Telenor, Mobilink and Ufone Voted as Favourites to Win 3G and 4G Licenses

By Kashif saleem

Two weeks ago, on the 11th of March 2014, we initiated a poll asking you to share with us your thoughts on which operator, in your opinion, would win 3G and 4G licences.

As of 25th March 2014, a total of 8,502 users expressed their opinion as to who will win the 3G licenses, while another 5,714 participants answered the question on operators expected to win 4G licenses.

First, lets discuss the 3G license. Telenor took the first position with 2,314 votes (27.22%), while Mobilink sits at the second position with 2,267 votes (26.66%).

This is not a surprising outcome considering the fact that Telenor and Mobilink together constitute around 53% of Pakistan’s cellular subscriber base.

Both Telenor and Mobilink have been boasting about their 3G ready network for sometime now and are strong contenders to take home the 3G licenses.

Ufone grabbed a considerable number of 1,867 (22.03%) votes in total to become third in the poll results.

Ufone backed by PTCL, which has huge broadband infrastructure in the country, is also aggressive about grabbing 3G and 4G licenses with-in a month.

It merits mentioning here that there would be a total of three 3G licenses on sale during the auction on April 23rd, 2014.

According to our poll results, Zong, Warid and new entrant might not be able to get next-gen licenses.

Zong was left behind in the race as it got mere 1,345 or 15.83 percent of the votes to stand at fourth position. But they are reportedly all prepared with heavy pockets to grab 3G/4G licenses at any cost.