National Telecommunication Corporation (Pakistan)
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| State Owned Telecom Operator | |
| Industry | Telecommunication |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters | NTC Headquarters, Sector G-5/1, Islamabad, Pakistan |
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Area served
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Pakistan |
| Services | Telecommunication and data based services |
| Owner | Government of Pakistan |
| Website | Home Page |
National Telecommunication Corporation (abbreviated: NTC) is a government-based IT and Telecom services provider corporation in Pakistan.
NTC was formed in 1996 by a telecom Reorganization act through which Pakistan Telecommunication Company formerly TNT (Telephone and Telegraph) was split into two companies NTC and PTCL. NTC provide telecom services to entire Govt. departments and their residences across the country.
The new era of telecommunication in Pakistan has brought several challenges with it, despite of the advantages it has made visible for the consumers. The most important being the challenge to keep intact the security requirements of the Government of Pakistan and to protect the new players in this field from the conventional practices of the incumbent operators to protect their market share. To overcome these challenges GoP established National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) in January 1996 under the Telecom Reorganization Act 1996. The main objective was to have an infrastructure independent of all other operators that can be used for the purpose of government communication and as an alternative support for the operators entering the market.
The ongoing infrastructure development journey for NTC began in 1996 when it was created with few local exchanges and analogue microwave. However, today NTC has developed its own infrastructure to an extent where it can be called an independent IT and telecom operator capable of meeting the challenges of the deregulated environment and meeting the objectives for which it was created.
NTC started its operations in 1996 with only 5 local exchanges all over Pakistan and an analogue microwave link not capable of supporting the digital transmission. To carry out its operations, it was mainly dependent on PTC infrastructure and used its transit network, international gateways, transmission network, IN platform etc., to carry out its operations. The copper network in the access provided to NTC was not sufficient to cater for its subscriber base and meet the required quality of service parameters. NTC had no arrangements for direct interconnect with cellular operators.
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