Capital University Holds a Seminar on “Role of the Telecommunication Industry in the Economic Development of Pakistan”

The seminar was organized by the students of 2nd semester, department of Psychology at the Capital University of Science and Technology. The topic of seminar was “Role of the Telecommunication Industry in the Economic Development of Pakistan”. It was conducted by Mr. Hassan Ali who is a Relationship Manager at Ufone Telecom Limited. The purpose of the seminar was to educate and inform the students about how telecom is helping to boost our economy, telecom trends in Pakistan, telecom revenue, foreign direct investment in telecom sector, investment and GST contributions, and telecom’s industry status.

The Telecommunication sector in Pakistan has been improving very fast and comparing its telecom services with global advancements. Five major national and multinational operators are providing GSM/Cellular services in all over the Pakistan. These operators are named as: Pakistan Mobile Company Limited, China Mobile Pakistan, Telenor Pakistan Limited, and Ufone and PTCL.

Mr. Hassan gave the students important insights into the telecom industry. Students seemed very keen to learn and asked many questions. It was a very informative seminar in which each element of the telecom enterprise of Pakistan was mentioned and questions raised by students were answered.