Due to competitive mobile internet packages, subscribers availing GSM-based internet services showed a tremendous growth of 161 per cent by the end of June this year.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s statistics were printed in Daily Times, which reported that the number of internet subscriptions on different cellular networks reached 14.4 million by the end of closing financial year 2009-10; it was recorded at 4.4 million at the end of FY 2008-09.
Telenor grabbed the biggest share in terms of number of mobile internet users; however, penetration-wise, Zong led the market with its lowest-cost internet service packages. Industry analysts said that the PTA may have overstated internet subscription numbers, since cellular.
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