Draft of Pakistan’s first telecom policy ready

The Minister of State for IT chaired a meeting on Thursday, in which international consultant hired for “Reviewing and integrating current Telecommunications Policies” briefed the meeting about his key findings and policy suggestions about various aspects of the telecommunications sector. The meeting was also attended by senior officials from the MoIT, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Frequency Allocation Board (FAB).

The minister hoped that policy would be forward looking and focus should be made on promoting latest trends and services. She emphasised that the policy should enable and encourage local manufacturing, content and application development.

During the meeting, expected provisions of the new policy regarding interconnection, VoIP, Licensing Framework, Broadband services and Public Wi-Fi etc. were extensively discussed. All public sector stakeholders were given full chance to comment and present their views.

The minister said that the policy will be aimed at achieving universally available and affordable telecom services to all users to benefit the economy and society.

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