USF Mission: “Every Pakistani has the right to modern telecommunication services and we strive to provide - Parvez Iftikhar that” CEO USF, MoIT . www.usf.org.pk 1
Agenda 1. Background of USF (5) 2. Three Main Programs of USF (1) 1. Rural Telecom (3) 2. Fiber to every Tehsil (2) 3. Broadband for Unserved Urban Areas (2) 3. Broadband for Education (5) www.usf.org.pk 2
Why Universal Service Fund? • Despite massive growth in Telecom, 60% 57% Teledensities Pakistan vast areas remain 50% 51% unserved Srilanka 40% • On the other hand, India 30% 24% telecom has 20% B'Desh 19% become the most important tool for 10% 10% Nepal rapid development – 0% especially for remote areas Latest Pak tele-density is above 60%
What is Universal Service Fund? Consists of contributions by Licensed Telecom Service Providers No direct Government Funding Spent by Telecom Service Providers to provide services in unserved/under-served areas MoIT acts like a “Trustee” of the Fund Disbursed through open competitive bidding by USFCo., which is set up under Section 42 of Companies Ordinance 1984 USF Co. is run by an Independent Board as a Public-Private partnership www.usf.org.pk 4
Public-Private Partnership USF Co. Board PRIVATE PUBLIC Representative of Federal Minister of IT ISPs Rep. LL/LDI Federal Secretary IT Operators Rep. of Mobile Chairman PTA Operators Rep. of Consumer Member Telecom CEO USF Associations MoIT www.usf.org.pk 5
USF Contributions As % of Revenue Another Source is part of APC 6.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 4.5% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 1.5% 1.5% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% www.usf.org.pk 6
USF own & generated investments Operator's 8 Investment Investment 36% Total ~ Rs. 22 Bil USF Subsidy 64% * 14 ~ Rs 3 Bil disbursed Billion Rs. 7 * Including 2 Projects ready for signing.
USF Programs 3 + Programs Optic Fiber Cables Broadband Rural Telecom For all Tehsils/Talqas 1% Nation-wide Avg. 5% Rural Tele-density < - T E L E C E N T E R S - >
1 st USF Program: Basic Rural Telecom www.usf.org.pk 9
26 “Lots” of Rural Telecom www.usf.org.pk 10
Status of Mauzas in Rural Program Approximately 12,000 unserved Mauzas Remaining 37% Bids called 12% 19% 32% Work-in-Progress www.usf.org.pk 11
Public Services in Rural Program S. No. Lot PCOs Telecenter 1 Malakand 200 11 2 Sukkar 102 7 3 DG Khan 71 7 4 Pishin 29 0 Ghariabad Kahkat, Dist. Naushehro Feroze 5 Dadu 96 4 6 Bahawalpur 15 0 7 Mirpurkhas 127 27 8 Mansehra 113 1 9 Larkana 38 0 10 Nasirabad 53 3 Tot. in 10 Lots 844 60 Belo Gulbahar, Dist. Thatta www.usf.org.pk 12
2nd USF Program: Optic Fiber Access for all Tehsils www.usf.org.pk 13
OFC Program split in 11 ‘Packages’ Already served Contract Tehsils ready for 4 Contracted signing 11 Package of Route in No unserved Tehsils Kms 1 SIND 716 2 BALUCHISTAN – 1 848 3 BALUCHISTAN – 2 1,396 4 BALUCHISTAN – 3 1,117 5 BALUCHISTAN – 4 700 6 BALUCHISTAN – 5 720 7 NWFP Excl FATA – 1 172 8 NWFP Excl FATA – 2 428 9 FATA—1 420 10 FATA—2 430 11 FATA—3 450 Total (excl NAs & AJ&K ) ~ 7,400 14
First OFC Project in Sindh
3 rd USF Program: Broadband for un-served urban areas www.usf.org.pk 16
USF Strategy to spread Broadband Rural areas: 1. Start by targeting No PCs, Unserved Urban Un- & No Areas served Rural Computer- 2. Pay only when 62% literacy given targets are Un- achieved (OBA) served Covered Urban 3. More than one 21% 17% subsidy winner 4. Special emphasis ~480 cities & 15 to 18 towns: no on Education large cities: Broadband Broadband is available available www.usf.org.pk 17
Broadband Program Progress 50,000 Broadband Connections 4 Agreements signed already added ! 1 ready for Signature 1Bid under Evaluation KTR, LTR & ITR are considered “served” 18
Special Emphasis on Education For every Higher Sec. School, No Region EBCs Students College and Library: 1 FTR 250 178,000 • free broadband for 1 st year 2 MTR 327 240,000 • 5 PCs in a LAN 3 STR-1 82 82,000 • training of 2 Trainers 4 HTR 145 80,000 Ea 5 GTR* 238 240,000 Total 1,042 820,000 Ultimately: “Educational Broadband ~1,900 Educational Broadband Centers Centers” www.usf.org.pk 19 * Ready for signing
Province wise EBCs No of Towns: 50 No of EBCs: 574/145 No of Towns: 45 No of EBCs: 100/-- Girls HSS, Rasool Nagar No of Towns: 200 No of EBCs: 1,416/815 No of Towns: 150 No of EBCs: 339/82 Iqbal Library, Sialkot 20
How Info for EBCs is collected USF: Basic Info (Public & Private) NEC Consultants: Addresses, D.E. Offices, BISE Consultants: Visit each Institution, verify names/addresses, collect GIS Co-ords, Number of Students, Teachers, PCs, Check Internet USF: Process the collected Information and make part of Bidding Documents www.usf.org.pk 21
Overlap with Punjab Govt. Project Higher Secondary Schools Telecom Punjab Govt. Regions USF Computer EBCs In the 4 Telecom Labs Regions so far, there 60 13 FTR is an overlap in 100 MTR 61 31 out of 206 HSSs. 41 33 GTR (to discuss separately) 44 23 CTR Total 206 100 www.usf.org.pk 22
Request to Provincial Governments Help Telecom Operators in deployment of EBCs at Higher Sec. Schools and Colleges, like: • Allocation of appropriate room/space • Provision of electricity • Delegation of 2 Teachers for Training In short: Take Ownership! www.usf.org.pk 23
Thank You www.usf.org.pk 24
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