The Monthly Next Generation Mobile Service (NGMS) penetration, cellular mobile teledensity, as well as total teledensity, decreased month on month i.e. during November 2022 compared to October, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) data revealed.
The number of 3G and 4G users in Pakistan increased by 0.21 million from 120.68 million to 120.89 million by end of November 2022.
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The monthly data of PTA shows that the number of cellular subscribers in Pakistan increased by 0.04 million to 193.55 million by end of November compared to 193.51 million by end of October 2022.
The teledensity for cellular mobile decreased from 87.62 percent by end-October 2022 to 86.7 percent by end-November. The total teledensity decreased from 88.81 percent by end-October to 87.9 percent by end-November.
The Monthly Next Generation Mobile Service (NGMS) penetration decreased from 54.6 percent by end-October to 54.15 percent by end-November. Jazz’s total count for 3G users declined from 5.225 million by end-October to 5.054 million by end-November registering a decrease of 0.171 million.
Jazz 4G users jumped from 40.677 million by end-October to 40.858 million by end-November.
Zong 3G subscribers decreased from 2.855 million by end-October to 2.781 million by end-November, while the number of 4G users increased from 30.823 million by end-October 2022 to 31.032 million by end-November.
Telenor 3G subscribers decreased from 3.158 million by end-October to 3.102 million by end-November while the number of 4G users of Telenor increased from 22.450 million by end-October to 22.484 million by end-November.
Ufone 3G users stood at 2.977 million by end-November compared to 3.087 million by end-October. The number of 4G users of Ufone increased from 10.973 million by end-October to 11.165 million by end-November, registering a 0.192 million increase during the period under review.