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Pakistan has Tremendous Potential for Broadband Services :Chairman PTA

Islamabad: The Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Shahzada Alam Malik has
said that there is tremendous potential of broadband services in Pakistan and it will be the essential part of life in the
future. He said this while speaking as chief guest at a â??Wimax Seminarâ?? arranged by South Asia Middle East
North Africa (SAMENA) Telecommunications Council here today.

The Chairman PTA said that we should look for futuristic technologies. Broadband technologies are being considered
essential for long-term and sustained economic development of a country. Broadband sets-up the basic criteria
required for the convergence of computing, telecommunication and broadcasting. He said that it is unequivocally
essential for corporate, commercial and individual applications. Broadband technologies have enabled a range of
online activities such as banking, shopping, video-streaming, telemedicine, E-learning, and so on.

He said that demand for broadband services is increasing with increased use of data communication. Itâ??s success
is closely related to its affordability to a common man. He said that presently, broadband services are not affordable
and the incumbent operator has important role to play in this regard. The regulatory environment for the broadband is
highly favorable.

Chairman said that among all broadband technologies, WiMAX brings together diverse technologies such as cellular,
broadband wireless, WiFi, and wireline, offering solutions to fill gaps and virtually reach all spaces and environments
with high-speed data transfers, multimedia environments, and rich content experiences that consumers demand. This is
a right solution for Pakistan environments, he added.

He said that PTA has been in continuous consultation with the industry to ensure that all regulatory measures are
in-place to enable broadband proliferation and is eliminating hurdles in the way of development of Wi-MAX and other
broadband technologies.

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Chairman said that PTAâ??s recent determination & efforts on Domestic & International leased circuits, APC,
purchase of equipment for QoS and monitoring Grey traffic, are all aimed at providing state-of-the-art services to
common man on affordable prices.

Member (Technical) PTA Dr Muhammad Yasin, while giving detailed presentation, said that Pakistan has presently 2.4
million internet subscribers with approximately 12 million users. Similarly, broadband subscribers are not much owing
to high cost of the service available. He said PTA has taken all possible measures to pave way to this technology. He
said that industry players should introduce new technologies.

On this occasion Mr Thomas W. Wilson and Riaz A. Siddiqui of SAMENA Telecommunications also gave presentations
on the future of Wimax technology in Pakistan and efforts which are being made to make this service available to all
areas of Pakistan.

It may be mentioned that WiMax is a revolutionary development in the broadband arena which enables users to access
all kinds of broadband services in a converged manner including IPTV, Video on demand, video telephony
tele-conferencing etc.

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