The 5G launch in Pakistan keeps on getting delayed. At first, it was expected to be deployed around December this year but was soon delayed to early 2023. After March 2023, it was delayed to June, but now we should expect it in July 2023, says IT and Telecommunications Minister Syed Amin ul Haq.
While announcing the new date, the IT Minister vowed that the initiative would help boost the IT industry as well as exports at an impressive rate. He made the announcement during a ceremony at the UBIT Career Fest 2022, organized by the Department of Computer Science of the University of Karachi. He added that he is confident the new deadline would be met without any further delay.
The minister remarked that exports from the IT sector increased significantly compared to exports from other sectors.
Our IT industry has already witnessed robust growth. As compared to the other 43 ministries of Pakistan, the highest increase in exports has been registered by the IT and telecommunication sector. The exports of other ministries increased by 2 to 3% only over the last couple of years while the exports of IT and telecom jumped by 47.44% during the same period. It reflects the potential which we need to capitalise on.
He also said that the industry and universities can help meet the needs of future jobs and help IT graduates grab growing opportunities offered by IT companies. The government is also facilitating IT startups with huge funding rounds of around $373 million.
Countries around the world are still struggling to get stable and reliable 5G. Regions including the UK still get poor 5G connections in a lot of cities and it remains to be seen how the next generation of mobile networks performs in Pakistan. We also recommend taking the July launch date with a grain of salt.
Hahahaha 5G good jock . Pkistan let it improve the current 1.5G . We here can not complete either local calls and be shouting hello hello hello. You are talking about 5G looks really so funny .
Million $ Question is what Policy is with PTA & MoIT to ask MNO’s to complete rollout of 4G/LTE. Pakistan’s 60% area is still 2G/3G & only 35~40% is on 4G/LTE.
Instead of Millions $ more expenses on 5G when we don’t have US$ & we are not able to import simple 60K$ stuff due to restrictions by SBP. We need to save $ & implement real 4G/LTE firstly. Rest Policy Makers knows. This Govt must focus on SBP restriction’s of IT/Telecom stuff (Chapter 84 & 85). Lets collect Taxes instead of pushing peoples to do hand carry & illegal imports. @FBR @MoIT @SBP @PSEB @PTA
Agreed, they should focus on proper connectivity of 3g and 4g, even as of today we dont have proper 4G networks.
Good
Agreed..
Still in our Peshawar villages area haven’t 2G or 3G 4G didn’t work properly…
All the Towers are Rubbish n lack of electricity we haven’t proper signals to call n talk someone…All the Services are Vanished
Our 4G internet by telcos is pathetic. Moreover, 5G will train your phone’s battery extremely fast. Instead of launching 5G they should focus on providing 500mbps speed on 4G network.
Hahhhhaaaaa. Now while I am using the 4g become E in signal jazz network.
Shahbaz sb aye air tqrraki shuro. Wo thek kr lain gy in sb ko
Kya mazedar joke mara ha PTA walo na very impressive first of all you improve 4g network than you talk about the 5g Pakistani government is going to be crazy as well as our shareef khanadan
Pakistan ma 4G tkh tara chal ni raha or ya bagarat 5g launch karna janrahanhn lakh di lant