The other three operators - Mobilink, Telenor and Zong - which also won spectrum auction at a bidding and officially awarded licenses the other day, have yet announced initiation of 3G services on commercial basis.
Though operators initiated the 3G services in different cities of the country on trial basis after successfully bidding for the spectrum license last month to get their subscribers acquainted with the technology and its benefits.
The sources at these mobile companies have informed that the 3G services on commercial basis would be launched very soon.
After officially award of license on May 22, Ufone notified its subscribers through SMS after two days about end of free trial and start of commercial services by offering packages for both prepaid and postpaid users.
The newly announced Ufone 3G packages are applicable for customers that are going to use 3G services in Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Karachi. Customers using 3G services in other cities can check the end of trial period as per their respective cities.
An official at Ufone on Monday said the users in Faisalabad and Peshawar will continue to use free 3G service till the announcements for their respective cities.
The official said good thing about Ufone 3G packages is that there are a lot of choices and options available that will cater variety of customers. For instance those who want to browse websites only can opt for 512 Kbps while others who want to skype call can select 1Mbps while video lovers will have 3Mbps but with an open eye on the data limits.
The other mobile phone companies would also experiment 3G packages during first few months to evaluate the feedback and demand and it is likely that these bundles may get revised within next few months. There are 17 different Ufone 3G packages available for prepaid customers.
It is mentioned here that at a bidding for spectrum auction last month China Mobile (Zong) had won 3G and 4G licenses while Mobilink, Ufone and Telenor Pakistan won 3G license each.