ISLAMABAD: With the current growing pace of telecommunication, the total revenue of telecom sector will reach Rs800 billion in next 5 years and may touch $4 billion mark by 2020.
This was stated by Minister of State for IT and Telecom Anusha Rahman Khan, while speaking at the Pakistan Mobile App Awards 2015 ceremony.
During the ceremony, the minister announced that the government would establish tele centre in different areas of the country especially in rural areas, and would start nine IT projects worth Rs 20 billion in Khayber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces. Minister of State for IT and Telecom Anusha Rahman presented the awards to the winners.
In students’ category the first position was won by students of International Islamic University, Rabia Jabbar and Humna Shaheen for developing the pre-School Champs mobile application whereas the second position award was won by the student of Military College of Signals Waqas Ajmal and his team for developing the Catch the BUS mobile application. In professional category, first position was won by Hassan Baig and his team for developing the internet tutor app whereas second position in professional category was won by Dr. Hammad M. Cheema and his team for developing the OMNES app in the security domain.
