ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has been ranked number “1” for the provision of mostaffordable telecom services amongst 139 countries according to WorldEconomic Forum’s Network Readiness Index Report ahead of India, Bangladeshand Srilanka in the South Asian region.
Furthermore, competitiveness Index Report of World Economic Forum has alsoranked Pakistan above India, Bangladesh and Iran in terms of availabilityof latest technologies and internet bandwidth, said a press release.
It may be noted that World Economic Forum is regarded as one of the mostreputed, credible and authentic source of information globally.
Cable.co.uk has ranked Pakistan at number 33 based on its calculation ofaverage price of 1GB mobile data @ USD 1.85 per month, which is not correct.
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has evaluated monthly plans /packages offered by mobile companies in Pakistan and average price of 1GBturns out to be only USD 0.72.
Based on PTA’s analysis, Pakistan’s average price per GB is the secondlowest in the Asia Pacific region ahead of Srilanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan,Nepal, Iran, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc. Further, PTAalso gathered data from mobile companies, according to which, blendedaverage price of 1GB mobile data is in the range of USD 0.29 to USD 0.59per month.
PTA has also approached / contacted representatives of Cable.co.uk forclarification through email and telephone, however, no response has beenreceived as of yet.