ISLAMABAD: The mobile operators are recording growing number of the 3G, 4G users in the country.
The four main mobile broadband services providers have added 1.31 million 3G users on their networks during one month (January 15 to February 15) with Mobilink topping the charts for converting most customers from 2G to 3G during the period. The 3G and 4G services, launched in May last year, have attracted a lot of subscribers as total number of 3G users in the country reached 10.34 million at the end of February.
According to data issued by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Mobilink added 423,371 users on its 3G network during the month while Telenor added some 405,883 users to 3G. Zong attracted 266,307 customers to 3G while Ufone managed to grab 216,137 users for its 3G services.
At the end of February, Telenor lead the 3G market with 3.1 million subscribers while Mobilink stood second with its 2.6 million 3G users. Ufone had 2.47 million 3G users while Zong contented with 2.11 million 3G users.
With regard to 4G users, at the end of reported period, Zong had 7,261, up from 5,023 4G users it had last month while Warid on the other hand grabbed some 1600 Long term Evolution (LTE) users during the period to take the total count of LTE users to 60,923 users on its network.
