Pakistan Burgeoned ‘100M’ Mobile Broadband Subscribers

According to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), there were less than 2 million subscriptions in Pakistan in 2012, but after the introduction of 3G services, the internet service providers witness a skyrocketing boom in broadband subscribers as the figures jumped to 16 million in 2014 and 100 million in 2021. 

PTA tweeted about the achievement and praised the support given by the government through its policies.

In 2012, there were less than 2 million subscriptions but after the introduction of 3G services, the figure jumped to 16 million in 2014 & 100 million in 2021. Today 87% of the country population has access to internet/broadband services at one of the lowest rates in the region. pic.twitter.com/4wjAdlgOik

— PTA (@PTAofficialpk) April 2, 2021

Due to effective competition among telecom operators and a continuous commitment from PTA to introduce and utilize innovative technologies, broadband subscriptions in Pakistan have gathered 100 million subscribers.

As of now, 87% of the country’s population has access to internet/broadband services at one of the lowest rates in the region.

Adding details, PTA quoted that Broadband is providing over 3G/4G networks with an average download speed of 17.7 Mbps and upload speed of 11.3 Mbps (mobile) which is above the speed levels in other regional countries.

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Moreover, the introduction of first-ever biometrically verified SIMs across the country in 2009 and implementation of the world’s first open-source Device Identification Registration and Blocking System (DIRBS) in 2019 is marked as a milestone by the telecom sector of Pakistan.

As of February 2021, the number of cellphone users in Pakistan was recorded at more than 170 million. The government foresees the number to grow 210 million by 2025.

In a recent development, around 350 mobile towers have been upgraded from 2G and 3G to 4G in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB).