 دل تو ایک ہے There's only one heart | |
Native name | پاکٹل |
|---|---|
| Company type | Telecommunication operator |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Genre | Subsidiary |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Defunct | March 31, 2008 |
| Fate | Rebranded to Zong[1] |
| Successor | Zong |
| Headquarters | |
| Products | Mobile telephony |
| Website | https://paktel.com |
Paktel (Urdu: پاکٹل) was the pioneer cellular operator of Pakistan. It was a granted license to carry out cellular phone services in Pakistan and 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.[2] After the completion of its acquisition by China Mobile, Paktel was rebranded Zong Pakistan on April 1, 2008.
- ^ "China Mobile re-brands Paktel as Zong". telecompaper.com.
- ^ "Kuwait's MTC considers submitting bid for Paktel". gulfnews.com. 17 December 2006.