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Link: Pakistan: Mobile phone subscribers expand to over 74 million

Mobile phones sector continued to exhibit robust growth this year as the total number of subscribers had reached 74.585 million by November 2007. In the month of November the mobile phones connection showed marvellous growth of 3.06m which seems the highest in a month so far. From July to November 2007, the cell phone operators have sold a total of 11.426 new connections. In June 2007, the total number of cell phone subscribers stood at 63.426 million that had expanded to 74.585 million by November this year. Keeping in view increase of 11.426 million in the number of mobile phone connections, it is believed that the cellular companies have paid more than 5.71 billion rupees to the government in the shape of activation tax which is Rs 500 per connection. Mobilink and Ufone continued to be the two market leaders with 29.784 million and 15.934 million subscribers, respectively by November 2007. Telenor has emerged as the third market leader with subscribers of 13.913 million. Warid customers stand at 12.845 million, the fourth major player out of total six players in the mobile phones market in the country.