LAHORE: The Punjab government has abolished 19.5 percent tax on mobile Internet services and it is hoped that other provinces will follow suit.
A senior official at Zong expressed these views while pledging 100 percent 3G coverage across the country by this year.
The new investment plan of Zong would ensure 100 percent 3G and 60 percent 4G coverage, enabling the entire country to benefit from the high-speed technologies by the end of this year.
The Chinese mobile phone operator has planned $300-400 million investment in current year to expand scope of its 3G and 4G services across the country. The operator, China Mobile Pakistan, has already invested over $1 billion and more than 250 cities currently are receiving 3G and 4G services.
He added more than 2,700 sites of Pakistan are powered with 4G services. As part of its Future Plan for 2016, these would be doubled in number, the official added.
He said, “Pakistanis are a cricket loving nation and we at Zong are strived to do our best to bring this great sport back to this great country that is yearning for cricket for the last many years. Our aim is to revive dead cricket here.”
Answering a question, the official said Punjab has set a great example by abolishing 19.5 per cent tax on mobile internet services and “We hope that other provinces will follow the course.”
He said this is essential in order to allow telecom industry to flourish further which would strengthen Pakistan economically.
