3G, 4G subscription touches 41.8mn mark

ISLAMABAD: The mobile broadband users (3G & 4G Internet) have almost touched 41.8 million mark till May 2017, registering an increase of 1.16 million subscribers during one month.

The number of mobile broadband users which was 40.57 million till April this year has reached 41.8 million.

Statistics issued by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Thursday revealed that since launch of such services three years back, the number of such subscribers is showing a reasonable growth with each passing month.

In January this year, the number of 3G and 4G users was 38.3 million while nearly 37.574 million mobile internet users were found to have been using data connections in December 2016.

As per statistics, Jazz subscribers stood at 12.5 million 3G users and Jazz LTE 895,483 users by end of May 2017.

The 3G subscribers of Zong have now extended to 8.67 million and 3.82 4G users by end of May 2017.

The number of Telenor 3G subscribers was 10.473 million and 519,788 4G users till the period mentioned above.

An increase has also been observed in Ufone subscribers base, reaching 4.83 million 3G users by May 2017 from 4.74 million till April this year.