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USF Mission: Every Pakistani has the right to modern telecommunication services and we strive to provide - Parvez Iftikhar that CEO USF, MoIT . www.usf.org.pk 1 Agenda 1. Background of USF (5) 2. Three Main Programs of USF (1)

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USF Mission:

“Every Pakistani has the right to modern telecommunication services and we strive to provide that”

Parvez Iftikhar

CEO USF, MoIT .

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1. Background of USF (5) 2. Three Main Programs of USF (1)

1. Rural Telecom (3) 2. Fiber to every Tehsil (2) 3. Broadband for Unserved Urban Areas (2)

3. Broadband for Education (5)

Agenda

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Why Universal Service Fund?

Despite massive

growth in Telecom, vast areas remain unserved

On the other hand,

telecom has become the most important tool for rapid development – especially for remote areas

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Pakistan Srilanka India B'Desh Nepal

57% 51% 24% 19% 10%

Teledensities Latest Pak tele-density is above 60%

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What is Universal Service Fund?

 Consists of contributions by Licensed Telecom Service Providers  No direct Government Funding  Spent by Telecom Service Providers to provide services in unserved/under-served areas  MoIT acts like a “Trustee” of the Fund  Disbursed through open competitive bidding by USFCo., which is set up under Section 42 of Companies Ordinance 1984  USF Co. is run by an Independent Board as a Public-Private partnership

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Public-Private Partnership

Rep. of Consumer

Associations

Rep. of Mobile

Operators

Rep. LL/LDI

Operators Representative of ISPs Member Telecom MoIT Chairman PTA Federal Secretary IT Federal Minister of IT

CEO USF PUBLIC PRIVATE USF Co. Board

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6.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 4.5% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 1.5% 1.5% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0%

As % of Revenue

USF Contributions

Another Source is part of APC

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14 8 Operator's Investment USF Subsidy

36% 64%

USF own & generated investments

Total Investment Billion Rs. ~ Rs. 22 Bil ~ Rs 3 Bil disbursed

* Including 2 Projects ready for signing.

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USF Programs

3 + Programs

Rural Telecom 5% Rural Tele-density Optic Fiber Cables For all Tehsils/Talqas Broadband 1% Nation-wide Avg.

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1st USF Program: Basic Rural Telecom

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26 “Lots” of Rural Telecom

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Status of Mauzas in Rural Program

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37% 12% 32% 19%

Approximately 12,000 unserved Mauzas

Bids called

Remaining Work-in-Progress

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Public Services in Rural Program

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S. No.

Lot PCOs Telecenter 1 Malakand 200 11 2 Sukkar 102 7 3 DG Khan 71 7 4 Pishin 29 5 Dadu 96 4 6 Bahawalpur 15 7 Mirpurkhas 127 27 8 Mansehra 113 1 9 Larkana 38 10 Nasirabad 53 3

Tot. in 10 Lots

844 60

Belo Gulbahar,

Dist. Thatta

Ghariabad Kahkat,

Dist. Naushehro Feroze

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2nd USF Program: Optic Fiber Access for all Tehsils

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OFC Program split in 11 ‘Packages’

No 11 Package of unserved Tehsils Route in Kms

1 SIND 716 2 BALUCHISTAN – 1 848 3 BALUCHISTAN – 2 1,396 4 BALUCHISTAN – 3 1,117 5 BALUCHISTAN – 4 700 6 BALUCHISTAN – 5 720 7 NWFP Excl FATA – 1

172

8 NWFP Excl FATA – 2 428 9 FATA—1 420 10 FATA—2 430 11 FATA—3 450

Total (excl NAs & AJ&K) ~ 7,400

Already served Tehsils 4 Contracted Contract ready for signing

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First OFC Project in Sindh

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3rd USF Program: Broadband for un-served urban areas

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USF Strategy to spread Broadband

Un- served Rural 62% Covered 21% Un- served Urban 17%

~480 cities & towns: no Broadband available Rural areas: No PCs, & No Computer- literacy 15 to 18 large cities: Broadband is available

1. Start by targeting

Unserved Urban Areas

2. Pay only when

given targets are achieved (OBA)

3. More than one

subsidy winner

4. Special emphasis
n Education

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Broadband Program Progress

50,000 Broadband Connections already added ! 4 Agreements signed KTR, LTR & ITR are considered “served”

1 ready for Signature 1Bid under Evaluation

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No Region EBCs Students 1 FTR 250 178,000 2 MTR 327 240,000 3 STR-1 82 82,000 4 HTR 145 80,000 5 GTR* 238 240,000 Total 1,042 820,000

For every Higher Sec. School, College and Library:

free broadband for 1st year
5 PCs in a LAN
training of 2 Trainers

Special Emphasis on Education

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Ultimately: ~1,900 Educational Broadband Centers “Educational Broadband Centers” * Ready for signing

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Province wise EBCs

20 No of Towns: 50 No of EBCs: 574/145 No of Towns: 200 No of EBCs: 1,416/815 No of Towns: 150 No of EBCs: 339/82 No of Towns: 45 No of EBCs: 100/--

Girls HSS, Rasool Nagar Iqbal Library, Sialkot

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USF: Basic Info (Public & Private) NEC Consultants: Addresses, D.E. Offices, BISE Consultants: Visit each Institution, verify names/addresses, collect GIS Co-ords, Number of Students, Teachers, PCs, Check Internet USF: Process the collected Information and make part of Bidding Documents

How Info for EBCs is collected

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Overlap with Punjab Govt. Project

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Telecom Regions Higher Secondary Schools Punjab Govt. Computer Labs USF EBCs

FTR 60 13 MTR 61 31 GTR 41 33 CTR 44 23 Total 206 100 In the 4 Telecom Regions so far, there is an overlap in 100

ut of 206 HSSs.

(to discuss separately)

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Request to Provincial Governments

Help Telecom Operators in deployment of EBCs at Higher Sec. Schools and Colleges, like:

Allocation of appropriate room/space
Provision of electricity
Delegation of 2 Teachers for Training

In short: Take Ownership!

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