Pakistan’s largest province by area, Balochistan, witnessed the development of telecom infrastructure and services by various telecommunication operators through USF projects worth billions of rupees in 2017. “USF has set out an aggressive strategy to roll out basic infrastructure for telecommunication, basic telephone and internet services for the people and businesses in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Fata,” said a USF spokesperson. USF will also need to create local content. USF can create this content at one place, translate into different languages and disseminate it to those areas. “This is how USF will also create demand for cellular companies for their internet services since it is their major source of income now,” Iftikhar added.

Source: The Express Tribune January 04, 2018 04:41 UTC