{"id":65760,"date":"2020-05-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=65760"},"modified":"2020-05-20T15:13:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T10:13:29","slug":"telecom-companies-ajk-gb-3g-4g-without-auction-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/telecom-companies-ajk-gb-3g-4g-without-auction-process.html","title":{"rendered":"Telecom firms seek to establish 3G\/4G services in AJK, GB without auction process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Cellular companies are urging the government to allow them to establish 3G\/4G services in Azad Jammu &amp; Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) without having to go through the standard auction process, according to a news report. Recently, the senior managements of several major telecom firms in the country held a meeting with Information Technology Secretary Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui to reiterate the need for these services in AJK and GB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/mobile-operators-seek-netwoork-expansion-ajk-gb.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Mobile operators seek network expansions in AJK, GB<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The representatives from the cellular companies stated that the government should allow them to provide these services during the prevailing COVID-19 outbreak \u2013 to benefit the residents of the said areas. They added that once things normalise, the government can restart the spectrum assignment process \u2013 which has been stalled in these areas for many years. The companies presented their case that the missing services in AJK and GB were depriving the residents of essential healthcare awareness. Additionally, the region\u2019s students were also facing issues with their online classes due to the lack of 3G\/4G services. The operators also expressed their concern at a network provider offering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/4g-services-operational-in-gwadar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4G services<\/a> in GB without the due process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gilgit-baltistan-gets-4g-service.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gilgit-Baltistan gets 4G service<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to this request, the IT secretary called a meeting with the GB\/AJK councils, telecom firms, and the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA). Once the federal government carries out the auction to assign the spectrums, then the regional government will also receive their due shares of revenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Cellular companies are urging the government to allow them to establish 3G\/4G services in Azad Jammu &amp; Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) without having to go through the standard auction process, according to a news report. Recently, the senior managements of several major telecom firms in the country held a meeting with Information Technology Secretary Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui to reiterate the need for these services in AJK and GB. Read: Mobile operators seek network expansions in AJK, GB The representatives from the cellular companies stated that the government should allow them to provide these services during the prevailing COVID-19 outbreak \u2013 to benefit the residents of the said areas. They added that once things normalise, the government can restart the spectrum assignment process \u2013 which has been stalled in these areas for many years. The companies presented their case that the missing services in AJK and GB were depriving the residents of essential healthcare awareness. Additionally, the region\u2019s students were also facing issues with their online classes due to the lack of 3G\/4G services. The operators also expressed their concern at a network provider offering 4G services in GB without the due process. Read: Gilgit-Baltistan gets 4G service In&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":65764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[29823,7871,10376,27278,6561],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65760","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-3g-4g-services","9":"tag-ajk","10":"tag-gb","11":"tag-pakistan-telecommunication-authority-pta","12":"tag-telecom","13":"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>Telecom firms request 3G\/4G in AJK, GB without auction - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Teleocm firms talked to the IT Secretary to ask permission to provide 3G\/4G services in AJK and GB without the long-overdue auction process.\" \/>\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\/telecom-companies-ajk-gb-3g-4g-without-auction-process.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Telecom firms request 3G\/4G in AJK, GB without auction - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Teleocm firms talked to the IT Secretary to ask permission to provide 3G\/4G services in AJK and GB without the long-overdue auction process.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/telecom-companies-ajk-gb-3g-4g-without-auction-process.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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