Jazz continues to expand services

Jazz’s overall subscriber base grew by 5.6% year-on-year reaching 62.8 millionazz continues to expand services

ISLAMABAD:

Pakistan’s number one 4G operator and the largest internet and broadband service provider, Jazz remained focused on expanding its digital services with 4G capacity expansion and network roll out. In the second quarter of 2020, Jazz’s overall subscriber base grew by 5.6% year-on-year reaching 62.8 million, 4G customer base grew by 71.5% reaching 19.1 million whereas, the overall data users grew by 11.1% year-on-year reaching 41 million. Jazz continued network investment, with 4G base stations increasing by 17% year-on-year to over 10,000; 4G subscriber penetration reached 30%, alongside data usage increase of 97.9% year-on-year reaching 3.6 GB per user. Jazz’s self-care app, Jazz World, has crossed six million monthly active users, a year-on-year increase of 305%, making it the largest telco app in Pakistan. Jazz TV and content services (Bajao and Deikho) are also seeing encouraging momentum. According to Jazz CEO Aamir Ibrahim, “Our focus during the pandemic has been to ensure the provision of reliable and affordable internet service which is critical for students and businesses working from home.”

Published in The Express Tribune, August 19^th, 2020.

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