Pakistan to have 3-G mobile services by 2010: PTA chief

Pakistan to have 3-G mobile services by 2010: PTA chief

hird generation (3-G) mobile phone services will be introduced in the country by 2010 and its licence-issuing process is probably starting at the end of this year.

The new technology of 3-G mobile services would enable consumers to use Internet facility with high speed, make video calls and other value added data services.

The PTA chief said country now has 77 million mobile phone subscribers, 2.1 million WLL and 4.7 million fixed line consumers. At present, over 90 percent population is covered by telecom services.