Top Ten Gripes About Pakistan’s Mobile Market

Babar Bhatti

#10. No cell phones made in Pakistan.

#09. Not much of Urdu services or local content.

#08. Driving + talking on mobile = Accidents …. And no one is doing anything about it.

#07. People using their phone as a status symbol.

#06. No unlimited calling plans.

#05. Silly advertising which is completely out of touch with ground realities.

#04. PTA: Sleepy customer service + a lousy web site where finding information is a pain.

#03. Too many fancy schmancy services (e.g. mobile TV) but 3G and data services are still a rip off.

#02. Prime Minister firing off a statement every few days about rising mobile subscriber numbers, alluding that all problems of Pakistanis are now solved and demanding that Pakistan is where all the foreign. investment should flow to.

#01. Mobile phone snatching.

Babar Bhatti is a Telecom professional based in Dallas, Texas. See more at Babar’s blog: State of Telecom Industry in Pakistan.