ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is witnessing a reasonable broadband growth as 3G/4G and other Internet subscribers have touched 48 million mark till September 30, 2017, registering 22.6 per cent teledensity in this domain.
As per statistics issued by the regulator, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) here on Wednesday, there exist 141 million total mobile users in the country with 70.25 cellular mobile teledensity till the period mentioned.
The major contribution to broadband growth has been made by mobile segment as 3G and 4G subscribers reached 46 million.
Until the period, Ufone 3G users reached 5.4 million, Telenor users reached 10.7 million, Mobilink 3G users reached 13.64 million and Zong 8.9 million. The number of 4G users of Telenor is around 9 lac,  Mobilink 1.3 million and Zong 4.6 million.
Government facilitating/supporting the broadband service providers through Universal Service Fund for the proliferation of Broadband to the unserved areas, allocating new frequencies in the various bands for WiMAX and introducing other new wireless technologies.
Various operators are deploying new technologies such as WiFi, EVDO, WiMAX, Optical Fibre Cable, DSL and HFC for access provision to capture market share in the Broadband sector.
Pakistan is one of the leading countries in the world in terms of WiMAX deployment with Mobilink, Wateen and Burraq have deployed WiMAX systems.
This has contributed to a tremendous growth of international bandwidth as well as a rapid decrease in prices.
