USF Launches Telecom Service Project for Balochistan

Universal Service Fund has given away one in all the biggest comes associated with Rural Telecom Services for Mastung ton (Balochistan) that are about to worth as high as PKR three.15 Billion.

A statement issued here has said that Federal Minister-IT, Raja Perviaz Ashraf witnessed the signing ceremony the project.

Mr. Ashraf was quoted as saying that through the agricultural Telecom Project in Mastung, basic telephony and information services are going to be provided to a population of seventy four,831 folks that resides in 102 un-served mauzas of Balochistan.


He said this ton consists of Mastung, Nushki and Ziarat Districts. He praised the USF team for following Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules throughout the bidding method.

He conjointly stated that Universal Service Fund has been terribly actively running comes for providing ICT connected services in Balochistan yet as remainder of the provinces. So far, rural telecom comes for Pishin, Nasirabad and Mastung ton that aim to produce basic telephony and information services in around one,062 unserved muzas are benefitting a population of 791 thousand. equally below another programme, forty four unserved tehsil headquarters together with twenty nine cities are going to be connected through optical fiber cable benefitting over five million population.

During chairing the twenty eighth USF Board Meeting, Minister IT conjointly approved launch of five New comes of rural telecom for next fiscal year 2012-13, particularly Kech, Kalat, Panjgoor, Sibi and Zhob heaps in Balochistan province. He conjointly approved launch of 3 new comes of Broadband programme for Western Telecom Region (Balochistan), Northern Telecom Region I and II (KPK), and lastly he conjointly approved the launch of optical fiber cable project for KPK Province.

USF has created immense progress in past 5 years. In Rural Telecom Programme, USF has provided basic telephony and information services in additional than three,600 unserved muzas. Broadband services are provided in 256 new  2nd and third tier cities/towns together with providing over four hundred,000 broadband connections whereas establishing over a thousand instructional Broadband centers (EBCs) and three hundred community Broadband centers (CBCs). below Optic Fiber Programme, over four,200 kms of latest optic fiber cable has been laid to attach fifty eight un-served tehsils and cities.

To take broadband net to the villages, USF has launched another Program particularly institution of Universal Telecenters (UTCs). With these achievements, USF has created a hit story for the public-private partnership entities nationally and internationally.