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Zong uses the following numbering scheme: +92 3 1 N 1 N 2 N 3 N 4 N 5 N 6 N 7 N 8 N 9. Where, 92 is the ISD code for Pakistan and is required when dialing outside the country, 3 is the mobile access code, and 1 is the prefix for Zong allocated by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority.
Paktel (Urdu: پاکٹل) was a cellular network operator in Pakistan. It was a granted license to carry out cellular phone services in Pakistan and set up by Cable & Wireless. It carried out AMPS services until 2004 when the company switched to GSM technology. Paktel offered only mobile telephony service to its 2 million subscriber base.
Zong (CMPak Limited) 410 / 04 031x 0370x 2G: 900 / 1800 MHz (GPRS, EDGE) ... Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication.
In 2008, Pakistan was the world's third-fastest growing telecommunications market. Pakistan's telecom infrastructure is improving dramatically with foreign and domestic investments into fixed-line and mobile networks; fiber-optic systems are being constructed throughout the country to aid in network growth. [5]
The Internet in Pakistan has been available since the early 1990s. Pakistan has over 140 million internet users, making it the 7th-largest population of internet users in the world. [1] [2] Information and communications technology (ICT) is one of the fastest growing industries in the country. In 2001 just 1.3% of the population used the Internet.
On 14 April 2014, four companies submitted their bids to PTA, includes Zong, Ufone, Telenor and Jazz for Next Generation Mobile Services. Jazz and Zong bid for 10 MHz while Telenor and Ufone bid for 5 MHz. Pakistan's first spectrum auction to enhance mobile broadband services was held in 2014.
In November 2015, VEON announced the acquisition of Warid Pakistan, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Group. Completed in July 2016 after due approvals, the first-ever local telecom company acquisition created a combined subscriber base of 50 million. Following the merger of Mobilink and Warid Pakistan, Mobilink was officially rebranded to Jazz in 2017 ...
[3] [4] The 4G license was bagged by Zong (as well as 10 MHz 3G license), while the 3G licenses were auctioned to Telenor (5 MHz), Mobilink (10 MHz) and Ufone (5 MHz). While Warid Pakistan was the only operator in Pakistan not to bid on the auction; Later on, Warid started LTE services using a previously acquired technology neutral license. The ...