Pakistani PM gives in-principle approval for 3G policy

Pakistani prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has given in-principle approval to the country’s long-delayed 3G policy, and the cabinet committee has now been directed to put the proposed legislation before the cabinet for final approval, the Express Tribune reports. The development comes after Gilani presided over a meeting covering topics including third-generation licence allocation, grey traffic and additional spectrum for wireless local loop operators. As part of the discussions it is understood that international operators not already active in the Pakistani wireless sector will be invited to bid for the 2G concession formerly held by Pakcom; as noted in TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database, in January 2008 the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) announced that it had terminated Pakcom’s licence following the operator’s repeated failures to pay for the renewal of its concession, although it was not until May 2010 that legal challenges to cancellation of the concession were overturned.

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OVETEL Pakistani PM gives in-principle approval for 3G policy