The Universal Service Fund (USF) Board supported four tasks worth around Rs. 2.14 billion to give high velocity web to roughly 2.2 million individuals in un-served and under-served spaces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa regions.
The Internet contracts granted to Telenor and Jazz and Optic Fiber Cable agreement to Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd. (PTCL).
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The Board likewise endorsed the USF’s spending worth roughly Rs. 18 Billion for the monetary year 2021-22. Its Federal Secretary for Ministry and Telecommunication and Chairman of USF Board, Dr. Sohail Rajput, led the 77th Board of Directors meeting of USF in Islamabad on Monday.
While tending to the gathering, Dr. Sohail said, “The Ministry of IT and Telecommunication through USF is guaranteeing sufficient admittance to correspondence frameworks for all residents for the acknowledgment of Digital Pakistan vision.”
The Federal Secretary additionally added that as exhorted by the Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication, Syed Amin Ul Haque, the Board has supported these undertakings to improve country populaces’ way of life, make occupations, and make admittance to taxpayer driven organizations simpler.
Haaris Mahmood Chaudhary, Chief Executive Officer of USF, informed Board about the continuous and impending activities. He invited Dr. Sohail Rajput as Chairman of the USF Board. “USF is resolved to give the computerized approach to interface the people groups with the Digital World by its undertakings and will reinforce organizations, foster vital coalitions and further extend its impression,” he added.
As per the subtleties, the Board supported the honor of agreements under the Next Generation Broadband for Sustainable Development (NGBSD) program worth around Rs. 1.19 billion to Telenor and Jazz that will profit an unserved populace of more than 1 million and an inexact unserved space of 6,280 sq. km.
Telenor is being granted the agreement of Okara, Pakpattan, and Sahiwal areas in Punjab that will serve an unserved populace of around 0.57 million out of 778 unserved muazas and a surmised unserved space of 1,540 sq. km.
Also, Jazz is being granted the agreement of Attock and Rawalpindi regions in the Punjab and Bannu, Lakki Marwat locale in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
This will profit an unserved populace of around 0.5 million of every 423 unserved muazas and roughly 4,740 sq. km of unserved region.
The Board likewise supported the honor of an agreement under the Optic Fiber Cable (OFC) program to PTCL for Layyah and DG Khan Districts in Punjab.
The OFC project is esteemed at roughly Rs. 950 million that targets laying of 469 km of OFC to interface 49 towns and association gatherings in this way giving Broadband admittance to an unserved populace of roughly 1.15 million.
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Other Board individuals containing Muhamad Omar Malik, Member-Telecom MoITT, Major General (R) Amir Azeem Bajwa, Chairman-PTA, Shabahat Ali Shah, CEO-NITB, Irfan Wahab, CEO-Telenor Pakistan, Imran Akhtar Shah, VP for Government Sales-Super Net Pvt Ltd and Nominee of Data Licensees, Kaukab Iqbal, Chairman-Consumer Association of Pakistan and Nominee of Consumer Group, and the executives of USF additionally went to the gathering.
