Zong has announced that its 4,600 cell sites out of total 8,650 towers across Pakistan are now on 3G network, while another 2,059 cell sites are on 4G network, reports ProPakistani.
The operator is aiming to convert more than 5,000 towers to 3G network before the year-end, while the count for 4G enabled cell sites will cross 2,700 mark by the December 2015. It has plans to invest USD 400 million on network expansion, which is in addition to USD 516 million that the company invested for 3G and 4G spectrum last year.
Zong said that recently announced QoS Survey results and Ookla’s net index is a proof that Zong is offering premium quality of high-speed internet across the country. According to its deputy CEO, Zong has "succeeded in maintaining the number one slot with 3,094,683 3G and 132,502 4G/LTE users by the end of July 2015. By increasing our investments we are quite hopeful that our quality of services will further be enhanced to provide best telecom services to our valuable customers."