By
Telecom Lead Team: Mobile service provider Mobilink continues to lead the
Pakistan telecommunications market with 33,537,922 mobile subscribers.
In
October 2011, Pakistan achieved 111,126,434 mobile users that grew from
110,328,444 in September 2011. The second largest operator is Ufone with
20,828,145 subscribers.
The
other leading operators include Zone (13,168,025 users), Telenor (27,607,043
users) and Warid (15,985,299).
(Please
see the chart of top 5 telecom operators in Pakistan at the end of the article)
Recently,
State Bank of Pakistan said that Pakistan telecom sector’s contribution to
Gross Domestic Product declined in the financial year 2010-11 with
profitability within the sector has been eroded on account of rising marketing
expenditure in response to aggressive competition.
Pakistan telecom sector contribution to GDP dips in 2010-11
Overall
telecom sector revenues recorded 6.7 percent growth during fiscal 2011 as
compared to the marginal 1.5 percent increase recorded in fiscal 2010.
The
increase in operating costs has also tended to offset overall revenue growth
witnessed in this sector consequently, both operating profits and margins of
telecom companies registered declines in fiscal 2011.
Within
the telecom sector, the growth in revenues of cellular mobile companies showed
some stability in fiscal 11 after recording successive declines for the past
three years. Part of this improvement is attributable to growth in Average
Revenue per User (ARPUs) as well as the total cellular subscribers’ base.
However,
the revenues of Local Loop providers continued the falling trend observed since
the past few years. The cellular density in Pakistan has been increasing
consistently, reaching 64.8 percent in April 2011 as compared to a level of
60.4 percent in June 2010.
|
Annual Cellular Subscribers |
|||||||
|
|
Mobilink |
Ufone |
Zong |
Instaphone |
Telenor |
Warid |
Total |
|
2003-04 |
3,215,989 |
801,160 |
470,021 |
535,738 |
|
|
5,022,908 |
|
2004-05 |
7,469,085 |
2,579,103 |
924,486 |
454,147 |
835,727 |
508,655 |
12,771,203 |
|
2005-06 |
17,205,555 |
7,487,005 |
1,040,503 |
336,696 |
3,573,660 |
4,863,138 |
34,506,557 |
|
2006-07 |
26,466,451 |
14,014,044 |
1,024,563 |
333,081 |
10,701,332 |
10,620,386 |
63,159,857 |
|
2007-08 |
32,032,363 |
18,100,440 |
3,950,758 |
351,135 |
18,125,189 |
15,489,858 |
88,019,812 |
|
2008-09 |
29,136,839 |
20,004,707 |
6,386,571 |
34,048 |
20,893,129 |
17,886,736 |
94,342,030 |
|
2009-10 |
32,202,548 |
19,549,100 |
6,704,288 |
0 |
23,798,221 |
16,931,687 |
99,185,844 |
|
2010-11 |
33,378,161 |
20,533,787 |
10,927,693 |
0 |
26,667,079 |
17,387,798 |
108,894,518 |
|
Jul-11 |
33,545,462 |
20,569,290 |
11,594,583 |
0 |
26,946,265 |
17,036,690 |
109,692,290 |
|
Aug-11 |
33,468,080 |
20,624,408 |
12,045,445 |
0 |
27,061,319 |
16,685,299 |
109,884,551 |
|
Sep-11 |
33,412,130 |
20,681,699 |
12,591,120 |
0 |
27,309,218 |
16,334,277 |
110,328,444 |
|
Oct-11 |
33,537,922 |
20,828,145 |
13,168,025 |
0 |
27,607,043 |
15,985,299 |
111,126,434 |
editor@telecomlead.com
