Qubee has started providing its Wimax services in Karachi and will soon expand to Lahore, Islamabad, Quetta and Hyderabad. They have been testing their services by providing connections to small businesses in Karachi, but now, they are offering WiMAX services to the residents of Karachi.
USF is subsidizing the broadband internet in various un-served and under-served areas of Pakistan. Such broadband roll out such initiatives will cover whole country. In its first phase, PTCL has started offering services for PKR 299 for 1 MB DSL.
In a recent survey conducted by ProPakistani, we got to know that amount of balance inquiries decreased significantly after the charges were imposed. Drop ratio has been different for different segments, however, on average balance inquiry transactions dropped by 700 percent on average..
A well wanted service is being introduced by PTA in collaboration with all companies. Now you can know the amount of connections issued against your CNIC.
Internet Service Providers’ Association of Pakistan has termed 1 MB DSL for Rs. 299 (in selected areas), as anti-competitive. ISPAK in a communication with PTA has requested the authority to check such moves by the PTCL to save total collapse of the broadband industry.
