Telenor Rabta centres launched

Article: 24 September 2007

Telenor Pakistan has launched Telenor Rabta Centres to offer high speed Internet access to people in rural areas of Pakistan.

These community information centres offer all modern communication facilities under one roof, using Telenor Pakistan’s high-speed Edge network to help bridge the digital divide.

Internet facilities available in rural areas

“We want to establish an easy-to-access point for these communities to benefit from e-mail, scanning, faxing and printing facilities in their everyday lives. With information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) becoming an ever-increasing part of our lives, there is need for such facilities to be made available in Pakistan’s rural and semi-rural areas too”, said Sigvart Voss Eriksen, Chief Marketing Officer in Telenor Pakistan

Available services

Each centre is equipped with two PCs with Edge data card to connect to Internet.

Telenor Rabta Centre customers will be able to use services such as:

e-mailing
Internet searching
video conferencing
printing
document composing
scanning
CD burning
Faxing
Photocopying
downloading different forms
easy load
make mobile phone calls

A pilot project involving local communities

Telenor Rabta Centres are part of a pilot project involving local communities and have been established in Quetta (Balochistan), Khuzdar (Balochistan), Bagh (Azad Kashmir), Jamal Deen Wali (Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab), Ahmadpur Sial (Jhang, Punjab) and 18 Hazari (Jhang, Punjab).

Telenor Pakistan is collaborating with the GSMA Development Fund, Nokia Siemens Networks and the ILO (International Labour Organisation) on the project.

Possible expansion

Telenor Pakistan will monitor the performance of the Rabta centres and decide on upscaling after comprehensive evaluation.

For more information, please contact:
Kai Rosenberg, Vice President, Corporate Communications
E-mail: kai.rosenberg@telenor.com