Baluchistan To Get Better Broadband Services
Daniyal Sohail Published May 04, 2018 | 04:57 PM
Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication is fully committed to provide telecom, broadband and ultra-high frequency internet services to Baluchistan to bring this nation on path of Technology evolution and prosperity.
ISLAMABAD, May 4 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 4th May, 2018 ) :Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication is fully committed to provide telecom, broadband and ultra-high frequency internet services to Baluchistan to bring this nation on path of Technology evolution and prosperity.
Ministry of IT has started projects for Baluchistan worth Rs 26 billion to provide the 3g service to the people of province to connect the unconnected. In the history of IT of Pakistan this to biggest investment, that is for Baluchistan, which aim to target hundreds of villages to connect with 3G service.
Ministry official told APP, an un-served population of about 196,177, covering 269 un-served mauzas and an un-served area of 39,434 sq kms will get modern broadband facilities through this project.
The project would cover Awaran, Jhal Jao and Mashkai tehsils/sub-tehsils of Awaran district and Bela, Lakhra, Liari, Uthal, Dureji, Hub, Sonmiani and Kanraj of Lasbel district, he added.
Due to the provision of 3G services in Baluchistan, other services like careem would be started in Baluchistan which is a great achievement of Ministry of Information Technology.
He said, Ministry had taken Balochistan as a priority to provide telecom services and these services will include the provision of both voice and data facilities under 3G licenses. The telecom sector is the most important one for speedy development particularly for rural areas.
1.5% of telecom licensed companies contribute to the country's revenue through the USF. Among the telecom operators of Pakistan, Ufone was able to win the most from the 12 projects. Ufone has been awarded projects worth Rs 14.2 billion in various cities of the province which includes Sibi, Kalat, Khuzdar, Chagai, Awaran, Kharan-Washuk and Dera Bugti districts.
Government is making all out efforts to introduce 5G technology in Pakistan by 2020 to bring it at par with Developed economies in term of technology advancements.
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