Paktel
دل تو ایک ہے
So the heart is one |
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Native name
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پاکٹل |
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| Telecommunication operator | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Genre | Subsidiary |
| Fate | Rebranded to Zong |
| Successor | Zong |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Defunct | March 31, 2008 |
| Headquarters | 68-E Jinnah Avenue, Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan |
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Key people
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Farooq Hasan, R. A. Zuberi, N. M Qureshi, Shahid Mehmood, Chris Edward, John Steel, Trevor Morris, Syed Ahmed Ali |
| Products | Mobile telephony |
| Website | www.paktel.comnow defunct |
Paktel (Urdu: پاکٹل) was the pioneer cellular operator of Pakistan. It was the first ever company granted license to carry out cellular phone services in Pakistan, set up by Cable & Wireless. It carried out AMPS services until 2004 when the company switched to GSM technology.
Paktel offered only mobile telephony service 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 China Mobile, Paktel was rebranded on April 1, 2008.
Cable & Wireless launched commercial service Paktel in 1990. Paktel was granted a license in early 1990 to operate a cellular telephone network throughout Pakistan. It was the first company granted a free license to carry out cellular phone services in Pakistan. It carried out AMPS services until 2004.
Paktel Mediation and Billing System was developed by a team consisting of Syed Ahmed Ali, Nadeem Usmani, Wasay Farooqi, and Ali Korani. It was first mediation software in the region which was developed locally and also the first cellular Billing System ever. Millicom owned Instaphone merged as its competitor in the late 1990s and began to dominate the market share. With the launch of Mobilink and its rapid success in 1998, both Instaphone and Paktel floundered and lost their dominant market share. It was followed by the acquisition of Cable & Wireless owned Paktel by Millicom, the majority owners of Instaphone.
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