Cellular Subscribers Near 97 Million. Telenor and Mobilink Gain Most.
After a tumultuous year, the Pakistan telecom industry is back on the road to recovery. Its good to see November 2009 show some healthy growth of about 800K new subscribers. Total cellular subscribers are 96.7 million (with ~285K for SCO and AJK). Here are the month-to-month gains with the most successful operator at the top:
- Telenor: 304,178
- Mobilink: 204,419
- Warid: 134,010
- Zong: 117,143
- Ufone: 31,105
Telenor continues its successful streak and tops 22 million subscribers, an impressive performance in a tough year. Mobilink, with 30.5 million is certainly back in action and deserves a pat on the back for fighting back. Warid is doing a decent job with 18.7 million. Zong has picked up more subscribers than earlier months but struggles to go over 7 million. Ufone is seriously behind others – one has to wonder what happened to them.
So the cellular industry is still waiting for its century (Target: 100 million) , now expected in Feb/March 2010. At least we are back on track.
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