ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has started checking Rollout Obligations of NGMS licensees and will complete the procedure soon.
Official sources said that if required, the action will be taken against companies based upon the results of rollout obligations inspections. The sources said that the Authority has also carried out Commencement Inspection of four CMOs, which won 3G/4G Spectrum in auction and awarded NGMS licenses last year. They said that the inspection was focused to check readiness of operators for commercial launch of 3G & 4G services.
Network Architecture, Network Roll Out, Coverage Foot Print, Throughput and Signal strength were also checked and found satisfactory, meeting the requirements to launch 3G and 4G services.
Accordingly, they said PTA issued Provisional Commencement Certificates and added at present the Quality of Service (QoS) is considered to be satisfactory. They said that as per first phase of Network Roll Out obligation, the licensee, within nine months from the effective date of the license, will provide NGMS coverage from at least 20 pc of existing sites or coverage of 20 percent of City Coverage area in all four Provincial Capital and Federal Capital.
