ISLAMABAD: The cellular companies in the country have managed to add 2.5 million new users to their networks in August.
According to the statistics issued by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the new users have taken the total toll to 118.94 million as all telecom operators added notable number of new subscriptions despite the fact that all new subscriptions go through biometrics verification procedures.
Mobilink led the market with its 34.63 million customers while it added 643,749 new subscriptions during August 2015.
Telenor stood second with 32.74 million customers where as it added 592,067 new phone users to its network during the month.
Zong added 668,062 customers during the reported duration to take its total number of customers to 23.10 million while Ufone was able to grab 403,121 new subscribers and it total count of mobile phone users reached 18.29 million.
Similarly, Warid for the first time after the biometrics re-verification drive, crossed 10 million mark and reached 10.16 million customers while adding 205,078 new subscriptions during the month.
Meanwhile, the 3G and 4G subscriptions in the country reached 15.75 million till August this year with a bit slow growth rate due to new taxes on internet services and comparatively sluggish 3G network expansion plans from telcos.
