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Mobile Phone Users In Pakistan

Mobile Phone Users In Pakistan: The number of 3G and 4G users in Pakistan has reached 54.66 million by the end of April 2018, said Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).

Number of mobile phone users in Pakistan has reached 149.66 as compared to 149.10 million by in March 2018, an increase of 0.56 million during the period under review.

Jazz’s total count for 3G users stood at 14.92 million, registering a decrease of 0.06 million.

Jazz 4G user numbers jumped from 3155686 to 3669794 in 2018.

Zong 3G subscribers increased from 9.187 million to 9.34 million, while the number of 4G users jumped from 6373061 has surged upto 6779753.

The number of 3G users of Telenor network increased from 10.928 million to 10.933 million. The number of 4G users jumped from 2451057 to 2736597.

Ufone added 0.117 million 3G users on its network during the month of April as the total reached to 6.282 compared to 6.165 million in March 2018.

Tele-density for cellular mobile reached 75.25 percent and broadband subscribers reached 56946252.

Mobile Phone Users In Pakistan
Mobile Phone Users In Pakistan

Pakistani telecom companies soon to test 5G technology

Pakistani telcos achieve another triumph as the government has finally allowed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to let telcos conduct 5G trials in Pakistan.

Under the Section 8 of the PTA Re-Organization Act, 1996, the Federal Cabinet has approved the issuance of Policy Directive to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) which will, in turn, allow telcos to conduct the trials while following pre-determined regulations.

Mobile Phone Users In Pakistan
Mobile Phone Users In Pakistan

Now that the PTA has an official stamp of approval to go-ahead with the 5G trials, it will proceed to develop a framework which all telcos will have to follow if they want to test 5G.

Before the 5G spectrum is auctioned off in a few years, this prior testing is an essential phase. It isn’t clear yet how the PTA will allocate the bands of the 5G spectrum to various telcos but during this testing period telcos cannot charge their customers for 5G services.

Mobile Phone Users In Pakistan
Mobile Phone Users In Pakistan

The buzz around 5G has been going around for quite a while now. Last summer, Zong expressed its interest in testing 5G technology in Pakistan around the same time when IT Minister Anusha Rahman stated that Pakistan is set to have 5G by 2020.

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