As per the proposed plan, telecom services will be offered during every phase of a calamity. It will include the services to be rendered in the disaster-hit regions and the services to be provided in other regions to closed user groups and to the general public. The services to be offered will be a subset of those typically available from a licensee.
Details regarding the proposed national disaster telecom plan
Furthermore, the proposed plan involves a catalog comprising of critical telecommunications elements to be available at the time of any emergency. In addition to that, the terminal devices connected to telecom networks will need to be traceable within a good distance of the actual location to enable the provision of emergency services amid any disaster. Moreover, the plan entails that the telecom service providers and CMOs should keep themselves prepared all the time in case of any emergency and disaster. They would also be responsible for making additional arrangements for the restoration of basic services in minimum time. The plan further entails, Afterward, the federal government in collaboration with the PTA will evaluate the national and provincial necessities for critical telecommunications infrastructure and services. Finally, the national regulator PTA, in concurrence with the NDMA and in consultation with the licensees, will devise the regulations for disaster management. Afterward, the licensees will follow the regulations that apply when a regional or national emergency has been declared by the federal government or a provincial government in the legally required manner to devise the national disaster telecommunication plan. Check out? Federal Government Approves Science, Technology & Innovation Policy 2021
