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PUBLISHER: BuddeComm | PRODUCT CODE: 1045285

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PUBLISHER: BuddeComm | PRODUCT CODE: 1045285

Pakistan - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

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Pakistan's mobile segment provides a glimmer of hope for its telecom sector

Pakistan continues to lag most other Asian countries in terms of the maturity of its telecom sector. This is partly due to the poor state of its fixed-line network following years of under-investment and neglect by the state-owned incumbent telco Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTC), with teledensity now down to almost 1%.

This lack of focus has left the door open to mobile to become the dominant platform for both voice and data. While penetration rates are low by Asian (and rest-of-world) standards, the mobile voice and mobile broadband markets have been growing at double-digit rates of late - at least in subscriber numbers. In contrast to the fixed network market, Pakistan's mobile segment is highly competitive. The result has been continued downwards pressure to pricing and ARPU, such that mobile revenues have been unable to keep pace with the rate of market expansion as 4G LTE networks, in particular, stretch ever deeper into the more remote parts of the country.

Future growth (in market size as well as revenue) is likely to come from the wider availability of value-added services on top of the expansion of 4G LTE and (from 2023) 5G mobile networks. The Universal Service Fund (USF) continues to direct investment towards the development of mobile broadband (and, to a lesser extent, fibre-based networks) in under-served and even un-served areas of the country, with multiple projects being approved to start in 2021 and 2022.

This report update includes operator and regulator market data to September 2021, Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, an assessment of the global impact of Covid-19 on the telecoms sector, and other recent market developments.

Key Developments:

  • The Universal Service Fund (USF) Board approves a range of projects in the 2020/2021 budget to expand LTE into under-served areas.
  • The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) unveils a roadmap for launching 5G in 2023.
  • Zong and Ufone each win unused spectrum in the 1800MHz band to expand 4G LTE services in the Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan regions.
  • VEON acquires the remaining 15% stake in Jazz from the Abu Dhabi Group for $273 million.

Key companies mentioned in this report:

Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTC), Ufone, Telenor Pakistan, Jazz, Zong, Special Communications Organisation (SCO).

Table of Contents

Key statistics

Regional Asia market comparison

  • Market characteristics
  • Market Leaders
  • Market Challengers
  • Market Emergents
  • TMI vs GDP
  • Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
  • Fixed versus mobile broadband penetration

Country overview

Covid-19 and its impact on the telecom sector

  • Economic considerations and responses
  • Subscribers
  • Infrastructure

Telecommunications market

  • Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

Regulatory environment

  • Regulatory authorities
    • Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT)
    • Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)
    • National Telecommunications Corporation (NTC)
  • Fixed-line developments
    • Access
    • Universal Service Fund (USF)
  • Mobile network developments
    • Spectrum auctions
    • SIM card registration
    • Mobile phone tax

Mobile market

  • Mobile statistics
  • Mobile infrastructure
    • 5G
    • 4G (LTE)
    • 3G
    • Other infrastructure developments
    • Mobile broadband
  • Major mobile operators
    • Jazz
    • Ufone
    • Telenor Pakistan
    • Zong
    • Special Communications Organisation (SCO)
    • MVNOs
  • Mobile content and applications
    • m-commerce / m-banking

Fixed-line broadband market

  • Fixed broadband service providers
    • Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTC)
    • StormFiber
  • Fixed broadband technologies
    • Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) Networks
    • Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
    • Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
    • Fixed wireless services

Fixed network market

  • Major network operators
    • Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTC)
  • WorldCall group
  • TeleCard
  • Wateen Telecom

Telecommunications infrastructure

  • National telecom network
  • Fibre networks
  • International infrastructure
    • Satellite networks
    • Submarine cable networks
    • International gateways
    • International fibre optic links
  • Data centres
  • Smart infrastructure
    • Internet of Things (IoT)
    • Smart cities
    • Smart grids

Digital economy

  • e-Commerce
  • e-Government
  • e-Education
  • e-Health

Appendix - Historic data

Glossary of abbreviations

Related reports

List of Tables

  • Table 1 - Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Pakistan - 2021 (e)
  • Table 2 - Development of telecom investment by type ($ million) - 2011 - 2020
  • Table 3 - Development of telecom revenue by category (PKR million) - 2011 - 2020
  • Table 4 - Development of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in telecoms - 2011 - 2020
  • Table 5 - Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
  • Table 6 - Growth in the number of LTE subscribers by operator (million) - 2015 - 2021
  • Table 7 - Change in the number of 3G subscribers by operator (million) - 2014 - 2021
  • Table 8 - Growth in the number of mobile broadband subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
  • Table 9 - Change in the number of mobile subscribers by operator (million) - 2013 - 2021
  • Table 10 - Change in the market share of mobile subscribers by operator - 2013 - 2021
  • Table 11 - Increase in the number of Jazz's mobile subscribers - 2011 - 2021
  • Table 12 - Development of Jazz's financial data (PKR billion) - 2012 - 2021
  • Table 13 - Development of Jazz's mobile ARPU - 2012 - 2021
  • Table 14 - Development of Jazz's mobile traffic - 2012 - 2021
  • Table 15 - Development of Jazz's mobile Churn rate - 2012 - 2021
  • Table 16 - Change in the number of Ufone's mobile subscribers (regulator data) - 2011 - 2021
  • Table 17 - Growth in the number of Telenor Pakistan's mobile subscribers - 2011 - 2021
  • Table 18 - Development of Telenor Pakistan's financial data (NOK million) - 2010 - 2021
  • Table 19 - Development of Telenor Pakistan's mobile ARPU (NOK / subscriber / month) - 2010 - 2021
  • Table 20 - Growth in the number of Zong's mobile subscribers - 2011 - 2021
  • Table 21 - Growth in the number of SCO mobile subscribers - 2020 - 2021
  • Table 22 - Change in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
  • Table 23 - Change in the market share of fixed broadband subscribers by access type - 2009 - 2021
  • Table 24 - Change in the number of HFC broadband subscribers - 2011 - 2021
  • Table 25 - Change in the number of DSL broadband subscribers - 2011 - 2021
  • Table 26 - Growth in the number of fibre broadband subscribers - 2011 - 2021
  • Table 27 - Decline in the number of WiMAX subscribers - 2011 - 2021
  • Table 28 - Decline in the number of fixed-lines in service and teledensity - 2011 - 2026
  • Table 29 - Change in the number of PTC's fixed line subscribers - 2009 - 2020
  • Table 30 - Development of PTCL's financial data (PKR million) - 2013 - 2021
  • Table 31 - Development of WorldCall's financial data (PKR million) - 2017 - 2020
  • Table 32 - Increase in international internet bandwidth - 2011 - 2020
  • Table 33 - Development of e-banking payment systems - 2017 - 2019
  • Table 34 - Historic - Telecom revenue (PKR million) by category - 2004 - 2010
  • Table 35 - Historic - Telecom investment - total and mobile (PKR million) - 2004 - 2010
  • Table 36 - Historic - Mobile subscribers - 1995 - 2010
  • Table 37 - Historic - Telenor Pakistan mobile subscribers - 2006 - 2010
  • Table 38 - Historic - fixed-line subscribers and penetration - 1991 - 2006
  • Table 39 - Historic - Instaphone (Pakcom) subscribers - 2000 - 2009
  • Table 40 - Historic - Internet Users and Penetration - 2007 - 2016
  • Table 41 - Historic - PTCL broadband subscribers - 2007 - 2016
  • Table 42 - Historic - Jazz mobile subscribers - 2008 - 2010
  • Table 43 - Historic - Warid Telecom subscribers - 2005 - 2016
  • Table 44 - Historic - Ufone mobile subscribers - 2008 - 2010
  • Table 45 - Historic - Zong mobile subscribers - 2008 - 2010
  • Table 46 - Historic - International internet bandwidth - 2004 - 2010
  • Table 47 - Historic - Cable modem subscribers - 2008 - 2010
  • Table 48 - Historic - DSL broadband subscribers - 2005 - 2010
  • Table 49 - Historic - Fibre broadband subscribers - 2007 - 2010
  • Table 50 - Historic - WiMAX subscribers - 2008 - 2010
  • Table 51 - Historic - Development of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in telecoms - 2008 - 2010

List of Charts

  • Chart 1 - Asia Telecoms Maturity Index - Market Leaders
  • Chart 2 - Asia Telecoms Maturity Index - Market Challengers
  • Chart 3 - Asia Telecoms Maturity Index - Market Emergents
  • Chart 4 - Asia - Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per capita
  • Chart 5 - Asia - Mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
  • Chart 6 - Central Asia - Mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
  • Chart 7 - Central Asia - Fixed and mobile broadband penetration
  • Chart 8 - Development of telecom investment by type - 2011 - 2020
  • Chart 9 - Development of telecom revenue by category - 2011 - 2020
  • Chart 10 - Development of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in telecoms - 2011 - 2020
  • Chart 11 - Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
  • Chart 12 - Growth in the number of LTE subscribers by operator - 2015 - 2021
  • Chart 13 - Change in the number of 3G subscribers by operator - 2014 - 2021
  • Chart 14 - Growth in the number of mobile broadband subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
  • Chart 15 - Change in the number of mobile subscribers by operator - 2013 - 2021
  • Chart 16 - Change in the market share of mobile subscribers by operator - 2013 - 2021
  • Chart 17 - Increase in the number of Jazz's mobile subscribers - 2011 - 2021
  • Chart 18 - Development of Jazz's financial data - 2012 - 2021
  • Chart 19 - Change in the number of Ufone's mobile subscribers (regulator data) - 2011 - 2021
  • Chart 20 - Growth in the number of Telenor Pakistan's mobile subscribers - 2011 - 2021
  • Chart 21 - Development of Telenor Pakistan's financial data - 2010 - 2021
  • Chart 22 - Development of Telenor Pakistan's mobile ARPU - 2010 - 2021
  • Chart 23 - Growth in the number of Zong's mobile subscribers - 2011 - 2021
  • Chart 24 - Change in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
  • Chart 25 - Change in the market share of fixed broadband subscribers by access type - 2009 - 2021
  • Chart 26 - Change in the number of HFC broadband subscribers - 2011 - 2021
  • Chart 27 - Change in the number of DSL broadband subscribers - 2011 - 2021
  • Chart 28 - Change in the number of fibre broadband subscribers - 2011 - 2021
  • Chart 29 - Decline in the number of WiMAX subscribers - 2011 - 2021
  • Chart 30 - Decline in the number of fixed-lines in service and teledensity - 2011 - 2026
  • Chart 31 - Change in the number of PTC's fixed line subscribers - 2009 - 2020
  • Chart 32 - Development of PTCL's financial data - 2013 - 2021

List of Exhibits

  • Exhibit 1 - Map of Telecom Maturity Index global ranking among countries in Asia
  • Exhibit 2 - Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
  • Exhibit 3 - Asia - Market Leaders and market developments
  • Exhibit 4 - Asia - Market Challengers and market developments
  • Exhibit 5 - Asia - Market Emergents and market developments
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