Comments on: The broadband regime in Pakistan http://greenwhite.org/2009/10/31/the-broadband-regime-in-pakistan/ Coffee Sessions for the Industry! Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:58:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: AN Athar http://greenwhite.org/2009/10/31/the-broadband-regime-in-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-164800 AN Athar Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:59:35 +0000 http://greenwhite.org/2009/10/31/the-broadband-regime-in-pakistan/#comment-164800 hi, The information is very useful! and i must say your writing style is very professional. don’t have time to read all the articles right now, but I have bookmarked the homepage and will return soon to read more. Got hold of your site while looking for something else on google. I myself m an IT Infrastructure Consultant with expertise in VoIP and Secured networks in Linux environment. Do feel free to visit my website http://www.itzeen.com Great work! Thanks Abeer. hi,

The information is very useful! and i must say your writing style is very professional. don’t have time to read all the articles right now, but I have bookmarked the homepage and will return soon to read more. Got hold of your site while looking for something else on google.

I myself m an IT Infrastructure Consultant with expertise in VoIP and Secured networks in Linux environment. Do feel free to visit my website http://www.itzeen.com

Great work!

Thanks
Abeer.

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]]> By: Anthony Mitchell http://greenwhite.org/2009/10/31/the-broadband-regime-in-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-151894 Anthony Mitchell Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:55:43 +0000 http://greenwhite.org/2009/10/31/the-broadband-regime-in-pakistan/#comment-151894 New broadband policies and initiatives can create immediate economic and technology benefits. The major issue with current telecom policies is the lack of harmonization with (and advantages over) the technology policies of other IT hotspots. The following six steps can be undertaken now: 1. Cease the C2B (or is it C2G) subsidization through bans on VoIP. In an era when VoIP is now a standard means of communicating within and between companies, leaving PK out in the cold on VoIP creates substantial economic damages for the entire economy. 2. Cease the arbitrary capacity and performance caps on technologies such as DSL. Caps interfere with ROI and relationships between telecom companies and their customers. It stifles improvements in services and technologies. It hurts consumers and businesses. 3. Extend the availability of sat-link backups for international voice lines beyond commercial call centres. Current limits ignore recent evolutions in commercial outsourcing and the vital role that reliable voice lines play in other sectors of the economy, such as banking, healthcare, export-oriented textiles and travel. 4. Create pro-active and largely non-punitive approaches to enforcement of telecom policies as they apply to export-oriented PK ITeS companies operating in target markets. The current hear-no-evil, see-no-evil approaches by both industry and government are creating substantial liabilities and are damaging Pakistan’s reputation abroad. Your reputation is your most important asset. Your reputation is your brand. Protect it accordingly. 5. Aggressive IT/telecom capacity building and modernization is needed immediately in export-oriented industries outside of IT/ITeS. A little government and private-sector support would go a long way towards increasing Pakistan’s exports within increasingly competitive and sophisticated SCM systems for which PK companies are largely ill-prepared and ill-equipped to participate in. The textile industry offers tremendous opportunities in this regard. 6. Improved public literacy is needed in regard to basic telecom/IT principles. The basics of TCP/IP and HTML can and should be offered in all secondary schools. Network admin and sys admin can be taught too, for both closed and open-source systems. Last but not least, given the crucial role that intellectual property plays in the modern economy, all secondary students should receive some introduction to the subject. Corporate heads too. New broadband policies and initiatives can create immediate economic and technology benefits. The major issue with current telecom policies is the lack of harmonization with (and advantages over) the technology policies of other IT hotspots. The following six steps can be undertaken now:

1. Cease the C2B (or is it C2G) subsidization through bans on VoIP. In an era when VoIP is now a standard means of communicating within and between companies, leaving PK out in the cold on VoIP creates substantial economic damages for the entire economy.

2. Cease the arbitrary capacity and performance caps on technologies such as DSL. Caps interfere with ROI and relationships between telecom companies and their customers. It stifles improvements in services and technologies. It hurts consumers and businesses.

3. Extend the availability of sat-link backups for international voice lines beyond commercial call centres. Current limits ignore recent evolutions in commercial outsourcing and the vital role that reliable voice lines play in other sectors of the economy, such as banking, healthcare, export-oriented textiles and travel.

4. Create pro-active and largely non-punitive approaches to enforcement of telecom policies as they apply to export-oriented PK ITeS companies operating in target markets. The current hear-no-evil, see-no-evil approaches by both industry and government are creating substantial liabilities and are damaging Pakistan’s reputation abroad. Your reputation is your most important asset. Your reputation is your brand. Protect it accordingly.

5. Aggressive IT/telecom capacity building and modernization is needed immediately in export-oriented industries outside of IT/ITeS. A little government and private-sector support would go a long way towards increasing Pakistan’s exports within increasingly competitive and sophisticated SCM systems for which PK companies are largely ill-prepared and ill-equipped to participate in. The textile industry offers tremendous opportunities in this regard.

6. Improved public literacy is needed in regard to basic telecom/IT principles. The basics of TCP/IP and HTML can and should be offered in all secondary schools. Network admin and sys admin can be taught too, for both closed and open-source systems. Last but not least, given the crucial role that intellectual property plays in the modern economy, all secondary students should receive some introduction to the subject. Corporate heads too.

]]> By: Pakistani blogs http://greenwhite.org/2009/10/31/the-broadband-regime-in-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-151217 Pakistani blogs Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:35:23 +0000 http://greenwhite.org/2009/10/31/the-broadband-regime-in-pakistan/#comment-151217 The other reason for the low penetration rate is the dearth of local language content online. The other reason for the low penetration rate is the dearth of local language content online.

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