Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication, Shaza Fatima, has announced that Pakistan is preparing for a nationwide 5G launch, which will be rolled out after doubling the country\u2019s internet spectrum. Speaking about the progress, she revealed that Pakistan\u2019s last spectrum auction took place in 2014 during Nawaz Sharif\u2019s tenure, and since then, the country has been operating on 274 MHz of spectrum.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are preparing to auction double the current internet spectrum, which will significantly enhance digital connectivity across the nation,\u201d said Shaza Fatima.<\/p>\n
She emphasized that once a few remaining hurdles are cleared, Pakistan will move towards launching 5G services.<\/p>\n
Highlighting infrastructure development, the IT Minister mentioned that Pakistan is already connected to seven submarine cables, with plans<\/a> to link three more submarine cables in the near future. Additionally, by the end of this year, the world\u2019s largest submarine cable will be connected to Pakistan, which will further boost the country\u2019s internet capacity.<\/p>\n To promote digital inclusion, the government is working on a policy that will enable citizens to purchase smartphones through easy installment plans. Furthermore, under the DigiSkills program, 100,000 individuals received training in the past year, and a new plan<\/a> aims to train one million students in Artificial Intelligence (AI) this year.<\/p>\n Shaza Fatima also stressed the importance of women\u2019s participation in the digital economy, highlighting that Pakistani women are hardworking and talented. She reiterated the government\u2019s commitment to making all public spaces safe for women, ensuring their active role in the digital transformation of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication, Shaza Fatima, has announced that Pakistan is preparing for a nationwide 5G…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[37329,64,63,237,37330,37331,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-42525","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-5g-in-pakistan","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-internet","12":"tag-pakistan-internet-issues","13":"tag-shaza-fatima","14":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}