PTCL
Headquarters of PTCL in Islamabad | |
Native name | پاکستان ٹیلی کمیونیکیشن کمپنی لمیٹڈ |
|---|---|
| Company type | Public |
| PSX: PTC KSE 100 component | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters | , Pakistan |
Number of locations | Islamabad |
Key people | Hatem Bamatraf (President and Group CEO) |
| Products | |
| Revenue | Rs. 219.781 billion (US$760 million) (2024) |
| Rs. 6.117 billion (US$21 million) (2024) | |
| Rs. −14.394 billion (US$−50 million) (2024) | |
| Total assets | Rs. 806.431 billion (US$2.8 billion) (2024) |
| Total equity | Rs. 36.266 billion (US$130 million) (2024) |
| Owner | President of Pakistan (62%) Etisalat (26%) |
Number of employees | 14,466 (2024) |
| Subsidiaries | Ufone UPaisa |
| Website | ptcl |
| Footnotes / references Financials as of 31 December 2024 | |
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd., commonly known as PTCL, 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.
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.