Pakistan Software Export Board Managing Director Dr Amir Mateen has said that privatisation of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) will have a strong impact on the industry of information technology. "This industry totally depends on telecommunication for its efficiency and growth," Mateen said while speaking at a PTV programme here Saturday.
He said, call centres and business process out-sourcing were the major areas of growth in IT industry that depended on round the clock connectivity. Major improvement was expected in this regard after the privatisation of PTCL, he observed, as the companies qualifying for the bidding had good reputation.
"They are working successfully in other countries and if they work on same pattern in Pakistan, all the issues relating to information technology would get resolved automatically," he said.
Government would of course ensure some safeguards in the agreement of PTCL's transaction to avoid the chances of negative impact on national and strategic interests, he said in response to a question.
The transfer of management control would apply in operational areas and not in strategic decision making.
To another question he said, emergence of some issues was a natural phenomenon when the number of players increased in the market, but in the presence of an efficient regulatory body such matter would be resolved amicably.