ISLAMABAD: The broadband usage in the country grown by 12 per cent to 24.78 million subscribers till the end of November 2015 from mere 2.07pc in 2014.
Out of total broadband subscribers, 21.68m users were on 3G/4G technology while remaining 1.5 million broadband users were on DSL and another 1.3m on EvDO. This huge uptake in broadband is result of 3G/4G services and interestingly less than 20pc mobile phone users out of total 124m subscribers have shifted to 3G/4G networks, indicating that there is huge potential available in market and this growing number of broadband users in Pakistan will grow further for several years to come.
Experts on Monday recalled the dial-up era of 1990s, when basic email and internet services were introduced in Pakistan but it was only 2001 when broadband services (DSL) in Pakistan were introduced for first time.
