Cellular industry: advisory board to address technical issues: Aseff

Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommun-ications, Sardar Aseff Ahmed Ali, has said that an advisory board will be formed to address the technical issues of the cellular industry. The minister expressed these views while talking to a delegation of senior executives of cellular mobile operators who called on him, here on Friday, to discuss the outstanding issues.
He said that telecom industry needs to be supported so that its stagnancy of last couple of years could be removed and growth stimulated. This can only be possible with strong public partnership where government would act as facilitator and private sector invest for providing modern telecom services to all areas of Pakistan. The move would also create employment opportunities, he added. The minister assured full support to resolve the problems of the cellular industry and appreciated the role the industry is performing for the growth and development of the telecommunication sector.