All Entries in the "Telecom Indicators" Category
China Mobile: Biggest Investment of $300 Million in Pakistan
China Mobile is planning to invest $300 million in Pakistan which is one of the largest investments made by any telecom operator in our country for this current year.
This was unveiled by the Chairman of China Mobile Corporation, Mr. Wang Jianzhou.
As ZONG has already invested $1.66 billion in Pakistan and played an important role in generating over 40,000 indirect and 1,700 direct jobs in the country. The China Mobile is likely to invest more in [...]
Pakistan Mobile Subscribers Statistics Dec 2009
Pakistan is now in the list of fastest telecom growth countries. Calls rates are very low in Pakistan and this is one of many factors of this development. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has released Mobile Service Providers statistics as on December 2009. There are 97,579,940 (97.6 Million) Mobile users with Mobile Density of 59.60% in Pakistan according to the report (Dec 09).
GSM service pioneer Mobilink stands first with 30,800,354 subscribers. Telenor on second with user [...]
ZONG Leads Industry in Terms of Growth Rate in 2008-09
According to the annual report of the PTA, the new entrant Zong led the market in terms of growth in the year 2008-09. The report staggered a 220 percent growth in revenue and this is the highest in the telecommunication industry.
ZONG growth of 220% was followed by Ufone 46%. The contribution of ZONG was 30 billion which 20% of the total increase in its revenue. This achievement is remarkable for a new entrant in the [...]
Pakistan Touches 96.7 Million Mobile Users in Nov 2009
According to the latest reports by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, the country has touched the count of mobile phone users to 96.7 million in November 2009.
With these 96.7 million mobile phone subscribers, the teledensity has reached 59.03 percent. And with the increased growth rate of 0.83 percent especially owing to the best in the last half year of 2009, the total amount of the mobile phone subscriptions in Pakistan stood at 96,709,585 with net addition [...]
Positive Trend in Telecom Sector During 2008-09
Out of the top four cellular players Ufone has been the biggest impetus behind the Cellular industry’s 17% growth as declared by PTA in its annual report for the year 2008-2009. Ufone’s is at the top with an astounding revenue growth of 46% during past year.
The report states that cellular telecom sector in Pakistan maintained a positive growth rate for the year 2008-09 despite a cut throat tariff and call packages competition and sluggish economic [...]
2005-2009 Mobile Operators Overview- 95547285 Total Mobile Subscribers
Mobilink started its operations in Pakistan in 1993 and is pioneer of GSM Service in Pakistan. Today, we have 6 Mobile operators; five of them are GSM Service Provider i.e. Mobilink, Telenor, Ufone, Warid, Zong and one AIMs Operator, Instaphone which is going to be unearthed very soon. For the last few years, the competition between the Mobile Operators has increased and they are spending millions of rupees per annum on advertising. This competition also [...]
