3G Auction In Pakistan Can Attract $ 1 Billion Dollar

The auction of 3G licenses in Pakistan can attract more than one billion dollar as against a minimum target of $850 million, resulting positive impacts on economy mainly to contain a widening fiscal deficit of the country, said Yaseen Anwar Governor State Bank of Pakistan.

Addressing a press conference for the announcement of monetary policy, he appreciated the government efforts for auction of 3G licenses in the telecommunication sector as a positive development could help in containing the potential fiscal slippage.

He said the government’s projected privatization proceeds of $800 million of Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL) will add handsome financial inflows to the state kitty along with different sources such as issuance of $500 million euro bonds and $800 million from Coalition Support Funds.

The telecom sector has been in the limelight again as the sole sector that can prevent the country from economy crisis with inflows of handsome FDI through auction of 3G licenses with host of economic activities.

PTA earlier this month announced the base price of 3G licenses at $ 210 million, with maximum of three 3G/4G licenses to be auctioned in addition to one defunct cellular licenses with base price of $ 150 million.

Analysts predict the maximum value Government can attain for 3G auction wouldn’t go beyond $ 230-250 million if government fails to attract any foreign investor (operator) in the bidding. However, 3G licenses’ price can go significantly high if 2-3 foreign operators get interested in operating in Pakistan.

This increased the government’s involvement in the bidding process, which will be supervised by Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT).

The telecom sector has been major source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the past. In 2005-06, the telecom sector brought US $ 1.905 billion in the country with 54 percent share in the overall FDI, SBP figures showed.

The FDI in the telecom sector continued to fall as it share reached to merely 5 percent in the outgoing fiscal 2010-11.

With the arrival of 3G/4G technology, it is estimated that billion dollar investment will be landing in the private sector with creation of thousands of jobs and allied businesses.

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What Does 3G Mean?

Author: Maria Literral
Nowadays, everybody has a mobile phone. Whether they're on a contract or a pay as you go tariff, the mobile phone has become an essential item for many people. this article will be taking a look at the the mobile phone's history - as well as its future - in order to find out more about the now essential telecommunications device.

Mobile phones started life as the two way radio, which was also called mobile rigs. these were installed in vehicles such as minicabs, police cars and ambulances, but were not strictly mobile phones as they were not normally connected to the telephone network. while the very first mobile phones were installed permanently in vehicles, later versions such as the transportables, also called bag phones, could also be carried, and can be used as either portable or as mobile two-way radios.

The first generation of mobile phones are often called 1G. These mobile phones are the analog devices that were introduced in the eighties & continued until being replaced by 2G mobile phones, which ran on digital networks. in fact, even though 1G & 2G systems use digital signals to connect the radio towers to the rest of the telephone network, the voice itself during a phone call encoded to digital signals in 2g while voices on 1G phones aren't.

Second generation, also called 2-g, mobile telephones were introduced in the nineties. 2-g phone systems were characterised by their use of digital transmission and the introduction of advanced and fast phone to network signalling.

The birth of 2-g systems saw telephones move from friendly 1g telephones to little handheld items, which were much more portable. this change was possible through technological developments including more advanced batteries and energy saving electronics.

The second generation mobile telephones had severaladvantages over 1g items. These included text messaging, which became possible on gsm networks initially and eventually on all digital networks. the earliest machine-sent message was sent in 1991 in the uk. the earliest person to person sms text message was sent in 1993 in finland. sms text messaging soon became the preferred method of communication and the public now prefer sending text messages to placing voice calls.

3-g is the term applied to the third generation of mobile phone standards & technology. 3g follows 2g mobile phone technology.

The birth of 3-g technologies allow network operators for instance Vodafone give their users a larger range of more advanced services. These include video calls& wireless internet.

Even though 3-g was successfully introduced throughout the world, issues have been raised by both 3-g providers & users, comprising of costly phones. in addition to this, there's numerous differences in the licensing terms.

Ever since the launch of 3-g mobile phone technology. people have been talking about 4g. 4g technology will signify the future of mobile telephones, creating the most sophisticated handsets and best services yet. in actual fact, one of the next services to be developed is thought to be live streaming of radio and tv shows to 3-g handsets is and shops including real and disney recently announcing that they'll be offering services like these.

In conclusion, even though the history of mobile phones they have come a long way in the past few years, it also indicates that they'll go even further still.
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/technology-articles/what-does-3g-mean-535303.html
About the Author
Maria Literral has worked in telecoms for over 20 years having spent time developing mobile communications and wireless telecommuncation devices.

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It's time to reap the benefits of 4G mobile networks

At big events, 3G just does not cut it anymore. We need 4G, Olaf Swantee says, to evolve mobile networks further

The fourth generation of mobile technology - known as 4G and also referred to as Long Term Evolution (LTE) - is the next step in the evolution of mobile network technology.

It is built specifically to handle mobile internet and data more efficiently, allowing faster and more reliable mobile connectivity in a world where data usage is increasing 250% year on year.

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To date, more than 40 countries have rolled out 4G and are already reaping the benefits of faster mobile networks.

These nations include economic powerhouses such as the USA, Russia and Japan, and also smaller countries such as Angola, Kyrgyzstan and Tanzania.

These countries are investing in 4G for a very simple reason: they realise that technology is an engine for economic growth, one that will help existing businesses to grow while encouraging investment from overseas.

When the significant consumer, social and economic benefits of faster mobile connectivity are considered, it is clear that 4G is more than just an iterative improvement in mobile phone speeds.

With more - and more important - parts of our lives going online by the day, 4G will enable a fully connected world where nearly all of our digital devices are mobile-enabled and as a result become more flexible and integrated into our daily lives.

Consumers will be able to watch TV, video call, shop online and access social media, entertainment and information on the go more easily.

Plus they'll be able to get the most from mobile devices and apps that deliver best performance on 4G networks.

Meanwhile, all businesses that require connectivity, for example those that operate in entertainment, media and e-commerce, are set to benefit from faster and more reliable mobile data services, improving efficiency and productivity.

For developing nations where access to fixed line broadband connections are limited, 4G will bring super-high-speed connectivity for the first time and help them compete on a global scale.

There will also be significant gains for workers who use some form of mobile device. Many workers already use mobile internet on a daily basis for business purposes, such as checking email or accessing documents.

4G connectivity brings significant benefits to the economy, Mr Swantee argues

4G will allow them to do this faster and enable the use of a wider range of applications that will stimulate more efficient ways of working, such as allowing people to work remotely and exploit cloud services via their mobile devices.

The benefits of 4G to the economy are also significant. Recent research into the potential of 4G in the UK economy by Capital Economics estimates that the UK's adoption of the new technology could unlock £5.5bn of direct private investment.

This research also found 4G would support 125,000 jobs and ultimately provide a 0.5% boost to GDP.

Bear in mind that those forecasts are for a developed economy with a more advanced infrastructure than many other nations. The economic benefits that 4G will bring to developing nations will be just as great.

The pace at which countries are rolling out 4G varies widely as it requires both the availability of licensed airwaves - also called spectrum - from the government, and considerable private investment in infrastructure.

Here in the UK the auction of new spectrum licensed for 4G use has been delayed for several years and is now expected to start at the end of this year, a full four years behind the first European deployment in Sweden. The UK's communications regulator, Ofcom, this week approved the use of spectrum currently used for 2G and 3G services, for 4G.

The green light on this means that the country will see its first 4G services by the end of the year.

The UK's sluggishness to date goes against the grain for a country that pioneered the first private licences for alternative mobile operators in Europe and has the highest levels of smartphone penetration and mobile commerce in the region.

With the world still in the grip of major economic uncertainties, governments and national telecoms operators should be doing all they can to help encourage growth and investment.

The introduction of 4G services will play a large part in stimulating both, creating a 21st Century digital infrastructure to serve consumers, businesses and the economy for the future. 4G is the next step in the evolution of mobile network technology.

It is built specifically to handle mobile internet and data more efficiently, allowing faster and more reliable mobile connectivity in a world where data usage is increasing 250% year on year.

Olaf Swantee is the chief executive of Everything Everywhere, a mobile network created by the merger of Orange and T-Mobile in 2010. In the UK, Everything Everywhere is one of several mobile networks bidding for bandwidth in an upcoming auction led by communications regulator Ofcom. More information about the auction can be read here.

On 21 August, Everything Everywhere was granted permission to use its existing bandwidth to launch 4G services in the UK.

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