58 Mln Broadband Users Getting Affordable Services In Pakistan: Member IT
Faizan Hashmi Published August 19, 2018 | 06:33 PM
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Aug, 2018 ) :Pakistan, having more than 58 million fixed and mobile broadband users, is providing affordable and quality internet services as compared to other regional countries.
"It is the competition due to which broadband rate in Pakistan is also far more affordable than the other countries," Member Information Technology at Ministry of IT and Telecommunication, Mudassir Hussain said.
He told APP that for Pakistan, recognizing ICT as an industry has been very recent but our IT and Telecom sector is moving on fast pace and all these things really matter in decision making of global players to set up their presence here.
The market development for mobile broadband has been phenomenal which stands at more than 58 million overall i.
e. fixed and mobile users today.
He said, "Although low prices are good from user perspective but the Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) situation is not an instant attraction for entry of new players in market. A high ARPU market like the USA, has consolidated back to around 3-4 players and what "We have now in our market are four players. Experts say that 3 or 4 players in an optimum size." Pakistan has been ranked at 96th place for mobile Internet, ahead of India which grabbed 109th spot in June's edition of global Internet speed test.
According to the latest edition of Ookla's Speedtest Global Index a better mobile broadband as compared to India despite there been concerns over efforts to get people online in the country.
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