KARACHI: The number of mobile phone users in Pakistan will increase by at least 27 million during the next five years, an international report said, making the country among the top 10 around the world in terms subscriber growth.
“Of the top 10 markets across the world in terms of subscriber growth over the next five years, six are in Asia Pacific,” said a latest report by London-based Groupe Spéciale Mobile Association (GSMA), representing 800 mobile operators worldwide.
The GSMA intelligence said Indonesia, Pakistan, Myanmar and Bangladesh will see significant further growth in their subscriber bases over the period. The mobile phone subscription has already crossed the mark of 130 million in Pakistan. Total 2.5 billion people, 62 percent of the Asia Pacific’s population, were subscribed to mobile services in 2015.
