Pakistan to be first country in South Asia to test 5G services: Rehman

NEW DELHI: Pakistan Information Technology Minister Anusha Rehman said that we would be the first country in South Asia to test 5th generation cellular services for fast connectivity, according to DAWN, English newspaper.

“Pakistan recently won the GSMA award and ranked third in the list of mobile telecom operator groups," said Rehman at the In­for­ma­tion Communication Tech­no­­logy (ICT) awards ceremony, organised by the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI).

The government was working on a project to provide at least one mobile tower per 100 users in every village by 2030, she added.

Rehman said information technology was booming in the country and broadband penetration increased from three per cent to 27pc in the last two years.