Telenor marks 15 years operations in Pakistan
Telenor Pakistan on Friday marked 15 years of its operations in Pakistan with an investment of over $4.5 billion, making it one of the largest foreign direct investors in the country, and has paid over $2.5 billion in direct and indirect taxes through a successful trial of 5G.
The company has been a frontrunner in digitalisation and innovation, with a 46 million strong and growing customer base. It has created thousands of direct and indirect jobs and is one of Pakistan's most preferred employers. Irfan Wahab Khan, CEO Telenor Pakistan and Head of Telenor's Emerging Asia Cluster along with Khurrum Ashfaque, Deputy CEO and Chief Technology Officer, briefed the media on
Telenor Pakistan's successful operations as the leader in innovation and digital transformation, shared future plans and showcased 5G use cases.
Telenor Pakistan executed the most comprehensive 5G trial setup in Pakistan. It involved multiple suppliers, and established the fastest cellular 5G test data connection in the country, achieving connectivity speeds greater than 1.5 Gbps. In addition to speed demonstration, Telenor Pakistan showcased relevant 5G usecases including a virtual reality-based classroom for remote education enablement and ultra-HD, 4K live video coverage using a drone-cam.
This highlights the ability to enable potent opportunities for society, extend network capacities to support future technologies, allow substantial increase in the number of connected devices, and ensure new business models.
The latest development showcasing cutting-edge technology is reminiscent of the company's 15-year journey of innovation, empowerment, and reducing inequalities, maximizing the impact of connectivity, creating shared value for the society, and helping shape a sustainable future for all. Telenor Pakistan has disrupted the landscape in multiple sectors of the economy by reducing inclusion gaps and providing best- in- class and award-winning products, services and solution services including Easypaisa, Khushaal Zamindar, Digital Birth Registration, content and streaming platforms, IoT, analytics, personalisation, gaming and governance solutions.
Addressing the media at the 345 campus, Irfan
Wahab said it was a proud day for the company as they not only renewed their commitment for the years to come; but had also raised the bar once again through its innovative capabilities to venture out on a journey that would benefit the people of Pakistan. The market is ripe with possibilities and they are excited to continue their journey of leveraging technology to achieve the Digital Pakistan vision.
“Staying true to our purpose, we will sustain and expand our efforts towards empowering societies and reducing inequalities," he added.
Khurrum Ashfaque said, “We started the journey towards 5G readiness last year by beginning the evolution of our network core from legacy architecture to state-of-the-art virtualised Telenor Hybrid Cloud and rapid fiberisation to the tower.