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Research and Markets: Pakistan Telecommunications Report Q4 2011 - Mobile market has emerged from two years of low growth

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Posted September 23, 2011

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/df679a/pakistan_telecommu) has announced the addition of the "Pakistan Telecommunications Report Q4 2011" report to their offering.

Business Monitor International's Pakistan Telecommunications Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, telecommunication associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Pakistan's telecommunications industry.

The Pakistani mobile market has emerged from two years of low growth between 2009 and 2010, which averaged at 1.7%, to mark a quarterly increase of 3.6% y-o-y in terms of subscribers. The industry registered a total mobile subscriber base of 106.440mn in March 2011, which was the strongest net addition since June 2008. BMI are encouraged by this gradual recovery from the effects of the global economic downturn and the devastating floods in August 2010, and BMI foresee the Pakistani mobile industry growing by 10% in 2011, up from 8.5% in 2009 and 5.33% in 2010. Subsequently, BMI expect the market to grow at an average of 6.5% to bring the total subscriber base to 145.370mn in 2015.

Meanwhile, there were slight changes to BMIs expectations for Pakistan's fixed-line and broadband markets, as well as mobile operators' ARPU levels in light of new data made available from the regulator and operators. BMI continues to foresee the Pakistani fixed-line sector contracting due to the growing popularity of mobile services, especially if the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) successfully auctions 3G licences by end-2011. The increasing preference for mobile technologies is also playing out in the broadband market, where WiMAX and EV-DO continue to report impressive growth momentum, having combined to overtake the number of DSL subscribers. DSL is still the dominant broadband technology, but it is increasingly under threat from up-and-coming alternatives.

Read more inside Pakistan Telecommunications Report Q4 2011

Companies Mentioned:

  • Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL)
  • TeleCard
  • Mobilink
  • Telenor Pakistan
  • Warid Telecom

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KEYWORDS:   Asia Pacific  Pakistan

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:   Technology  Telecommunications  Mobile/Wireless

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