Mon, 04, 21
The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT) has issued a draft National Broadband Policy 2021 for consultation. The past policies, coming out of the ministry, were of high quality and praised internationally especially the Deregulation Policy 2003, Mobile Cellular Policy 2004 and Universal Service Fund Policy 2006.
The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT) has issued a draft National Broadband Policy 2021 for consultation. The past policies, coming out of the ministry, were of high quality and praised internationally especially the Deregulation Policy 2003, Mobile Cellular Policy 2004 and Universal Service Fund Policy 2006.
The Telecommunication Policy of 2015, though shied away from addressing most of the industry issues, it did pave the way for rapid uptake of mobile broadband by addressing the supply side. In this background, it was genuinely expected that the new sector policy will match the quality of previous p
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IT Ministry Issues Draft of National Cyber Security Policy 2021
The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has drafted National Cyber Security Policy 2021, envisaging developing secure and resilient cyber systems and networks for national cybersecurity and response.
The policy framework is envisaged to secure the entire cyberspace of Pakistan including all information and communication systems used in both public and private sectors.
The objective of the policy is
To establish governance and institutional framework for the secure cyber ecosystem,
Create protection and information sharing mechanism (CERTs/SOCs) at all tiers capable to monitor, detect, protect and respond against threats to national ICT/CII infrastructures,
Government unveils Rolling Spectrum Strategy 2020-23
Master plan provides roadmap for spectrum allocation, policy reviews
The government on Wednesday unveiled the Rolling Spectrum Strategy 2020-2023 in order to assist commercial telecom operators in network planning and investments owing to a massive growth in data utilisation.
According to a report titled “Rolling Spectrum Strategy 2020-2023”, released by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the spectrum master plan provides a future roadmap for spectrum allocation as well as spectrum-related policy reviews that are anticipated to take place between 2020 and 2023.
The report, which outlines salient features of the strategy, will assist the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication, PTA and Frequency Allocation Board (FAB) in formulating the three-year Rolling Spectrum Strategy - which was a key area highlighted in the Telecommunication Policy 2015. At present, there are over 9.4 billion global mobil