SSC & PTCL Join Hands

Service Sales Corporation being Pakistan’s leading retailer & Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited being a technology giant joins forces to form a partnership for SSC Network Expansion by availing state of art redundant EDN Services & Nationwide Digital Connectivity Solution.

SSC, being the market leader in footwear retail, strongly believes in working technically sound partners in their respective fields. SSC has laid down very stringent criteria to select its business partners as at SSC,. Service Sales Corporation has partnered with the leading names in business for staying at the forefront of the latest technology in terms of hardware, software and information technology.

-On this occasion Mr. Jalal Ahmed, SSC Chief Information Officer said,
“Service Sales Corporation (Pvt.) Ltd has always been at the forefront of taking new initiatives to provide the best experience to its customers across Pakistan.

Operating through a network of more than 550+ retail stores and exceeding 2500 independent retailers in its wholesale network across Pakistan, SSC today has the largest retail presence in Pakistan. Specializing in the footwear category, it operates under the banners of Servis and Shoe Planet.

Mr Jalal Ahmed has  also reiterated Service sales corporation vision for project team, we remain a sustained market leader, setting higher standards in industry practice and have a meaningful impact on the lives of our customers, employee’s community and shareholders through innovation and the capability of our people”.

-Commenting on the partnership at Contract signing ceremony at SSC Head Office, Mr. Kamal Ahmed, Chief Digital Services Officer PTCL said,
“We believe this partnership with SSC will enable us to deliver higher level of data communication corporate user experience to retail customers and further consolidate PTCL’s leadership position in the ICT market.

PTCL, as the ICT leader in Pakistan, is continuously striving to offer enhanced digital experience, raising the bar on performance expectations, and drive customer satisfaction through integration of cutting-edge ICT platforms.

This new technology investment in SSC state-of-the-art EDN solutions & Nationwide Digital Connectivity is reflective   of PTCL’s commitment to provide next-generation digital experience in Pakistan.”

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PTCL upgrades its business intelligence system to enrich customer experience

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the largest ICT services provider in the country, has deployed a state-of-the-art Enterprise Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence system.

This system will enable the company to proactively understand customer requirements and serve them in a more efficient manner through delivering an enriched experience as per international best practices.

The upgraded system will further improve PTCL's service delivery platforms and add substantial value to overall customer experience.

Raed Abdel Fattah, Chief Information Officer (CIO) PTCL said, "PTCL has partnered with Teradata in this strategic endeavor to develop insights into customer behaviors and use these insights to develop offers and services to meet customer needs."

Khuram Rahat, Managing Director, Teradata Pakistan said, "It gives me immense pleasure to have successfully delivered the data warehouse project at PTCL and would like to emphasize that this is just the start of a long and productive partnership where we will continually engage with PTCL business teams to deliver more value through deeper insights and analytics."

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PTCL’s Profit Remains Lackluster

By Gulshan Naz: PTCL profitability continued to show lackluster trend as it made a profit of Rs 716.4 million in the first quarter of 2015, down from Rs. 4.4 Billion that it made during same duration last year, showing a challenging financial situation due to heavy expenses of license fees of its subsidiary, Ufone and deployment of biometric verification machines.

Group revenues declined to Rs 30.17 billion in the said period as compared to Rs 33.37 billion from the corresponding period of 2014.

PTCL’s financial cost surged 385% YoY to Rs 1.4 billion primarily due to heavy debt taken by its subsidiary Ufone for the acquisition of 3G license and renewal of 2G license which expired last year.

The company spent Rs 2.4 billion on different marketing and advertisement activities on the media whereas its general expenses grew to Rs 4.2 billion.

Besides expenses, the operating income of the company squeezed which actually made significant impact on the balance sheet. The company earnings under this head dropped to Rs 1.745 billion in the first quarter of 2015 as compared with Rs 5.92 billion during the same duration last year.

In outgoing year of 2014, the telecom group made a profit of Rs 3.966 billion in 2014 as against profit of Rs 15.752 billion that it made in 2013, which shows a decline in profitability by 74 percent.

Struggling results were felt by shareholders as well since no dividends were announced and a decrease in EPS to 0.14 from 0.48.

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PTCL to Organize First Ever Inter-Telecom Cricket League

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) is hosting the first ever inter-telecom cricket tournament – Pakistan Telecom Cricket League 2015 – where teams from leading telecom companies will come face-to-face.‎

The tournament will witness teams from PTCL, Ufone, PTA, NTC, Zong, Mobilink, Warid, World Call, Telenor and Wi-Tribe battling to become P.T.C.L (Pakistan Telecom Cricket League) 2015 Champion.

The tournament is aimed at bringing together professionals from telecom sector to challenge each other in a sporting arena and serve as a platform to interact and enjoy the frolic activity along with their families.

The two day fun-filled event – to be held at Shalimar Cricket Ground, Islamabad – offers attractions for the families and kids ranging from food and fun activity stalls, entertainment, music and raffle draw.

The initial round matches will commence from Friday, April 10 while the semi-final and final matches will lead to the closing ceremony on Saturday, April 11 2015.

The game of cricket is not only a sport but a commonly shared national passion of Pakistan.  PTCL is a proud supporter of Pakistan national cricket team and the company also rallied the nation together through ad free streaming of Cricket World Cup 2015 on PTCL SmartTV app.

Sports contribute towards development of healthy societies and PTCL remains at the forefront in organizing various sports events for its employees every year.

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