PTA Ensuring Affordable Communications Access To Consumers: Chairman, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Muhammad Naveed

Chairman, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Muhammad Naveed on Thursday said initiation of implementation of 5G policy directive for taking broadband to maximum speed and issuance of third party service provider license for increasing financial inclusion are major initiatives taken to ensure modern ICT services to people.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Dec, 2018 ) :Chairman, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Muhammad Naveed on Thursday said initiation of implementation of 5G policy directive for taking broadband to maximum speed and issuance of third party service provider license for increasing financial inclusion are major initiatives taken to ensure modern ICT services to people.

The government of Pakistan has entrusted us with task of providing state-of-the-art ICT services to people, he said this in his welcome address at inaugural session of a three-day (December 13-15) 19th-Meeting of South Asian Telecom Regulators Council (SATRC-19), organized here by PTA in collaboration with Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT).

The Chairman said PTA has been an active member of SATRC and would continue to share its regulatory wisdom and regulatory skills with regional regulators.

The agenda for SATRC this year includes topics of concern for developing countries on critical issues like digital infrastructure and new technologies, increasing broadband penetration, spectrum management, technology & policy considerations and innovation towards 5G era.

He said while creating smarter communities, PTA ensures affordable and broad-based communications access to the consumers.

Muhammad Naveed said Device Identification Registration & Blocking System (DIRBS) has been introduced for proper registration of mobile handsets while online No Objection Certificate (NoC) portal for import of handsets and online interactive remote education initiative are some of recent success stories of PTA which will be shared with other regulators through this meeting.

Similarly, PTA favours learning from experiences of APT countries and to find solutions to common issues and areas of common interest and collaborations.

This may be noted that SATRC conducts training programmes and research activities with help of experts from member countries of the Council.

The Council meeting is an annual meeting of Heads of member countries where SATRC Action Plans are discussed and approved.

The meeting is being attended by delegates from different countries like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran,Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and representatives from regionaland national telecom multi-national companies.