Growth in Mobile Internet Users set New Record-PTA

Pakistan is the country where people are quickly adopting internet services to remain connected with family members and friends via social networks like Facebook and WhatsApp. As per the new report of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the number of mobile internet subscribers reached a record 40.56 million by the end of April 2017. So now Growth in Mobile Internet Users set New Record.

Growth in Mobile Internet Users set New Record-PTA

The total number of mobile phone subscribers stood at 139.61 million at the end of April 2017 compared to 139.10 million in the previous month. According to the PTA data, over 29% of mobile phone users are now internet users as well. Whereas at the end of previous fiscal year in June 2016, they were standing at 22%.

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Data analysts suggested that the growth in mobile broadband subscription had outpaced the growth in mobile phone subscription. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) experts Parvez Iftikhar and Noman Said pointed out that anecdotal evidence suggested majority of the people were using internet to remain connected on social networks in Pakistan.

“Anecdotal evidence suggests majority of the people are using internet to share video clips on WhatsApp and visit YouTube. The second highest usage of internet is watching drama serials, mostly by women,”

Iftikhar said.

“They should speed up e-government services and financial inclusion via branchless banking to do away with long queues at government offices and banks,”

he said.

He called for declaring smartphone and other internet-related things tax-free in a bid to step up the pace of digitalisation and documentation of the economy.

Mr. Noman Said added that unlike our forefathers who could not live without television, The new generation prefer internet over TV. According to him that services like online shopping and low-rate internet packages were fast enabling people to increase the use of internet in the country.

On an average, the number of mobile internet subscriptions stood at 976,600 per month compared to mobile subscriptions at 703,617 per month in the past 10 months, according to PTA.

See Also: PTA Ensures Availability of High Quality Mobile Services in Pakistan

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Onsa Mustafa

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