PTA Report On State of Telecom Industry In Pakistan 2008-09

[Babar]

Finally the PTA report for fiscal 2008-09 is about to be published. I
think that PTA needs to start publishing quarterly reports again.

Highlights
* Telecom sector revenue grew by 20 percent and reached Rs 327.8
billion
* Telecom sector paid Rs 112 billion as tax
* Tele-density (percentage of mobile users) of Pakistan stood at
62 percent showing a growth rate of 5.4 percent.
* Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) stood at 815 million dollar
* Total investments in the sector stood at 1.7 billion dollar
* Telecom imports also grew by 20 percent and reached 1.6 billion
dollar

More at http://telecompk.net/2009/11/22/pta-telecom-industry-pakistan-2008-09/

Regards,

Babar