Wednesday, July 14, 2004

Will US$5b make mobile calls cheaper in PK?

Why are mobile charges so costly? Our SMS rates are extremely economical but roaming is sky high.

While watching BBC's report on Asian business, I saw about 20 mins on India followed by a 2 minute bulletin annoucing Telenor's US$5b investment in Pakistan. I've heard Telenor might be taking help from Nokia to expand their network. Not confirming this for now.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I am skeptical about your statement "extremely economical" rates of SMS in Pakistan. Almost 3Rs. a sms can cost you about about 400-500Rs. a month alone. Roaming charges within domestic areas don't make any sense either given the performance of their signals and calldrops as well as long awaits for the calls.