{"id":68206,"date":"2017-10-12T11:32:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T06:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/?p=68206"},"modified":"2017-10-12T11:32:37","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T06:32:37","slug":"ajk-gilgit-baltistan-to-get-3g4g-services-by-feb-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/2017\/10\/12\/ajk-gilgit-baltistan-to-get-3g4g-services-by-feb-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"AJK, Gilgit-Baltistan to get 3G\/4G services by Feb 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

KARACHI:<\/strong> Pakistan Telecommunication Authority\u2019s (PTA) plan to bring fast-paced information technology services \u2013 3G\/4G \u2013 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) is expected to materialise by February next year, reveals an official.<\/p>\n

The arrival of 3G\/4G in these far-off areas will bring socio-economic change in the entire region and also benefit those situated along China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) routes in AJK and G-B.<\/p>\n

PTA has already sought expressions of interest (EoI) for hiring a consultant or consultancy firm for working out the base price and design of the auction process for the next generation mobile services (NGMS).<\/p>\n

The subscribers of 3G\/4G in Pakistan have risen to 44.4 million and PTA expects to see a fair number of interested users in AJK and G-B who are eager to receive this service, which will swiftly connect them with the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

The technology will help boost tourism, local economy and also create job opportunities for the local people.<\/p>\n

In general, transportation in the area is very difficult, but the arrival of 3G\/4G can greatly help resolve this issue and ensure better connectivity for all.<\/p>\n

The broadband technology will also give a boost to commerce in these areas. \u201cNGMS in these areas will bring an investment of more than $100 million over the next two to three years,\u201d said IT expert Parvez Iftikhar.<\/p>\n

People of AJK and G-B are heavily dependent on remittances and the 3G\/4G service will provide people with easy access. The hospitality industry and tourism value chain will also improve as it will make online marketing more efficient and effective.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw appetite for this modern technology when I visited Kashmir last year, not only the locals will avail themselves of this service, but it will also benefit a huge number of tourists who visit these areas every year,\u201d said Aslam Javed, a resident of Faisalabad.<\/p>\n

AJK and G-B have approved the policy for introducing 3G\/4G services and asked PTA to make arrangements for the NGMS spectrum auction.<\/p>\n

According to the policy, PTA will hire a local consultant who would hold consultation with cellular service providers of Pakistan and relevant AJK and G-B departments in order to suggest a base price after studying telecom markets of these areas.<\/p>\n

Telcos allowed network sharing for better service<\/p>\n

Experts say these kinds of auctions are not an everyday occurrence and finding a consultant for the 3G\/4G auction in AJK and G-B is really a difficult task as such consultants are rare around the world.<\/p>\n

If PTA cannot find a consultant, it will make a decision by January or February next year without any suggestions from the consultant, said PTA spokesman while talking to The Express Tribune.<\/p>\n

Source: Express Tribune<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority\u2019s (PTA) plan to bring fast-paced information technology services \u2013 3G\/4G \u2013 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) is expected to materialise by February next year, reveals an official. The arrival of 3G\/4G in these far-off areas will bring socio-economic change in the entire region and also benefit those …<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17,4682],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-featured"],"better_featured_image":{"id":66230,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":360,"height":328,"file":"2017\/06\/3g-4g-01.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"3g-4g-01-260x250.jpg","width":260,"height":250,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3g-4g-01.jpg?resize=260%2C250&ssl=1"},"jetpack-portfolio-admin-thumb":{"file":"3g-4g-01-50x50.jpg","width":50,"height":50,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3g-4g-01-50x50.jpg"},"150x150":{"file":"3g-4g-01-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"source_url":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3g-4g-01-150x150.jpg"},"120x85":{"file":"3g-4g-01-120x85.jpg","width":120,"height":85,"source_url":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3g-4g-01-120x85.jpg"},"415x260":{"file":"3g-4g-01-415x260.jpg","width":415,"height":260,"source_url":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3g-4g-01-415x260.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"Konstantin Sutyagin","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1","keywords":[]}},"post":66229,"source_url":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3g-4g-01.jpg"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3g-4g-01.jpg?fit=360%2C328&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68207,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68206\/revisions\/68207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}