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IT Ministry signs MoU with Huawei at Mobile World Congress

ISLAMABAD: In a yet another significant development in the realm of ICT empowered socio-economic development, Ministry of IT and Telecom through the Universal Service Fund (USF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Huawei at the Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona.

USF was established by the IT Ministry to spread the benefits of the telecom revolution to all corners of Pakistan, and promote the development of telecommunication services.

Chief Technology Officer USF Syed Asif Kamal signed the MOU on Tuesday with the representative of Huawei, witnessed by Minister for IT & Telecom, Anusha Rahman Khan.

Through this MOU, Huawei will contribute towards digital development in Pakistan via USF programs through appropriate utilization of its expertise in program design, training and sharing successful experiences of its national ICT portfolio across infrastructure broadband services, vertical public services and intelligent digital platforms.

Speaking on the occasion, the IT Minister said that Huawei will provide the requisite expertise to MoIT through USF to develop National ICT services execution strategy, support Joint Innovation center (JIC) for empowering women benefiting from the USF ICT for Girls program and support and encouragement for the top three best performing graduates.

She added that this will ensure that the top performing girls from lower strata of the society will continue to pursue technology-based empowerment. She also said that partnership of Huawei will further enhance the effectiveness of projects and will go a long way in socio-economic development of the people of Pakistan.

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