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Published June 8, 2012

KARACHI, June 8: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) through open bidding has won a Rs.3.15 billion project of Universal Service Fund (USF) to provide basic telephony and data services in Mastung District of Balochistan province.

The Rural Telecom Services Project that will benefit a population of 74,831 people residing in 102 un-served muzas of Balochistan. An agreement for the project was signed here this week between PTCL and USF, which was witnessed by Federal Minister for IT & Telecom, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf.

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