Pakistan Telecommunication Authority and Ministry of IT and Telecom have said that they are welcoming any proposals, recommendations or input on draft IM for next-generation license auction.
Highly placed sources confirmed ProPakistani that the draft is open for consultation till March 10th, 2014 and both the bodies are consistently in touch with stakeholders to get their input.
MoIT said that the draft was shared with the industry with sole purpose of getting the input from industry and was not final as communicated in the draft itself.
The timeline, however, is important and will be strictly followed.
MoIT and PTA have said that they are open for any proposals and keenly interested to listen industry’s input. They confirmed that there are chances of changes in the draft IM – but only after deliberation — and same will be communicated via the channels that are in place.
PTA explicitly said that timeline will be strictly followed and filled applications along-with Pre-bid Deposit of 15% of base price for spectrum auction of 3G & 4G must reach as per scheduled date and time, or they will be returned un-opened and unaccepted.
Telcos had raised serious concerns over few matters regarding the auction of 3G/4G license auction that is planned for April 7th, 2014.
Below is the timeline for Spectrum auction of 3G/ 4G licenses:
- Publication of Information Memorandum: Feb 25th, 2014
- Consultation period ends: March 10, 2014
- Notification of changes in IM (if any): March 17, 2014
- Information session for prospective bidders (last opportunity for bidders to ask questions and get clarification on specifics of the auction): March 19, 2014
- Deadline for Submission of Sealed Bid: March 25th, 2014 – 4PM Pakistan Time
- Notification of Qualified Applicants: March 28th, 2014
- Final Auction: April 7th, 2014
3/4 G is useless when YouTube blocked, vpn blocked. What the hell people gonna do with 4G speed then.
WTF… you are goin to play youtube only, for your whole life… really amazed to see your blunder comment
3g/4g se pehle khul gaye gi youtube dont worry….
اگر ڈاکٹر عطا الرحمن وزیر سائنس یا وزیر آئی ٹی ہوتے تو اب 4جی ٹیکالنوجی سے مستفید ہورہے ہوتے، اگر پاکستان میں 3 جی یا 4 گ کی سہولیات شروع کی کر دی جائیں تو کیا پاکستان صرف 3 یا 4 بڑے شہروں تک ہی محدود ہے ؟؟
میں سعودی عرب میں مقیم ہوں 4جی کی سہولیات پورے ملک میں ہر خاص و عام کے لئے دستیاب ہے، بھلا کوئی شہر میں ہو یا پہاڑوں میں مقیم ہو۔
3G technology is very beneficial for the country, 1st it will bring economic stability in Pakistan, bring employment for the youth and most importantly it will provide better technology with high quality internet to the end users…..Hope for the best, and get the best..