Chairman PTA, Muhammad Naveedinaugurated the project “Seamless broadband coverage from Hub to Jiwani: MakranCoastal Highway” worth PKR 759 Millionat a ceremony held on Tuesday in Islamabad.
In this connection, contract of the project was signed by USF with Ufone. Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund, Rizwan Mustafa Mir signed the contract with CEO-Ufone, Rashid Khan.
In order to execute this project, 58 BTS towers will be installed in a contracted time frame of 18 months. To take this further, all major motorways and highways will be facilitated through seamless connectivity in future.
Chief Guest of the ceremony, Muhammad Naveed, Chairman PTAwhile addressing the ceremony stated that that with constant dedication anddevotion, we have achieved yet another milestone. He further said that theevent marked one of the greatest landmarks achieved in the field of Telecom inPakistan and would go a long way in taking the developmental work being done bythe Ministry to a greater level. He also added that with such projects,Ministry for IT through USF would continue to work towards achieving themission of broadband penetration across the country to facilitate the masses inrural areas. He said that in addition to Broadband Infrastructure, he expectedUSF to launch new e-services and m-services to facilitate digital lifestyleadoption for the people of Pakistan.
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CEO-USF,Rizwan Mustafa Mir also gave an introduction of the project and informed theaudience that thisis the first project under the next Next Generation-Broadband for SustainableDevelopment programme with focus on broadband coverage to allow for seamlessoperation of modern APPS. Furthermore, this will be the first network inPakistan where the winning bidder will be required to enable nationalsubscriber roaming for other consumers to benefit from the service.
Chairman PTA inaugurates the project for seamless broadband coverage to Makran Coastal Highway
Speaking at the occasion, Rashid Khan, President and CEO Ufone said, “Universal Service Fund (USF) was established to promote the development of telecommunication services in un-served and under-served areas throughout the length and breadth of the country. At Ufone we resonate the same goal of providing telecommunication services to every Pakistani. The project has a special significance, as an important highway in Balochistan will be connected through broadband services under this initiative.”
It is noteworthy to mention here that under this project, seamless voice and broadband services will be provided to the coastal highway of 694 kms and for the first time in Pakistan national roaming is also being made available.
Senior officials of Ministry of IT, Ufone, USF and representatives of IT and Telecom companies were also present at the event.
