{"id":198468,"date":"2021-06-18T07:08:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T02:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=198468"},"modified":"2021-06-18T07:08:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T02:08:18","slug":"kp-to-launch-5g-service-in-peshawar-on-trial-basis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/kp-to-launch-5g-service-in-peshawar-on-trial-basis\/","title":{"rendered":"KP to launch 5G service in Peshawar on trial basis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Memorandum of Understanding inked between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IT Board and PTCL and launch of 5G service in Peshawar on trial basis on Thursday.<br \/>\nKP is the first province to launch 5G service. Minister of Science and Information Technology and Food Atif Khan KP government mounted Science and Information Technology department budget from Rs 430 million to Rs14 billion. Minister of Science and Information Technology<br \/>\nMemorandum of understanding was signed between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IT Board and PTCL during a ceremony held on Thursday and 5G service was inaugurated on a trial basis in Peshawar. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Science and Information Technology and Food Atif Khan, Secretary Science and Information Technology Anbar Ali Khan, Managing Director KPIT Board Sahibzada Ali Mahmood and senior officials of PTCL were present,on the occasion.<br \/>\nProvincial Minister Atif Khan was given a detailed briefing on 5G service on a trial basis by PTCL in Peshawar and was also given a tour of the National Incubation Center.<br \/>\nTalking to media, Provincial Minister Atif Khan said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was the first province to launch 5G service on a trial basis after Islamabad.<br \/>\nHe further added that the provincial government was focusing great importance on science and information technology sector.<br \/>\nThe minister apprised that provincial government was allocating Rs 14 billion for annual development program in coming budget for STIT department? \u201cInformation technology Sector has been included mega projects in the annual development budget which will ensure easy provision of services to public and eliminate corruption.<br \/>\nHe also said that the establishment of these projects would provide employment opportunities to the youth as well as boost provincial exports.<br \/>\nThe provincial minister extended that efforts were being made to provide WiFi service to 25 government colleges and universities.<br \/>\nAtif Khan said that Fiber connectivity is top priority to remote and backward areas, including tourist sites, to ensure the fastest internet connectivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memorandum of Understanding inked between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IT Board and PTCL and launch of 5G service in Peshawar on trial basis on Thursday. KP is the first province to launch 5G service. Minister of Science and Information Technology and Food Atif Khan KP government mounted Science and Information Technology department budget from Rs 430 million [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>KP to launch 5G service in Peshawar on trial basis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/kp-to-launch-5g-service-in-peshawar-on-trial-basis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KP to launch 5G service in Peshawar on trial basis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Memorandum of Understanding inked between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IT Board and PTCL and launch of 5G service in Peshawar on trial basis on Thursday. 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