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ED PCOs being replaced with pay card phone

RECODER REPORT

ISLAMABAD: About 200 Extra Departmental Public Call Offices (ED PCOs), at present operating in Rawalpini Telecom Region of PTCL, are being replaced with Pay Card Phones immediately.

In this connection, Rawalpindi Telecom Region has invited PTA's approved pay card phone companies to apply to the Divisional Engineers (Telegraphs)/Telephones of the area within next two days for installation of pay card PCOs in place of PCOs.

PTCL will then shift the network to pay card PCOs promptly. The connections will be given on "first come first served" basis.