Pakistan becomes the first country to test the 5G network. The news was confirmed by the State Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunication, Anusha Rehman. Not only will this but by the end of the year 2020, Pakistan become the first country to launch its 5G service.

The new in this news:

1) The 4G spectrum license sold for $295 million.
2) 10% advance tax from JAZZ Communications added to the bid price for a total of $300 million.
3) Broadband penetration has improved from 3% to 29%.
4) 5G technology is 40 times faster than 4G.

According to the minister, Pakistan is the first ever country to test the 5G technology services and after some years in 2021 it will launch 5G technology network service too.

Anusha Rehman said,

“Through the Ministry’s spokesperson Saghair Watto that preparations were underway to ensure that the technology was rolled out fast enough to reap its benefits.”

According to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA),

“Mobile internet users in the country have grown significantly in the numbers and reached a record 40.56 million active mobile internet users by the end of April 2017.”

Saghair Watto,

“It would be great to make sure that the various beneficiaries such as industries, the government, companies, and individual users will all realize faster working rates. With speeds of up to 40 times faster than the 4G network, 5G networks will have a huge impact on the country as a whole (5G has a capacity of up to 10 Gigabits per second).”

Internet has changed the lives of people. It has made communication easier. From shopping online to chatting with people overseas, everything on internet is just one click away. This is the reason, telecommunication industries are planning out services that are fast so that the user experience can be accelerated and people can enjoy the better service.

Anusha Rehman also added,

“At the penetration of broadband in the country has increased from 3 percent to 29 percent in a very short while.”

The initiative has been taken after the authorities have seen the huge increase of internet users after the availability of 4G network in Pakistan. The 4G network has gained popularity overnight and is praised by people all over Pakistan. To make the internet service better, the authorities are planning to test an even faster and efficient network 5G technology.

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Pakistan’s face as a home for Chinese Investment is bound to strengthen in the upcoming years. China Mobile Pakistan, Zong, which has already invested over 2 Billion Dollars in Pakistan over the years, has reaffirmed its commitment of investing 200 Million Dollars.

It is also mention-able that the company was the first to invest in 3G and 4G licenses. Its marketing better than most, its events the grandest of them all, the company aims at expanding its network by adding 3G and 4G sites, currently predicted to be near 10500 by the end of 2017.

There 4G subscribers reached 2 Million, while it has expanded its 4G coverage to over 300 cities across Pakistan.

Up next in its plans are the socially cut off Rural Areas. The decision was announced on its meeting thanks to the out of the World success and increasing revenue.

China Mobile Pakistan

China Mobile Pakistan (CMPak) is a 100% owned subsidiary of China Mobile Communications Corporation. The pioneering overseas set up of China Mobile came through acquisition of a license from Millicom to operate a GSM network in Pakistan.

Started in 2007 with a market share of only 2%, Zong has seen outstanding growth in the last few years to increase it by 10 folds to about 20%. Currently, CMPak engages in the provision of cellular mobile voice and data services to the Pakistani market through 2G, 4Gand 4G technologies.

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Internet speed is a craze among everyone. The companies are introducing devices with more and more speed every time.

With the introduction of the devices the number of 3G and 4G users in country has increased largely. Mobile tele-density reached 69.22 per cent. As the mobile phone users reached 134.91mn by October, up from 134.41mn a month ago, registering an increase of around 0.5mn cellular subscribers during the period.

According to counts at the end of October 2016, the number of 3G and 4G users in the country has reached 35.45 million. It was 1.13mn users more than the September 2016.

The number of mobile broadband connection was 34.32 million till September 2016.

According to the statistics that were revealed by PTA 3G subscribers of Mobilink, Zong, and Telenor reached 11.78mn, 6.68mn and 9.24mn respectively by October, these stats were up to 10.955mn, 6.66mn and 9.11mn by September.

Warid LTE subscribers were 577275 in September. Within the month the counting increased to 5, 99,785.

Users of 4G (Zong) were not less in the count. In duration of one month their number increased from 1,713,900 to 1,903,285.

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