The number of 3G and 4G users in Pakistan has reached 98.12 million by end of March 2021 compared to 96.26 million by the end of February 2021. This indicates a registered increase of 1.86 million, said Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).
The number of mobile phone users in Pakistan reached 183.20 million by end-March 2021 compared to 181.27 million by the end of February, which registered an increase of 1.93 million during the period under review. Monthly Next Generation Mobile Service (NGMS) penetration increased from 42.79 percent in February 2021 to 43.51 percent in March 2021.
THE BREAKDOWN
Jazz’s total count for 3G users stood at 8.62 million by the end-March compared to 8.79 million by the end of February 2021, registering a decrease of 0.17 million. Jazz 4G user numbers jumped from 27.56 million by the end of February to 28.68 million.
Zong 3G subscribers decreased from 5.074 million by the end of February to 4.94 million by the end of March while the number of 4G users jumped from 22.042 million by the end of February to 22.49 million by the end of March 2021.
The number of 3G users of Telenor decreased from 5.87 million by the end of February to 5.73 million by end of March. The number of 4G users jumped from 15.52 million by the end of February to 16.10 million by the end of March.
Ufone 3G users decreased from 4.59 million by the end of February to 4.54 million by end of March. The number of 4G users of Ufone increased from 5.908 million by the end of February to 6.052 million by the end of March 2021.
Moreover, PTA received 26894 complaints from telecom consumers against different telecom operators including (cellular operators, PTCL, LDIs, WLL operators and ISPs) as of March 2021. PTA said that it was able to get 26808 complaints resolved i.e. 99 percent.
