3G Services to be Available in Pakistan by 2011 End

Posted on 16 January 2011 by PakBee - Total hits: 7,290

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The Secretary Cabinet Division, Mr. Abdur Rauf Chaudhry has said that 3G services would hopefully be available to the Pakistan mobile users by the end of 2011, while it is expected that the Policy for auction of 3G services licenses would soon be presented to the government and Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) for discussion and approval.

He said this while speaking at a seminar organized by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in collaborat0ion with Qualcomm and Central Asian Cellular Forum (CACF) at Islamabad on 3G mobile services.

The theme was “Opportunities for All: Development of 3G Devices in Pakistan”.

Chairman PTA, Dr. Mohammed Yaseen, moderated the ceremony. Delegates from Board of Investment, Pakistan Engineering Council, Ministry of IT, Representatives from Qualcomm, IT & telecom Industry experts, CEOs of telecom companies, International Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), Local Investors, Mobile Distributors, Academia and media representatives attended the seminar. The Secretary said that the local manufacturing of 3G handsets is very important and govt would consider the recommendations given by the Industry during the seminar.

On this occasion, Chairman PTA, Dr. Mohammed Yaseen said that by the end of this quarter we will be able to roll out plans for 3G services once the Policy is approved by the Government. He said that handset manufacturing is a vital segment of mobile Eco System, by the end of 2011, there will be an estimated sales volume of 300 million 3G mobile handset around the globe. Pakistan offers an excellent opportunity for investment in 3G handset manufacturing with availability of skilled manpower and upward growth of mobile market. He said that creation of a favorable climate for high value added, low cost R&D, production and marketing will certainly instigate investment window in the country.

During the seminar Chairman PTA also delivered a comprehensive presentation to highlight the worldwide practices regarding 3G manufacturing. He presented various investment incentives offered in various countries. Chairman also highlighted the present 3G handset market in Pakistan with necessary future roadmap to promote handset manufacturing industry in the country.

Mr. Raheel Kamal, Mr. Sanjeet Pandit and Mr. Hani Yassin of Qualcomm also made presentations highlighting magnitude and importance of 3G Manufacturing in Pakistan. During the seminar speakers of International fame focused on the pre-requisites for handset manufacturing proliferation such as incentives, mutual coordination, infrastructure development and technology research.

Mobile phone has become the biggest platform available today with almost 5 billion wireless subscribers, of which there are more than 1 billion 3G subscribers in the world. The 3G number is expected to grow to 2.8 billion by 2014. With upcoming 3G auction in Pakistan and network rollouts in the near future, the industry would be benefited from the data growth and exciting applications and services on the 3G networks. Various full-featured mobile operating systems such as Android, Windows, Java, Brew MP, etc., continue to drive the proliferation of mass-market Smartphones offering thousands of applications, services and mobile content.



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3 Responses to “3G Services to be Available in Pakistan by 2011 End”

  1. 3
    Faiza Shehzadi Says:

    i want very very very emergency to launch 3g in hafizabad pakistan
    otherwise i shell be mantel
    nazia faiza iqra naila rabia sonia sobia and many more

  2. 2
    Muhammad Bilal Says:

    @nadia Zahoor : 4G network isn’t available for mobiles yet but in test stage.
    After 3G , 3.5G is now available world wide. n 5G is not going to lunch until next 1 or 2 yrs or may b more.

    I have been watching this news ” 3G will lunch in end of this year ” since 2006 – 2007, when Nokia released 1st 3G phone. Next year they say same n so on and now its 2011 n still they’re saying in end of this year. I guess, Pakistan will get 3G or 3.5G whn 6G will introduce. n in mean time, we wont b able to use video call. 🙁

  3. 1
    nadia zahoor Says:

    now 3g and 4g is available in all world except Pakistan
    but don’t worry pakistani nation ,Wait and prepare yourself for launching 5G. be patience, at least we want to prove something unique than other world

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