Representatives of Value Partners Consutlants
signing contract with PTA for the consultancy services for auction of
next generation network services at PTA headquarters in Islamabad
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Value Partners
Management Consulting Limited yesterday signed a formal contract at PTA
headquarters for the provision of consultancy services for the auction
of next generation services spectrum.
After the completion of evaluation process for the selection of
consultant of international repute, under the policy directive of the
MoIT&T,
Value Partners Management Consulting Limited was declared successful as consultant for the auction of next generation mobile services in Pakistan.
Value Partners is a Consortium Consultants of USA, UK, Singapore and Spain.
During the ceremony, Chairman PTA, Dr. Syed Ismail Shah, Member (Law
& Compliance) Mr. Zafarullah Khan, Member (Finance) Mr. Tariq
Sultan, representatives from Value Partners Management Consulting, and
senior officers of PTA were present.
The consultants would provide professional analysis, input, and
advice/recommendations on the whole auction process as per PTA’s RFP and
ToRs, and for the successful completion of auction in a transparent
manner, averting collusion, ensuring competition and complete
transparency in the auction process.
It may be mentioned that most of telecom operators world-wide have
already embraced the next generation mobile services, enabling them to
provide their customers with diverse and rich voice and data services,
thereby sparking social and economic growth and increasing their
revenues.
Auction of next generation mobile services is an important step in
modernization of mobile telephone system in Pakistan. With the auction
of next generation mobile services, Pakistani mobile phone users would
be able to transmit and receive high speed data through their handsets.
High speed data would enable the possibility of video calls, internet
browsing and downloading at a much higher speeds than the currently
available GPRS/EDGE networks.