Pakistan has highest Tele-density in South Asia, $9BN FDI for IT so far: Prime Minister

While this comes as no surprise, it is good to be reminded! The Prime Minister, while speaking to a delegation of the GSM Association explained that Pakistan has achieved a teledensity of 58%, which is the highest in South Asia. The infrastructure investments Pakistan has made in the telecom space, fiber, cellular and wireless broadband, are quite incredible.

The Prime Minister, Mr. Yusuf Raza Gilani, also quoted investment figures concerning the IT industry. So far, Pakistan has attracted $9 Billion dollars in foreign investment in the IT industry. In addition, the telecom sector attracted $3 Billion dollars last year. This figure is expected to rise as we have been reporting.

Pakistan has highest teledensity in South Asia: PM

Staff Report

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday said teledensity in the country had increased to 58 percent of the population, which was the highest in South Asia.

Pakistan remains one of the fastest growing telecom markets in the world where in the last year mobile industry invested close to $3 billion of total Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) coming into the country.

Talking to a delegation of the GSM Association Board and CEOs of mobile operators in Pakistan headed by Ricardo Tavares, senior vice president, Public Policy GSM Association, who called on him at the PM House.