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Pakistan Gearup For 3G Technology as Market Shows Positive Trend

Country’s mobile market saw a steady surge and currently teledensity in Pakistan Pakistan is tenth largest worldwide. The market grows by 6 percent per year according to Wireless Intelligence Data. The modest estimates further show country will surpass 100 million connections by the year end as the first quarter of 2010 …

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ZONG to Make Biggest Investment US$300 Million in Pakistan’s Telecom Industry in 2010

China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC), the world’s largest mobile telephony operator and the parent company of ZONG will invest US $300 million in Pakistan in 2010 which is the largest investment by any telecom operator in the current year. This was revealed by Mr. Wang Jianzhou, Chairman of China Mobile Communications Corporation who is visiting [...]

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Mobile Operators: Big Is Good, Smart Is Better

The current mobile industry business model can’t survive, writes consultancy PRTM in a fascinating new report on the state of the market released in the lead-up to the Mobile World Congress trade show, running from Feb. 15 to 18 in Barcelona. PRTM says that the most successful carriers and the ones most likely to thrive [...]

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Cellphone Operators Reluctant to Adopt 3G Technology

Third generation technology or what is popularly known as 3G provides typical services like wireless voice telephony and broadband wireless data, all in a mobile environment. With a capability for high-speed wireless data transfer, the 3G has enhanced and made possible a myriad of additional applications. Mobile network operators and telecommunications service providers the world over are embracing recently adopted 3G wireless standards in a bid to cater to the demand of emerging users and to offer new services to their customers. Cellular operators in Pakistan seem not in favour of acquiring 3G technology as they believe this is not the appropriate time for it. No GSM (global system for mobile) operator has so far adopted 3G technology in the country.

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China Mobile Chairman Looking For Expansion in Asian Market

China Mobile Ltd. the world’s biggest phone carrier by subscribers plans further acquisitions abroad, particularly in Asia, the company’s chairman said Monday. While China Mobile’s main focus remains on the domestic market, it is also looking to tap opportunities outside the world’s most populous nation, Wang Jianzhou said. “We would also like to expand internationally in the emerging market,” Wang told reporters at an industry event in Geneva. “I think the first step is in Asia.”

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