Very impressive and positive news coming out of the Pak govt. Bandwidth rates were twice reduced last year, and that made Pakistan as one with the cheapest bandwidth in all of Asia. Now with another decrease, it makes it one of the most affordable bandwidth rate in the world.
This is great news for universities, institutes, corporations, ISPs and eventually, of course, the end user, since this makes computers and internet accessible to a wide range of the population, something that is an utter neccessity in this day and age. Good job.
From the Dawn
ISLAMABAD, April 13: PTCL management and Ministry of Science and Technology agreed on Friday to further reduce international and domestic leased line and bandwidth tariffs.
The decision was in line with the objective of the government to promote Information Technology, its education, software development, its export and IT related services. The new tariffs would be one of the lowest in South Asia and Far East.
The new reduction brings the bandwidth prices to just half of prices announced in September 2000 for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and corporate sector and 1/5th only for software, education and specialized IT related services.
The PTCL had reduced its bandwidth tariff upto 25 per cent for 2Mbit Full Circuit via SMW-3 for ISPs upto Singapore/UK from monthly charges of US $40,000 to US $30,000. Like-wise reduction in bandwidth tariff upto 25 per cent for 2Mbit have been made. Now Full Circuit via SMW-3 for EMIX have been brought down from monthly charges of US $30,000 to US $22,500.
New rate reduction is over and above the 53 per cent and 25 per cent reductions already announced in May and September, 2000 by the government.
This new measure shall be beneficial for all Internet end-users and overall IT industry players.
PTCL hoped that the ISPs will ultimately pass-on the benefit of rate reduction to the end-users.
This is great news for universities, institutes, corporations, ISPs and eventually, of course, the end user, since this makes computers and internet accessible to a wide range of the population, something that is an utter neccessity in this day and age. Good job.
From the Dawn
ISLAMABAD, April 13: PTCL management and Ministry of Science and Technology agreed on Friday to further reduce international and domestic leased line and bandwidth tariffs.
The decision was in line with the objective of the government to promote Information Technology, its education, software development, its export and IT related services. The new tariffs would be one of the lowest in South Asia and Far East.
The new reduction brings the bandwidth prices to just half of prices announced in September 2000 for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and corporate sector and 1/5th only for software, education and specialized IT related services.
The PTCL had reduced its bandwidth tariff upto 25 per cent for 2Mbit Full Circuit via SMW-3 for ISPs upto Singapore/UK from monthly charges of US $40,000 to US $30,000. Like-wise reduction in bandwidth tariff upto 25 per cent for 2Mbit have been made. Now Full Circuit via SMW-3 for EMIX have been brought down from monthly charges of US $30,000 to US $22,500.
New rate reduction is over and above the 53 per cent and 25 per cent reductions already announced in May and September, 2000 by the government.
This new measure shall be beneficial for all Internet end-users and overall IT industry players.
PTCL hoped that the ISPs will ultimately pass-on the benefit of rate reduction to the end-users.
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