Pakistan holds highly successful South Asian Telecommunication Regulators Council (SATRC), attended by all Member States of the Region under the umbrella of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT). The Chairman SATRC, Digambar Jha, Chairman of Nepal Regulatory Authority proposed Muhammad Naveed, Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)as the next Chairman of SATRC and unanimously elected Chairman SATRC in the elections held at the 19th Meeting of the SATRC in Islamabad. The Member States elected Chencho Dorji, Director General of Bhutan Regulatory Authority as Vice Chairman of SATRC-19 for proposing to hold SATRC-20 in Bhutan in 2019.

The Council Meeting held from 13-15 December, 2018 featured national and international speakers to discuss the Regulator Roundtable discussion, industry-regulator dialogue and industry session to share best practices and experience.

Chairman PTA Muhammad Naveed said that SATRC has already done some outstanding work and will be continued by Pakistan. As Chairman of the Council, he vowed to carry on this cooperation and engagement among the regulators in the best possible manner. Chairman said that telecom regulators of our region have some big challenges and opportunities ahead of us.

Considering the fact that we have such a vast human capital, the need is to channelize our efforts towards embracing the future technologies amicably. Chairman said that the benefits of ICT driven economic growth must be passed on to the common man and we, as regulators, have a central role to play in this regard. Chairman added that, a conducive and friendly regulatory environment will not only improve the confidence of the investors in our region but also generate new economic opportunities for the population of the SATRC Region.-PR

Copyright Business Recorder, 2018