STAFF REPORT ISB: Thanks to millions of 3G and 4G users, the year 2015 witnessed a 12 per cent growth in broadband penetration from mere 2.07 per cent in 2014.


At the end of November 2015, the total number of broadband subscribers reached 24.78 million, out of which 21.68 million broadband users were on 3G/4G technology, 1.5 million were on DSL and another 1.3 million were using EvDO.


This huge increase in broadband usage is clearly the result of 3G/4G services but less than 20 per cent mobile phone users out of the total 124 million subscribers have shifted to 3G/4G networks, indicating that there is a huge potential available in the market and that the number of broadband users in Pakistan may continue to grow for several more years.


It was Micronet again in 2006 to introduce FTTH services in the country for the first time while Wateen initiated its WiMAX network in 2007 to start offering wireless broadband services.

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