National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) and Telecard Limited signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Thursday to co-operate on developing business and providing/support of solutions in ICT for government sector under Telecom Policy 2015. Managing Director NTC, Brigadier Viqar Rashid Khan (Retd) and Chief Executive Officer of Telecard Limited, Shamsul Arfeen signed the MoU.
Supernet Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Telecard Limited providing services to customers, which include satellite, radio and fibre optic based managed WAN services. Imran Akhter Shah, Advisor Business to Government Supernet/Telecard Ltd expressed his views over the bilateral opportunities in providing complete 360 solutions and Telecom services.
Shamsul Arfeen, CEO Telecard Ltd endorsed that the partnership would add value to NTC portfolio as their business partner to provide latest satellite technologies like O3B services, i-Direct service and low cost satellite based broadband services for NTC customers.
Adding his views, MD NTC Brigadier Viqar Rashid Khan (Retd) expressed that since inception in 1996, NTC continued to provide the most innovative ICT services to all governmental wings. "We, in part, also owe our success to the private sector operators like Telecard and Supernet, because we always look to partner up with these telcos to enhance our capabilities and facilitate our customer base at affordable rates." While speaking on the occasion, MD NTC briefed the audience that NTC was the first operator to establish the Cloud Based National Data Centre in the public sector.-PR