We have taken a look at the permissible branchless banking models in our earlier post and have seen them all to bank led. At the third international mobile commerce conference recently held State Banks’s Deputy Governor, Yaseen Anwar, has indicated of a Teleco led model of branchless banking is being considered. The staff report from Dawn News gives the details.
PTA has proposed changes to Consumer Protection Regulations2009 to include service withdrawal. See the announcement and draft document on PTA website. This is exactly what we have written about before. Kudos to PTA for taking this step.
In the bloggers meetup with Mobile Account, Ali Abbas from Tameer Bank highlighted that it was the branchless banking regulations from State Bank of Pakistan that eased mobile banking in Pakistan. With this I went on my hunt for the regulation document and studied to know its details. In this and coming posts I shall look at the regulatory preservative of Mobile Banking as governed by the SBP’s Brachless Banking Regulations 2008.
A ‘Meet the Product’ bloggers session was arranged for the launch of Easypaisa Mobile Account yesterday evening. Around 30 bloggers from different arenas attended the event. The session was so full of energy that it not only remained meeting the Mobile Account but exploring its features, its reach to the unbanked and discussing the unmatched success of easypaisa in just four months from its launch.
PTA has proposed to update the approach towards setting the annual spectrum fee for radio based services. This is the first major changes since 2000 when spectrum was abundant. PTA quoted “a drastic change in spectrum demand in Pakistan which needs associated price change”. PTA has issued a consultative paper on this topic which provides the initial thinking behind the pricing changes and seeks input from industry stakeholders. The paper indicates that from now on, a periodic review of spectrum prices would be carried out to introduce utilization efficiency, bring technological innovation and tackle any distortions observed after implementation of proposed charges.
The 3RD Global Telecommunication Congress 2010 (TeleCON 2010) with a special emphasis on “Taking Pakistan to the Next Level of Technology Frontiers” is being organized on April 24 at the Pearl Continental Hotel-Lahore by SHAMROCK Conferences International. This high profiled forum is held annually, under the patronage of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).
Telecard has been in licensing disputes earlier and is now again as PTA suspends the WiMax commencement certificate of Telecard Limited. This takes Qubee’s future at stake as Qubee (brand name of Augere) for operating WiMax services uses Telecard’s spectrum and licenses. Daily times reports the details.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Monday suspended the commencement certificate of Telecard Limited.
The PTA took interim action in respect of their WLL licences, which were being used in conjunction with the 3.5GHz wireless spectrum by Augere Pakistan for supporting their new wireless broadband service launched in Karachi by the name of Qubee.
The 668 Sim Information campaign is playing a vital role in withdrawal of unauthorized registered SIMs. PTA have taken it a step forward, now it is also available on mobile via SMS. Users who wish to check on the SIMs registered against their CNIC can now send their CNIC number (without dash/space) t0 668 and get a prompt reply with details of name of service provider and number of SIMs.
The latest PR affirms State Bank of Pakistan and PTA are closely working on a unified policy for mobile banking that will connect all banks of the country with cellular mobile operators for mobile transactions. No mentions about where the existing mobile banking framework will stand with it.
Earlier I mentioned about the Warid overseas SIM information correction help, a similar service is being provided by all other cellular operators. The process is more or less the same for all.
For Telenor check the details here, for Ufone follow this link, Zong customers can get the details from here and Mobilink the details can be found at this link.
Overseas customers must make use of this service and get all their information corrected at the earliest.
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority is doing great in its 668 Campaign to wipe-off illegal SIMs, but what about the illegal mobile handsets? When I say illegal cell phones, it means cell phones without a valid IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity usually China made.
If you are residing abroad and have your SIMs issued against your National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP), you can like NIC holders follow the link www.pta.gov.pk/668 in order to confirm the number of SIMs in your name.
In case the count of Warid numbers exceeds the actual Warid numbers currently in your usage, WaridTel helps you correct you SIM information.
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