleased to extend our Data Center Services to Samba Bank. PTCL’s dynamic end-to-end ICT solutions are geared towards providing reliable network services, 24/7 operation support and scalability for network expansion for both public and private organizations.”

Shahid Sattar, President & CEO, Samba Bank said at the occasion, “Technology plays a vital role in up-scaling an organization and therefore collocating Data Centre services to PTCL is a long term strategic move by Samba Bank to provide uninterrupted 24/7 service to our valued customers.”

Farooq Ahmed Jalali, EVP Corporate Services, PTCL; Jalil Ahmed Farooqi, GM, Corporate Sales, PTCL; Abbas A. Bhatti, Manager Corporate Services, PTCL; S Jamal Baquar, Group Head Corporate Banking, Samba Bank; M. Salman Ali, CTO, Samba Bank; Abid Hussain, Group Head Operations, Samba Bank and M. Hassaan Zahid, Head IT Operations, Samba Bank were also present at the occasion.

PTCL Data Centers provide optimum resource utilization through highly secure network infrastructure which results in reduced data management costs for organizations. 

PTCL now offers low-priced outgoing international call rates to LDI partners PTCL has contacts and interconnects established to over 200 destinations worldwide.

Islamabad: The International submarine cable SEA-ME-WE 4 has experienced a fault in Arabian Sea, impacting internet services in the region including Pakistan.

The restoration work has been initiated by the international consortium that manages the submarine cable systems.

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) by virtue of its investments in diversified International Submarine Cable systems, has already undertaken necessary measures to provide internet connectivity to its customers across Pakistan.  However, due to the fault in this undersea cable, the internet users may experience slow browsing during this period.

The company regrets any inconvenience caused to its valuable customers during this restoration period. PTCL customers can contact helpline 1236 for further information

PTCL offer infrastructure (towers) lease to carrier customer to expand their 2G/3G/4G towers footprint. PTCL has numerous tower spread in major urban centers, far flung areas and strategic location which can be leased to cellular operators as per their requirement. PTCL offers complete package for these sits that includes Antennas Installation, ground space, commercial power and DG power.

Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Company limited (PTCL), the largest Information Communications Technology service provider in the country, has once again taken the lead by introducing Pakistan’s first 4G LTE tablet ‘CharJi EVO Tab’.

The sleek and powerful Dual-SIM CharJi EVO Tablet offers great value for money by providing fast LTE speed upto 36 Mbps and also enables customers to enjoy voice connectivity through any GSM SIM just like a mobile phone.

Omar Khalid, Executive Vice President, Wireless Business, PTCL said, “PTCL has a legacy of pioneering cutting-edge products and services to meet the connectivity needs of the nation. Our CharJi and EVO product portfolio is opening up a new world of opportunities for customers through fast, affordable and reliable data connectivity.”

He added further that, “PTCL CharJi EVO Tab is another step to create value and enrich our customers’ daily lives.”

The new tab - available for Rs. 25,000 - empowers customers to get the most out of their multimedia experience through its 6.98 inch wide screen, 2 GB RAM and a snappy Quad Core processor.

Armed with a Capacitive (Glass) 5-Point multi-touch screen, the tab comes with 16 GB in-built and   64 GB external memory support along with 8 Megapixel rear and 2 Megapixel front cameras.

PTCL is offering free 5 GB CharJi LTE data and 15,000 Ufone on-net minutes, valid for 3 months and a free 1 Year subscription of Smart TV application with the tab. Customers will also be getting a complimentary pre-installed Sygic application for turn-by-turn voice guided navigation all across Pakistan along with a free car month and a charger.

The super-fast CharJi LTE is Pakistan’s fastest wireless broadband network available in Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Islamabad and Rawalpindi, while 3G EVO is available in more than 250 cities and towns nationwide.

PTCL is providing numerous configurations and variants of transmission services to address a variety of customer requirements.

It has recently introduced an innovative Wavelength Service which provides a flexible and scalable high capacity transport solution with the benefits of competitive costs, improved speed to market, and enhanced network control.

PTCL’s Wavelength Service LightWAVE® provides upto 10 Gbps capacity per wavelength which can be used in bandwidth hungry telecom applications. LightWAVE® Service addresses the long-haul transmission requirement of major telecom operators through PTCL’s strategically located Points of Presence (POPs) along its optical fiber ring network.

PTCL Wavelength Service LightWAVE® allows customers to lease individual wavelengths as a secure, private resource as an alternative to capital and resource intensive dark fiber network.

As the leading Carriers’ carrier in the country, PTCL provides a host of Interconnection services including co-location, Interconnection for traffic exchange, tower sharing, power and other managed services to operators. The co-location sites are purpose built for telecom applications and are best suited for housing equipment and utilizing other PTCL services such as direct bandwidth provisioning under one roof, monitoring and so forth. PTCL’s numerous co-location sites provide an ideal environment to its strategic partner operators to build their networks and expand quickly without worrying about developing their own support facilities and enable them to stay ahead of their competition in a cost effective manner.

Syed Mazhar Hussain, CHRO PTCL speaking at the launching ceremony of Harvard ManageMentor program.

Islamabad:Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), country’s largest ICT service provider, has launched a globally recognized online learning program ‘Harvard ManageMentor (HMM)’ for its senior and future leadership.  The initiative aims at progressively building its leaders’ business acumen and people prowess.

The introduction of Harvard ManageMentor (HMM) is a giant leap towards instilling progressive learning culture at PTCL. Harvard ManageMentor (HMM) is a self-paced online learning tool that offers a broad range of learning resources on business and management topics and delivers actionable learning for today’s busy leaders.

Harvard ManageMentor has been introduced at PTCL in collaboration with GEM Learning, the official local partner of Harvard Business School Publishing, a wholly owned subsidiary of Harvard University.                                                                         

At the HMM launching ceremony, Syed Mazhar Hussain, CHRO PTCL highlighted the cultural leap that PTCL is taking to achieve excellence. He emphasized the role of top leaders as critical drivers of change and the importance of e-learning and PTCL HR’s objective of introducing advanced learning solutions for the top leaders as a part of blended learning initiatives. The CHRO PTCL encouraged participants to make a personal commitment to take maximum advantage of this resource and align learning with the company’s business priorities.

PTCL offers METROWay® Solution, fully managed Dark Metro Fiber Connectivity to Cellular, Local Loop/Long Distance International operators, Telecom Infrastructure Providers, Telecom Tower Providers   government agencies and other PTA licensed operators. PTCL Dark Metro Fiber Network is deployed in all major cities.

PTCL’s network architecture has been designed to remain open and is capable of supporting full interconnection with other networks, as well as for utilization of cutting edge technology components to be integrated for enhanced diversity and availability.

PTCL’s METROWay® Solution would enable customers to expeditiously position themselves into new markets with marginal effort and substantially lower capital expense.

Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), country's largest information communications technology service provider, has introduced EVO Double-Volume Double Fun Offer for its valued customers.

The new offer by the company enables both existing and new subscribers of 3G EVO Wingle 9.3 and CharJi EVO LTE to enjoy twice the volume for the same monthly charges on all packages for the whole year. Subscribers can avail this offer by visiting any PTCL One Stop Shop and retail outlets.

The offer enables PTCL EVO customers to experience more flexibility for enjoying seamless internet connectivity, downloading multimedia content, stream HD videos and access to a large database of online games and applications to meet their daily data & communication needs.

PTCL EVO wireless broadband service is Pakistan's most popular wireless broadband service, connecting more than 250 cities and towns nationwide and its foot-print is being rapidly increased to bring more people on to the information communication highway.

Since the issuance of 3G/4G licenses in Pakistan, a rapid boom has taken in data industry with consumers adopting OTT apps. In order to meet this booming data requirement carrier customer needs to backhaul their hub sites with enabling media capacities, giving top priority to time to the market. PTCL having a vast established footprint of modernized nodes connected through fiber can serve carriers last mile needs by providing capacity to their towers. This will help carrier operators to focus on their core business and at the same time help them reduce their Capital Expenditures – CAPEX, hence giving them a better opportunity to expand their 3G/4G footprint at an aggressive pace.

Walid Irshaid, President & CEO PTCL; Dr. Syed Ismail Shah, Chairman PTA,;  Michael Patrick Foley, CEO Telenor; Abdul Aziz, CEO Ufone; Faisal Sattar, CEO USF along with representatives of telecom industry and management of PTCL at the Disruptive Innovation session organized by PTCL

Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) organized a session on “Disruptive Innovation” by Mr. Mark Zawacki in pursuance of its objective of looking beyond its own progressiveness and towards the greater good of the telecom sector.

PTCL remains committed to transform and further uplift the telecom sector of Pakistan. The company has been continuously working towards and successfully introducing new and innovative technologies, advanced practices and products/services to cater to the rapidly evolving customer needs.

The session was aimed to support the talented leaders of the company to stay abreast with the latest research findings, technological discoveries and insights and sustain the technological leadership of PTCL.

PTCL proactively engages subject matter experts with hands-on experience of various technological domains to share valuable insights, for better decision-making and refinement of the implementation plan devised by the leadership team.

Mark Zawacki is a high profile USA based business strategist, board advisor, keynote speaker and Angel investor. Mark has advised more than 300 clients globally on a myriad of growth and revenue-related initiatives including business strategy, disruptive innovation, business and corporate development, etc. His clients include Microsoft, McDonalds, MasterCard, Cisco, Intel, SAP, GSMA, Occidental Petroleum, UBS, Swisscom, etc. Mark has consulted in 50+ countries around the world and traveled to more than 70+ countries to date.

Mark, in this exclusive session with PTCL leadership, shared his profound knowledge on the subject carrying the unique case of technological shift in Silicon Valley.

The thought-provoking breakout session with PTCL’s key business partners, dignitaries and officials from a range of telecommunication industries was highly interactive and inspiring.

The session was attended by President & CEO PTCL, Walid Irshaid, Chairman PTA Dr. Syed Ismail Shah, DG Technical ISI Maj. General Amir Azeem Bajwa HI(M), MD TF General Rao, CEO Telenor, Michael Patrick Foley, CEO Ufone, Abdul Aziz, CEO USF Faisal Sattar, ED FAB Brigadier Sami, representatives from Ministry of IT & Telecom Mr. Tariq Sultan, Mr. Abdus Samad, and other high profile dignitaries and top management representation from Mobilink, Huawei, Zong, ZTE, UBank, FAB, TF, ICT R&D Fund, ISI, USF, Askari Bank, Nadra, IB, HEC, Google & Academia.

The session was concluded with a note of appreciation by the President & CEO PTCL, Walid Irshaid & CHRO PTCL Syed Mazhar Hussain.

 Walid Irshaid, President & CEO PTCL highly recognized the participation of distinguished delegates elaborating that Mr. Mark’s exceptional knowledge on Disruptive Innovation is indeed invaluable in order to respond to rapid improvements in technology & to generate revolutionary ideas for a progressive organization.

Syed Mazhar Hussain, CHRO PTCL said that PTCL is cognizant of the changing landscape of telecom industry and continues to promote divergent and non-linear thinking for driving innovation, escaping conventionalism, creating strategic roadmaps, and envisioning the future. The session would help to assist employees to respond to the fast paced change in order to create a meaningful difference. 

In today’s extremely competitive IP transit marketplace, providers of Internet and content services require a differentiated upstream Internet service that will complement or improve upon their existing arrangements, delivering cost-effective, rapid access to global content, together with assured reliability. They also need the flexibility to be able to react quickly to changes in demand or expectations. PTCL IP Transit is a high-performance, Internet access service that satisfies each of these requirements.

PTCL IP Transit Service provides CMOs, LDIs, LLOs, ISPs and other ICT organizations with a high-speed, high-quality connection to the Internet, through access to our entire BGP routing table. Internet content is delivered via our private, low latency and low packet loss fiber-optic and Multi-Protocol Label Switching over IP (MPLS/IP) network, which provides connectivity between key Internet and business markets across the country. The service is underpinned by extensive customer routes and peering connections with major Upstream Providers.

Our IP network is connected to Tier-1 IP service providers around the globe via multiple submarine cables in East and West direction to guarantee 100% availability, in case of any International Submarine Cable cut. PTCL is obviously 1^st choice for Pakistani Telecom Operators, being the sole consortium partner for four International Submarine Cable Systems i.e. AAE-1, SMW4, IMEWE & SMW3.

PTCL network is extended globally, having presence in Europe (AMS-IX, LINX) and in East (Equinix, Singapore). PTCL Pakistan Internet Exchange (PIE) has extensive peering and interconnection connectivity with major global Content Providers like Google, Facebook, YouTube.

PTCL Carrier grade & premium IP Transit service is complemented by the following components:

• Full access to the entire global Internet
• A fully managed connection from any of our IP gateways or nation-wise PIE nodes
• A comprehensive SLA guaranteeing service delivery, availability, latency and packet delivery
• 24x7x365 service management and technical customer support through dedicated Carrier Services Desk (CSD)
• Secure online performance reporting

Fully Managed support for Add-Ons like URL Filtering, DDoS Protection, IPBW on Demand

Azmat Ali Ranjha, Chairman PTCL Board of Directors (Center) presiding over PTCL 20^th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Islamabad. Walid Irshaid, President & CEO PTCL (4^th Left) along with other Board of Directors are also present at the occasion.

Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) today held its 20^th Annual General Meeting (AGM) here in Islamabad.

PTCL has announced final cash dividend of 15% amounting to Rs. 1.50 per share, which is a reflection of the strong results achieved during the year ended 31st December 2014. The dividend is in addition to the interim cash dividend of 10% amounting to Rs. 1.00 per Ordinary Share, earlier declared and already paid to the shareholders.

Walid Irshaid, President and CEO PTCL, members of PTCL Board of Directors along with senior management of PTCL Group also attended the meeting.

Azmat Ali Ranjha, Chairman PTCL Board of Directors while thanking the shareholders said, “Last year’s performance is a testament to PTCL management’s resolve and unwavering focus of its employees to further enhance the company’s profitability. Based on the current solid foundation, we are committed to maximize the shareholders’ value by bringing innovation in our products and services.”

Commenting on PTCL’s role as the national carrier, Azmat Ali Ranjha said, “Being the carrier of choice in high-speed broadband regime, last year proved to be another successful year for the company as it continued to grow its subscriber base and product portfolio, uplifting the nation through leading the digitization revolution. PTCL is not only expanding geographically, but also in terms of products, services and quality of experience. Being the only integrated ICT services provider, PTCL is striving to maintain its competitive edge in the corporate and other business segments by offering 21st century ICT services.”

“PTCL has also remained at the forefront in responding to fellow countrymen, from supporting drought-stricken people of Thar to setting up medical camps and providing facilities to internally displaced persons, as well as carrying out flood relief activities in Central and Southern Punjab last year,” added Azmat Ali Ranjha.

While replying to a question of one of the shareholders, Walid Irshaid, President & CEO PTCL said, “PTCL brand stands for innovation, quality and customer focus. One of our core values and priority as a business remains customer centricity and proving quality and time conscious customer service, backed by the most advanced technologies.”

The shareholders unanimously approved all the agenda items of the meeting including financial statements for the year ended December 31^st, 2014. 

Colocation Facilities

PTCL’s colocation facilities support business continuity needs of carrier customers with a secure environment and provides dedicated space for equipment. This colocation service is intended to free up customer’s valuable resources so that the customer can focus on critical core business needs. The availability, affordability and quality of this service are unmatched. Working with a reliable service provider like PTCL that offers higher levels of availability and state-of-the art infrastructure will result in true cost benefits for the customer.

Features

• Secured environment
• Cost savings
• Greater resilience
• Hosting of all types of ICT components
• Flexible use of network connection services

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the largest ICT services provider in the country, has deployed a state-of-the-art Enterprise Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence system.

This system will enable the company to proactively understand customer requirements and serve them in a more efficient manner through delivering an enriched experience as per international best practices.

In the rage of expansion PTCL also has plans for not only to expand the business but to expand the point of Presence to cover its reach. Currently PTCL has its international POP on the following locations for its data services.

• Amsterdam
• Singapore
• London (Voice and Data)

Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the largest Information Communications Technology (ICT) services provider in Pakistan, declared financial results for the first quarter of FY 2015.

PTCL group revenues were Rs. 30.2 billion for the period ended March 31, 2015,  while gross and net profit of the group stood at Rs. 8.5 billion and Rs. 0.716 billion respectively.

PTCL cash flows remained strong owing to the steady growth in the subscriber base and strong market position backed by the company’s growing fixed and wireless broadband business.

PTCL earned revenue of Rs. 19.2 billion during the reported period. Net profit was recorded at Rs. 2.5 billion, while gross profit remained Rs. 6.1 billion.

Walid Irshaid, President & CEO PTCL said, “PTCL’s strategy of continuous investment in next generation communications infrastructure has translated in a robust first quarter performance and enabled us to deliver for our shareholders. This impetus continued across all of our business segments, especially in our wireless and fixed broadband and enterprise solutions.”

PTCL serves customers worldwide and to achieve this, close partnership is established with partners to have effective service delivery with outreach.

PTCL share with the following Partners:

President and CEO PTCL, Walid Irshaid presenting memento to Chief Guest Federal Minister Mushahidullah Khan. Accompanying on-stage are cricket star Shahid Afridi, former test cricketer Mohammad Wasim and the Chief Human Resources Officer PTCL, Syed Mazhar Hussain along with other dignitaries.

Islamabad:  Pakistan Telecom Cricket League-2015 organized by Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) concluded here at Shalimar Cricket ground, Islamabad today. Dr. Syed Ismail Shah, Chairman PTA attended as the Patron-in-Chief, Federal Minister Mushahidullah Khan graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and Mr. Walid Irshaid, President and CEO PTCL as the Chief Host greeted all dignitaries. Pakistan Cricket sensation Shahid Afridi made a celebrity appearance and distributed prizes. Former test cricketer Mohammad Wasim also shared the stage.

The first ever inter-telecom cricket tournament witnessed some great cricketing action on both days with the final proving to be a nail biter. The exhilarating tournament saw PTCL, Ufone, PTA, NTC, Zong, Mobilink, Warid, World Call, Telenor and Wi-Tribe deliver their best bowls and bat their best strokes to claim their right to the Pakistan Telecom Cricket League 2015 trophy.

The final trophy was lifted by the winning team from Telenor Pakistan while Team PTCL remained runner-ups. The semi finals were played as Telenor vs. WorldCall and PTCL vs. Mobilink.

Special recognition and prizes went to Arsalan of Telenor as Player of the Tournament,  Hamza Khan Niazi of PTCL as Best Batsman and Asfandyar of Telenor as Best Bowler. Telecom sector dignitaries attended the event and shared the closing ceremony stage.

Syed Mazhar Hussain, CHRO PTCL stated at the prize distribution ceremony, “Cricket is a common thread that runs throughout our society with connotations of togetherness, participation, collective joy, hope and mutual respect. The PTCL Inter-telecom Cricket Tournament 2015 is a celebration of these core values that make our people great and that reflect across PTCL’s nationwide embracing presence in service of the nation.”

The two day fun-filled event offered attractions for the families and kids ranging from food and fun activity stalls, entertainment, music and raffle draw. The event was well attended by women, seniors and kids and a family like atmosphere prevailed throughout the event. 

Data Product and Services

• International Private Leased Circuits (IPLC)
• MPLS / International VPN
• IP Transit
• Satellite and Radio Solutions

International Private Leased Circuits (IPLC)

Designated to fulfill the demands of privately owned secure global networks with dispersed locations, PTCL IPLC is a dedicated point to point leased service between your various business premises around the world, providing a reliable platform for global private networks.

PTCL’s IPLC offers high speed dedicated digital connections not only from Pakistan to the world, but also links one country to another via PTCL’s vital submarine cable systems. PTCL is also able to provide the IPLC service via satellite to regions of the world unreachable by fiber optic cable systems.

Bandwidth Transit

Bandwidth Transit provides fast and reliable end-to-end connectivity between any two international destinations with Pakistan as a transit hub.

MPLS / International VPN

The international VPN service is one of the latest state of art IP connectivity based on Internet Protocol Virtual Private Networks (IP MPLS-VPN), which allows companies with locations spread out in PAKISTAN as well as international to connect and transfer data on a private and secure way over reliable robust network infrastructure.

This product is aimed for those requiring high security/bandwidth comparable to that provided by Private Leased Circuits as well as scalable connectivity to provide the future growth changes in size and volume of the customer business.

MPLS IP VPN will deliver a flexible, customizable, any-to-any network that lets customers to connect office headquarters, branches, distribution facilities, data centers and other locations, with ease. This converge all the existing business traffic, even latency-sensitive applications onto one network. The IP-MPLS VPN can reduce the costs and simplify operations, while ensuring to meet with the demands of today’s business environment.

PTCL is offering 2 flavors of VPN

• Layer 2 MPLS /VPN
• Layer 3 MPLS /VPN

Different Quality of service as per Customer Demand

• Platinum
• Gold
• Silver
• Bronze

PTCL presenting globally through it is own node as well as partner connectivity.

List of Countries where both layer 2 & 3 VPN are offered:

List countries where only Layer 3 VPN is offered:

IP Transit

In today’s extremely competitive transit marketplace, providers of Internet and content services require a differentiated upstream Internet service that will complement or improve upon their existing arrangements, delivering cost-effective, rapid access to global content, together with assured reliability. They also need the flexibility to be able to react quickly to changes in demand or expectations. PTIX IP Transit is a high-performance, Internet access service that satisfies each of these requirements.

IP Transit provides ISPs, DNOPs, LDIs, Corporate, Software Exporters and other organizations with a high-speed, high-quality connection to the Internet, through access to our entire BGP routing table. Internet content is delivered via our private, low latency and low packet loss fiber-optic and Multi-Protocol Label Switching over IP (MPLS/IP) network, which provides connectivity between key Internet and business markets across the country. The service is underpinned by extensive customer routes and peering connections with Major Upstream Providers.

Our IP network is connected to Tier-1 IP service providers around the globe via multiple submarine cables in East and West to guarantee 100% availability in the case of any Int’l Submarine cut.

PTCL network is extend globally and having presence in Europe in AMsIX, LINX and in East in Equinix in Singapore, PTCL also having content providers presenting in Pakistan in PIE, and over all of that strong private peering connectivity made with neighbor networks, all of that strength our IP Transit product.

We provide the following components as part of the standard IP Transit service:

• Full access to the entire global Internet
• A fully managed connection from any of our IP gateways or city nodes
• A comprehensive SLA guaranteeing service delivery, availability, latency and packet delivery
• 24x7x365 service management and technical customer support
• Secure online performance reporting

Satellite and Radio Solutions

Providing a reliable, two-way communication link anywhere within satellite footprint, PTCL’s Global VSAT utilizes satellite based Single Channel Per Carrier (SCPC) technology, with data rates from 64Kbps to 34Mbps. It provides point to point dedicated connectivity via satellite from one customer’s premises to another. A very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) antenna and indoor unit is used at each customer’s premises.

PTCL also provides the low cost radio solutions for the terrain which is not apt for cable solutions especially mountain areas:

• Cellular Backhaul
• Video Transmission Service
• Broadband VSAT Network
• Managed End-To-End VSAT Service
• Maritime (Inmarsat)
• Radio Links (DRS)

Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) is hosting the first ever inter-telecom cricket tournament - Pakistan Telecom Cricket League 2015 – where teams from leading telecom companies will come face-to-face.‎

The exhilarating tournament will witness teams from PTCL, Ufone, PTA, NTC, Zong, Mobilink, Warid, World Call, Telenor and Wi-Tribe battling to become P.T.C.L (Pakistan Telecom Cricket League) 2015 Champion.

The tournament is aimed at bringing together professionals from telecom sector to challenge each other in a sporting arena and serve as a platform to interact and enjoy the frolic activity along with their families.

The two day fun-filled event - to be held at Shalimar Cricket Ground, Islamabad - offers attractions for the families and kids ranging from food and fun activity stalls, entertainment, music and raffle draw.

The initial round matches will commence from Friday, April 10 while the semi-final and final matches will lead to the closing ceremony on Saturday, April 11 2015.

The game of cricket is not only a sport but a commonly shared national passion of Pakistan.  PTCL is a proud supporter of Pakistan national cricket team and the company also rallied the nation together through ad free streaming of Cricket World Cup 2015 on PTCL SmartTV app.

Sports contribute towards development of healthy societies and PTCL remains at the forefront in organizing various sports events for its employees every year. 

PTCL’s ability to support both individual and corporate customers on a cross-border basis is anchored by its extensive network of submarine cable like SEA-ME-WE-3, SEA-ME-WE-4, I-ME-WE and AAE-1.

SEA-ME-WE-3 (South East Asia – Middle East & Western Europe – 3)
SEA-ME-WE-4 (South East Asia, Middle East and Western Europe 4)
I-ME-WE (India-Middle East-Western Europe)
AAE-1 (Asia-Africa-Europe -1)

Sea-Me-We 3 is the longest system in the world with a total length of 39,000 km. It includes 39 landing points in 33 countries and 4 continents from Western Europe (including Germany, England and France) to the Far East (including China, Japan and Singapore) and to Australia. The use of Wavelength Division Multiplexing greatly increases the capacity of the network allowing high quality transmission all the way over distances as far as from Germany to Australia

SMW-3 consists of 92 parties.

SEA-ME-WE-4 (South East Asia, Middle East and Western Europe 4)

The total length of the SEA-ME-WE 4 submarine cable system is approximately 20,000 km which consists of the main backbone across the Eastern and Western worlds and links 14 countries with 16 landing stations across Europe, Middle East and Asia plus the extension links in various countries. The system is amongst the most economical cable systems in the region and is built with state-of-the-art Terabit DWDM technology to achieve ultra fast terabit per second connectivity. The construction of this cable system is testimony to the growing demand for high capacity broadband links that are essential in today’s world of high speed international connectivity and online business.

I-ME-WE (India-Middle East-Western Europe)

PTCL has also joined I-ME-WE (India-Middle East-Western Europe). High-capacity fiber-optic submarine cable that stretches from India in Asia to Italy and France in Europe via the Middle East with nine landing stations in eight countries. It has a design capacity of 3.84 terabits per second and covers a distance of almost 12,000 kilometers. This project will also play a pivotal role to provide effective resilience to the existing cable systems (SMW-3 & SMW-4) available with PTCL to provide flawless communication to its esteemed customers within & outside Pakistan.