Covid_19 Drives Broadband Growth in Pakistan
Due to Coronavirous Pandemic & Online Education Number of mobile broadband subscribers increases to 82.76 million in Pakistan ...! |Courtesy by Tribune| |Prepared by Ramzan Awan| With remote working and online education becoming a norm since the imposition of Covid-19-induced lockdown in March 2020, there has been a surge in 4G consumption whereas 3G demand has continued to decline...! According to latest statistics released by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, the number of overall mobile phone subscribers grew from 167.27 million in June 2020 to 168.04 million by the end of July 2020...! Similarly, the number of mobile broadband (3G and 4G) subscribers expanded from 81.14 million to 82.76 million in the same period, registering an increase of 1.62 million...! In terms of 4G market share, Jazz has the largest customer base of 19.98 million, followed by Zong at 18.13 million, Telenor 11.58 million and Ufone 4.22 million...! Public and economic policy analyst Hasaan Khawa