10 Million Mobile Phone Users in Pakistan by Year End

Pakistan’s cell phone population will touch 10 million from existing 6.8 million, by the end of current fiscal, said a senior official of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).

According to data provided by the PTA, the number of cell phone users is increasing tremendously in the current fiscal year compared to previous fiscal year, which ended on June 30, 2004. In financial year 2003-04, only 2.5 million people were using mobile phones in Pakistan.

The regional director said that till October 31, Mobilink topped the list of four cellular companies, as it has the biggest subscriber base. Till October 31, 2004 the company had some 4.23 million subscribers in Pakistan, UFone had 1.61 million users, Instaphone 0.56 million subscribers while Paktel has just 0.35 million…