Broadband subscriptions in Pakistan reach 100 million
>Dawn, PTA said there were fewer than 2m subscriptions in 2012, but after the introduction of 3G service the figure jumped to 16m in 2014 and now stood at 100m.
The telecom sector regulator claimed that currently around 87 per cent of the country’s population had access to internet/broadband services at one of the lowest rates in the region.
Moreover, broadband is provided over 3G/4G networks with an average download speed of 17.7Mbps and upload speed of 11.3Mbps (mobile) which is above the speed levels in other regional countries, it claimed.
Mobile data prices declined to only 0.70 percent of the gross national income (GNI) per capita which is well below the UN Broadband Commission’s recommendation of less than 2 percent.
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Mobile imports nearly double despite tattered economy Kathmandu Post
Kathmandu, Feb. 20 Nepal imported mobile phones worth Rs24.06 billion in the first seven months of the fiscal year 2020-21, an 84.67 percent year-on-year jump.
Traders said imports nearly doubled even though the economy flatlined due to the coronavirus, and tens of thousands lost their jobs. One reason why smartphone sales swelled is that students had to attend classes due to the virus threat, traders said.
The rise in legal imports has also been attributed to the immobilisation of the grey market by Covid-19 related restrictions.
According to the Department of Customs, the country imported 4.36 million mobile sets in the first seven months of the current fiscal year that began mid-July.