The IT Ministry gathers a meeting to discuss the adoption of Wi-Fi 6E in Pakistan.
On Friday, the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom convened a meeting here under the leadership of Member Telecom Omar Malik to discuss the deployment of Wi-Fi 6E technology in Pakistan.
The meeting discussed the integration of forthcoming indoor-outdoor Wi-Fi 6E band technologies and devices in Pakistan.
Dr. Ismail Shah, Director General Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Strategy and Development Mudassar Naveed, Director Frequency Allocation Board, DG Wireless MoITT, Director Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO/PAKSAT), and other government officials were in attendees.
A committee has already been formed under PTA for the adoption of Wi-Fi 6E technology to ensure the timely inclusion of the Wi-Fi 6E developing technological ecosystem in Pakistan.
Existing Wi-Fi technology for end users creates a latency and capacity stumbling block for next-generation technological inclusion of augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), industrial and domestic robots, Metaverse, and mass adoption of ultra-low latency gaming and animation industry business cases, regardless of whether standard current home routers or outdoor Wi-Fi devices are connected to optic fibre.
The inclusion of the Wi-Fi 6E standard will provide the groundwork for cutting-edge technologies that will use unlicensed and open spectrum and will be extensively accepted in Pakistan. Wi-Fi 6E necessitates the installation of new hardware on both the transmitting and receiving ends.
Aside from Wi-Fi 6E, the Internet of Things system has already been opened in Pakistan for wide adoption of agri tech, smart homes, safe cities, disaster management, industrial automation, remote sensing, and lighthouse networks in the interest of new enterprises and small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
