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| Multan Telecom Region (MTR) consists of the following districts:
1. Bahawalnagar
2. Bahawalpur
3. D.G. Khan
4. Khanewal
5. Leyyah
6. Lodhran
7. Multan
8. Muzaffargarh
9. Rahim yar khan
10. Rajan pur
11. Vehari
MTR, as a whole, has a total area of about 100,000 Sq Kms, a total population (rural + urban) of around 24 M (i.e. 14% of Total Population of Pakistan) and a population density of 240 Persons/SqKms. This project targets an urban population of 4.4M in 38 Cities/Towns of MTR (excluding the city of Multan).
Apart from providing broadband services, the project includes establishment of Educational Broadband Centres in 388 high-schools and colleges and 104 Community Broadband Centres in MTR.
Narrow band (dial-up) Internet services are available through multiple operators in all the districts, either through Narrowband Pops or Virtual Pops, via fixed line dialup as well as narrowband wireless technologies.
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Region ID:
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Broadband MTR-1/2009
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Advertised On:
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2nd March 2009
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Bidders Registered:
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- Multinet Pakistan Pvt. Ltd.
- Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)
- Wateen Telecom Pvt. Ltd.
- Wi-Tribe Pakistan Ltd.
- Worldcall Telecom Ltd
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Opening of Qualification & Services Proposals:
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Following three registered bidders submitted their Qualification & Services Proposals on 4th May 2009;
- Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)
- Wateen Telecom Pvt. Ltd.
- Worldcall Telecom Ltd.
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Financial Bid Opening of Technically Qualified Bidders
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Following bidders were declared Technically Qualified and their Financial Bids were opened on 18th May 2009. Subsidy requested by each bidder, based on 100% target, is as follows;
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Proposed Subsidy (PKR) per District |
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S/No
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Districts
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PTCL
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Wateen
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Worldcall
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1
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Bahawalnagar
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284,200,000
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468,441,000
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313,687,000
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2
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Bahawalpur
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494,600,000
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501,448,000
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728,782,000
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3
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D.G.Khan
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155,800,000
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197,666,000
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147,140,500
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4
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Khanewal
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262,500,000
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441,429,500
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288,431,000
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5
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Leyyah
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101,200,000
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142,712,000
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92,755,000
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6
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Lodhran
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160,000,000
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224,754,500
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139,519,000
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Multan
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53,500,000
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106,152,000
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46,854,000
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8
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Muzaffargarh
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264,500,000
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427,026,000
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301,130,500
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9
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RahimYarKhan
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386,200,000
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373,868,000
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493,241,500
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10
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Rajanpur
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123,100,000
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174,893,000
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107,969,500
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11
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Vehari
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247,075,000
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395,871,500
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246,197,000
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Note: Lowest Bids are presented in bold: |
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Result
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After the process of matching lowest subsidy and selection of targets (as per USF Broadband Bidding documents – RFA clauses 47, 48, 50 and 51), the contracts that have been signed with the two bidders are summarized below.
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Presence |
Target No. of Broadband Connections |
Target No. of EBCs |
Target No. of CBCs |
Subsidy Amount (PKR) |
Contract Signed on |
| PTCL |
All 11 Districts |
63,000 |
206 |
58 |
1,161,044,000 |
25th June 2009 |
| Worldcall |
9 Districts (Excluding Bahawalnagar and Rahim Yar Khan) |
38,500 |
121 |
27 |
785,721,250 |
28th July 2009 |
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EBC=Educational Broadband Center
CBC=Community Broadband Center |
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Note: LOI was sent to Wateen Telecom Pvt. Ltd. however Wateen surrendered Rahimyar Khan and Bahawalpur districts hence their bid bond was forfeited. |
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Region Name
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Operator
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Broadband connections provided so far
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MTR
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PTCL
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16,812
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Worldcall
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