Staff Reporter
Islamabad
In the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, cellular companies ‘have come up with innovative packages – many of them free of cost- for their subscribers across the country in a bid to facilitate people. In light of the present COVID-19 pandemic, telecom operators have been undertaking many initiatives to facilitate their subscribers across country and to provide them with awareness about coronavirus and uninterrupted services. In this context, on Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)’s directions, SMS on precautionary measures against COVID-19 in national and regional languages are being sent to all mobile subscribers on regular basis. Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) have replaced standard ring back tone (heard by caller when a call is being made) with messages about COVID-19 preventive measures. New packages / offers (by giving additional data and on-net voice minutes) at low prices have been launched by all CMOs to facilitate people to stay and work from home (details are available at operators and PTA’s websites).