Islamabad
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has granted six months permission to PMCL (Jazz) and CMPak (Zong) to conduct test and trial of 5G Technology under limited environment.
According to a press release issued here on Tuesday, the permission is limited to testing purpose only on non-commercial basis. In line with the policy directive of the government, PTA has issued “Framework for Test and Development of Future Technologies (Particularly Fifth Generation (5G) Wireless Networks in Pakistan)” in June 2019 for facilitating testing/trial only of 5G technology and related services in the country.
The release further said that commercial launch of 5th Generation services in Pakistan would be done in due course following a process involving policy directions by government and necessary regulatory approvals.—APP
