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On 23 April 2014, Pakistan concluded the auction for the next generation of mobile spectrum. Zong paid $ 516 million for a 10 MHz spectrum in the 2.1 GHz frequency range for 3G and a 10 MHz spectrum in the 1.8 GHz frequency range for 4G, making it
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