ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT )
All mobile phone operators lost a combined 22 million subscribers with Mobilink still heading the market with its 33.42 million subscribers.
For the first time after bio-metric re-verification of SIMs earlier this year, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has finally issued the stats for number of mobile phone users in the country; according to which the figure for mobile phone users in Pakitan dropped down to 114.7 million.
Telenor stands at second position with 31.49 million subscribers while Zong is sitting on third position of 22.10 million mobile phone users.
PTA and Interior Ministry will employ an audit firm to cross check cellular companies’ data and to make sure that all un-verified SIMs are blocked and not counted as active SIMs. But for now, unaudited stats for number of active SIMs are as following:
Mobilink Ufone CMPak Telenor Warid Total
Before Bio Metric verification
Apr-15 38,149,067 18,257,842 27,217,698 37,313,551 10,927,421 131,865,579
After Bio Metric verification
May-15 32,945,683 17,365,830 21,836,725 30,737,198 9,517,399 112,402,835
Jun-15 33,424,268 17,809,315 22,102,968 31,491,263 9,914,003 114,741,817