With 3G auction around the corner, telecom companies have started the test run of faster mobile communications after a formal approval from cabinet division as purposed by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Frequency Allocation Board (FAB).
This test run of 1 month will allow the companies to fine tune their already installed equipment for next generation of mobile communications and will also allow them to assess the worth of this technology, helping them to come up with a bidding price. Three out of the five current telecom companies are using this trail period to check the video quality and download speed being received in major cities of the country. Next in the check list of trial period comes the connectivity and voice quality giving companies an insight to the viability of these services on newly offered spectrum.
According to a news report, a telecom company has already installed more than 7,500 towers in the country that support 3G technology. Pakistan government has high expectations from this auction of new age technologies as they carry huge prospects of not only rising about $2 billion which will boost foreign reserves but will also become source of higher revenue in the form of taxation based revenue.
