The NBR will increase supplementary duty on mobile phone usage by 3 percentage points

Digital inclusion still elusive for many citizens

Parliament passes “Development Surcharge and Levy (Impose and Collection)” bill aiming at collecting one percent surcharge on the use of mobile phone services.

Mobile phone users, by February, will be able to keep their current number even if they switch from one operator to another, Minister of Telecommunication Division Tarana Halim says.