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On 1 July 2009, telephone numbers in Karachi and Lahore were changed from seven digits to eight digits. This was accomplished by adding 9 to the beginning of all phone numbers that started with a 9 i.e. government and semi-government lines and adding 3 to all other lines. [1] [2] [clarification needed]
On 1 July 2009, telephone numbers in Karachi and Lahore were changed from seven digits to eight digits. This was accomplished by adding the digit 9 to the beginning of any phone number that started with a 9 (government and semi-government connexions), and adding the digit 3 to any phone numbers that did not start with the number 9. [1]
Mainland Pakistan AJ&K/Gilgit-Baltistan; 1 Jazz (PMCL - Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited) 410 / 01 410 / 07 030x 032x 2G: 900 MHz (GPRS, EDGE)
In December 2023, Telenor ASA decided to sell its subsidiary, Telenor Pakistan, to PTCL for $385 million. [4] As of November 2024, Telenor Pakistan has a total subscriber base of 43 million in Pakistan, among which 25 million are 4G/LTE subscribers. With a market share of 22%, it is currently the third largest mobile phone network in Pakistan. [5]
PTA figures for 2007, for comparison, reported 48.5 million subscribers, [6] rising to 102 million (over 60% of the population) by December 2010. [7]In 2007, the largest cellular mobile telephone service providing company in Pakistan was Mobilink, and other companies included Wateen (a member of Dhabi Group).
Ufone has re-farmed their 900 MHz spectrum in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Abbottabad, Sheikhupura and Sialkot. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] PTML Ufone won 2x9 MHz of 1800 MHz in the 2021 NGMS auction held by PTA , bringing its total spectrum in the band up to 15 MHz which will be used for improvement of its existing 4G services.
Karachi is now Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre. The city has a formal economy estimated to be worth $190 billion as of 2021, which is the largest in the country. [36] [37] Karachi collects 35% of Pakistan's tax revenue, [38] and generates approximately 25% of Pakistan's entire GDP.
A third company (M/s Pakistan Mobile Telecommunication ltd) was among the competitors, but did not meet the bid requirements. The two companies raced to launch their cellular service and "Instaphone" won the race by few weeks, when they launched their service on 16 October 1990 with 3 Radio Base Stations.