Overview
- Telenor Pakistan and Orion Towers now operate as wholly owned PTCL subsidiaries while Telenor remains a separate legal entity during the transition.
- The planned integration of Ufone and Telenor into a single MergeCo requires approvals from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority and the Islamabad High Court and is expected to take 5–6 months.
- PTCL and the future MergeCo intend to expand network capacity, optimize spectrum use, and deliver more digitally enabled services.
- PTCL leadership said the company and the merged operator plan to participate in the upcoming 5G spectrum auction.
- A newly constituted Telenor Pakistan board appointed Awais Vohra as acting CEO, and PTCL offered job-security assurances as reporters noted an unresolved $800 million Etisalat-related issue.