=> ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authorit
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has planned to introduce 3G technology for proliferation of wireless broadband services as per policy of the government, a PTA official said on Saturday.
Initially, the PTA had prepared a comprehensive Information Memorandum (IM) document for 3G spectrum auction that was forwarded to all cellular mobile operators, who are eligible candidates for 3G spectrum auction, he said.
The official said mobile operators had not shown enthusiasm in 3G spectrum auction after which PTA planned to introduce 3G technology.
Wireless broadband is a fairly new trend that provides high speed wireless internet and data network access over a wide area. Recent wireless broadband trends exhibit speeds roughly equivalent to wired broadband access, he said.
He said an estimated number of over 400 million broadband subscribers are currently being served worldwide by more than 400 commercial wireless broadband networks. Various wireless broadband technologies are rapidly growing throughout the world each having its own pros and cons.
The choice of technology solely depends upon the operators’ commercial decision. Some commonly used technologies include CDMA 2000, WCDMA, WiMax and Media flow. Rapidly changing requirements has forced telecom operators to transit from traditional circuit switched networks to more broadband based networks capable of delivering efficient services.
Next Generation Networks (NGNs) are the main focus of the telecommunication industry and poised to be the next technological frontier in today’s world of telecommunications.
The core and the assess side of the operational industry is rapidly moving towards more and more deployment of Internet Protocol (IP) Networks in comparison to circuit switched networks.
Source: The News
Date:12/9/2007
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