Universal broadband : Etisalat CEO stresses on partnership

Etisalat CEO proposed a number of changes the telecommunications ecosystem should embrace

ISLAMABAD: Universal broadband is a real target that can be achieved through public-private partnership and would promote digital, social and financial inclusion in the developing world, said Etisalat Group CEO Ahmad Julfar. Addressing the Mobile World Summit in Barcelona, he said public internet needs to evolve further and this required investment in capacity, new solutions, technologies and innovative business models. Julfar proposed a number of changes the telecommunications ecosystem should embrace including new competitive models to allow telecom companies to focus on market value creation through collaboration between private and public sectors to distribute choice, affordability and welfare to citizens.

Published in The Express Tribune, March  7^th,  2015.

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