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PTA to ensure quality service to subscribers: Kaira
Staff Reporter
Islamabad—Federal Minister for Communications, Qamar-uz-Zaman Kaira
has said Pakistan Telecommunications Authority was taking effective
steps to ensure quality service to subscribers. Talking to PTV, he
said the PTA has completed coverage of over 40 percent out of the
specified 70 percent of the total country. The scope has been
enlarged to get more clear picture regarding the quality of service
provided by the cellular companies.
Kaira said PTCL was also striving to faclitate blind and mentally
retarded children to make them effective citizens of the country. In
this regard, many new projects were under process.
He told the basic theme of the telecom worldwide was :”Connecting
persons with disablities,” to provide people with special needs with
the right information to deprived community. He said, steps like
deregulation of telecom sector, simple and liberal licensing regime,
reduction in taxes and duties, tariff rationalization, removal of
bureaucratic hiccups and quality of service surveys are proved
drivers of growth for the telecom sector in Pakistan.
PTCL management has also announced broadband internet facilities for
its valued customers. PTCL customers can now provide services to
their clients without undertaking large scale investment in
infrastructure or developing expertise in running their own
networks, he added. He highlighted the main focus is being laid on
rural and remote areas to faclitate the rural masses.
He said, PTCL is Pakistan’s largest IP network, and it now presents
phone net, the most convenient landline internet solution that
converts your phone into a basic internet connection.
Under 3G, Emerging Markets Telecom, Information Technology,
Infrastructure, Networks, Wireless, the company not only has not
only grown itself, but also facilitated the growth of all telecom
sectors in Pakistan, he said. Most service providers in each and
every sector of Pakistan telecom sector have used PTCL
infrastructure for their service provision.
To a question, he said Pakistan Peoples Party will remove all
hurdles in the way of judges’reinstatement. To a another question he
said, PPP and PML (N) have some differences on the modalities for
the restoration of judges which hopefully would be removed soon.
He said the aim behind the judicial package is to bring reforms in
the judicial system for quick and cheap dispensation of justice.
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