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PTA Chairman visits PTCL’s NOC

admin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:10:37 +0000

Chairman PTA Dr. Muhammad Yasin visited recently launched PTCL Network Operations Center located here in sector H-9 Islamabad. President and CEO, Mr. Walid Irshad , along with PTCL higher management and other PTCL officials were also present on the occasion.

General Manager NOC gave a presentation about Network Operations Center, which is a centralized Network Management System for proactive identification and resolution of faults through real-time network monitoring & status visibility. This facility is being used for monitoring, controlling and management of entire PTCL network through a transparent and centralized platform.

This was followed by the demonstration of NOC System and the delegation was briefed about the processes and activities which were performed at the facility in order to have a highly available, adaptable and fault resilient network that can meet the market demands and ensure customer satisfaction

PTA chairman was glad to know that PTCL had inducted fresh blood and hoped, these engineers would prove an asset for the company.

SEVP Corporate Development PTCL Mr. Sikandar Naqi, Chief Technical Officer (CTO), Mr. Muhammad Nasrullah and officials from PTA were also present on the occasion.

2.9 Billion Rupees of Universal Service Fund for Broadband and Optic Fiber Projects in unserved areas of Pakistan

admin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:13:20 +0000

Universal Service Fund signed three contracts with PTCL for providing Broadband Services in the Un-Served Urban areas of Southern Punjab and Lower Sindh and for providing Optic Fiber connectivity to all Tehsils in Southern Balochistan. CEO-PTCL, Walid Irshaid and Chief Executive Officer Universal Service Fund, Parvez Iftikhar signed these contracts.

Universal Service Fund shall be paying Rs. 1.16 Billion for the project to provide broadband in un-served urban areas of Southern Punjab (MTR) and Rs. 550 Million for providing broadband in lower Sindh (STR-1). Similarly Rs. 1.2 Billion will be paid to PTCL for laying 1,166 Km Optic Fiber cables in Southern Balochistan.

Through the two broadband projects, 63,000 broadband connections in Southern Punjab and 23,500 in Lower Sindh are targeted to be achieved. The MTR project also includes establishment of Educational Broadband Centres (EBCs) in 206 high-schools, colleges and libraries plus 58 Community Broadband Centres (CBCs) for those who cannot afford PCs. Similarly 82 EBCs and 43 CBCs will be established in STR-1.

Giving his remarks about the projects, Federal Secretary for Information Technology, Mr. Naguibullah Malik said that the Ministry of IT is striving to increase the level of telecom penetration all over the country. He informed that Ministry of IT, through USF, has been executing broadband, optic fiber and rural telecom programmes which are playing a huge role in socio-economic development in Pakistan. He further stated that Broadband Programme aims towards accelerating the pace of broadband proliferation in the country and will give impetus to provision of other e-services like e-health, e-government, e-commerce etc.
Regarding Optic Fiber Program, Secretary IT informed that in order to strengthen the infrastructure, a series of projects to provide Optic Fiber connectivity to all Tehsils is being run and its initiation in Southern Balochistan after Western Balochistan and Sindh will add on to its importance.

CEO of Universal Service Fund informed that thirty-eight small and medium size cities and towns in 11 districts of Southern Punjab and 77 cities and towns in 09 districts of Lower Sindh will benefit. He further informed that 1,166 kms of Optic Fiber Cable will be laid in Southern Balochistan under the third project for providing Optic Fiber connectivity to nine unserved towns in Bela, Pasni, Turbat and Hub Tehsils. This will also provide an alternate optic fiber route to Gawadar and other coastal towns of Balochistan.

PTCL rewards Pakistan Cricket Team with Rs 3 million on winning Twenty20 World Cup

admin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:29:06 +0000

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd has announced to a reward of Rs 3 million to the winner of 20-20 World cup Pakistan Cricket Team.

As per details, a ceremony was arranged in the honor of the Pakistan Cricket team here on Thursday in the presence of Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board Ijaz butt; President PTCL Mr. Walid Irshaid presented the cheque to the Captain Pakistan Cricket team Younis khan.

President PTCL Walid Irshaid, while congratulating team on their outstanding performance said that this victory is an inpiration for the whole nation and PTCL would continue its un-interrupted support for the development of cricket in the country.

Captain Younis khan and Shahid Afridi were presented Rs 0.5 million each, along with an amount of Rs 2 million for the whole team. Senior officials of PTCL Mr. Naveed Saeed, Mr. Mazhar Hussain, Mr. Muhammad Nehmatullah and Mr. Ali Qadir Gilani were also present on the occasion.