Comments on: Pakistan's Telecom Industry: Is the Honeymoon Over? http://pakistaniat.com/2008/05/09/pakistan-telecom-industry/ Pakistan. Pakistani. Pakistaniat. Wed, 23 May 2012 13:28:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Arif Hussain Nomani http://pakistaniat.com/2008/05/09/pakistan-telecom-industry/comment-page-2/#comment-184716 Arif Hussain Nomani Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:51:22 +0000 http://pakistaniat.com/2008/05/09/pakistan-telecom-industry/#comment-184716 I must say that the article was written by a myopic writer with little or no hindsight of the telecom industry. The last five years were of course the honey moon period for the PTA and the consumer that saw the rates plummet due to intense competituion within the five operators. However it was by no means the honeymoon for the parent companies because the massive investments in the infrastructures(Building/Fixtures), Networks across a geographically huge country, Human Resource acquistion in a talent scarce market, huge marketing budget costs & of course the license fees to PTA. I m sure that since now all the initial investments in to the infrastructure has been done and the massive CAPEX expenditure is out of the way the telecom companies honeymoon period will start now. I must say that the article was written by a myopic writer with little or no hindsight of the telecom industry. The last five years were of course the honey moon period for the PTA and the consumer that saw the rates plummet due to intense competituion within the five operators.
However it was by no means the honeymoon for the parent companies because the massive investments in the infrastructures(Building/Fixtures), Networks across a geographically huge country, Human Resource acquistion in a talent scarce market, huge marketing budget costs & of course the license fees to PTA.

I m sure that since now all the initial investments in to the infrastructure has been done and the massive CAPEX expenditure is out of the way the telecom companies honeymoon period will start now.

]]> By: Riaz Haq http://pakistaniat.com/2008/05/09/pakistan-telecom-industry/comment-page-2/#comment-162868 Riaz Haq Mon, 12 May 2008 02:03:44 +0000 http://pakistaniat.com/2008/05/09/pakistan-telecom-industry/#comment-162868 I hope that the wireless carriers will now work on finding ways to offer more services, particularly data and location services, to augment their ARPU. For example, new data services services could improve the Internet penetration in Pakistan using the most ubiquitous device, the cell phone. Pakistan could lead the way to mobile Internet. Farmers could benefit by accessing market prices and weather reports via SMS. Instead of just signing up more voice users, the carriers need to think more creatively by offering more, better service to improve their top and bottom lines. There are myriad ways to keep the telecom/information revolution going in Pakistan. We have only just begun. I hope that the wireless carriers will now work on finding ways to offer more services, particularly data and location services, to augment their ARPU. For example, new data services services could improve the Internet penetration in Pakistan using the most ubiquitous device, the cell phone.
Pakistan could lead the way to mobile Internet. Farmers could benefit by accessing market prices and weather reports via SMS. Instead of just signing up more voice users, the carriers need to think more creatively by offering more, better service to improve their top and bottom lines. There are myriad ways to keep the telecom/information revolution going in Pakistan. We have only just begun.

]]> By: Sabir http://pakistaniat.com/2008/05/09/pakistan-telecom-industry/comment-page-2/#comment-162685 Sabir Sun, 11 May 2008 16:15:38 +0000 http://pakistaniat.com/2008/05/09/pakistan-telecom-industry/#comment-162685 growth through new users is reaching its limits now it will ne more growth through new services and revenue centers. growth through new users is reaching its limits now it will ne more growth through new services and revenue centers.

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