Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and National Insurance Company Limited have agreed to provide Smart Cloud Services with their allied licensees.
Khalid Hamed, Group Vice President, Enterprise Solutions, PTCL, and Chief Executive Officer, National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) signed the agreement at a ceremony held at the NICL headquarters in Karachi. Umar Farooqui, Team Director, PTCL, PTCL, CEO of National Insurance Company Tariq Aziz, and other insurance officials, Information Technology, National Insurance Company Bilal Kully were also present on the occasion.
PTCL provides National Insurance Companies with state-of-the-art infrastructure solutions equipped with the latest technology, in-house managed security, and DDoS filtering solutions.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Mohammad Basharat Qureshi, Group Vice President, Enterprise Solutions, PTCL said, “We are entering into agreements with national insurance companies to support them in meeting their business needs. PTCL, being a national company, is digitizing across the country.
Through partnerships e.g., PTCL continues to play a key role in the development of technology infrastructure by providing innovative and reliable solutions for the corporate and public sector that will contribute to the economic development of the entire country.”
Khalid Hamed, Chief Executive Officer of the National Insurance Company, said: “Considering the fast pace of banking today through mobile and online platforms, it is important to continue to improve security tools. We signed this agreement with PTCL as a trusted partner for our smart cloud services for virtual private servers.
Keeping our data safe is of the utmost importance and we believe in providing our customers with the best financial solutions that can give them the peace of mind they need to fully embrace a digitally enabled financial life. This partnership with PTCL is a step in the right direction considering the range and quality of services we offer.”
PTCL strives to provide the highest level of service to its corporate clients in various sectors of Pakistan. This deal is part of the growth momentum in various areas of ICT and Security solutions, which are key to the digital banking ecosystem in Pakistan.