According to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s (PTA) recent update, broadband penetration in Pakistan has reached 52.02 percent, with 114 million customers, increased by 10 million in the last three months.
The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications (MoITT) established a target of 30 million broadband subscribers in 18 months.
Between January and March, ten million new broadband subscribers were added. The number of broadband customers in the country was 104 million in January 2022.
In the following 15 months, the government hopes to add 20 million new customers.
According to PTA, internet adoption in Pakistan has surged in recent years, particularly following COVID-19.
The use of the internet in education, health, and other fields has also increased. Pakistan’s e-commerce landscape has also expanded dramatically in recent years.
PTA is taking many initiatives to ensure the quality of service as consumption and subscribers increase.
What is Broadband?
Broadband data transmission in telecommunications is wide bandwidth data transmission that transmits numerous signals at a wide variety of frequencies and Internet traffic types, allowing messages to be transmitted simultaneously and is utilized in rapid internet connections.
Coaxial cable, optical fibre, wireless Internet (radio), twisted pair, or satellite can all be used as the media.
Broadband is used in the context of Internet access to refer to any high-speed Internet access that is always on and faster than dial-up access via traditional analogue or ISDN PSTN services.
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