Engineering Post Report
The dynamically evolving Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) hold critical importance for fueling the country’s economy by acting as a catalyst of change and enablement across all other sectors.
The Telecommunication market in Pakistan is open and de-regulated , offering level playing field to all operators.
The sector was de-regulated way back in 2003 after the promulgation of the De-Regulation Policy. Resultantly, two new cellular mobile licenses were awarded to M/s Telenor and M/s Warid through open auction. Later on, China Mobile acquired Paktel and started providing mobile cellular services.
Additionally, multiple Long Distance & International (LDI) and Local Loop licenses were also granted to local and international companies. Frequency spectrum was also auctioned to different companies for Wireless Local Loop (WLL) operations.
