PTCL

Pakistan Telecommunicaton Company Limited (PTCL)

Headquarters of PTCL in Islamabad
Native name	مشارکتِ پاکستان برائے بعیدالمواصلات (المحدود)
Company type	Public
Traded as	PSX: PTC
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	14 August 1947 incorporated 1995[1]
Headquarters	Islamabad , Pakistan
Key people	Hatem Bamatraf (President and Group CEO)
Products	Fiber-optic Broadband Broadcasting Cable television Digital telephone HDTV Internet Pay television Mobile VoIP phone
Revenue	Rs. 96.26 billion (US$330 million)[2] (2023)
Operating income	Rs. 13.90 billion (US$48 million)[2] (2023)
Net income	Rs. 9.39 billion (US$33 million)[2] (2023)
Total assets	Rs. 387.60 billion (US$1.3 billion)[2] (2023)
Total equity	Rs. 117.36 billion (US$410 million)[2] (2023)
Owner	Government of Pakistan (62%) Etisalat (26%) General public (12%)
Number of employees	15,008[2]
Subsidiaries	Ufone
Website	ptcl.com.pk

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd., commonly known as PTCL (Urdu: مشارکتِ پاکستان برائے بعیدالمواصلات (المحدود)) is the national telecommunication company in Pakistan.^[1][3] 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.^[4]