Anusha Rehman, Minister for
State for IT and Telecommunication, on her meeting with Turkish Ambassador
Babur Girgin, has given a sign of another round of 3G/4G spectrum auction. It
seems that Pakistan may undergo another round of bandwidth auction in coming months.
“As market forces have
already expressed their appetite for more spectrum, we intend to hold a
next round of Spectrum auction in near future”, noted Ms. Rehman.
Anusha Rehman thoroughly explained the Turkish
Ambassador about the successful 3G/4G bandwidth auction held by government in
2014. In which four Telecom companies took part; Moblink, Zong, Ufone and
Telenor. She highlight the tremendous work done by the mobile operators, now
they are expecting to buy more spectrum due to increase in demand.
Eying the opportunity and
intended to invite Turkish telecom operators to Pakistan, Anusha
also explain the ambassador about an opportunity that 850Mhz spectrum is
available for the new mobile operator. Pakistan telecommunication Authority is seeking
advice for the next round of auction. It will be a good step taken by the
government to empower the telecoms companies
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