Universal Service Fund Company (USF Co) 43rd Board of Directors meeting was convened on Tuesday in the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom, Islamabad. The Chairperson, board of directors, USF Co and the Minister of State for IT & Telecom Anusha Rahman chaired the meeting in which an overview of the company's two years plan along with the main efforts and development of telecommunication services were taken in to the view.
The Board of Directors taking deep interest in the implementation of Universal Telecenters Project aimed to facilitate the local community with state of art computer equipment and broadband facility advised USF Co management to expedite the implementation, bidding process and establishment of Universal Telecenters. Considering women and young girls a very important segment of the society, a special project for establishment of 50 Computer Labs (ICT Facilities) in Women Empowerment Centers (WECs) in collaboration with Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) was awarded to the lowest bidder and the training process has already started by Microsoft. Other Board members including the Secretary IT Rizwan Bashir Khan, Member Telecom Mudassar Hussain, Chairman PTA Dr Syed Ismail Shah, CEO USF Co Faisal Sattar were also present in the meeting.-PR
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