People of Pakistan have witnessed the very huge revolution in the field of Information and Technology on 23rd March 2014 when Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) auctioned the 3G and 4G spectrum. The biggest success of this auction is that PTA and the Government that it has been directed in a very smooth and orderly manner without making any debate of any wrong doing. So many congratulations are due to all those who worked for this biggest achievement in the Government as well as the PTA .
Four top leading telecommunication companies (Zong, Telenor, Ufone and Mobilink) participated in this auction. Warid telecom doesn’t participate in this auction. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has expected to generate at least US 1.305 billion dollars from the auction. Ufone, Mobilink and Telenor had won licenses whereas Zong had captured both 3G and 4G licenses. According to some media news Warid is going to beat all its competitors and decided to launch 4G LTE with the permission of PTA. Before the launching of fully functioned, 4G facility all telecom companies are providing their Internet facilities to different cities of Pakistan on free trial basis. In today’s article I’m going to describe you about the free trials of 3G and 4G of different telecom companies in Pakistan.
Ufone:
It has announced its free trials services in four main cities (Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi) of Pakistan. Ufone has detailed description of 3G coverage areas in these cities on its website. The users having 3G supported smartphones can enjoy the thrill of this technology.
Mobilink:
It has started its free trial services in five cities (Karachi, Multan, Faisalabad, Quetta and Peshawar).Whereas Mobilnk yet to issue an official statement on commencing of 3G trials. According to some media news Mobilink is testing in partial parts of Rawalpindi / Islamabad and Lahore as well.
Telenor:
It is the only company to have paid the license fee to PTA; it means that is the only company to have the right to launch 3G commercially for now. For some time Telenor will ignore Karachi and Lahore when it will launch commercial 3G as company plans to support its signals and networks in these two cities. It is the first one to offer free trial services in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Karachi and Lahore. But Rawalpindi and Islamabad will take a lot of attention from Telenor.
Zong:
It has the x-factor that it is the only and the first telecom company that has won both 3G and 4G spectrum in PTA’s auction. Still Zong has not reveal its free trial, But by using Zong you can enjoy a very high speed mobile Internet with maximum speeds of up to 42 Mbps. At the present time Zong is waiting for NOC from PTA. As per PTA guideline, Zong will be covering all major cities of Pakistan. Details of the locations will soon be published on Zong’s website, Social media etc.
Four top leading telecommunication companies (Zong, Telenor, Ufone and Mobilink) participated in this auction. Warid telecom doesn’t participate in this auction. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has expected to generate at least US 1.305 billion dollars from the auction. Ufone, Mobilink and Telenor had won licenses whereas Zong had captured both 3G and 4G licenses. According to some media news Warid is going to beat all its competitors and decided to launch 4G LTE with the permission of PTA. Before the launching of fully functioned, 4G facility all telecom companies are providing their Internet facilities to different cities of Pakistan on free trial basis. In today’s article I’m going to describe you about the free trials of 3G and 4G of different telecom companies in Pakistan.
Ufone:
It has announced its free trials services in four main cities (Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi) of Pakistan. Ufone has detailed description of 3G coverage areas in these cities on its website. The users having 3G supported smartphones can enjoy the thrill of this technology.
Mobilink:
It has started its free trial services in five cities (Karachi, Multan, Faisalabad, Quetta and Peshawar).Whereas Mobilnk yet to issue an official statement on commencing of 3G trials. According to some media news Mobilink is testing in partial parts of Rawalpindi / Islamabad and Lahore as well.
Telenor:
It is the only company to have paid the license fee to PTA; it means that is the only company to have the right to launch 3G commercially for now. For some time Telenor will ignore Karachi and Lahore when it will launch commercial 3G as company plans to support its signals and networks in these two cities. It is the first one to offer free trial services in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Karachi and Lahore. But Rawalpindi and Islamabad will take a lot of attention from Telenor.
Zong:
It has the x-factor that it is the only and the first telecom company that has won both 3G and 4G spectrum in PTA’s auction. Still Zong has not reveal its free trial, But by using Zong you can enjoy a very high speed mobile Internet with maximum speeds of up to 42 Mbps. At the present time Zong is waiting for NOC from PTA. As per PTA guideline, Zong will be covering all major cities of Pakistan. Details of the locations will soon be published on Zong’s website, Social media etc.
