Policies of the government brought a revolution in telecommunication sector opening new avenues of services and offering employment opportunities to millions of people, Awais Leghari said while addressing a ceremony to inaugurate Telenor service here.
"Number of telephone and mobile phone connections rose to 20 million from just two million within last few years and we are trying to catch the 60 million figure. We are pursuing such policies to practically implement the vision of President General Pervez Musharraf in telecommunication sector to make this facility available to each family and each town of Pakistan," he added.
The government was considering to install 1500 to 2000 new towers to expand the telecom services and funding would come from Rs 2 billion deposited by the companies as license fee, he informed.
Telenor Executive VP, Irfan Wahab Khan and regional director (sales) gave a briefing about the company's operations in the country in telecom service sector.