Archive for June 19th, 2008

Telenor Becomes Second Largest Mobile Company, Leaves Ufone Behind

Published by Babar Bhatti on June 19, 2008 under Business, GSM, Mobile Companies, Telecommunications, Wireless

We have been talking about this trend for a while. The rate of growth of Telenor subscribers (or SIMs) has been faster than Ufone. The numbers released by PTA for May 2008 show that Telenor(17.84M) has a slight lead over Ufone(17.80M).

I think the difference in numbers is minor but this is a major symbolic victory for Telenor. Ufone had a huge advantage in the beginning but Telenor was able to come in from outside and within 3 years it has proved to be a formidable competitor.

More analysis to come later about how Zong is taking away Mobilink customers.