10 th October 2018
Pakistan at a Glance • Worlds 6 th Largest Nation- ~208 million population • Has a total area of 796,095 Km 2 • Diverse Geography Has 8 of the top 20 tallest mountains in the world More than 92,000 Km 2 of Deserts 25,220 Km 2 of Water Area Great Trango Tower • Tourist Heavens 20,623 ft
Telecommunication Canvas of Pakistan Source PTA
Bridging the Gap through USF Subsidy • Despite massive growth many areas remain Unserved & Under Served • USF Provides metro equivalent services in unserved & underserved areas TELCO EXPANSION USF SUBSIDY REVENUE BUSINESS CASE GOOD POOR
• • Difficult Terrain Extension in Implementation Time • Sparse Population • USF Service for Mauza with • Harsh Weathers Population of 100 and above • No Electricity • Mandatory Solar Power for all USF • No Backhaul BTS Sites • Poor Logistics • OFC Projects for Backhaul • Business Case Provisioning • CAPEX Subsidy up to 100% of Cost • OPEX Subsidy for first 3 Years
Public-Private-Partnership - rather than purely Public A Company – with a fully authorized Board of Directors PRIVATE PUBLIC USF Co. Board of Directors Minister of IT Nominee Cellular SPs Nom. Fixed-Line SPs Federal Secretary IT Member Telecom MoIT Nominee ISPs Nom. Consumer Groups CEO USF Chairman PTA
Government acts as a “Trustee”! Licensed Telecom Ministry of Cabinet Finance Division Service Providers 1 Rep. each USF Subsidy Deployment Payments Network “USF Policy Committee ” Ministry of IT USF Account with FTO • Project Designing • Competitive Bidding • ‘Company’ under Project Partner Selection • Companies Ord. 1984 Implementation Consumers • Payments after Tech Audit. USF Co.
BSD/ NG-BSD Broadband Optic Fiber Digital Inclusion Extension of Fiber Optic to extend the benefits of modern Broadband for • Fixed Broadband technologies to the marginalized Connectivity to unserved Sustainable • Primarily through DSL,EVDO sections of the society areas & WiMAX Development ICT for - Special People • Basic Telephony 2G/WLL - Girls • Mobile Broadband through 3G / 4G - Educational Institutions E-Commerce BROADBAND PROLIFERATION & DIGITAL INCLUSION
Telecommunication Coverage Status Before USF – 2006-07 TELEDENSITY 44.06% Unserved Area Served Area
BSD – Broadband for Sustainable Development Voice and Data 3G/4G CURRENT TELEDENSITY Total 6,725 74.3% Unserved Mauzas Covered till date USF Lots Being Covered Implemented Planned 18-19 Advertised Subject to Clearance
Project Planning & Implementation at a Glance 1- Data Collection Topography Sheets, Survey of Pakistan Co-ords of Villages SUPARCO Satellite Imagery Population Data Pakistan Census Organization Existing Telecom Infrastructure Telecom Operators Field Data Hired Consultants
Project Planning & Implementation at a Glance 2- Identification of Project Targets Establish Identify & Digitize Plot correlation mark villages Data Operators’ between Unserved with Software Data in GIS Data of SoP Areas / tools Tools & PCO villages
Project Planning & Implementation at a Glance 3- Project Implementation Evaluation of Tender for Open Bids and Contract Award Project Bidding Process Identification of after USF Implementation Launch Lowest Qualified Board’s Aproval Bidder
Broadband for Sustainable Development (BSD) Programme TARGET ! Providing Voice and Broadband Internet services to Mauzas in Unserved Remote and Rural Areas RTeS Basic BSD Voice Data NG-BSD Mobile 2007 Voice Broadband Evolution (256Kbps) Mobile Voice Broadband 2015 (512 kbps) 2018
Broadband Voice centric centric (Enhanced User behavior shifting to app-centric , Data Rates) Data Rate in USF Areas WERE: NEW Data Rates for APP coverage Data Rate in USF Areas WERE: Downlink – 50 kbps Downlink – 512 kbps Downlink – 256 kbps Uplink – Not Defined Uplink – 128 kbps Uplink – 64 kbps 2G/WLL Services Backhaul for 2G and 3G 4G Services NG-BSD Scope • Higher Data Rates • Seamless app coverage • National Roaming where applicable • Projects to provide coverage along National Highways and Motorways
NG-BSD : Plan for Current FY • Dadu Lot • Hyderabad Lot • Bahawalpur Lot • Bahawalnagar Lot & • Rahim Yar Khan Lot USF 3G Lots Potential NG BSD Lots Planned 5 NG BSD Lots
Salient Features Estimated Route Lengths • Next Generation Broadband Motorways and National Highways Infrastructure for un/under served Total Served Unserved Province Route routes routes segments of Motorways and Length Length Length Highways (Kms) (Kms) (Kms) Balochistan 4,129 243 3,886 • 512Kbps Downlink, 128Kbps Uplink Sindh 2,407 1,051 1,356 • Punjab 3,697 1,854 1,843 Mandatory Infrastructure Sharing Khyber 2,215 1,556 659 • National Roaming Pakhtunkhwa Total 12,448 4,704 7,744
Broadband Programme 479 Towns & Cities Covered & 784,279 subscribers Achieved TARGET ! Completed More than USF Projects • Establishment of Broadband Infrastructure 1,300 EBCs • In Progress Establishment of Broadband Centers and 370 CBCs USF Projects for Educational Institutions and Community established BB Evolution Primarily Fixed Broadband in BSD Unserved Urban Areas to 2009 Mobile Voice Broadband 2015
Optic Fiber Cable (OFC) Programme TARGET ! To connect unserved Tehsil Headquarters and Major Towns enroute with OFC About 7,000 kms of fiber laid connecting 84 Tehsil HQs and Towns Across Country
CURRENTLY: • ICT for Girls Initiative • ICT Labs in Women Empowerment Centers • ICT Labs in FDE Girl Schools • ICT4G Web portal • ICT Labs in Sweet Homes • ICT for People with Special Needs • E-Commerce
Women Empowerment Centers ICT Labs in WECs being run by Pakistan Bait-ul-Maal 100 Master Trainers trained by 100 Labs Established 20 Labs in Process
ICT for Girls Schools of FDE 202 Female Teachers Hired by USF & trained by To establish ICT Labs in Girls Schools being run by Federal Directorate of Education 226 Computer Labs Established
FDE and WEC Program Description Student-Teacher Collaboration Additional Resources for Coding Mobile Responsive www.ictforgirls.org.pk
Sweet Homes ICT Labs in Orphanages being run by Pakistan Bait-ul-Maal 12 Labs Established
Launched in Last FY: Targets are National Library of Pakistan and 5 Special Education Centers under CADD • Computer Labs with furniture, Specialized equipment & Software • Braille embosser, • Zoom text large Keyboard, • Joystick Mouse, • interactive console with gesture control sensor for autistic people Launched in last FY - Implementation in Progress
Launched in Current FY Objective: To empower Craft MSMEs via E-commerce Platform to increase Sales Success • Registration of MSMEs and products • MSME benefits from increase in online sales Volume 1 2 • E-commerce platform is self sustainable % increase in Sale Volumes Number of MSMEs REGISTERED ON AFTER E-commerce platform Registration on platform Leather Carpet Furniture Textile Jewelry Pottery
Looking Ahead: VISION AND MISSION VISION • Prepare Pakistan for the 4 th industrial revolution by enabling digital inclusion for all. MISSION • Re-focus on BB availability for all of Pakistan Digital Adoption Mobile Smart • Smartphone and Data Package Affordability Handsets / Broadband CPE • Infrastructure Launch “ Digital Inclusion ” program for onboarding 3 2 1 Multi pronged approached to Kickstart Digital Lifestyle Inclusion of the un/underserved
Thank you
Recommend
More recommend
