Karachi: Pakistan Telecommunication
Authority (PTA) has announced that auction for License / Spectrum
regarding 3G/4G/LTE will be held on 28 & 29th March in a
transparent manner. This was announced in Second Investment Awareness
Conference held at Karachi on Saturday which was attended by Federal
Minister Finance Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh as Chief Guest, whereas
Chairman PTA Dr. Mohammed Yaseen briefed about the 3G Services in the
country and highlighted auction process and allied issues.
Addressing the Conference, Dr. Abdul
Hafeez Shaikh assured the investors that bidding of
3G License would be
transparent, fair and all rules and regulation would be followed
accordingly. He said that process of license auctioning would be
conducted on professional basis. The Federal Minister said that this
will increase opportunities in Education, Health, Agriculture and
banking sectors of the country, which will definitely yield to the
people of Pakistan.
Chairman PTA, Dr. Mohammed Yaseen
while briefing about the performance of Telecom Sectors and Auction
process said that with the launch of 3G, Pakistani cell phone
subscribers will be able to transmit and receive high speed data through
their mobile phones. High speed data means possibility of video calls,
internet browsing and downloading at a much higher speed which also
includes usage of data intensive applications.
Chairman International Chamber of
Commerce Karachi Mr. Tariq Ragoonwala said that today’s event marks
historic achievement of PTA, the technology which is available in many
countries would now benefit Pakistan consumers as well. He said that 3G
licensing is one of most important prospectus in the history of
Pakistan. Introduction of 3G license will boost-up social and economic
growth and will increase the revenue of operators as well as government,
he added.
Director General (Strategy &
Development) Mr. Waseem Tauqeer highlighted the silent futures of
Information Memorandum (IM). In the end of session Member (Technical)
Dr. Khawar Siddique Khokhar answered the questions raised by the
participants of the Conference. Large number of representatives from
Telecom Sectors and media men were also present during the event.