PTCL
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd., commonly known as PTCL (Urdu: مشارکتِ پاکستان برائے بعیدالمواصلات (المحدود)) 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.
Native name | مشارکتِ پاکستان برائے بعیدالمواصلات (المحدود) |
|---|---|
| Company type | Public utility state-owned enterprise |
| PSX: PTC | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 14 August 1947 incorporated 1995 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | •Federal Secretary IT (Chairman Board) •Hatem Bamatraf (President and Group CEO) |
| Products | |
| Revenue | Rs. 96.26 billion (US$330 million) (2023) |
| Rs. 13.90 billion (US$48 million) (2023) | |
| Rs. 9.39 billion (US$33 million) (2023) | |
| Total assets | Rs. 305.16 billion (US$1.1 billion) (2022) |
| Total equity | Rs. 108.05 billion (US$370 million) (2022) |
| Owner | Government of Pakistan (62%) Etisalat (26%) General public (12%) |
Number of employees | 15,392 |
| Subsidiaries | Ufone |
| Website | www |
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.