ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The Finance Minister chaired a review session for an update on arrangements being undertaken for spectrum auction in the country. It was informed that as was agreed in the last meeting, arrangements were afoot for auction of 850 MHz out of the available spectrum in the firstRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The Minister stressed that industry has to reciprocate and collaborate with the government on defining KPIs for the IT sector over the next 5 years such as increase in remittances, foreign direct investment and employment generation so that a solid case can be made forRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) A five member’s delegation led by Ambassador of Sweden H.E Mr. Tomas Rosander called on the Minister of State for IT& Telecom Ms. Anusha Rahman, here in Islamabad today. Federal Secretary IT Mr. Rizwan Bashir Khan and Member Legal Ms. Aamena Sohail were also presentRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) The 4th edition of Pakistan CIO Summit and 2nd IT Showcase Pakistan 2016 is scheduled to be held on April 5-6, 2016 at a local hotel in Karachi. The dual events are widely considered as the biggest platform that amalgamates cios, IT Heads, IT professionals,Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT) While talking to delegation of International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Minister of State for Information Technology highlighted the need for a concerted effort lead by ITU, at a regional level to mitigate the cross-border frequency spillovers in neighboring countries. These frequency spillovers are not only causingRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) In the Hindu Kush mountains craftswomen painstakingly stitch flowing scarves, skilled artisans who were unable to sell their products beyond the remote region until mobile internet came to Pakistan and dropped the market into the palms of millions of previously marginalised people. The women ofRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Minister of State for IT & Telecom, Mrs. Anusha Rehman said that for true materialization of our vision of “Accelerated Digitization” it becomes imperative that all those ICT opportunities which are available to the private sector school’s students should also be made available to theRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) In order to assess the current and future requirements of critical telecommunication infrastructure and services, Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT) and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) organized a workshop on ‘Regulatory Framework for Disaster Management using ICTs’ in collaboration with International Telecommunication Union (ITU) at PTARead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) H.E. Dr. Song Jong-Hwan, Ambassador of South Korea said that Korea would establish one of the biggest and most advanced IT Park in Islamabad at an area of about 1 million square feet to promote SMEs as the facility would provide SMEs and start-ups inRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) UN Secretary General’s Special advocate on Inclusive Finance for Development, Queen of Netherlands, Her Majesty Maxima on Thursday appreciated the endeavors of Ministry of IT for uplifting of telecom sector of Pakistan. HM Queen Maxima met the Minister of IT in Islamabad today. Upon herRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) A delegation of Microsoft led by GM Microsoft North Africa, East Mediterranean and Pakistan (NEPA), Ms Leila Serhan called on the Minister of State for IT Ms. Anusha Rahman in her office today and discussed various issues of mutual interest related to the development ofRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) In the wake of new government policy faciliting local manufacturing /assembling of mobile handsets, a delegation led by Mr. Zeshan Qureshi, CEO of Haier Groups of companies called on Minister of State for IT &Telecom Ms. Anusha Rahman on establishing mobile manufacturing/assembling facility in Pakistan.Read More →