PTCL, Netflix ink agreement

KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has signed an agreement with Netflix, the world’s leading online entertainment company, to provide Netflix Gift subscriptions for six months to PTCL’s 8Mbps and above internet subscribers, a statement said on Tuesday.

PTCL is the first telecom operator in Pakistan to launch a partnership with Netflix, it added.

PTCL Chief Commercial Officer Adnan Shahid met Netflix’s Global Head of Business Development Bill Holmes at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where details of the agreement were discussed.

PTCL already hosted advanced caching servers for Netflix in Pakistan for better viewing experience. Both the companies have been offering Netflix content to the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited customers since last year as a trial, the statement said.

Seeing the excellent results and traction from customers, PTCL has now ventured into this agreement for enabling quality entertainment content for the consumers in Pakistan, it added.