ISLAMABAD:

The government has accelerated work on spectrum auction for expanding the telecommunication network and introducing 5G technology by changing the composition of a high-level advisory committee tasked with overseeing the auction.

The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication briefed the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet, in a recent meeting, that optimum utilisation of the available frequency spectrum was critical for expansion of the telecom network, improvement in tele-density and quality of mobile broadband services, including facilitating the 5G road map.

It may be noted that the current use of International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) frequency spectrum for commercial cellular services in the country in 700 MHz, 2,300 MHz, 2,600 MHz a

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