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China Mobile Reported to be in Talks to Buy Telenor Pakistan

China Mobile is reported to be in talks with Norway's Telenor concerning a merger of their respective Pakistani mobile networks. Although both the operators have denied any such development, sources told the local Dawn newspaper that negotiations were being held secretly at the group level. The deal is thought to involve China Mobile buying Telenor Pakistan and then merging the two networks.  more

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Mediocre December for Pakistan Doesn't Spoil Impressive 2006

After a remarkable year of growth, Pakistan's mobile market finished 2006 with a total of 48.3m customers, equivalent to a penetration rate of 28.8%, according to the latest data from the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA). A total of 26m net new customers adopted the mobile services of one of Pakistan's six operators during the year, giving the market an equally impressive proportionate growth rate of 123% between December 2005 and December 2006. more

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