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October 2002, Paktel was granted a modification to its license, allowing it to operate a GSM based network and the Frequency Allocation Board of Pakistan thereby awarded the necessary frequencies. Paktel was awarded additional 1800 MHz spectrum, increasing total spectrum for GSM network from
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and its local partner Hasan
Associates (a major local team was consisting on Farooq Hasan, R A Zuberi, Shahid Mahmud, Syed Ahmed Ali, and Qazi Abdul Wahid & Dewan) launched the commercial service Paktel in 1990. Paktel was granted a license in early 1990 to operate a cellular telephone network
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On March 31, 2005, Paktel held approximately 340,000 GSM subscribers and its network comprised 300 cell sites, covering about 45% of the population. By
November 2005, Paktel had 1 million customer base and a market share of 9%, with subscriber count increasing at a rate of 100,000 per month.
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said that it might resolve the frequency issue with China Mobile, as it was one of the main reason for pullout by
Millicom International Cellular S.A. According to the statistics from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, Paktel had 2.145 million customers at the end of February 2008.
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for printing and bills were then dispatched to the customers after a delay of 45 days. This ensued in non-payments from many defaulters who fled after receiving large bills. The call rate was charged to both the caller and the receiver alike. In April 2001, the prepaid brand
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The Paktel
Mediation and Billing System was developed by Syed Ahmed Ali, Nadeem Usmani, Wasay Farooqi, and Ali Korani. It was first mediation software in the region that had been developed locally, and also the first cellular billing system for the region. Millicom-owned
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China Mobile
Pakistan continued to operator under Paktel brand until March 31, 2007. After acquisition, China Mobile Pakistan invested more than US$ 700 million in the telecom sector in Pakistan and US$ 800 million were further invested by the end of year 2008.
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agreed delayed payment terms under which 50% of the license fee will be paid in installments over the first three years of the license. The second 50% of the license fee will be payable in ten yearly payments from 2008 to 2017.
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to launch GSM network with immediate effect and renew their license for 15 years from
October 23, 2004 for a license fee of $ 291,000,000. This agreement was signed by the two parties on October 25, 2004. Paktel and the
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to its 2 million subscriber base. As of 2007, Paktel was ranked fifth mobile player of
Pakistani market owing to low subscriber base and market share. After the completion of its acquisition by
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acquired a 98.9% equity interest in Paktel. Millicom installed a new management team headed by John
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Paktel's entire network that included network base stations, GSM core, SMS, microwave links, IT support, and transmission towers was based on GSM network infrastructure from
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On 4 May 2007, Paktel Limited was renamed to China Mobile Pakistan. On May 16, 2007 China Mobile announced that it had increased its stake in CMPak to 100%.
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and its rapid success in 1998, both Instaphone and Paktel floundered and lost their dominant market share. It was followed by the acquisition of
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was the subscriber number. After being rebranded as Zong, the code was changed to 031x whereas 0303 and 0304 were taken over by Mobilink.
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5000 (approximately US$ 23 at that time) as initial security deposit. The call data was used to be stored on magnetic tapes, sent to the
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for Paktel of $ 460 million, Millicom said in its press release. Merrill Lynch advised China Mobile on the transaction.
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against making significant investments in Pakistan because of tough market conditions. It had already sold
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10 MHz to 13.6 MHz. After obtaining frequencies Paktel launched GSM network in October 2004.
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360:. ZTE also provided Paktel consumers with missed call and welcome messages features at that time.
860:"May 2007 Archived Press Clippings : LTC International, Telecom Headlines and Industry News"
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Paktel offered prepaid and postpaid plans. It was initially offering only postpaid services with
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merged as its competitor in the late 1990s and began to dominate the market. With the launch of
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for $ 284 million, which includes the repayment of intercompany debt. The sale implies an
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throughout Pakistan. It was the first company granted a free license to carry out
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Millicom International Cellular S.A. Press Release for the sale of Paktel Ltd.
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585:Paktel identity: Because there's only one heart –
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652:List of mobile network operators in Pakistan
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634:کال سنو بیلنس بڑھاؤ، باقی سب بھول جاؤ
223:services in Pakistan. It carried out
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44:Native name
1122:Categories
1067:Telenor 4G
1010:Instaphone
866:2007-12-11
845:2007-12-11
767:zte.com.cn
658:References
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249:Instaphone
233:Instaphone
98:2008-03-31
77:Subsidiary
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577:Marketing
374:Frequency
133:Islamabad
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377:Protocol
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144:Products
137:Pakistan
63:Industry
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984:Telenor
803:Reuters
440:Scheme
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83:Founded
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380:Class
164:Paktel
20:Paktel
1025:Warid
989:Ufone
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617:Ufone
603:Tango
173:پاکٹل
73:Genre
49:پاکٹل
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