PTA to Encourage Local Content Providers

Just recently we wrote on importance of local content generation and its important for broadband and ICT uplift in the country.

Now in this conference held yesterday over the on the same topic, and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has said that it will encourage and facilitate local content providers to participate in the ICT based economy growth in the country.

So if you have ideas, potential get in touch with PTA to discuss the prospects. PTA’s contact details can be found on its website.

Following is the conference coverage from The News

In view of the importance of local contents and applications for future promotion of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) industry and infrastructure, PTA in collaboration with Motorola organized an exclusive conference on “Promoting ICT Sector” here in Islambad.

Secretary IT & Telecom, Naguibullah Malik, Chairman PTA, Dr Mohammed Yaseen, Member (Finance) PTA, Syed Nasrul Karim Ghaznavi, Member (Technical) PTA, Dr Khawar Siddique Khokhar, leading representatives from IT & telecommunication sector and renowned academic & research scholars attended the conference.

Through this conference, a unique platform was provided to potential content providers to present their applications and ideas linked with ICT usage and development. Nine (9) local content providers displayed their applications during the conference which were highly appreciated by the ICT industry. This conference was planned to spot the latest access technologies in the country and understand the challenges faced by telecom industry in terms of high cost of ownership and OPEX.

Speaking at the conference Secretary IT & Telecom said for the promotion of ICT sector in Pakistan, there is an acute need of bringing consensus among the government, IT Industry, Telcos and academia to map out effective strategies for the best utilization of available opportunities in this sector.

In this regard, he appreciated this initiative of PTA for providing an important platform for some constructive dialogue and discussion. Secretary IT drew attention of the participants to four main focus areas which could give a boost to the development of ICT sector. Those areas include IT & Telecom education, research, entrepreneurship and local industries.

He said that to carry out productive work in these areas, support of an efficient policy is also mandatory, for which the government is working extensively and soon this policy will be introduced to the industry.

PTA Chairman Dr Mohammed Yaseen said the telecom sector of Pakistan has shown a rapid growth in the last few years. Especially the voice segment has been leading the other segments of telecommunication. “Today, we have around 97.6 million cellular subscribers with total teledensity reaching to 63.5 per cent.”

However, the sector is still under-served as far as broadband is concerned. He said that the key issue in further development of data segment is non-availability of local contents and applications which can contribute towards formulation of ICT-based economy.

He also highlighted the role of academia as a potential contributor of this sector. He said that a few educational institutes in Pakistan are already engaged in conducting useful research work but the contributory role of academia at large is, unfortunately, a ‘missing link’. At present, Pakistan’s telecom sector is in dire need of establishing strong academia linkage with industry and government to accelerate future technical excellence and entrepreneurship.

He said: “we need to encourage the participation of all stakeholders in this effort so that the issues,” problems and barriers faced by the industry in the promotion of ICT sector may be highlighted and addressed properly hence the appropriate way outs to those problems can also be identified.

In reference to its endeavors for the development of ICTs in Pakistan, Dr Yaseen said that PTA has taken a number of initiatives to launch and promote new innovative solutions for the betterment of telecom industry and society and would continue its efforts till the set objectives are achieved completely.


  • “…..Nine (9) local content providers displayed their applications during the conference which were highly appreciated by the ICT industry……”

    It will be great if ProPakistani.com could publish the details of these 9 companies for the benefit of local readership.

    Coverage of these pioneers local content development companies/individuals will also encourage these companies.


  • Get Alerts

    Follow ProPakistani to get latest news and updates.


    ProPakistani Community

    Join the groups below to get latest news and updates.



    >