{"id":46209,"date":"2024-08-25T17:27:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T12:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=46209"},"modified":"2024-08-25T17:27:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T12:27:20","slug":"3g-users-decline-as-4g-adoption-increases-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/technology\/3g-users-decline-as-4g-adoption-increases-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"3G users decline as 4G adoption increases in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/fbr-imposes-11-duty-on-4g-mifi-mobile-wifi-modems\/\"> mobile phone industry<\/a> witnessed notable growth in July 2024, with a 0.54% increase in <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/sindh-govt-to-launch-first-ever-ev-taxi-service-with-female-drivers-in-pakistan\/\">Next Generation Mobile Service (NGMS)<\/a> penetration, reaching 56.15% by the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>This indicates a steady adoption of advanced mobile technologies among the population. Meanwhile, the country&#8217;s cellular teledensity remained stable at 79%, reflecting a consistent level of mobile phone usage.<\/p>\n<p>A breakdown of the mobile operators&#8217; performance reveals varying trends. Jazz, the leading operator, saw a decline in its 3G user base, dropping from 3.041 million to 2.897 million.<\/p>\n<p>However, its 4G user base grew from 47.295 million to 47.993 million. Zong and Telenor also experienced a decline in 3G subscribers, but their 4G user bases increased. Ufone&#8217;s 3G users decreased slightly, while its 4G users saw a modest growth.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of consumer complaints, the<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pta-debunks-rumors-of-atm-closures-in-pakistan\/\"> Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)<\/a> received a total of 19,188 complaints in July 2024. The majority of these complaints (99%) were resolved, demonstrating the authority&#8217;s effectiveness in addressing consumer grievances.<\/p>\n<p>The complaints were primarily directed against cellular mobile operators, with Jazz receiving the most complaints (6,783), followed by Zong (6,362), Telenor (3,198), and Ufone (2,211).<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the PTA received complaints against basic telephony and internet service providers, with a resolution rate of 96.9%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan&#8217;s mobile phone industry witnessed notable growth in July 2024, with a 0.54% increase in Next Generation Mobile Service (NGMS) penetration, reaching 56.15% by the end of the month. This indicates a steady adoption of advanced mobile technologies among the population. Meanwhile, the country&#8217;s cellular teledensity remained stable at 79%, reflecting a consistent level [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":46214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4913,20839,68,20840,13736,70],"class_list":["post-46209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-pakistan-telecommunication-authority","tag-3g-vs-4g","tag-jazz","tag-ngms","tag-ufone","tag-zong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46215,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46209\/revisions\/46215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}