ISLAMABAD: The number of cellular subscribers has reached 145 million with teledensity of 71.42% as a result of initiatives taken by ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication.
The 3G/4G subscribers have reached 48 billion out of 145m mobile users in the country. Teledensity for 3G/4G subscribers has reached 23.81 percent and teledensity of cellular subscribers reached 71.42 percent till the month of December whereas mobile broadband (3G/4G) users’ were 37.574m till Dec 2016, revealed Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).
The Ufone 3G users reached 5.7 million, Telenor 3G users reached 10.63m, Mobilink 3G users reached 14.29m and Zong 3G users reached 9.5m till Dec 2017. Telenor 4G users reached 1.5m, Mobilink 4G users reached 1.9m and Zong 4G users reached 4.9 million. An official of IT Ministry said that once the infrastructure will be in place to achieve 100 percent 3G coverage, Pakistan will be ready to focus on the demand side of the technology; such as providing training to the masses who want to attain the best of digital skills. He said telecommunication sector in the country has grown at a rapid pace and undergone an impressive transformation over the last four years.
Introduction of Mobile Broadband Services (3G/4G/LTE) in Pakistan is one of the biggest achievements of Ministry.
