Telenor Rabta Centers
Rabta is Urdu for making a connection. Here is the official Telenor press release about this. I am curious to find out more about the affordability of these centers and if these centers have the appropriate set of applications for the population in the remote 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.
Digital Media Asia reports on this:
Telenor Pakistan recently launched Telenor Rabta Centres as part of a pilot project involving local communities. These community information centres offer all modern communication facilities under one roof. The services use Telenor Pakistan’s high-speed EDGE network.
Telenor Pakistan is collaborating with the GSMA Development Fund, Nokia Siemens Networks and the ILO (International Labour Organisation) on the project. Rabta Centres 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).
Each centre is equipped with two PCs with EDGE data card to connect to the internet, a printer, scanner, webcam and a handset with Telenor Pakistan connection.
The GSMA Development Fund is providing support in project management and facilitation activities for the pilot implementation. Telenor Pakistan and its project partners have selected entrepreneurs from the corresponding local communities to run these centres as their business. All entrepreneurs have been trained in computer and entrepreneurial skills.
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