The number of 3G and 4G users in Pakistan reached 35.45 million by end of October last against 34.32 million by end of September 2016, official documents of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) revealed Friday. Number of mobile phone users in Pakistan reached 134.91 million by end of October 2016 from 134.41million by end of September 2016, which registered an increase of around 0.5 million during the last one month.
According to the documents, Ufone 3G subscribers decreased from 5,297,543 in September to 5,245,299 by end of October 2016. According to the PTA data, the number of 3G subscribes of Mobilink, Zong and Telenor reached 11.78 million, 6.68 million and 9.24 million by end October 2016 against 10.955 million, 6.66 million and 9.11 million by end September respectively. Warid LTE subscribers reached 599,785 by end of October against 577,275 from September 2016.
The number of 4G (Zong) users jumped from 1,713,900 subscribers during September 2016 to 1,903,285 subscribers by end of October 2016. Mobile teledensity reached at 69.22 per cent and broadband subscribers increased to 35,446,843 during the period under review.
According to the data, total revenue of the telecom sector for fiscal year 2015-16 stood at Rs 456.37 billion, slightly up from Rs 445.08 billion reported during the previous year. Total telecom investment during fiscal year 2015-16 remained at $719.7 million against $1,001 million in 2014-15. The country attracted $659.4 million from cellular mobile companies in 2015-16 against $977.6 million during the same period of previous year.