[governance] State of Telecom Industry In Pakistan 2008-09 - Highlights

[Fouad Bajwa]

According to a recent report by Business Recorder Pakistan, the
Pakistani Telecom sector has depicted a remarkable 20 percent growth.
Source: http://www.brecorder.com/index.php?id=988885&currPageNo=1&query=&search=&term=&supDate

The following are the important highlights fiscal year 2008-09 (July
2008 -  June 2009):
(Thanking Telecompk source
http://telecompk.net/2009/11/22/pta-telecom-industry-pakistan-2008-09/)

You may also be interested in viewing this analysis presented earlier
this year:
tate of the Telecom Industry of Pakistan Final
http://www.scribd.com/doc/16255055/State-of-the-Telecom-Industry-of-Pakistan-Final


Highlights
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- Telecom sector revenue grew by 20 percent and generated Rs 327.8
billion as revenue

- Telecom sector paid Rs 112 billion as tax

- Tele-density (percentage of mobile users) of Pakistan stood at 62
percent showing a growth rate of 5.4 percent.

- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) stood at 815 million dollar

- Total investments in the sector stood at 1.7 billion dollar

- Telecom imports also grew by 20 percent and reached 1.6 billion dollar


Mobile Sector
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- The mobile penetration reached 58.2 percent of the total population

- Total mobile subscribers reached 94.3 million (as of September end
the number is 95.9 million) with more than 90 percent of the country
having access to mobile services

-Prepaid subscription is 98 percent, whereas only 2 percent
subscribers are post-paid

- Revenue: cellular revenues grew by 16 percent and stood at Rs 212
billion at the end of 2008-09
The mobile investments dropped by 48 percent and reached 1.2 billion
dollar in the year under review


LL and WLL
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- Basic services (LL. WLL & LDI) showed a healthy revenue growth rate
of 26 percent contributing Rs 113 billion to the sector revenue which
is around 34 percent of the total telecom sector revenue

- With the declining trend in fixed line tele-density reaching 2.2
percent with a total of 3.5 million fixed-line subscribers in the
country

- Wireless local loop (WLL) tele-density stands at 1.6 percent with
2.65 million subscribers across Pakistan



-- 
Regards.
--------------------------
Fouad Bajwa
Advisor & Researcher
ICT4D & Internet Governance
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