PTCL

Pakistan Telecommunicaton Company Limited (PTCL)

Headquarters of PTCL in Islamabad
Native name	پاکستان ٹیلی کمیونیکیشن کمپنی لمیٹڈ
Company type	Public
Traded as	PSX: PTC KSE 100 component
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. 188.074 billion (US$650 million) (2023)
Operating income	Rs. −1.375 billion (US$−4.8 million) (2023)
Net income	Rs. −15.544 billion (US$−54 million) (2023)
Total assets	Rs. 643.598 billion (US$2.2 billion) (2023)
Total equity	Rs. 58.180 billion (US$200 million) (2023)
Owner	President of Pakistan (62%) Etisalat (26%)
Number of employees	15,008 (2023)
Subsidiaries	Ufone UPaisa
Website	ptcl.com.pk
Footnotes / references Financials as of 31 December 2023[update] [2]

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd., commonly known as PTCL (Urdu: پاکستان ٹیلی کمیونیکیشن کمپنی لمیٹڈ) 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]