Two and a half years after applying, PTCL's licence has still not been renewed
The country’s second-largest telecommunications company – and the biggest one owned by the government – is facing significant delays from its own regulator
Ah, PTCL. The company has existed in some form since 1949, two years after the existence of the country. This explains why Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd, seems so ingrained in society, as part of the social fabric as other random Pakistani things that have been around for decades: PIA, the army, chai – you get the picture.
That is why it is easy to forget that like many other companies in Pakistan, PTCL is operating off the goodwill of the regulator. In this case, that would be the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), which issues licenses.
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