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Within Pakistan the same number can be reached by dialing either 03XZ-YYYYYYY or '0092-3XZ-YYYYYYY' or '+92-3XZ-YYYYYYY' from any mobile device or landline. In order to dial a landline number from a mobile phone in Pakistan, city code is required in all cases. However, city code is not required between landline calls within the same city.
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]
Number Prefix Technology Services Ownership Total Subscribers as of December 2024 [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) 4G: 900 (B8) / 1800 (B3) / 2100 (B1) MHz (LTE/LTE-A) 900 / 1800 MHz (GPRS, EDGE) Mobile Broadband VoLTE / VoWiFi
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 ...
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.
Due to the large demand for landlines in Lahore and Karachi, in 2009, PTCL decided to increase the 7-digit subscriber numbers to 8-digits, adding "9" before existing Government numbers and "3" before the others (e.g. the number 042–7878787 before 2009, was changed to 042–37878787). [39]
Pakistan Mobile Number Portability Database (Guarantee) Limited (PMD) was incorporated in 2005 under the Companies Ordinance, 1984 after the launch of MNP in Pakistan pursuant to the ‘Mobile Number Portability Regulations, 2005’ under S.R.O 763 (2005). Pakistan is the first country in South Asia to implement Mobile Number Portability. [3]
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]