3G Auction to be Monitored by Transparency International to Ensure Transparency
After the news on media that there are some doubtful appointments from Government in PTA and USF, now new news comes into front that 3G Auction will be monitored by Transparency International to ensure the transparency in the whole process. An agreement has been signed between Transparency International and PTA in which a task has [...]
3G Auction Becomes Question Mark due to Doubtful Appointments of Government
In this week a meeting was held at PM House regarding 3G Auction whispering of doubtful appointments are question mark in the whole 3G auction process, recently divisive appointment of chairman PTA and taking away of the CEO of Universal Service Fund (USF) are emerging new scandals in the time of 3G auction process. Appointment [...]
PTA Advertises for Consultancy Services of 3G Spectrum Auction
In the meeting held under the Chairmanship of Dewan Ashiq Hussain Bukhari of National Assembly Standing Committee on last Thursday where Chairman PTA siad that an advertisement campaign would be launched in next week. So an advertisement is published by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in the newspapers that RFP (Request for Proposal) for the consultancy [...]
National Assembly Standing Committee Directs to do Early Auction of 3G License
National Assembly Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat while expressing serious concern over delay in the process of awarding 3G license asked the PTA to complete the auction without further delay. The meeting held under the Chairmanship of Dewan Ashiq Hussain Bokhari recommended that a transparent board may be constituted for the PTA which must ensure [...]
Is New Hope for 3G License Auction Mature By End of This Year?
Auction of 3G license is still pending, rumors and new hopes from govt officials and concern authorities are acknowledging their best to ensure the execution of auction process will held earlier, and this regard by the end of November 2012 will wind up the matter of 3G auction. Eventually, till now there is hardly any [...]
PTA Accused of Delaying 3G Auction
PTA is delaying the auction for 3G licenses – which is likely to generate up to one billion dollar for the federal government – by not issuing finalized date for auction, Secretary Information Technology, Farooq Awan told Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly yesterday. The newly elected chairman of the committee, Nadeem Afzal Gondal, chaired [...]
Government Seeks PML (N)’s Consent for 3G Licensing
PPP Government is all anxious to embrace millions of dollars that it anticipate from the auction of 3G licensing in Pakistan. Although PML (N) has started an anti-government movement from Taxila, Gillani led govt is pretty hopeful to convince the oppsistion for holding 3G licensing in Pakistan. In this regard, govt has carefully established a contact with PML (N) and requested [...]
PTA to Revise 3G Information Memorendum
PTA is going to revise the information memorendum for auction of 3G spectrum license once the process of hiring of Onternational Consultants is finalized by the PTA, told Dr. Muhammad Yasin while briefing National Assembly’s Sub-Committee on Information Technology yesterday. Briefing the committee, Dr. Yasin said the Information Memorandum will be revised completion of the consultant process. The governemnt [...]
Cellular Operators Seem Happy For Delay of 3G License Auction
Cellular Operators seems happy with the indefinite delay of 3G auction, blaming authority for its silent attitude as if they were willing for bringing hi-tech and costly services in the country. Operators were observed forcibly pushed toward 3G license auction through by telecom authority after inviting new players but in fact they were reluctant to [...]
3G Deployment Discussed at TeleCON 2012
SHAMROCK Conference International organized 5th Pakistan 2012 Telecommunication conference at Karachi. On that occasion 3G auction was a popular discussion topic on which various persons spokes. Chairman PTA, Dr. Muhammad Yasin, in his keynotes said that,” for launching 3G technology Pakistan is facing regulatory, technology and economic challenges. The regulator has to deal with maintaining [...]
CCP has Nothing to do with 3G Auction
Competition Commission of Pakistan will do nothing with 3G Auction in the country. CCP has clarified its position on the auction issue and categorically sidelined itself with the process. It is not the mandate of Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) to certify 3G auction process, however, we can observe the concern in such matter, said [...]
Warid Interested to Get 3G License
Warid Tel’s top management is keen to acquire 3G license as it has decided to participate in the upcoming auction of 3G license in order to provide advanced services to their customers in the future. Warid will try all options to remain at par with its competitors in order to become favorite network of customers, [...]
Presidential Aide Attending PTA Auction Meetings
Express Trubune has recently reported that President’s Secretary General Salman Farooqi’s has started attending the 3G Auction Meetings. It should be mentioned here that Farooqu is not a member of committee. Exprert from Express Tribune report follows: While the stakeholders are alarmed and doubts are raised on the transparency in the auction, President’s aide in [...]
Failure to Launch 3G License May Hit Economy
If the govt fails to launch 3G license during the present financial year 201-12 the country’s economy will face strong pressure, as it was predictable to produce Rs. 75 billion. The failure of launching of the 3G spectrum till the end of June 30 this year will leave influential negative impact and will further swelling the already widen budget deficit [...]
3G License Auction Could Get Postponed
The 3G License Auction to be held on March 29th, 2012 of which the PTA Chairman have given assurance recently could get postponed. Earlier it was just the EOIs of consultant due date (March 26th) indicating on this, but now we also have the official announcement of pre-bid meeting due on March 5 postponed to [...]
