Islamabad, February 14, 2023 (PPI-OT):The Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunications expressed concern over the poor signal/coverage of Mobile Network Services across the Country however, the Committee expressed that Telecom Companies should improve their services in best possible way within the available resources. A meeting of the Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunications was held today on 14th February, 2023 at 2:00 P.M in Committee Room No. 7, Parliament House, Islamabad under the Acting Chairmanship of Ms. Naz Baloch, MNA.

The representative of Telecom Companies briefly apprised the Committee about the problems faced by them for providing quality services across the Country. The Committee was informed that during the last 5 years 60 million new customers using the services of Internet due to which the burden on existing infrastructure increases resultantly, the services of Internet effected sometimes. The Committee was also informed that Telecom Companies were facing difficulties in importing materials due to the closure of LCs by the State Bank of Pakistan.

The Committee assured every possible support to the Telecom companies for improvement of their services and help them out to overcome their problems in way of their performance. The Committee also appreciated the policy formulated by the Ministry to share tower services under the infrastructure sharing framework in order to get benefit the end users. Besides the official of the Ministry the following MNAs, Mr. Salahuddin, Ms. Shamim Ara Panhwar, Syed Mehmood Shah, Ms. Javairia Zafar Aheer, Ms. Maiza Hameed attended the meeting.

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