Comments on: Colloquium: TRE Pakistan study 2008 http://lirneasia.net/2008/10/colloquium-tre-pakistan-study-2008/ LIRNEasia Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:07:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Aslam Hayat http://lirneasia.net/2008/10/colloquium-tre-pakistan-study-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-15702 Aslam Hayat Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:53:22 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=2563#comment-15702 Small corrections: Pakistan does have an internet exchange known as Pakistan Internet Exchange (PIE) managed by PTCL. On USFCo, the model is play and get paid. Operators are required to provide services in USF Areas first and then they can claim the contracted subsidy amount. So there was no disbursement in last year. By including Multinet, there are 14 LDIs. There are 37 LL licensees and 16 WLL licensees. Currently MTR is PKR 1.10, it would reduce to PKR 1.00 from January 1, 2009 and further to PKR 0.90 from January 1, 2010. Small corrections:

Pakistan does have an internet exchange known as Pakistan Internet Exchange (PIE) managed by PTCL.

On USFCo, the model is play and get paid. Operators are required to provide services in USF Areas first and then they can claim the contracted subsidy amount. So there was no disbursement in last year.

By including Multinet, there are 14 LDIs. There are 37 LL licensees and 16 WLL licensees.

Currently MTR is PKR 1.10, it would reduce to PKR 1.00 from January 1, 2009 and further to PKR 0.90 from January 1, 2010.

]]> By: JW http://lirneasia.net/2008/10/colloquium-tre-pakistan-study-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-15604 JW Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:04:58 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=2563#comment-15604 The Universal Service Fund (USF), is administered by a company, especially established for such purpose, and is called USF Co. Details of the USF Co are avialable at: http://www.usf.org.pk/content.asp?linktype=companyprofile The Universal Service Fund (USF), is administered by a company, especially established for such purpose, and is called USF Co. Details of the USF Co are avialable at:
http://www.usf.org.pk/content.asp?linktype=companyprofile

]]> By: Rohan Samarajiva http://lirneasia.net/2008/10/colloquium-tre-pakistan-study-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-15603 Rohan Samarajiva Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:57:37 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=2563#comment-15603 Babar, This was the result of live blogging of a colloquium intended to improve the quality of a report. There will be a substantive report coming out that will be more suitable for broader dissemination. Babar, This was the result of live blogging of a colloquium intended to improve the quality of a report. There will be a substantive report coming out that will be more suitable for broader dissemination.

]]> By: Babar Bhatti http://lirneasia.net/2008/10/colloquium-tre-pakistan-study-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-15593 Babar Bhatti Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:02:16 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=2563#comment-15593 The information in this post is a bit hard to digest - you may want to re-format it. Universal Service Company is actually Universal Service Fund. I wrote about it here: http://telecompk.net/2008/10/02/interview-with-usf-ceo-mr-parvez-iftikhar-part-1/ The information in this post is a bit hard to digest - you may want to re-format it. Universal Service Company is actually Universal Service Fund. I wrote about it here:
http://telecompk.net/2008/10/02/interview-with-usf-ceo-mr-parvez-iftikhar-part-1/

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