March 03, 2011

Mobile penetration in Pak above 60pc


STAFF REPORT ISLAMABAD: Mobile penetration in Pakistan has been increasing at a high pace and stands at 60.4 percent showing a cumulative average growth of five percent in three years.

According to the Information Economy Report, 2009, published by the UNCTAD, Pakistan is among the five dynamic economies of developing Asia in terms of mobile penetration.

Mobile operators have been working aggressively to increase their networks especially to the un-served areas, shrugging off disturbances in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, the report said. According to the data updated till July 2010, total mobile subscribers in Pakistan reached a staggering 100 million.

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