Digital subsidies hit $1.054bn; tower fibre above 19%
Officials say more than 17,000km of fibre is in place and home fibre reach now tops five million, but towers remain far from the 60 percent mark set for 5G.
Pakistan's digital subsidies stand above $1.054 billion, with upwards of 17,000km of fibre-optic cable installed.
Households fibre can reach moved from a 2024 figure below three million to one above five million.
Fibre reaches a little over 19 percent of mobile towers, against a minimum of 60 percent sought for 5G.
USF Pakistan reports 158 finished schemes out of 185, with spending beyond Rs169 billion and more than 38.4 million beneficiaries.
GSMA ranks Pakistan first across two years for shrinking the women-men mobile internet gap, down to 8 percent from 38 percent.