Mobile Pakistani subsidiaries end up: Increase the number of users to 10 million

Sina Science and technology news June 23, according to local media reports, China Mobile's Pakistan subsidiary of the number of users from the new acquisition of the 920,000 growth to the current super 10 million, and finally began to move towards high-speed development of the road. China Mobile's takeover of Pakistani operators has been controversial and the road to development has been bumpy. At the beginning of 2007, China Mobile had completed the acquisition of Pakistan's fifth-largest telecommunications operator, Paktel.　　This is also the global market capitalisation of the largest telecom operators in 2005 to acquire Hong Kong resources after the 3.4 billion after another overseas mergers and acquisitions, but at the beginning of the acquisition of Paktel, its market share in Pakistan less than 4%, with the strength of rivals.　　Pakistan mobile communication penetration is very high, as of October 2009, Pakistan Mobile users to 95.18 million households, penetration rate of 58.6%, which led to market saturation and full competition, the number of potential users limited. Since then, China Mobile has made great efforts to reform the Paktel company it acquired. Now, the company has changed its name to China Mobile Sim Buck (Cmpak) and has launched a unified Zong brand across Pakistan.　　The total number of base stations from the beginning of the acquisition of the 922 increase to the current 5,446, network size leaped to the industry third.　　Earlier this February, the former deputy general manager of Beijing Mobile Fan Yunjun after the Spring Festival to transfer the general manager of China Mobile Pakistan subsidiary. Finally, in more than four years, the number of users in the Cmpak from the acquisition of the 920,000 increase to the current super 10 million.　　It is worth noting that, looking at the data, Cmpak in February this year, the number of users is only 8.5 million. The Pakistan Telecom Administration (PTA) released data shows that the 2011 fiscal year before the three quarter (July 2010 to March 2011), Zong a total of new users 3.1 million, the fastest-growing in the first. 2011 1-April, Zong user growth is particularly significant, the number of new users accounted for 36% of total new users. (Cang)