Broadband in Pakistan

 Broadband surely become a necessity these days. From a general view with broadband 1 Mbps connection checking in on Facebook or any of your favorite social media, browsing to Twitter & other websites of your interest is a quick and easy job. similarly faster speeds have resulted in new trends of video uploading & sharing as well. In this era one cannot imagine to live without a the access of high speed internet.

With the growth of broadband users in pakistan, different broadband companies emerged in the market. most of them offers a broadband connection with relatively different technology. so lets discuss about the main competitors & the technology they are using.

In Fixed line broadband services with ADSL “Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line” & HFC “Hybrid Fiber Coax” technology etc, the main competitors are PTCL & linkdotnet, both have a strong portfolio but PTCL got extensively wide network then linkdotnet where their services are limited to main cities in pakistan.

In wireless broadband, the technology such as WiMAX & EVDO “evolution, data only” is targeting the customers in the market. Wateen telecom being the first wimax operator has more subscriber then the recently launched wordcall & wi-tribe, On the other hand wordcall & PTCL are offering Wireless broadband with EVDO technology.

The race among the broadband companies is still on the move, the competition in this sector ultimately leads them to provide the consumer the best broadband services at cheap price.