NEWS
MOITT LAUNCHED 2 PROJECTS WORTH PKR 1 BILLION FOR 4G LTE CONNECTIVITY IN THARPARKAR & GWADAR DISTRICTS
28th October, 2022
Islamabad: Friday, 28th October 2022: Federal Minister for Information Technology (IT) and Telecommunication, Syed Amin-Ul-Haque said that we own the urban and rural areas of Sindh. We are continuously rolling out Broadband, OFC and other connectivity projects for these areas without any discrimination. A project worth more than PKR 870 million has been approved for providing mobile and high-speed internet services in Tharparkar district.
This project, which will be completed in 18 months, will provide mobile and broadband facilities to more than 72,000 residents of various un-served villages spread over an area of 10,432 sq. km.
In an official statement, Syed Amin-Ul-Haque said that the broadband project has also been approved at a cost of 188.1 million rupees for over 15,000 people in 19 villages of Gwadar Balochistan.
IT Minister said that the completion of these projects will provide an opportunity to the residents of the un-served, under-served and remote areas of Balochistan and Sindh not only to connect with the digital world but also find convenience in their daily routines, their businesses and other needs with this connectivity.
The Federal IT & Telecom Minister congratulated the USF Board of Directors, its Chairman Additional Secretary MoITT, Mr. Mohsin Mushtaq Chandna and CEO, Mr. Haaris Mahmood Chaudhary for launching these projects. He said that with the projects of providing broadband services in the un-served, under-served areas of the country under USF expending Connectivity Network, on the other hand, the performance of the USF is being appreciated globally. GSMA Asia Pacific and ITU have praised USF's structure and project methodology in this regard, he added.
It is worth mentioning here that on the directive of Minister IT & Telecom the Universal Service Fund (USF) Board approved award of 2 contracts worth approx. PKR 1.06 billion to Telenor and Ufone for the un-served and under-served communities of Baluchistan and Sindh provinces here on Friday.
The Chief Executive Officer of USF, Haaris Mahmood Chaudhary briefed Board members about the progress of the current projects and said, “These projects will empower around 87,266 people living in 79 muazas of Tharparkar district in Sindh and Gwadar district in Balochistan.
The Board meeting was attended by Maj. Gen (R) Amir Azeem Bajwa, Chairman-PTA; Muhamad Omar Malik, Member- Telecom, Ministry of IT and Telecommunication; Kaukab Iqbal, Chairman-Consumer Association of Pakistan; Imran Akhtar Shah, VP- Super Net Pvt Ltd and senior management of USF.