Highlights of PTA Report On State of Telecom Industry In Pakistan 2008-09

Here are the key highlights of the PTA Report for Pakistan telecom industry for fiscal year 2008-09 (July 2008 -  June 2009) issued* on Friday.

Highlights:

• 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:

• 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:

• 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

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