Mobile Sector: Telecom shows growth

ISLAMABAD: In contrast to the economic situation, the telecom sector is witnessing positive growth and total teledensity of the country grew by more than 2.67 per cent in the last one year. Official sources in the Pakistan Telecom Authority said cellular mobile sector is the driving force in terms of revenue in the telecom sector, which accounts for 67 per cent of the total telecom revenue, whereas fixed line services share is 26 per cent of total revenue generation of telecom sector. The sector had been contributing over Rs100 billion each year since the last few years.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 18th, 2011.