1. Key statistics
1.1 Country overview
2. Telecommunications market
2.1 Market overview and analysis
2.1.1 Background
2.2 Regional Asian Market Comparison
2.3 Revenue and investment levels
2.4 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
3. Regulatory environment
3.1 Overview
3.2 Regulatory authorities
3.2.1 Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT)
3.2.2 Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)
3.2.3 National Telecommunications Corp (NTC)
3.2.4 North Waziristan Agency (NWA)
3.2.5 Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)
3.3 Government policies
3.4 Access
3.5 Universal Service Fund (USF)
3.6 Regulatory developments
4. Fixed network operators
4.1 Fixed Network Subscribers by Operator
4.2 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)
4.3 WorldCall group
4.4 TeleCard
4.5 Wateen Telecom
5. Telecommunications infrastructure
5.1 Overview of the national telecom network
5.2 Fixed line statistics
5.2.1 Payphones and Public Call Offices (PCOs)
5.3 New developments
5.3.1 Fibre Networks
5.3.2 USF Telecentre Project
5.4 International infrastructure
5.4.1 Satellite networks
5.4.2 Submarine Cable Networks
5.4.3 International gateways
5.4.4 International Fibre Optic Links
5.5 Specific IT developments
5.5.1 Data Centres
5.6 Smart Infrastructure
5.6.1 Internet of Things (IoT)
5.6.2 Smart Cities
5.6.3 Smart Grids
6. Broadband market
6.1 Introduction and statistical overview
6.1.1 Market overview and analysis
6.1.2 ISP market
6.1.3 Broadband statistics and market forecast
6.2 Fixed broadband service providers
6.2.1 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)
6.3 Stormfiber
6.4 Fixed broadband technologies
6.4.1 Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks
6.4.2 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
6.4.3 Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH)
6.4.4 Fixed wireless
6.4.5 Other fixed broadband services
7. Digital economy
7.1 e-Commerce
7.1.1 Overview
7.2 e-Government
7.3 e-Education
8. Digital media
8.1 Broadcasting
8.2 Videostreaming
8.3 VoIP
9. Mobile communications
9.1 Market overview and analysis
9.2 Mobile statistics
9.2.1 Market statistics and market forecast
9.2.2 Mobile voice
9.2.3 Mobile broadband statistics and market forecast
9.3 Regulatory issues
9.3.1 Spectrum auctions – 2014 - 2017
9.3.2 Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
9.3.3 Other developments
9.4 Mobile infrastructure
9.4.1 5G
9.5 Major mobile operators
9.5.1 Statistics by operators
9.5.2 PMCL (Jazz)
9.5.3 Ufone (PTCL)
9.5.4 Telenor Pakistan
9.5.5 Zong
9.5.6 Special Communication Organisation (SCO)
9.5.7 Historic - Instaphone (Pakcom)
9.5.8 MVNOs
9.6 Mobile content and applications
9.6.1 m-commerce / m-banking
Table 1 – Country Statistics, Major Operators and Telco Authorities – 2018 (e)
Table 2 – Top Level Country Statistics – 2018 (e)
Table 3 – Pakistan’s telecom revenues (PKR million) by category –- 2004 - 2017
Table 4 – Historic - Pakistan’s telecom investment – total and mobile - 2004 - 2016
Table 5 – Historic - Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in telecom sector – 2002 - 2016
Table 6 – ‘Fixed-line’ licences issued by PTA
Table 7 – Fixed local line subscribers by operator– 2017
Table 8 – Fixed-line (WLL) subscribers by operator – 2017
Table 9 – Historic - Fixed-line (wireless) subscribers by operator – 2015
Table 10 – PTCL fixed-line subscribers – 2000 - 2017
Table 11 – Historic – fixed-line subscribers and penetration – 1991 - 2006
Table 12 – Fixed Line Subscriptions and Penetration – 2007 – 2018
Table 13 – Fixed line subscribers – 2004 – 2017
Table 14 – Fixed wireless (WLL) subscribers – 2005 – 2017
Table 15 – Public Call Offices (PCOs) – 1999 – 2016
Table 16 – Fixed Broadband Subscribers (with Forecast) – 2008 - 2023
Table 17 – Fixed Broadband subscribers by access type – 2012 - 2018
Table 18 – Fixed Broadband market share by access type – 2012 - 2018
Table 19 – Fixed Broadband market annual growth by access type – 2013 - 2018
Table 20 – Total international internet bandwidth – 2004 - 2018
Table 21 – Lit/Equipped International Bandwidth Capacity – 2013 – 2018
Table 22 – Historical - internet users – 1995 - 2006
Table 23 – Internet Users and Penetration – 2007 - 2018
Table 24 – Historic - dial-up internet subscribers – 2005 - 2011
Table 25 – PTCL broadband subscribers – 2007 - 2016
Table 26 – Cable modem subscribers – 2008 - 2018
Table 27 – DSL broadband subscribers – 2005 - 2018
Table 28 – FTTH subscribers – 2007 - 2018
Table 29 – WiMAX subscribers – 2008 - 2018
Table 30 – Historic - Key broadcasting statistics - 2016
Table 31 – Percentage of Population Covered by Type of Mobile Network
Table 32 – Mobile Subscribers and Penetration (with Forecast) – 2007 – 2023
Table 33 – Historic - mobile subscribers – 1995 - 2005
Table 34 – Historic - Mobile services revenue – 1998 - 2016
Table 35 – Mobile services revenue – 2004 - 2017
Table 36 – Historic - Proportion of prepaid mobile subscribers – 2005 - 2016
Table 37 – Mobile Broadband Subscribers and Penetration (with Forecast) – 2009 - 2023
Table 38 – Mobile operators and systems
Table 39 –Mobile subscribers (millions) by operator – 2009 - 2018
Table 40 –Mobile subscriber market share by operator – 2009 - 2018
Table 41 –Mobile subscribers by operator, annual change – 2014 - 2018
Table 42 – Mobile subscribers (millions) by operator and 3G, 4G - 2018
Table 43 – Mobile subscribers (millions) by operator and 3G, 4G - 2017
Table 44 – Historic - 3G, 4G and LTE mobile subscribers by operator – 2016
Table 45 – Historic - 3G, 4G and LTE mobile subscribers by operator – 2015
Table 46 – Mobilink mobile subscribers – 2000 - 2018
Table 47 – Historic - Warid Telecom subscribers – 2005 - 2016
Table 48 – Ufone (PTCL) subscribers – 2001 - 2018
Table 49 – Telenor Pakistan subscribers – 2005 - 2018
Table 50 – Historic - Telenor Pakistan - ARPU – 2009 - 2014
Table 51 – CMPak (Zong) mobile subscribers – 2000 - 2018
Table 52 – Historic - Instaphone (Pakcom) subscribers – 2000 - 2010
Chart 1 – Mobile, Mobile Broadband & Fixed Broadband Penetration – 2018; 2023
Chart 2 – Asian Telecoms Maturity Index by Market Category
Chart 3 – Asian Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per Capita
Chart 4 –Telecoms Maturity Index – Central Asia
Chart 5 - Fixed Line Subscriptions and Penetration – 2007 - 2018
Chart 6 – Fixed Broadband Subscribers (with Forecast) - 2007 - 2023
Chart 7 - Mobile Subscribers and Penetration (with Forecast) – 2007 - 2022
Chart 8 – Mobile Broadband Subscribers and Penetration (with Forecast) – 2009 - 2023
Exhibit 1 – Key Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 2 – Central Asia -Key Characteristics of Telecoms Markets by Country