Pakistan records over 55 million mobile subscribers

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has recorded a total of 55.62 million mobile subscribers in Pakistan as on March 31, 2007, the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan reported Monday.

Comparatively, the number of mobile subscribers totaled 52.88 million in February 2007.

Among the major telecommunication service companies, Mobilink had the highest number of subscribers with 24.65 million subscribers, followed by Ufone with 11.60 million subscribers, Telenor with 9.07 million subscribers, Warid with 8.96 million subscribers, Paktel with 1.03 million subscribers and Instaphone with 0.31 million subscribers.

The mobile density was 35.79 in March 2007 compared to 34.03 in February 2007.

Source: Xinhua