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		<title>By: <![CDATA[Babar Bhatti]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
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PTCL is moving the apex court of the country against Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) determination on reduction of Internet bandwidth rates. Ali Qadir Gillani, PTCL’s chief of corporate communications, confirmed to The News on inquiry, “Yes, we are considering the option of moving the Supreme Court of Pakistan against the PTA decision.”

Ever since the new management took over the telecom giant, the PTCL has never accepted a single decision of the regulator. Similarly, Mobilink, the significant market player in cellular market, has also been humiliating the PTA by paying a deaf ear to its determination against its inflated interconnect tariff announced about a year ago.

Source said the Etisalat-owned PTCL’s move to file a plea in Supreme Court would delay the implementation of PTA decision by at least another six months till new backbones of private operators become operational.

A senior official in the telecom giant said, “The PTCL slash the bandwidth prices when new operators start similar services to sustain its market share against the incumbents.”

“Reduction in the prices of PTCL’s Internet bandwidth was very much needed to make broadband affordable for Internet users,” said Azfar Manzoor, CEO of WorldOnline.

He said the PTA should also need to decide on reduction or abolishment of local loop-sharing charges of PTCL for DSL services to make the broadband technology affordable for the home-users. Top officials dealing with the privatisation process refused to comment on the situation have shown disappointment over the monopolistic attitude of the PTCL despite being privatised. An official said the telecom market would be much better off if the PTCL encourages healthy competition instead of taking an age-old introvert approach</description>
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<p>PTCL is moving the apex court of the country against Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) determination on reduction of Internet bandwidth rates. Ali Qadir Gillani, PTCL’s chief of corporate communications, confirmed to The News on inquiry, “Yes, we are considering the option of moving the Supreme Court of Pakistan against the PTA decision.”</p>
<p>Ever since the new management took over the telecom giant, the PTCL has never accepted a single decision of the regulator. Similarly, Mobilink, the significant market player in cellular market, has also been humiliating the PTA by paying a deaf ear to its determination against its inflated interconnect tariff announced about a year ago.</p>
<p>Source said the Etisalat-owned PTCL’s move to file a plea in Supreme Court would delay the implementation of PTA decision by at least another six months till new backbones of private operators become operational.</p>
<p>A senior official in the telecom giant said, “The PTCL slash the bandwidth prices when new operators start similar services to sustain its market share against the incumbents.”</p>
<p>“Reduction in the prices of PTCL’s Internet bandwidth was very much needed to make broadband affordable for Internet users,” said Azfar Manzoor, CEO of WorldOnline.</p>
<p>He said the PTA should also need to decide on reduction or abolishment of local loop-sharing charges of PTCL for DSL services to make the broadband technology affordable for the home-users. Top officials dealing with the privatisation process refused to comment on the situation have shown disappointment over the monopolistic attitude of the PTCL despite being privatised. An official said the telecom market would be much better off if the PTCL encourages healthy competition instead of taking an age-old introvert approach</p>
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