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For a country beset by recent natural disasters, political instability and a host of other economic and social problems, telecommunications in Pakistan has witnessed substantial growth over the past few years despite the odds. In an interview with BusinessWeek, a senior IT Minister has described the growth in Pakistan’s telecommunication industry as “an absolute revolution”. Deregulation, which had its humble beginnings in 2003, has led to privatization of Pakistan’s telecom industry and can be singled out as the factor that has driven growth in this critical sector of the country’s economy.
In mid 2005, Pakistan government sold its 26% stake in the country’s top, fixed-line institution – Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) to the Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) to further strengthen the deregulation process. Such economic reforms are driving the telecom industry to new heights. Since 2003, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has awarded in excess of 200 mobile, fixed and long distance licenses to 50 companies. This has resulted in substantial increase in competition spanning a wide spectrum of telecom services and fuelled further by Etisalat’s controlling share of PTCL.
Telecom Industry watchers affirm that a major part of growth will be witnessed in mobile telephony. According to 2006 statistics, teledensity across the country jumped from a mere 6.3% to over 23.7% over the precious year and is predicted to reach 30% by the years 2009-2010. This would signify an additional 30 million fixed and mobile telephone lines. In a population of 162.4 million (as of 2006), Pakistan had 5.37 million fixed telephone lines. However, within a year, mobile subscriptions surged to over 19.6 million, making this, as telecom experts assert, one of the most rapidly expanding mobile phone markets in the world. Ufone, a subsidiary of PAK Telecom Mobile Limited (PTML) in turn, wholly owned by PTCL, surpassed the 5 million subscriber mark in 2006 while GSM newcomer Warid Telecom attracted 3 million mobile telephone customers in the same year.
It’s true that major players and the highly competitive trends in Pakistan’s Telecommunication sector are driving growth. However, a major factor that is also contributing to revenue and growth in this sector, can also be attributed to the large Pakistani expatriate communities across the Middle East together with the Diaspora of millions of non-resident Pakistanis in Western countries, particularly the US and UK. The latter segment of users, account for a phenomenal number of international telephone calls that translate into millions of dollars in terms of value.
According to government officials and telecom industry analysts, the main beneficiaries of the revolution that is being witnessed by the Pakistan telecommunication industry are the consumers and businesses. As competition grows, all leading telecom players have reduced tariffs and are substantially improving service quality. This, in turn, is giving the Pakistan economy a much needed boost. As Pakistan comprises of large cities and towns as well as thousands of little villages spread over virtually inaccessible terrain, the government is now lending its full support to all major telecom companies to increase reach and penetration of telecommunication services throughout the country. This, may not be an easy task, however, in view of the dramatic growth of Pakistan’s telecommunication industry, this dream of nationwide connectivity is not impossible. Until then, the revolution in this critical sector of Pakistan’s economy moves confidently ahead.
Not any more it isn't. New Technology has made it pretty quick and easy.
The depth of the ocean was recorded in the days of the sailing ships. The first transatlantic cable was laid using this information so it was not laid in very deep water
The ocean floor is well mapped now, both with sonar and from satellites.
A very large coil of cable is stored in the hold of a cable-laying ship and fed out over the stern. The ship is equipped with devices to relieve the tension on the cable as the ship moves with the waves to avoid snapping the cable.
Presume u r talking about impact of national policies on telecom industry growth?
Check out the growth of china/india etc as compared to high penetration markets like UK/USA.
The diff is that of national policies.
The biggest problem with engineering is that your programs are so tightly focused and leave little room for cross training in other areas of engineering.
However, that doesn't mean you can't switch or add additional training. But it's one of those fields where schooling is so concentrated on one type of engineering that it's very hard to have training outside of your major.
I can major in Economics and have plenty of room for courses in marketing, finance, sociology. But with engineering, that's not the case. And it's because it's a very technical field!
Now mechanical and telecommunications engineering go have some things in common. And adding the CISCO certification under your belt would definitely help. But you'll be possibly competiting with people in computer science and networking.
The difference often lies in the design arena. That's an area that's highly stressed in engineering programs. So they often have a leg up here. In other words, engineers can design, build, and troubleshoot.
In general they might not be the most technically competent, but enough to understand what is going on. Know how hard it might be for someone to do what is being asked of them. Recognize where help is needed. They need to be a good people person (not necessarily popular) be a good team builder, delegates and does not try to do everything themself. do not be afraid to ask, or tell people what to do. Needs to be able to communicate with customers and higher management, and in turn communicates with the crew. Realize everyone is HUMAN. I know there is a lot more.
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Communication is the theoretical/academic field dealing with the study of human communication. It discusses group dynamics, oratory, media and culture, etc… It includes a lot of areas that were once separate areas of study such as journalism, film studies, speech, and tech writing.
Telecommunication is the technical field that addresses the mechanical aspects and is related more to engineering than to theory. It addresses much of the how such as how does fiber optic cable work.
If he's interested in Broadcast Engineering then the technical degree is the field. If he's interested in Broadcast Journalism then he wants journalism or communication. If he's interested in Broadcast management then the subfield in communication is media communication management.
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More than you will get working for a Vietnamese company, that's for sure. Write to all of the airlines, enclosing a copy of your CV, good luck.