{"id":63055,"date":"2020-03-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63055"},"modified":"2020-03-20T17:26:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T12:26:19","slug":"six-ngbsd-projects-contracts-awarded-in-first-half-of-fy-2019-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/six-ngbsd-projects-contracts-awarded-in-first-half-of-fy-2019-20.html","title":{"rendered":"Six NGBSD projects contracts awarded in first half of FY 2019-20: IT Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Ministry of Information &amp; Technology (IT) and Telecommunication spokesperson said that with the Universal Service Fund (USF), the ministry has awarded six \u2018Next Generation Broadband for Sustainable Development (NGBSD)\u2019 project contracts for the socio-economic uplift of un-served and served areas of the country during July to December 2019, according to news sources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-inaugurates-science-and-technology-park-at-nust.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"PM inaugurates Science and Technology Park at NUST (opens in a new tab)\">PM inaugurates Science and Technology Park at NUST<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These\nprojects amount to a total of PKR 2.8 billion and aim to help provide high-speed\nmobile broadband access to nine million people living across 13 districts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All these programmes are aimed to stimulate economic growth, trigger financial inclusion, create employment opportunities and improve various social and industrial sectors. The NGBSD projects are also helping Pakistan in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and create a conducive environment for the Prime Minister\u2019s Digital Pakistan Programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/asad-umar-using-technology-boost-revenue-generation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Asad Umar for using technology to boost revenue generation (opens in a new tab)\">Asad Umar for using technology to boost revenue generation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As\nper the official reports, the USF has spent over PKR 56.013 billion to promote\nbasic telephony and mobile broadband services across served and unserved areas\nof Pakistan, since its foundation year 2007. The USF Policy Committee has also\napproved an annual budget of PKR 9.517 billion for the fund\u2019s expenditure in FY\n2019-2020. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Ministry of Information &amp; Technology (IT) and Telecommunication spokesperson said that with the Universal Service Fund (USF), the ministry has awarded six \u2018Next Generation Broadband for Sustainable Development (NGBSD)\u2019 project contracts for the socio-economic uplift of un-served and served areas of the country during July to December 2019, according to news sources. Read: PM inaugurates Science and Technology Park at NUST These projects amount to a total of PKR 2.8 billion and aim to help provide high-speed mobile broadband access to nine million people living across 13 districts. All these programmes are aimed to stimulate economic growth, trigger financial inclusion, create employment opportunities and improve various social and industrial sectors. The NGBSD projects are also helping Pakistan in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and create a conducive environment for the Prime Minister\u2019s Digital Pakistan Programme. Read: Asad Umar for using technology to boost revenue generation As per the official reports, the USF has spent over PKR 56.013 billion to promote basic telephony and mobile broadband services across served and unserved areas of Pakistan, since its foundation year 2007. The USF Policy Committee has also approved an annual budget of PKR 9.517 billion for the fund\u2019s expenditure in FY&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":60257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[23844,23845],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63055","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-next-generation-broadband-for-sustainable-development-ngbsd","9":"tag-universal-service-fund-usf","10":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Six NGBSD projects contracts awarded in first half of FY 2019-20 - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ministry of IT spokesperson said that with the USF, the ministry has awarded six \u2018Next Generation Broadband for Sustainable Development (NGBSD)\u2019\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/six-ngbsd-projects-contracts-awarded-in-first-half-of-fy-2019-20.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Six NGBSD projects contracts awarded in first half of FY 2019-20 - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ministry of IT spokesperson said that with the USF, the ministry has awarded six \u2018Next Generation Broadband for Sustainable Development (NGBSD)\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/six-ngbsd-projects-contracts-awarded-in-first-half-of-fy-2019-20.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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