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The-News-Special-Issue-On-Digital-Pakistan The News SPECIALREPORT Friday, June 2, 2017 Three 3G/4G Auctions yield Record PKR 205,884 Billion: The three auctions of 3G/4G Next Generation Four glorious years spectrum Licenses since 2014 has resulted in total contribution of PKR 205.884 Billion (including tax) to treasury. It’s to the credit of Minister IT & Telecom Ms Anusha Rahman Khan and team to execute the three auctions in a transparent and forBroadband IT for & telecom sector successful manner. sustainable 96% Growth in IT The last PPP government failed to conduct the Development: Exports in last 4 years Broadband Every unconnected vil- 3G/4G Auction during its tenure. A clear and well & Strong Growth in lage with 100 population Local IT Industry. laid out professional policy concluded by the Users from less will be connected by Auction Supervisory Committee headed by Senator than 3 million in 2014 2018. Pakistan’s IT exports Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Minister for Finance, jump to over 42 Million: Under a mas- groew by 96%. Over the Revenue, Statistics & Privatization yielded PKR Due to successful auction of 3G/4G sive Connectivity last four years IT & ITES Program of con- are estimated to have 119.796 billion (including tax) in an auction licenses, Broadband penetration in necting the un- Pakistan has increased from less than 3 c o n n e c t e d , crossed $2.9 billion a conducted in 2014. This yield was much greater year including exports than the budgetary estimates made for the million in 2014 to over 42 million now. the Ministry This has allowed better connectivity, of IT & Tele- generated by IT auction. Later on the Auction Supervisory reception and introduction of Digital com has pro- companies and Committee was headed by Minister of State for Applications. People in Pakistan now vided tele- freelancers. Total Information Technology Ms. Anusha Rahman Khan communicate, share video/audio, shop and c o m revenue of IT industry for the two consecutive auctions held in 2016 & bank and do business in the most modern services to over 10,000 including exports and 2017. Due to growth of the market and the way and comparable to any country in the Villages in domestic revenue is proactive professional policy management by all world. Productivity has increased manifold the remotest estimated to be around stakeholders ensured that the remaining frequency due to faster upload and download speeds parts of the Minister of State for IT & Telecom Ms Anusha Rehman Khan receives $3.4 billion this year. spectrum lots were further successfully auctioned of 3G/4G networks. As announced by c o u n t r y . “GSMA Government Leadership Award 2017” at the Global Mobile Minister of State for IT Ms. Anusha Around 7000 Awards in Barcelona Pakistan Software at winning prices of PKR 48.095 billion and PKR Export Board is Rahman Khan, now Pakistan is kms of fiber optic Control over Grey Traffic: from some 35.339 billion (including taxes) in the FY 2015-16 preparing for the test of 5G services, is being laid to con- 2 billion minutes before ICH facilitating IT growth Legal traffic increases regime to less than 400 million and FY 2016-17 respectively. which will further improve the nect the remotest from less than 400 million with Software The Auction Supervisory Committees ensured to parts of the country minutes. The ICH regime also led quality, and range of under Broadband for Sus- minutes to over 1.5 billion to exponential increase in call Technology parks. A set right kind of base prices of USD 395 Million broadband services in minutes. rates for oversees Pakistanis and Software Technology tainable Development Pro- The phenomenon of grey traf- provided arbitrage for the grey and USD 295 Million for 10 MHz blocks in 2016 Pakistan. gramme, every 100 population fic was one of the key concerns in traffickers resulting in serious Park is being setup in and 2017 auctions respectively which led to unconnected village will be 2012 due to uncalled for conse- concerns among overseas Pak- Islamabad with Korean optimal sale of the scarce asset of the State. provided connectivity by 2018. quences of ICH regime. The legal istanis. Exim Bank financing. incoming minutes were reduced Continued on page II II The News SPECIALREPORT THEPOWEROFDIGITALPAKISTAN Friday, June 2, 2017 Four glorious years for IT & telecom sector Latest applications trend after Continued from page I The present government after taking office in June 2013 handled the issue on priority. Ministry of IT & Telecom under the leadership of Minister of State for IT Ms. Anusha Rahman Khan reinvigorated the essence of de-regulation in the LDI sector and hence discontinued the ICH regime in nformation andbroadband Communication Tech- creasingly changed with the growth digital networks in Pakistanments have now launched payment of traffic June 2014 and most aggressively fought all cases and got the nologies (ICTs) are the key enabler for that have huge impact on personal and busi- 'challans' through mobile money solutions. revised policy directive implemented in letter and spirit. A key the sustainable economic development ness relationships. According to the World Eco- SBP and PTA have also provided necessary ingredient of the revised directive was to put APC on zero for and technological revolution in a coun- nomic Forum (WEF), this is now considered as regulatory framework for Third Party Services try. Implementation of comprehensive the fourth industrial revolution which is evolv- Providers (TPSPs), Payment System Operators and collaborative ICT policies and pro- ing at an exponential pace and transforming (PSOs) and Payment Service Providers (PSPs), gramsI can be differentiating factors in achiev- the entire systems of production, management which will play a catalyst role for the expan- ing sustainable fiscal and social targets of na- and governance. sion of interoperable financial and payment so- tional development agenda. A big step in this In Pakistan, the major hurdle in ICT prolif- lutions in the economy. direction was introduction of mobile broad- eration was the unavailability of sufficient Some of the local portals have emerged as band services (3G and 4G) in Pakistan in 2014 bandwidth, which was addressed by spectrum leading online businesses in Pakistan. The auto and onwards, that are serving as bedrock for auction in 2014. Both operators and broadband portal PakWheels has emerged as the leading modernisation of ICTs in the country. users in Pakistan responded overwhelmingly online car classifieds in Pakistan. It has Latest ICTs are re-shaping the communica- and resulted in an exponential growth of reached a listing of over 160,000 cars, over tion norms in every facet of human society. The broadband subscription. Keeping in view the 24,000 motorcycles and is accessed by more traditional way of information flow has in- extra-ordinary demand for mobile broadband than 100,000 unique visitors every day. Za- and to facilitate further meen.com is the leading online real estate growth in broadband database that connects real estate dealers, de- services, Ministry of velopers, estate agencies with general buyers, 500,00 Used International IT & Telecom sellers and renters in Pakistan. Foodpanda, (MoIT) and Pakistan Pakistan's leading food delivery app, estimates 450,000 Internet Bandwidth Telecommunication Au- that it has generated a staggering one billion ru- (Mbit/s) thority (PTA) adopted a strategy pees in additional sales for the restaurant in- 400,000 to make the availability of required By Dr. Syed Ismail Shah Chairman PTA dustry during the last year. Rozee.pk enjoys an spectrum on continuous basis and system, which provides huge potential for mo- exalted standard as Pakistan's #1 job website 350,000 Minister of State for IT & Telecom Ms Anusha Rehman Khan thereby auctioned additional spec- bile payments and e-payments solutions. Pak- with plenty of nationwide vacancies advertised receiving Global achievement GEM TECK award by UN trum in 2016 and 2017. Now out of istan is also making good progress on the Busi- each day. Daraz.pk is the largest online shop- Women and ITU in New York 300,000 four mobile operators, three opera- ness to Business front as the software industry ping mall, which provide platform to multiple tors are providing the cutting edge 4G aims to achieve the goal of USD 5 billion export vendors and one-stop shop to consumers. the time being in order to ensure complete deregulated envi- 200,00 services. These policy decisions have mark by the year 2020. Approximately 10,000 These portals are now also providing mobile ronment around international incoming telephony. The imple- increased broadband subscribers new IT graduates are being produced every and online solutions for payments. mentation of the Revised Policy Directive, the LDI segment is 150,000 from 3.8 million, in June 2014, to 42.4 year. E-commerce can provide entrepreneur- Looking at the internet usage trends in Pak- fully deregulated resulting in increase of legal/white interna- million in a short period of only three ship and self-employment opportunities to the istan, the use of social media platforms and tional incoming traffic from less than 400 million to around 1.5 100,000 years, which is an exemplary policy- youth. search engines are the favorite activities of in- billion minutes/month now. The increase in legal traffic means induced growth for other sectors in In recent years, SBP and PTA have taken ternet users. Facebook is the most popular so- significant improvement both in terms of quality of service as 50,000 Pakistan. regulatory initiatives with a more focused ap- cial platform/website which handles more than well as revenues of the industry with proportionate increase in The fast proach towards financial inclusion by capital- 3 billion connections per day.
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