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    Subject: Business Studies Assignment: Swot Analysis Submitted By: Umer Farooq Submitted To: Mssajda

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    PTCL is the largest telecommunications provider in Pakistan with the largest operational network and infrastructure. It maintains a leading position and has potential for economic growth. However, PTCL faces increased competition and threats from new technologies. A SWOT analysis identified strengths in infrastructure, market leadership, and experienced resources, but also weaknesses in customer service, productivity, and decision making due to a monopolistic culture. Opportunities exist in low teledensity, infrastructure assets, and partnerships, but threats include competition, VOIP, and international rates.

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    PTCL is the largest telecommunications provider in Pakistan with the largest operational network and infrastructure. It maintains a leading position and has potential for economic growth. However, PTCL faces increased competition and threats from new technologies. A SWOT analysis identified strengths in infrastructure, market leadership, and experienced resources, but also weaknesses in customer service, productivity, and decision making due to a monopolistic culture. Opportunities exist in low teledensity, infrastructure assets, and partnerships, but threats include competition, VOIP, and international rates.

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    PTCL is the largest telecommunications provider in Pakistan with the largest operational network and infrastructure. It maintains a leading position and has potential for economic growth. However, PTCL faces increased competition and threats from new technologies. A SWOT analysis identified strengths in infrastructure, market leadership, and experienced resources, but also weaknesses in customer service, productivity, and decision making due to a monopolistic culture. Opportunities exist in low teledensity, infrastructure assets, and partnerships, but threats include competition, VOIP, and international rates.

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    Subject: Business Studies Assignment: Swot Analysis Submitted By: Umer Farooq Submitted To: Mssajda

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    PTCL is the largest telecommunications provider in Pakistan with the largest operational network and infrastructure. It maintains a leading position and has potential for economic growth. However, PTCL faces increased competition and threats from new technologies. A SWOT analysis identified strengths in infrastructure, market leadership, and experienced resources, but also weaknesses in customer service, productivity, and decision making due to a monopolistic culture. Opportunities exist in low teledensity, infrastructure assets, and partnerships, but threats include competition, VOIP, and international rates.

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    Subject: Business Studies Assignment: SWOT Analysis Submitted By: Umer farooq Submitted To: MsSajda

    PTCL PAKISTAN TELECOMMUNICATION LIMITED Introduction of PTCL PTCL is the largest telecommunications provider in Pakistan. PTCL also continues to be the largest CDMA operator in the country with 0.8 million V-fone customers. The company maintains a leading position in Pakistan as an infrastructure provider to other telecom operators and corporate customers of the country. It has the potential to be an instrumental agent in Pakistans economic growth. PTCL has laid an Optical Fiber Access Network in the major metropolitan centers of Pakistan and local loop services have started to be modernized and upgraded from copper to an optical network. The year also witnessed the entry of major telecom companies, most notably China Telecom and SingTel, into the market. Restructuring and re-engineering are in their final stages along with the implementation of ERP system. From the end customer's perspective, a major initiative was put in place in the shape of 'Broadband Pakistan' service launch as a first step towards

    providing its customer with more value added service and convenience.

    SWOT ANALYSIS
    Opportunities Low teledensity of Pakistan. Have vast infrastructure and real estate assets which can be leveraged further. Global connectivity reliability has been improved. PTCL is expanding the long distance and infrastructure side through spreading out two sea-me-we submarine cables. Partnership with new entrants in a deregulated environment. Scope for efficient/cost effective operations. Threats Increased competition in long distance continues to exert pressure. VOIP use is increasing despite ambiguous and discriminatory policies. Exposure to market competition. Migration to Cellular Networks.

    Ability to Attract & Retain Quality Professionals. Reduction in International Settlement Rates.

    Strengths Largest operational network and infrastructure within ICT (Information & Communication Technologies) segment. An integrated Monopoly. Market leadership in Local loop, Wireless local loop (WLL) and fixed telephony. PTCL (Ufone) is market challenger in GSM segment. Ufone is performing well though Warid and Telenor are tough competitors. PTCL, Ufones profitability increased by 49.2 percent to Rs 977 million in 1H/FY07 as compared to Rs 655 million in the corresponding period last. Competitors still depend on PTCL network either directly or indirectly. Experienced Telecom Resources.

    Weakness Not been able to nurture its growth around customer services oriented strategy. Not been able to nurture its growth around customer services oriented strategy. Monopolistic culture has further added to its complexities. Paknet, the internet service provider arm of PTCL continues to incur losses due to poor management and lack of network optimization. PTCL-V, the fixed wireless phone service is poor. Over employment & low productivity. Slow decision making including external interferences. Corporate culture akin to government departments.

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