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Additionally, the current state of Pakistan's democracy, a lack of domestic production capacity, and the high costs associated with imports are further exacerbating this situation. Furthermore, rising inflation and the depreciation of the Pakistani currency have compelled major smartphone brands to raise their mobile device prices. [5]
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.
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd., commonly known as PTCL, is the national telecommunication company in Pakistan. [1] [3] PTCL provides telephone and internet services nationwide and is the backbone for the country's telecommunication infrastructure.
[2] [3] In Pakistan, wi-tribe is operating in Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, and Rawalpindi. Qatar Telecom invested in WiMAX technology which, was the leading technology at the time, and set up over 600 towers for base stations across its network at a cost close to $200 million USD. In March 2016, wi-tribe was acquired by the HB Group from Ooredoo ...
The launch of 5G services in the country were then delayed to June 2023 with a revised plan for July 2023, however the plan to implement 5G services was dropped to focus on first developing 4G services with a targeted penetration level of 60% before development in the 5G sector can be started again, as of now no updated timeline has been ...
Following the merger of Mobilink and Warid Pakistan, Mobilink was officially rebranded to Jazz in 2017. [6] VEON will buy the remaining 15% shares in Jazz from Abu Dhabi Group for 100pc ownership. [7] In March 2021, VEON completed the acquisition of 15 percent shares held by Abu Dhabi Group for US$273 million. [8]
In 2021, it purchased its own 4G spectrum license for US$279 million. [4] In July 2021, Ufone had around 23 million cellular subscriptions, and had a market share of 12%. It had 10.6 million broadband subscriptions, or 10% of market share in Pakistan. [9] Also in 2021, it was the sponsor of the Ufone 4G Football Cup in Pakistan. [10] [11]