*ISLAMABAD – Pakistan to become among the top nations in Asia to introducethe 5G service.*
*Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications, Dr KhalidMaqbool Siddiqui on Tuesday hinted at introducing 5G (5th Generation)service next year saying it would attract huge foreign investment.*
The country has already been successfully experiencing 3G and 4G mobilebroadband technology and the number of users are increasing with eachpassing day.
“We need to introduce more innovative services in the mobile broadbandarena not only to facilitate consumers but also to attract precious foreigninvestment and meet modern requirements,” he said in an exclusive talk withAPP after planting a sapling here at National Telecommunication Corporation(NTC) Headquarters.
Dr Khalid Maqbool kicked off Plant for Pakistan campaign at NTC under which5,000 plants will be planted at its different sites throughout the country.
Managing Director NTC Brig (r) Viqar Rashid Khan and other senior officersof NTC were also present on the occasion.
Replying to a question, the Minister said, “The world is changing veryswiftly and to compete with other nations we need to adopt newtechnologies.”
Expressed the hope of keeping in view the importance of IT sector inPakistan, he said foreign companies would approach themselves to launch themodern 5G service.
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Foreign companies are also interested to invest in Pakistan which is a hugemarket for foreign investors and the 5th largest free-lancing country inthe globe.
When asked about priorities of the new government, he said, “We will takewith all good initiatives taken by previous regimes while shortcomingswould also be addressed. Our basic objective is to produce results whichshould be beneficial both for players and consumers.”
“We will start new projects that were supposed to be initiated by theprevious governments,” he said, regretting that the country can attractmore investments in case IT sector has been effectively focused.
Replying to another question, the Minister said, we will talk to concernedauthorities to rationalize the tax on Telco’s and telecommunicationcompanies.
Dr Khalid said smartphones and internet is the need of the hour throughwhich people can resolve many problems they face in their daily routines.
He said, Information Technology is the main tool to bring change in thecountry and we are responsible to use this tool effectively.
