Telecommunications in Pakistan
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In fact Pakistan has the highest mobile penetration rate in the South Asian region. There communications were signs that this was changing, however.
PTCL Telecommunications in Pakistan provides its service under the brand name EVO. Wateen Telecom has launched its WiMAX services in the country. The market certainly has huge potential.
Telecom Landmark Media Enterprises sector is seeing exorbitant growth in Pakistan. There are currently 7 million landline subscribers in the country. Domestic: microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, fiber-optic cable, Telecommunications in Pakistan cellular, and satellite Landlines: For local calls the code used is non-STD.
WiMAX networks are also being deployed in the country. It does not end here as Pakistan became one of the few countries in Asia to have FTTU - Fiber to the User triple-services through Nayatel, which at Telecommunications in Pakistan present are available in all major cities.
Major businesses have established their own private systems; since 1988, the government has promoted investment in the national telecommunications system on a priority basis, significantly increasing network capacity. Most Pakistani companies, and government departments maintain web sites which has further increased Telecommunications in Pakistan the demand for internet. Broadband was first introduced in Pakistan in 1995 by Telstra under the brand name of GO4B.
Augere has also started its WiMax services under the brand name Qubee. The country has been pursuing an aggressive IT policy, aimed at boosting Pakistan’s drive for economic Telecommunications in Pakistan modernization and creating an exportable software industry.
According to the PTA, Mobilink continues to lead the market with 29.55 million subscribers, followed by Telenor (21.29 million), Ufone (20.05 million), Warid Telecom (18.14 million) and Zong (6.48 million). The sector is said to be growing at a fast pace yearly.
Also wireless broadband internet has been introduced by the WLL(Wireless Local Loop) Networks in many major cities. All Telecom companies are now working to broaden their network in AJK and Northern Areas, which were normally ignored till now.
For International calls the code used is ISD. Dialing System: When dialing on landlines, calls made within cities are considered local calls. There are a total of 4 WiMax operators in Pakistan. Architecture · Cartography · Communication · Education · History of Metallurgy · Media · Military History · Mining · National calendar · Nuclear power · Railways · Space Program Afghanistan · Armenia1 · Azerbaijan1 · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Brunei · Burma2 · Cambodia · People s Republic of China · Cyprus1 · East Timor3 · Egypt4 · Georgia4 · India · Indonesia · Iran · Iraq · Israel · Japan · Jordan · Kazakhstan4 · North Korea · South Korea · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Laos · Lebanon · Malaysia · Maldives · Mongolia · Nepal · Oman · Pakistan · Philippines · Qatar · Russia4 · Saudi Arabia · Singapore · Sri Lanka · Syria · Tajikistan · Republic of China5 · Thailand · Turkey4 · Turkmenistan · United Arab Emirates · Uzbekistan · Vietnam · Yemen Abkhazia1 · Nagorno-Karabakh · Northern Cyprus · Palestine · South Ossetia1 · Aceh · Adjara1 · Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Altai · British Indian Ocean Territory · Buryatia · Christmas Island · Cocos (Keeling) Islands · Guangxi · Hong Kong · Inner Mongolia · Iraqi Kurdistan · Khakassia · Macau · Nakhchivan · Ningxia · Papua · Sakha Republic · Tibet · Tuva · West Papua · Xinjiang · .
Other small DSL providers are Micro Net, Nayatel, Maxcom, Multi Net, World Call, Cyber Net, Gerry s Net, Brain Net and Comsats. PTCL and World Call are now providing wireless broadband via EV-DO, with speeds of up to 3Mbps. Connections are available from 256Kbit to 1Mbit.
(e.g. It is the largest and the first nationwide WiMAX network in the world.
For international calls, you dial 00 followed by the country code. There is no doubt that there has been helping increase the popularity of the Internet.
Karachi to Lahore) the code is called STD. (e.g.
Currently Pakistan has 600,000 broadband subscribers in the country. The First DSL service was launched by Micro Net in Islamabad/Rawalpindi in 2002.
In 2008, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority reported over 22 million internet users. But the numbers are growing.
Broadband access is now available in the major cities. PTCL started offering access via the nationwide local call network in 1995.
For calls to other cities (e.g. Pakistan had almost 128 ISPs in 2007 with internet users being concentrated in the areas of Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore. Today broadband is offered in Pakistan from 512 kbit/s to 12 Mbit/s in all major cities.
For local calls, you just dial the local number. For calls to the UK from Pakistan you dial 00 - 44 - XXXXXX ). International: satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean); 3 operational international gateway exchanges (2 at Karachi and 1 at Islamabad); microwave radio relay to neighboring countries. Internet access has been available in Pakistan since the early 1990s.
Calls to other cities (e.g Karachi to Lahore) are considered long distance calls and are metered according to distance. Mobile subscribers are 95.54 million as of July 2009.
Till now 5 agencies of tribal areas are covered for mobile service. The telecom infrastructure is improving dramatically with foreign and domestic investments into fixed-line and mobile networks; fiber systems are being constructed throughout the country to aid in network growth. Wi-Tribe and Mobilink are also offering WiMAX.
By early 2006 Internet penetration remained low. When dialing to Lahore from Karachi you have to dial the code for Lahore then followed by the number of the destination, therefore you dial 0423-XXX-XXXX ).
