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Mainland Pakistan AJ&K/Gilgit-Baltistan; 1 Jazz (PMCL - Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited) 410 / 01 410 / 07 030x 032x 2G: 900 MHz (GPRS, EDGE)
Approximately 90 percent of Pakistanis live within areas that have cell phone coverage and more than half of all Pakistanis have access to a cell phone. [8] With 194 million mobile subscribers in June 2022, Pakistan has the highest mobile penetration rate in the South Asian region. 3G/4G subscribers stood at 115 million in June 2022.
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]
Where, 92 is the ISD code for Pakistan and is required when dialing outside the country, 3 is the mobile access code, and 1 is the prefix for Zong allocated by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. Omitting +92 would require 0 instead to represent local call, hence 031 is the general prefix and N 1 N 2 N 3 N 4 N 5 N 6 N 7 N 8 N 9 is the ...
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.
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]