3G / 4G Auction in Pakistan [Live Updates]

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The day has arrived, 3G / 4G is finally happening in our country.

Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) has said that it has finalized all the arrangements for the Spectrum Auction for Next Generation Mobile Services (NGMS) to be held today.

Mobilink, Telenor, Ufone and Zong will be taking part in the bid to secure their 3G and 4G licenses.

As you may know that bidding will be done electronically through internet, all the companies will be allowed to log into the bidding system at 8AM, however, first round of bidding will start at 10AM.

The expiration duration of each bidding round will be 45 minutes or less. We will be uploading the results and other commentary on this live page regularly.

Mobile phone companies – taking part in the bid – will bid from their offices. However, there is an auction hall setup at Marriot Hotel in Islamabad, where PTA officials, members of auction committee and media will be present to witness the auction.

We will be brining you the live updates from the auction hall, till the end of the auction. Just keep visiting this page back to watch with us the entire auction:

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  • why warid is not paticipating? i use warid connection, will it be in problem after 3G?

    • Speed test is good, but its meaningless. Actual speeds will be known when everybody will be on 3G, i.e. with all the load.

      • I think the idea is to get the theoretical maximum, i.e. what the speed can be *even if* there is minimal load!

        That will give us an idea what we can get even in best case scenario :D

    • Warid alreday has Technology Neutral license for higher frequency band and can offer wireless broadband on its current license after approvals from authorities

  • 3G ka koi or Faida ho ya na ho ye Faida zaroor hoga k ab ham net use karte we SMS kar skenge :D

  • Dear Aamir,
    The details mentioned under your post for “How much you can pay for 3G” are required a little correction please. You have mentioned that there are 20% users who are willing to pay more than Rs 1600. The correct details are that there are only 9% users who are willing to pay more than Rs 1600.

  • It is a bit annoying….to read the latest updates you need to scroll upwards and to read the latest comments you have to scroll downwards.

    • ahhh, I can feel it, but I am sorry there’s nothing much I can do for that right now.

      • the newly installed plugin is a lot help, now you can rearrange the updates as per your convenience, in ascending or descending order. You the folks are putting a lot in it, hats off for the all of your hard work.

  • Will 3G be available all over Pakistan as soon the bid process is completed.

    Please reply

  • I know its bit off topic but its only me or everyone that youtube is working on PTCL Broadband ..

  • auction hasn’t even started yet, and already occasionally getting errors trying to access this page. connection timeout. server error.

  • In Peshawar im using Mobilink 3G from morning-its started here before auction i think :-D

  • Can anyone tell me what will be the possible time we will get these services.

  • Limitation of Data usage will be killing for everyone.. because 3G and 4G provide a high speed bandwidth and it will be like water flows from the cliff!

  • aamir, is it possible to re-arrange this page such that your commentary and user comments are situated (and auto updated) side by side? so for latest comments, no scrolling would be needed.

    • pictures would be good from auction hall… most interested page of ProPakistani ever…

  • I’m just interested to know that after the auction when we will be able to get this service? In a weak? And more importantly will that service will start from big cities only?

  • Very good initiative @aamir7:disqus bhai. Very pleasing to see our own tech sites are following Live updates pattern like The Verge and ArsTechnica. Keep up the great work.

    • I think right now they’re assigned colors to keep the names secret. But it’d be good to know what color band is on top after each round.

  • First round is about to end and you are still on the way to the auction hall.. Great live coverage Amir.

  • Your (aamir) last post was at 9:50 then till now 10:40 no update yet! :( very boring your coverage.

  • live blogging on sleep.. i think Amir is using 3G for streaming movies with proxy… Dear plz say some thing…

  • itna wait to kabhi uni mai result ka bhi nahi kia jitna aaj auction results ka ho raha hay

  • I think People are too pumped up .. bhaio ye Pakistani Auction hai , Aram skon sy chalta hai kam … their must be nothing to update at the moment … so chill rakho :)

  • Thank You, Aamir bhai, Great job now we are more excited with your comments along pictures

  • nice job pro pakistani for the updates hats off to u for giving us minute to minute update thanx alot

  • Can someone evaluate these results please. Is the auction going as expected or is it under expectations.

  • Great Great updates… best thing is little tiny tune when every update come… great thanxxxx

  • WTH, That’s not exactly how you predicted and that’s not what the results of round 1 mean. Mobile companies have to at least bid for 10Mhz. The results of round 1 mean nothing. This is exactly how it was expected.

    • it is just start… price will get increment and next rounds will reduce the bidders at some stage to decide who remains alive..

    • 2 are tied with 4G which makes it difficult.. also 5MHz is small block… that’s the difference…

  • The pic of mobilink network speed test cannot be true as WiFi is ON in the pic not Mobile data.

  • @Mudassir bhai use ne Laptop ki pic khenchi hui hai! Wo signals Dongle k hon ge….isi liye 3G uper show nai horha..

  • isnt this wrong?

    08:12 by ProPakistani

    We have results of the first bid here:

    10Mhz of 2100Mhz = US 295 million dollars

    5Mhz of 2100Mhz = US 147.5 million dollars

    10Mhz of 2100Mhz = US 147.5 million dollars

    10Mhz of 2100Mhz = US 295 million dollars..

    Coz on pta website the there are two 5 Mhz of 2199 MHz

  • thnx najam, agr posible ho tu btaye k kon c comapny 2 license k lye bid kr rhe hai admin ? aur kon kon c telecom comapny ks stage pr majood hai

    • it is secret unless auction ends.. companies are alloted colors to stay anonymous..

  • Excellent coverage.. Watching from Madrid.

    ProPakistani takes lead for whole 3G coverage from day first.

  • If the CEO’s and directors of the cellular companies are there in the auction hall, then who is taking the key decisions regarding the bids they are going to make from their head offices as we are told that all the participants are gonna bid from their respective offices via internet?

    • top management in their head offices.. only Reps are there to monitor and present there organizations…

  • 10Mhz of 2100Mhz = US 295 million dollars

    5Mhz of 2100Mhz = US 147.5 million dollars

    10Mhz of 2100Mhz = US 147.5 million dollars

    10Mhz of 2100Mhz = US 295 million dollars

    3 10MHz ?

  • Finally its happening today. And great work ProPakistani for live coverage of todays event.

  • Now we have 3/4G services in our hand, & i can just hope to not using these services negatively by our nation & took maximum benefits of it instead……

  • Imagine the disappointment for those of us who live on outskirts of cities. I’m still getting Edge only on Mobilink. I’d like to think that as usual they are lazy and didnt enable 3G unlike ufone and telenor. The other alternate, that they haven’t setup 3G in my area tower is very sad :O

    Haalp!!

    • and imagine for those who are living in villages like me, we hardly get EDGE there and cannot have the taste of 3G unless we wait for an year at least :(

  • nice job. Sorry about the username( it is not addresed to you though). Thanks. Love you man, this should go on air

  • Chairman PTA also realizes that people are more interested in tea. He has promised to conclude the notes ASAP. 3G or 4G we’l remain pakistani, ha

  • If one keeps in mind the news as previously reported, all Operators have already secured what they wanted — Mobilink & Zong for 10 MHz each while Telenor & Ufone for 5 MHz each, and those at base price too. I don’t think we will see anymore bids and the auction will be concluded at base price for 2100 MHz block.

  • Can you make a live video of the place pls using the 3g network you are using right now. Please make it on youtube

  • so 3G will be launched at 1PM ? As written on the Time table picture.. Am i Right or Not?

    • They launched it for testing in certain areas. But most areas will only get it after official permission from PTA :|

      • Yes i am aware of that and i have been testing it also in certain areas of Islamabad.. As you said “After Official Permission from PTA” so it will be at 1PM or no one knows? because that PTA TIME TABLE shows launch at 1PM.

          • No bro..3G will be officially available with-in next few months. Just Seen it on ARY News.. so i think it will take atleast more then a month for official launch.

              • bro wo to testing phase hai..band bi ho jata ha beech me bar bar..wo to mene bi use kia hai isb me :P

                • woi kehra hun k PTA ki permission k Foran bad Waha 3G Service Avail Hojaegi Baqi k iLaqo me Service late late Time Lagega or 6 Months me 10 Cities Poori 3G se Cover Hojaengin

  • Pro Pakistani can you please tell us if the bidders are at the facility or are they doing it from their headquarters, We would also like it if you give lots of more pics to us. WE really want to see the stituation

    • It was mentioned, every cmopany is bidding from their HQ. they’ve an online bidding system. Every company is anonymous to other bidders. they only have color tags for ID

  • Will the winning operators be allowed to start offering 3g / 4g services from this evening..

  • We were begging for 3G all that time and now we getting 4G also with 3G :D Thats Cute :D

  • HAve you guys heard of the qmobile 4g phone that may be coming out in less than a months time

  • Ye.,. rawaan tabsara aapki khidmat mey.,. Wills Cigarette bananay walay idaray.,. Pakistan Tobacco Company k taawun say pesh kiya ja rha hey :D

    great job guys,.., (Y)

  • the way chairman PTA conclude his speech and skipped few slide remind me of my uni day …where we cheer and clap at the end guest speech….:P

  • Sherif, are you malso at the facility. you gave the result a few secs before propakistani

  • We will not be getting 3G/4G instant after the bidding process is finished. we will still have to wait atleast a month or even more then that. Just confirmed this from ARY :(

    • Jaha Jaha 3G Service ari ha Waha Bid Complete hone k Foran Baad 3G Available Hojaegi
      I am From Karachi To KaraChi mE Shahra E Faisal Side pe 3G Available ha

  • Farhan Warsi, Still the bid is exiting, the slow deleivery of update just keeps making people more impatient, i like it

  • “Chairman has announced to skip few slides from his presentation. Hugely applauded by the crowd.”
    Stay classy pakistanis :D haha

    OK ab 4G on kardo yaar. 2 saal se 4g mobile rkha hua hai .. ab bhi nahi on hua tou sale kar donga.

  • Well done Aamir. You are proving yet again to be the most efficient telco information source in the country. Sitting outside Pakistan, i am getting more timely updates on 3G/4G auction from you than my telco contacts. keep it up.

  • how sad Waridwent bankrupt right before the auction and could not participate. They would give serious competition and whould heat up the auction.

      • oops, sorry i didnt known( had the impression someguy whose parents named their child propakistani is doing this for us- sorry no offense just a pun)

  • Yar amir bhai koi achi si update dein… subha se bathroom nahi gya, itni excitement se F5 , F5 daba raha hoon. button he nikl aaya hai baahir.

  • why lot d has competition if there are 4 lots and there are 4 comapnies….Can one company participate in 2 lots at a time?

  • i think one company can bid for 15 MHZ of 3g maximum, so may be Zong wants to oust at least one competetor by getting 15 MHZ

  • … and i just keep staring at a comment while the world goes on waiting for ppl to reply

  • This is not true that the ‘Other Lots will be called off’…. Bidding hasn’t finishing yet!

  • Yar 3G k signals tou abhi tak nahi aye, neighbours ka wifi chal gya hai, us se connect krta hoon, ye cable net ka maza nahi arha.

    • Akbar bhai comments apky idher he hain ..wo neechay hide ho gye hongay. scroll down plz

    • oh bhains, i forgot to scroll up. Is ammar bhai still updating? usually he doesn’t get done with food so fast.

  • LOL now they saying that bidding me enter into second day if its not finished till 6PM :D and they wrote Launch at 1PM :D They can’t even finish things on Time :D This is the so called Management. Time is Money Time is Everything.. They should value it or They will be De-Valued Themselves :D

  • Really Good Work Pro Pakistani ….Thanks for this updates … One of the best Website in Pakistan…

  • No Content in ProPakistan reporting for 3G Auction ; we are not interested in which Internet Dongle in used there; whats the ambiance there etc. We want to know auction details :) If these details are not avaialble there then what’s the point of live reporting :)

  • Why would the auction continue into the second day when three lots didn’t even move forward in Round 2. Looks like they’re pretty much sold at their base price. And I doubt there would be a lot of completion for Lot D as well.

    • welp .. whoever takes the extra 10MHz will have a lot of bandwidth to use over the next few years, meaning faster internet for their users. I’m sure telenor and mobilik will be trying really hard to achieve that.

    • hello bro, the auctions not heated up yet and barely started, we will be seeing more coming our way.

    • Yar desert mein tou rait he hoti hai. Dessert mein shayid halwa ho. Amir bhai ka favorite.

  • All default operators are participating in the bid process who have even not deposited their spectrum related and non spectrum related dues which was even their license obligation as per de-regulation and cellular policies of telecom.enjoy watching how this mafia is supported by big guns.

  • If the first bid was placed at 10 am, every bid placed after 45 min, now we should be having the results of round 4

  • tea breaks and lunch breaks are never good for an acution, auctions must be fast so that costumer’s get tense and are forced to raise the money. Do you guys agree?

  • Sab se pehle tou aamir bhai thoonsnay mein lagay hue hain
    “Currently there is everyone busy with the lunch. I am having a (soft) drink.”

    Hadd hai.

  • Yeah that soft drink was really important.. thanks God we have not missed it.

  • Please post a few shots of the various devices offered by networks.
    If possible, tentative rates too.

    • Aap Apny Ghar Ka Address Send Karain, Main Aap Ko Soft Drink Ka Daaba Send Karta Hon!!!

  • Looks like one lot of 10 mhz of both 3g and 4g spectrum has been sold… So the war is for the other 10 mhz of 3g spectrum… One 10mhz ban of 4g will remain unsold… That’s my prediction :s

  • give us the pictures of the speed tests and the tech that is at the stalls. I wanna see what the companies are capable off.

    • They have not enough time to take a photo during lunch because then how they will able to eat??

    • These speed tests aren’t reliable because right now not many users are even aware of the 3G activation. When many dozen users will be sharing the 3G bandwidth in each cell site, then the speed will be divided.

  • cabn we pls be fast with our comments, im deasd tired of the “One other person is typing…” notifications

    • yar, majority log just index finger se type kr rhay hain, bear with them. I’m using voice to text caz too lazy.

  • paypal in pakistan? Awsome. I’ve always wanted to have it as a child, u c im 13
    Random fact: did you know paypal is going to reach pakistan before it’ll reach india
    Thanks for the update.

  • Bhookay…Kaash there would be a live video streaming.
    Ajeeb baat hai 3G/4G auction ki live coverage “texted” form mein

  • PayPal needed desperately in Pakistan. They must learn from others earning from Pakistan .. Like Payoneer etc

    • Yeah!!! Pakistan’s population is almost 180 millions, they will able to earn million of dollars. Then why they are not open Paypal in Pakistan!!

  • if they keep taking this long then by the end of tomorrow eighth round will get finished.

  • now this is slow, still, we have all the time in the world for the auction to heat up a bit.

  • I demand more pictures.. text updates look dull show us whats happening in hall.

  • guess they ran out of food and thats why the updats have started running in once again

    • aamir bhai wahan washroom gye tou tiles shiles ki video bhi banana plz. I’m redecorating my washroom soon.

  • Mubarak ho bhayio .. karachi police ki history mein first time.. they caught bank robbers of 1 case, finally. 15 apr wali robbery.

  • Bid for Lot A has increased by 3%…..

    295000000 x 0.03 = 8850000
    295000000 + 8850000 = 303850000
    and they bid 300900000 which is 2% of 29500000

    Ithay bhi Khachaaa !!!

    • Too many zeroes for me to count :( I get paid 25000 rupees for 9hrs x 25 days slave work.

      • bro if you are 24/7 on propakistani… and still getting 25000 for 9hrs x 25 days… man its a dream job for most people

      • I heard 5 rounds hongay. 8 rounds are extra case. wesy bhi ye 5, 5 rupay barha rhy hain her round mein. inko 80 round bhi de do tou kuch ziada income nahi honi compared to now.

        • Hmmm…!! Bas Har Round Main 100 Rupee Ka Afiza Karty Raho Kam Ho Gye Ha 100 round main bhi :)

    • its not much use because right now each tower has very few 3G users … after proper service opens, hundreds of users will share the bandwidth of each tower.

      • yes but they will allocate bandwidth as per number of users. if you will subscribe for 4mbps you will get 2.8-3.8 mbps easily.

        • if they have 5 or 10 mhz per cell, they can only share that between all users in that area :) isi liye tou they’re fighting over extra 10mhz

    • same here bhai. I think mery phone mein tou ab 3G wali chip bhi paray paray kharaab ho gyi hogi.

  • Thanks to propakistani for a step by step update. Some others like me are able to get a good insight while being abroad, which otherwise was never possible……Keep the good work up. We are really proud of you….. Regards.

  • FTP speed is not considered as 3G speed. FTP server is local in your network. Internet bandwidth is what users need ATM.

  • Battleship, Pacific Rim all are science fiction movies. Are they using IDM or Torrent to download these movies?

  • He’s downloading movies in auction hall
    Thats funny man rio up transformers hahahaha

  • Chalo bhaio .. mein gya khaana thoonsnay … 3G tou milna nahi hai. shutup bhai bhi chalay gye hain mayoos ho k.

  • amir bhai movies download ker rahay hain see in pic,ha ha ha, but great speed 15 mbps, qudos to ufone my operator, q kay abi to 3g sirf testing stages mei hai it will get better or stable…

      • Then why they are spending million of dollars..!! They know better than us. They will hard work to maintain their quality!

        • hope so inshala, I am using 3g for 6 years and used more than 5 operators. saying this from my own experience.

  • Jo bhi 5 MHz 3G jeete ga us k network ki highest speed 21.1 mbps hogi and jo 10 MHz jeete ga us k network ki speed full 42.2 mbps hogi. magar wo bht se factors pe depend kre gi is liye full speed to nai aai gi kissi k pas bhi.
    Factors:
    Signal strength
    Number of people on ONE Cell site
    Your Phone Supporting Speed

    Aor 4G ki full speed 150 mbps hy lekin wo bhi isi same factors pe depend kre gi.

    ONE Important THING SAMSUNG k jo bhi PHONES PAKISTAN se liye gai hain un me se koi bhi 4G support nai krta bhale wo S5 ho
    SOURCE : samsung.com/pk

  • I don’t think that the auction will proceed to the second day… The operators already thought that the base price was too high, so they are not going to bid for much

  • tell me guyz we have to buy new sims to use 3g service or existing sim will be able to use 3g???

  • Assalamo Allikum Aamir Bhai !
    Nice to see your enthusiasm and optimistic for 3G and 4G auction today at peak. Actually as per your guide shared http://propakistani.pk/2014/04/16/understanding-3g-4g-and-the-entire-auction-process/
    it seems different than whats happening or we have missed something to
    understand. Currently its going on only 2100 MHz while it was assumed
    that bundled lots will be on auction. Secondly you told that for 3G not
    more than 15MHz Block will be sold but than what does it mean by 2 X 10
    MHz. Last thing why the n+1 delta is small as compared to reach the
    total target of $ 2 Billion the minimum expectation of Ishaq Dar
    considering bidding process of having interval of 45 minutes.

        • they opened their network for speed test during this 3g/4g auction it will come for consumers within next 3 months if this bidding will get successful.

  • great job brother we are following up to ur hard work there and you are the only source who is providing us great updates both on speeds and bids

  • Forget to say thanx to propakistani… I am getting well info about 3g n 4g hats off to u good work keep it up.

    • ziada shukria ke zaroorat nahee, jitna trafic utnay Ads, jitnay Ads utnay paisay, in the end its all about Money.

      • there r lot of ways to earn money.. if u earn by giving a gud service to the ppl so atleast we can say thanks to appreciate their work to get more benefit by their work.

  • Breaking news: zong and ufone getting 3g with 4g and telenor, mobilink going to get 3g only!

  • ye mobilink ka staal kuch zyada hy door hai lagta hai, amir bhai pohnch he nai rahe

  • Agar ek video file 2G per download ho poore din mein aur kharcha Rs 200 aye to 3G per wohi video file 1 ghantay mein hojayegi aur kharcha Rs 600 ? Agreed

  • Do the message UFone wants us to gve to the world is that.
    Now we have 3G and we are very good at Video Piracy….

  • There are rumors going around in the auction hall that only Zong and Ufone will go for 4G licenses…. i think this will be happen..

  • They are Claiming that Very Good Speed are there.
    Let the Users to be Increase.
    then Actual Situation will be there.
    this is Just a sort of Trial Now in Auction Hall

  • ye bid ka silsila simple kio nahi banaya round wagera ye sb kia hai? hona to ye chaye tha 3g itne ka 4g itne ka jo zada bid lagae bat khtm.. so complicated :/

  • pics to 1g ki speed se upload kar rahy hein… shayad … abi tak ni dikhin

  • Jab licence sb ko milna hai to ye bid ka chakkar kia hai??? jo pese dega usey licence to milega hi.. so complicated :/

  • Iran is offering 3G for 1440.Rs a month at the limit of 4GB. Pakistan shouldn’t exceed 1400/Rs.

  • Wow 519 comments :D I think this Thread will have most comments than any other thread on ProPk :P

    • Very Very Very Nice Job Pro Pakistani…..
      Really Appreciate-able (Admin Plz for you)

  • The picture you uploaded of Mobilink’s speed test shows WiFi connected on top :p Way to go Aamir Atta for fooling the followers hahah

  • Can any one tell me what does this mean???

    10Mhz of 2100Mhz

    5Mhz of 2100Mhz

    5Mhz of 2100Mhz

    10Mhz of 2100Mhz ????

  • Why the F**K they not finishing it today..These A-Holes are just time wasters.. That is the main reason we are so Backward till this time because these So called Leaders and Decision Makers are just Loosers who just keep wasting time..They Have been prepairing for this day for a long time..and now they still need F-ing time to Bid and Finalize? Just Pathetic!!! Huh!

      • Mere pas itny paisy hoty to me in Chu**** ki tarha itna time sochne me lgaata k kitny lgaon kitny lgaon :/ Ya Chairman hota PTA ka to 45 minutes wala chakar na rakhta..there are 8 rounds only. and they want to take 3 days to finish that? n still what do u want me to do?

    • after this the auction will never happen so they want to fully enjoy it … :D

  • i am waiting for 3g from last 4 years and follow all the action from last year to now on propakistani

  • Farhan Warsi is right bid has to be completed 2day. My teacher told me aj ka kam kal pe mat choro.

  • Round 5 result at 3:30, round 6 result at 4:15, round 7 result at 5:00, round 8 result at 5:45…the days ends at 6 pm

  • No one should be Removed from the Bid. The more 3G/4G providers we have the more competition is in market..so we will get reasonable/cheap 3g/4g Prices/Packages ;)

    • Yar koi speed nhi hogi dekhna kuch arsay baad sab beth k ro rahe honge k 3G or itni kam speed!!! Why??
      Taliban zimedari qubool kr lein ge.
      Geo wale ISI pe ilzam laga dein ge.
      Ch. Nisar ka kuch pata nhi hoga.
      Altaf Hussain telephonic khitaab kr rha hoga lkn Skype pe (using 3G/4G).

  • It is too good to hear that it is really going on. I once didn’t believe that it will ever go official.

      • But I hope that 3g speeds will be as fast as they are showing because I think as the number of users will increase, the speed will decrease.

  • Where are other 3G companies stall details as well as their pictures and speed comparison ?

  • Lol… ZONG kay tho ad bhi chalnay lag gaye hain. Everybody holding hands and saying agay barhnay ki Lagan, jadeed mustaqbil n stuff

  • Dear Aamir,
    can you share what is would be the criteria of a winner for a lot?
    Thank you.

  • I get the feeling that one or two operators are just messing with others. For example, an operator for 5 MHz block is submitting a higher bid for the 10 MHz block, just to bump the price and have the incumbent bidder commit more money towards the block, i.e., potentially making the 10 MHz block more expensive for the incumbent bidder with no intention to buy that block for themselves. If it were really all about additional spectrum, I would have seen a bidding war in the 5 MHz block as 15 MHz would have been a real advantage over 5 or 10 MHz block, but that’s not the case.

    Ideally, PTA should look into this matter and see if one of the bidders is artificially inflating the price for 10 MHz blocks without an intent to actually buy. They probably won’t as long as they get more money and Chairman PTA has repeatedly mentioned how much money they will get.

    • thats how bidding happens, its not strange, let it go soon we will see the results,

    • well they will have to buy it if the last bid was theirs and no one else bid on that more :D so no kids playing here :P

  • Now you are talking aamir.. More and more and more pics please.. Make us feel in the hall.

  • 4.58MB download is disappointing .. what will happen as the connection is sharted

    • lol dont react like a stupid 4mb is not disappointing what is ur internet speed 1mb or 2mb get a life man

    • M using 2 mb broadband in pc so I think 4 mb is enough for a cell phone atleast u can watch videos without buffering.

      • the internet speed in 3g is very fluctuating, increases and decreases. not so stable. cuts reconnects. depends on locality and the peers connected to same base station

    • I agree with you out of 42.2 mbps just 4.58 mbps is disappointing It should be at least 10-15 mbps like Ufone 16 mbps :)

    • ya you are right, only available to the participants in hall. the speed is slow. Allah khair karay

  • Remember guys..there is difference between Mbps and MBps.. so that photo shows 18Mbps means we will be getting 18 Mbps =2.25 MBps like we get download speeds of 125kbps on 1Mb DSL because 1 Mbps =0.125MBps

      • Not for u Aamir bro..just for the people who don’t know..coz many people here talking about speed so i thought i should let them know if they dont.

        • Then explain the entire procedure..!!! If you are getting speed of 10 Mbps just divide it with 8, you will get the result..!! B for bytes and b for bits!!

          • yea thats better :P thanks bdw i thought that will be enough :P bdw i think u getting bored also sitting there :P

  • In the Lastest pic shows of mobilink result which is hosted by worldcall pvt. Limited.why worldcall????

  • As per speedtest shots posted here, it seems Ufone’s 3G is better than Telenor’s and Mobilink’s are

  • Ufone is getting close to true HSPA+, Mobilink as usual deceiving people and going for HSDPA only – cheaper technology and low speed. 5 Mbps only. Telenor and Ufone 21.6 Mbps. Don’t know about Zong. Mobilink as pathetic as ever. And as deceitful as they can be.

    • Ufone 3g will be better then all i think.. i use telenor / zong/ ufone.. and i have seen ufone better then these 2..

  • Lazy people… Online bidding is also taking so much time… They r just wasting time… Dissappointment :(

    • custom ke kabar ke mall ki auction nae ….spectrum auction hai….pore pore think tank or team baithi hain ..thora sabar 6 pm tak

  • Liked that wifi device from Mobilink.. but it all comes to the point.. if data cap will be wide enough, will the service be affordable. Best wishes to mobilink.

  • WOW!!! This is E153 Model!! Now, I am using it. LOL!! I can use all the SIMS of cellular operator in this incredible device..!!

  • youtube is unblocked !! confirm the news bro.. till u got next round details

  • can some one tell me that how much will be the cost for 3g usb dongle and for wifi 28 mbps with electricity and myfi 28mbps with battery and 10 user can use as i am working here in saudi arab saudi telecom customer services so these thing is very cheap here

  • i have tested telenor 3g in few days back near Ufone tower.. it was pathetic :D slower then 1mb dsl

  • Using Dailymotion for HD demos… What an utter tragedy. If only YouTube was still around, legally that is. :)

  • Yet again Aamir, you have intentionally left out the speed provided by Telenor while you have provided complete details of all other operators there along with speed results. Then you say you are not anti Telenor :). On the same note, your coverage has been really good

    • Yeah I was also waiting for Telenor speed results but Amir bhai prefered to give Zong a visit ;'(

  • Finally apni pic b laga hi di.. btw good work.. lots of pics now.. thanks..

  • Seeing pictures Aamir bhai sharing, noticed that Zong has made slight change in its logo. bottom of font are sharp edge and tilt. slight new look to enter in 3G/4G :)

  • From this Lengthy Auction Ritual, everybody now 100% easily understands that the PTA/ Decision Makers are Only Interested in getting the Maximum Price, with No regard for Consumer Interests and the Consumers are Nobody else but People of Pakistan.

  • kuo roooo rhy ho zong walo hahaha yeh sirf test service hai, jb load ho ga tu sub ke speed automatic theak ho ge

  • I have tablet of Dany G5 can some tell me please that if I have to change it for 3G tech or I can run on t ?

  • Good job, can you tell us the 3G speed that telenor is offering at their stall ?

  • Am I the only one sitting here in China with a VPN running just to view updates. Excited about the Auction’s outcome. Hope Pakistan has all the 3G issues solved before my summer trip there

  • See. From results above its obvious that only Telenor and Ufone are seriously rolling out HSPA+, Mobilink is just plain HSDPA, and Zong at even plainer 3G rev 1.

  • Who will use 4gb package in what price???? give your comment wht will be the suitable price for a 4gb package?

  • How may users are online? Have you any expectation? Any website to check it out?

  • 1, 2 din mei doodh ka doodh aur pani ka pani ho jaye ga, compare to other countries 3g data plan rates no one can afford 1200 or 1500 for only 2gb or 4gb data/month

  • There is gonna be an announcement… Either namaz break or a final result for a lot

  • Result of fifth round has been uploaded on PTA website but it went down before I could see them ;(

  • PTA website getting over loaded now.. I can’t imagine why they have put results table as image, html would have saved them lots of bandwidth and would have lighter specially when it had to be accessed millions of times every minute.

  • Except Ufone & Mobilink subscribers, Telenor & Zong users are way too worried about their speed, they already know that their chosen network sucks

    • Whatever atleast show us the speed here . Whats the point of covering something without covering it comprehensively .? Telenor speed snapshot please

      • It’s useless to post speeds as right now there are very few 3G users in the testing phase. Once people actually subscribe to these packages, each cell site will have 100s of users sharing the same 5-10mhz bandwidth.

        That speed will be divided among users then. Not worth much if they can get 5-10 mbps in that auction hall right now.

  • I think final!! Since bids have remained the same as of the previous round, it is highly likely that PTA might announce the conclusion of auction.

  • broke-as5 companies. I hope this doesn’t cancel the 3G launch in anyway. I was expecting more anticipation from these guys. Perhaps thats the best these cmopanies can afford.

  • and the winner is!!!! Zong 10 MHz, Telenor 10 MHz, Ufone & Mobilink 5 MHz each. just a guess. wat do u think???

  • Geo can breathe some fresh air since people would be able to watch them over 3G/4G when they get off air . :P

  • @aamir7:disqus bhai ke 09:24 ke post sy lgta ha k wo b Telenor use kr rhy han but speed khud he chk kr k chup ho gye han!!!

  • WTF… If the bids have not changed from the past round then that means that the spectrums are sold

  • Challo g…all operators have not used even a single waiver… This auction may go on for three days at this rate

    • Mein to kehta hu 4 din lag jaein koi tension nhi.Hum ne konsa 3G use ker k atom bomb bnana hai.14 yrs wait kia hai na or kro.

  • There are chances that if after round 6 bids remain same, then the auction would be concluded… I think the the Pta are hoping that the rich Chinese would go so crazy with boredom that they would bid 1 billion for a 10mhz block ;)

  • can some one tell me that how much will be the cost for 3gg use and for wifi 28 mbps with electricity and myfi 28mbps with battery as i am working here in Saudi Arab Saudi telecom customer services so these thing is very cheap here and is there will be business for these kind of items as we are going to enter to 3g and 4g world but hope soon they upgrade all towers at least to 3g as i hear zong and mobilink has upgraded all towers in all cities and districts and this is will be lost for them if they are going to take time to start 3g as the agreements will be for 15 years so if they lose 3 are 4 years in Establishment so it’s so far

  • Maybe the chairman has gone to the loo. Propakistani should definitely go check if its #1 or #2.

  • Jo bhi 5 MHz 3G jeete ga us k network ki highest speed 21.1 mbps hogi and jo 10 MHz jeete ga us k network ki speed full 42.2 mbps hogi. magar wo bht se factors pe depend kre gi is liye full speed to nai aai gi kissi k pas bhi.
    Factors:
    Signal strength
    Number of people on ONE Cell site
    Your Phone Supporting Speed

    Aor 4G ki full speed 150 mbps hy lekin wo bhi isi same factors pe depend kre gi.

    ONE Important THING SAMSUNG k jo bhi PHONES PAKISTAN se liye gai hain un me se koi bhi 4G support nai krta bhale wo S5 ho
    check out samsung pakistan website

  • Agr har participant 3 waiver use kr skta ha to after 2 consecutive rounds with no increase in bidding lgta ha k next round aakhri hoga (if someone doesn’t bid anymore)!

  • Amazing committment and coverage of this historic event. Kudos to Team ProPakistani.

    I suppose 4g auction takes place after 3g is done?

  • splitting the 10Mhz into 2 5Mhz is a mistake on PTA behalf, to benefit more and get more revenue generated PTA should have gone with 3x10Mhz with 4 contendors…

    • They may have though if 1 or more than one operator can’t afford 10MHZ they might try for 5MHZ.

  • Getting too late… 7th round results will b announced at 5:45 and last round cant b done in 15 min we have to wait till tommorrow

  • I think it is over… The chairman has gone over to prepare his closing speech… There is no need for a 4g spectrum auction… Whoever won 10mhz of 3g spectrum can either buy the 4g one or it will remain unsold, no need for bidding there, two operators and two lots… Let’s see what happens at the closing speech

  • Too all user if you want to say Thanks to Aamir.. just click on the Google Ads posted on page… and in result Aaamir bhai will get money from Google… He deserve it…. Please

  • What is 15Mhz goes to one operator, what will happen to operator with NO license? :-)

  • they are not increasing much as aspected by pta seems all four operators have same agenda that means after license they will give high and almost same rates for every network

  • وارد بہت اچھا نیٹ ورک ہے۔۔۔ جسے سروے نے بھی پروف کردیا تھا۔۔۔۔میرا پسندیدہ نیٹ ورک وارد اور دوسرے نمبر پر یو فون ہے۔۔۔۔

  • its being said that zong is definitelygoing for 4g and other one is ufone …what are mobilink and telenor doing there…

  • hi all, the more the price a company would pay,,, basically it is us the consumers who have to pay it back

    • they must have done their project feasibility and finance projection in advance and will proceed accordingly.

  • If it ends today that means auction process fetches less then expected. Approx 900 Million against forecast of 1.2 Billion. I can see disappointed Ishaaq Dar :P

  • if one company is getting 5mhz+10mhz that means only two more licenses would be left,,,,

  • this auction process is more complicated then algebra. i thought it was the most difficult thing to understand for me . Not anymore :P

  • ufone ko tou bas bahana chahye paisay lootnay ka,,,,, thanx to 3g ab ye bi hisaab sms main aya karay ga

  • by watching the interest of pakistanis in 3g/4g auction I hope telecos wont disappoint by bringing expensive plans for us. :)

    • which i doubt a little . Everything introduced in the market is sold at a high price initially . It would take some time

      • at first very few people will use 3g so speed will be great and it will be expensive after that when more people will use 3g speed will come down and prices too. so it is fairly equal.

  • aj to is page k visits bi thek thaak huay hongy :D i would be here if Admin wants to sell this blog :D i’ll be the top bidder in this auction :D only if Admin don’t take 1 hour for every round like PTA chairman :D

  • 2 bids of 2x10Mhz block around $300mn (by Zong & Mobilink) & 2 bids of 2x5Mhz block at $147.5mn (by Ufone & Telenor)
    via @khurramamalik

  • at first very few people will use 3g so speed will be great and it will be expensive after that when more people will use 3g speed will come down and prices too. so it is fairly equal..

  • Still a couple of minutes left… Check out Telenor Aamir bhai… Or take a screen shot of speedtest on your phone, u r using Telenor…

  • Here we go… Hope fully if not now, then the chairman still has to give his closing speech at 6:30 pm

  • I think the Pta should also focus on our film industry… Make a few thriller hits, grab a quick profit

    • PTA ka apna server bi ziada traffic handle karne ka capable nahi ha:D just amazing..terrific Pakistan :D

  • I guess as soon as a round ends, a person start making a new image for updates page , that is just pathetic.. can’t they use simple html.

      • Ehsi baat nai .. but bila waja website ko heavy bana rahay hain.. specially when millions are accessing same page every minute.

    • or they even don’t know that they have a PrtSc button on their keyboard which can take a screenshot and they can crop an image using MS Paint :D

  • Challo jee latest update from propakistani tells keh results will be now announced 6:30 pm

  • woh rok k kis na rakha ta. aus ko kaho chala gaya nahi tho halat kharab ho sakty hai :P

  • Please uplode lots of photos and you didnt show the speed test of telenor and ufone

  • pakistani awam itni bechani se 3g and 4g ki auction ko follow jaise in sab ko free service de jaye ge ,

  • dr.shahid dua kro bajli chali jaye yah net ruk jaye yah device he khrab ho jaye, agr kuch b na ho tu dua mango gy tu 30mint guzr he jaye gy … hahaaa , m back

    • oo BHai es ko pakr lo wapda ka banda hy ye… janab k bolty he mere han light chali gae :(

  • irfan we proud be a pakistani, every day we come back better future, 3G agr use nhi kr skty tu hai tu sahi na pakistan aur tum yeh tu nhi keh skty pakistan mein 3G or 4G nhi

    • bahi 4glte launch ho jaye tu kiya baat hai. mein tu 4glte ka wait kar raha ho . inshalllah bill bhi pay kare ge ?

  • Now PTA have changed the text from “5:45” to “The results of Round-7 will be published soon! on their website.”

  • according to express news 3g would give u face to face talk experience, petrol save hoga, traveling expenses nai hon gay, PATHETIC

    • hehee 3g sar charh gae hy… hamara kam bhi chamky ga xiada logon k dimagh kharab hn gae

    • Cmon, what were you expecting from media – which did not know the difference b/w 3g and g3 just a year ago? And express including express tribune are known for their non sense news and complete ignorance of even common sense matters.

  • enjoying circus of illiterate pakistani media trying their brains on 3/4 g..hahaha. And in one pic, i can see journalists taking manual notes while chairman PTA talks. Then they say we need technology to progress. Perhaps, we need basic education first to appreciate and understand technology. Remember. Pakis are already enjoying broadband. There will be no revolution as claimed. Bids from telcos – which is a joke in the name of bidding – proves my point.

    • 3G will spread like a fire across the jungle. All the TV channels will display 3G Ads. More people will attract towards 3G and 4G. Even PTCL broadband customers will give up EVO!!

      • Friend! you have put it right. Jungle – not a country. I am sure you know, how many cities is PTCL evdo already operating in?

  • ak confusion hai pahly screen shot mein mobilink ke speed test fast te aur zong ke slow, baad k screen shots mein zong ke speed fast ho ge aur mobilink ke tori km, kya chkr hai, aur telenor ke tu speed share ke he nhi admin ny

    • bhai these are from 1 BTS only. latency and speed variations are not strange. Major factor is number of users employing the downstream at a given time from the same BTS aka khamba.

  • Lol… Is no TV channel gonna show this… Politicians kay cartoons tho har waqt chall rahe hotay hain. Sad

  • Shame on Express News, They don’t even know how to define 3G/4G technology.
    Bacha samjha hai kia?
    BV apko fone kr k kahe gi sofa khraab hai lol….What rubbish.

  • kuch kah dou bhaio…. i can feel my heart stopping,,,,,,, cardiac arrest, i cant take this suspense

  • OK One thing is confirmed , Our Media knows ” Baba g ka Thuullu ” about 3g/4g ..
    ProPakistani is the place , you can not get better & authentic info other then this place. period

  • “Results of Round 7 is going to remain same”, Dr. Ismail Shah, Chairman PTA. then????

  • with me, updates are not loading now automatically, and when I refresh the page, live blogging plugin takes too long to load :(

  • As this auction is about to close, I wish to thank all those involved in this wonderful effort. I felt as I was in the hall. excellent coverage. Your friend from Cairo, Egypt.

  • charo dosto mari tu annons ksi na khe he nhi mein b aa rha ho final annons krny k lye, admin ko bta dy k wo apna moun hrgez na chapye

  • Still no change at end of round seven.. whats the point of having last round … too bad

  • chalo ye acha ha k 4g ka rolla bi sath hi khatam hoga,,, with 3g, 4g winners bi announce ho jaien gay………

  • Mobilink claimed that our 9000 sites are already to lunch 3G service. After the auction, do all sites able to get 3G service??

  • telenor ke b koi khbr lo, na speed share na koi aur rola hai, telenor ke news b koi share jr dy

  • if theres only one 4g aspirant, must be telenor. that means 2 companies with 3g, 1 company with 3g+4g and 1 ‘kompany’ gona buy warid. :D

  • suna ha ufone lay ga warid ko,,, ufone waisay pisay bohat kat tay hain,,, mere paisay hisaab sms main kam likhay hotay hain,,,, waisay zayada kut jatay hain

  • actually ishaq dar is late,, is liye expect round 9 too,,,,, RAB DIAN RAB JANAY

  • dosto namaz time now in pakistan mein tu chala, agr ap nhi party namaz tu pra kro achy bachy bn jayo

  • shehbaz sharif bhi lahore sy nkal ayen han 3g ki announcment karny 4g ki announcment bary miyan karen gy.

  • I think if Warid participated then they would buy 4G licence as well as 3G to maintain their superior quality communication!!!

  • Target met – or price fixing was achieved successfully? 1.3$ billion is not bad however. Close to ideal where ARPU is so low.

  • there should be plenty of pics even when theres nothing significant to show. and each update should allow people to comment on it. Thats how people participate in a live event. Amir, how about you take live questions instead of maintaining low activity?

    • Ishaq Darlar dollar abad. Why dont we drop our currency and adopt usd? All our governments are always weeping due to dollar, dollar, ye dollar, wo dollar..

  • There will be a big drama and country wide celebrations+attention whoring to hide the fact that licenses were sold at merely base prices. The meagre higer bids are less than what they pay to TV channels for their ads. To hell with the money. We are not going to benefit from it anyways. So lets get all Gs even Gspots ready.

  • Amir bhai got tired after sitting there for a day.
    Expect ministers to reach here at auction hall in just couple of ministers

  • yar idea dehkty hai ks k pas kon c sim active hai es time, baad ke baad mein dhakye gy, please hr koi share krye apni active sims network

    ufone + zong abi active hai mari tu

  • Aamir seems like you are gone crazy , see last update “Expect ministers to reach here at auction hall in just couple of ministers, we are just told by someone.”

    in couple of minutes or ministers :-) It must be tiring out there :-D Happens though.

  • Expect ministers in a couple of ministers, revealed several ministers.

  • bhai PTA will make sure all CEOs are there at the announcement to claim that the whole process was very fair and transparent and and everyone is a happy camper – and all that gibberish. Presence of company heads is the only way to claim so.

  • So just randomly did a chat on Mobilink live chat and the customer assistant said we will be launching 3g and 4g services very soon :o

  • Will the announcement precede by a mujra? Why wasting time to declare the obvious? Dont get me wrong. Just asking..

  • So you telling me Jazz CEO arrived in few mins and finance minister not in hours :@ guess that explain Pakistan economy

  • which channel has cameras streaming the circus live? can someon1 pls check?

  • I would like to praise Amir and his team at ProPakistani for excellent coverage of this historic day. Well done friends.

  • why are there so many rounds when only 4 contestants are “competing” for 4 slots?

    • Thats the definition of “competition” in Pakistan. A cartel actually, had it been any other country.

  • Seriously… Amir did a great job, he was more useful than the whole media put together.

    • He would be better off if he were to use voice recognition to dictate the updates.

  • honestly, we should not worry about how much did auction generate. Its all going to USF fund which the same Darlar stole to pay to Mian Mansha and 40 choor for power generation. And even when it lands govt. accounts, we are not going to benefit from it. Our benefit, if at all, is availability of fast mobile broadband. We are the working class – the mazdoors of the economy and we put Put Ishaq Darlars in their mercedes.

  • Screw these sources…aur thodi dair lagay gi tho ye so called experts taash khelney lag jaye gain

  • “So if we get one 4G winner, that at most too, government will be able to generate US 1.122 billion dollars (with US 902.82 billion coming from 3G spectrum)”

    CORRECTION: US 902.82 Millions coming from 3G spectrum

  • Ae pakistani minister ae 1 million galiyan jab tak pori nhi hon gi ye harami aane wala nhi

  • Wheres Shahzada Saleem today? Honestly, he is one of the few most credible people when it comes to pure technology.

  • Oh come on… Get it over with b4 8:30 at most… I gotta watch Boston legal then :p

  • I can feel the pain and tiredness of Propakistani team, of sitting & waiting there…

      • at least they are honest, and not dishonest, with us. Telling us what clueless media would never even comprehend – let alone report.

  • Someone tell the ministers price wont increase now even if they come late … get
    over with it already …

  • woh minister he kya jo time per aey…
    so i’m leaving from office, hoping there’s no traffic mess due to minister near marriot :)

  • jaba. He wil reach around 9:00 because thats the time for 9 PM news – the most watched TV segment of the day. The news will cover the announcement live and hence ishaq gets a pat on his back for failing to bring bidders above the base price.

  • ab tou mein comments gin raha hoon, hope it cross 2000, praying ishaaq daar come after 2000 comments

  • Bhai mai anday or double roti lainay ja raha hon minister aey to kehna intizar ker mai abhe ata hon, theek hai

  • please hum ko gnti aati hai hahahaha sabk na yad krvao es sa agye kuch sehko, sehko en networks sa …..

  • Yaar yeh pro pakistani bhe bauhat dheela hai saara din laga diya ek bhe khabar nahee nikal saka

  • so if theres just one operator going for 4G, it might as well back out too ? since it will be useless for it to invest in 4G if nobodys gonna use it

    • Aray bhai ufone ke fikar choor do, back pay sheikh sab hain, mian sab kay peechay bhe shaikh sab thay daikha ganja phir agaya

    • Did he not tell you that they are ready to buy for their 4G-valid license?

  • Telenor just 3g? What a shame. All talk, no substance. And ufone is already angry at the auction. A special lot was created for their – or may I say – Sheikh’s face saving. What a farce. I am sure it will be callled a historic success by ‘gormint’ and their lackey media. I am glad the circus is going to end soon. Lets see how does now Supreme court act. They have alread ordered to deposit auction money in USF account crushing Dar’s wet dream.

  • BC Lagta Ha Poorani Zong Ki Sim Activate Karni Paray Gi, BC Warid Ne Tu Humain Bamboo Stick Dade

  • Well I knew this since the starting, my uncle is the senior finance officer of Ufone he told me that all the cellular companies have joined hands with each other, they all have set a specific price and they’ll not bid the total amount more than 1000 Million US. so it just happened. Everything was pre-planned guys carefully placing bids one after another, coz they were sitting in their offices easy dizzy. :D

  • As already told in previous post, Moblink and Zong going for 10MHz
    while Ufone and Telenor going for 5Mhz band.

    • My Zong sim is in Iran LOL . NO joke. i now have ufone im going to change it to zong if i can

  • I have strong feelings zong has won 4G license. There commercials are giving hint

  • telenor sub family use krti aur mujhy b bolty hai telenor use kro lekn , hahaha telenor nhi mein tu zong aur ufone aur mobilink he use kro ga

  • PTA used Amir and Pro Pakistani to spread false propaganda about more demand then supply. It turn out to be Reuters story was partially right. Amir should apologize to this blog readers. Today event coverage by Pro Pakistani is exceptional.

  • wimax operators and zong shall compete for 4g. I’d say, great. Zong has an edge. They are chinese and they get equipment+major support+financing from their own country. With the current picture, its proving claim of Reuters. Lackluster response of telcos. And I must say that even 3g will cost more than 1500 a month for basic price.

  • Ministers aren’t on time at least, while CEOs, CFOs, CCOs and thousands of people are waiting for them. What kind of good governance can one expect from them!

  • Un-official news from the auction Hall says that Zong and Mobilink has successfully won 10 MHz spectrum. Telenor and ufone won 5MHz spectrum for themselves. Zong has even won a 4G lincense. A formal announcement of the bids and successful bidders is due as audience is waiting for Mr. Dar since 7:15 pm (Source More Mag) — If true Zong’s gone big on this !

  • 4G 4G 4G :-) :-) ………… Aamir bhai koi changiii khabar hunn de dey0 tusii aap e, Daar changarr da k0i bhar0sa nae :P :P

  • kya abi b ptv he dhkna parye ga, yeh hakmot b na ak jaga latka k rhka hai, sub hakmoti hai

  • Great Job Propakistani team !! its really helpfull to know the details after every minute..

  • Zong <3

    Meanwhile they have changed their logo as well; "Pakistan's 1st and only 4G Network" :'D

  • Oh Shit! Zong wins…. It’s current network quality isn’t up to mark yet. I’ve alongwith other friend left Zong since months.

  • ok Now Result agae, ab koi batae k 10MHz and 5MHz 3G me kia Difference ha Speed etc ka ? Please Any Detail

    • those who have won 5 MHz have the max speed 21.1 mbps and those who have won 10 MHz have the full speed of 3G network i.e 42.2 mbps
      and 4G have full speed of 150 mbps

    • 10 mhz k aik tower pe agr ap 10mb speed dae sakty hn tu 5mhz waly pe ap ko 10 mb k lae 2 tower lagany parein gae

  • which aren’t much related to telecom industry. So let’s skip it. hahaha

    ye bat hai kuch yooon ke
    Bandar kya jaane adrak ka sawaad :P

  • congrats to all as finally we are entering in 3G & 4G era….. and also congrant to Pro-Pakistani on extensive coverage :) thumbs up.

  • I was expecting Ufone to won one license of 4G and was completely sure that Zong will buy one 4G license.

  • Why operators are not interested in 4g license? Except Zong and ufone
    I wish ke ufone 4g license win ker leta… :(

  • One Unsold 4G spectrum will be sold with-in couple of months” Chairman PTA.

    Aaho ji andar khaatey sale ker dena warid ko aur millions dolladrs apni pocket vich, :P

  • Kindly some body explain what is the difference between 10 Mhz and 5Mhz and with these specs which company is possibly to offer maximum speed .

    • Mustafa umar
      a few seconds ago
      those who have won 5 MHz have the max speed 21.1 mbps and those who have won 10 MHz have the full speed of 3G network i.e 42.2 mbps
      and 4G have full speed of 150 mbps
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    • zong … as they got double of the bandwith …. classic…. zong bought 20mhz alone while all others collectivly got 20mhz

  • ufone speed sub sa fast te aur wo 4g mein b intersted ta, mobilink and zong speed low te ufone sa

  • Saala pagal ho gya hai 1 month nhi kamine 14 back years aur 15 upcoming years ki income hai ab apni pockets full ker lena awam ko ghas daal dena thori c, agr kuch gherat hai to kam se kam pakistan mei loadshedding ki problem solve ho sakti hai iss huge ammount mei

  • ufone speed sub sa fast te aur wo 4g mein b intersted ta, mobilink and zong speed low te ufone sa….

    • oo bhai wo speed tu just aik jagah pe thi chahy wo wo gb bhi kr dety its real now ufone got a strong beating by zong

  • mobilink play good game, he will take 4g spectrum later on. right now he save money to not buy 4g spectrum. he use the money on network structure and provide good quality. think this step very good by mobilink

  • Suddenly I got Huge respect for zong. Guess I will have to make it my primary sim soon. Nice coverage by propakistani. Thanks for keeping us up-to-date

  • thanksssss Aamir Atta Bro …… had lovely live experice at most loved pakistani tech blog, Cheerx Man, thankx Again !!! ..

  • mobilink play good game, he will take 4g spectrum later on. right now he save money to not buy 4g spectrum. he use the money on network structure and provide good quality. i think this step very good by mobilink

  • aamir bhai u won the heart of millions too…thanx bro 4 all the strugle for keeping us up to dated..bravo man

  • Zong has jst updated its logo status on Website ”Pakistan’s 1st and only 4G Network”

  • I knew that Zong will won as we were fully prepared, we had different several trainings on 4g and 3g and as per result nothing out of blue in this way,,..
    say it all with Zong

  • Aamir Atta, if you the guys there can raise question about paypal in the question answer session???

  • finally auctions are now done but when service will commence by cellular companies?
    most of networks are already 3g ready

  • 2G (GSM)
    2.5G (GPRS) speed 86 kbits/s
    2.75G (EDGE) speed 0.3 mbits/s
    3G (UMTS)
    3.5G (HSPA) speed 14.4 mbits/s
    3.75G (HSPA+) speed 42.2 mbits/s
    4G (LTE) 150 mbits/s

  • Great job Admin. you have done excellent job today. i really appreciate your efforts to keep us inform.
    salute to you.

  • Great Work, I really appreciate your hard work, I was online on your website all day long.

    Thanks again.

  • Finally 3G/4G in Pakistan and i really appreciate the efforts of ProPakistani for doing this live update section. Pakistan Zindabad

  • Please share the speed test result of all operators being tested in Auction hall today.

  • That was awesome! Propakistani! And great job Aamir We’re proud of you! And finally Zong wins the race that is what I was expecting… Where are the people who says
    ” Why? are you using zong? Isn’t it a low-quality network” Now switch to zong every body!

  • Amir Bro Ap ispe ek Post Likh Sakte han k 3G Service ANd 4G Service kab Tak Pakistan me users k istemal me Ajaegi, it Will Help Many People

  • Considering how one of the 4G bands is still available, I guess that will go to Warid.

    • They’ll decide what they want to do with it. Pak-Turk alliance has to be considered by the govt also. ;) ;)

      • But my point is how can it be left unbought? As far as I understood a winner of 10 Mhz of 3G must also buy 4G (That’s what zong did) then how did mobilink get 10 Mhz from 3G alone?

  • Pro pakistani admin … soft media penny auction ad need to be removed from this website as its against our moral values

  • Most companies will go live with 3G till June or early July. Still the launch of 4G is not specified, could take some time.

  • @aamir7:disqus you did a wonderful job by ending on Telephonic Conversation with Dunya News. Looking forward to you article on “Postpaid ” packages comparison on this space. Thanks!

  • Sign off from live updates instead of ‘Pakistan Zindabad’… it should have been ‘Pakistan-China Dosti Zindabad’

    JK! All other telecom operators did good too.

    Indeed, Pakistan Zindabad!

  • Congrats to all. China again took a lead. Kashmir Ufone took 4G license so Pak China services on the go. Aamir Bhai thanks a lot for all the updates. Take rest. Happy Birthday 3G n 4G….

  • that means ptcl will not start 4g service becaz ufone did not win 4g that means ptcl will not provide 4g? when will start 3g serivce?

  • One Word “WoW” Hats off to Pro Pakistani team for providing an Excellent coverage; you must be really tired from such a long activity so take some rest and relax … Congratulations everyone for becoming 3G enabled … New war between telco will start now. Thanks Pro Pakistani team once again and you guys did a wonderful job :-)

    • Yes it w’ll switch automatically to 3g where u dont have 3g covarage its on edge or gprs,

  • کیا کمال کی کوریج کی ہے آپ نے۔ شکریہ پروپاکستانی ٹیم۔
    مجھے خشی ہے کہ زونگ نے جیتا ہے کیوں کہ میرے پاس زونگ ہے

  • First ever Marathon coverage by ProPakistani and great work by Amir bhai… it is Win Win for all.. All Opeartors won. Pakistan won. let’s start a new journey with better technology in hands… make it positive use for economy growth and knowledge sharing… Good Luck

  • No one gives a damn appreciation to government. Lazy assholes always and forever

  • Nice work proPakistani, you covered it all and covered it well. BTW it was shocking that against all the odds Zong have won the 4G spectrum.

  • As Zong won the 3g and 4g bids. What will happen to other mobile network user’s? Will other mobile network provider’s pay Zong to get or they’ll not get it?

    • No, others will just have 3G not 4G, but nothing to worry, still on 3G data transfer speeds are much much better than current 2G GSM technology. So everyone will see humongous improvements in call clarity, data transfer speeds and will also have video calling.

      • Thank you for the reply. So when will the other network providers will have it? I was thinking of sub licencing will be done.

      • Will there be any sub licencing for 4g to other networks? If not then when other network providers will be havung 4g?

        • Ultimately others will also be shifting to 4G but after further auctions to be held in future. In couple of months one more 4G spectrum license is scheduled to be auctioned. Then later on after 18 months PTA can hold more auctions of next gen technology frequency spectrum licenses.

  • U showed u really are Pro-Pakistani :) good job all day… (y) thank god i already have zong and mobilink… ;)

  • Brilliant coverage! Hats off Aamir Atta :)

    Zong ne sab ko de dia!! kaisa dia?? :D

    I honestly had no idea Zong would go for 4G but they surprised everyone!!

    Ghanta for Warid LOL :P

    Sad that my network Telenor only got 3G :(

    • Warid users will use sleeping pills tonight :D
      One Minute Silence For All WArid Users :P

  • Awesome coverage!! Thanks ProPakistani for minute to minute update of 3g and 4g spectrum.

  • Aamir i am sure you know that i am not a supporter of you and your blogs, however in all honesty i must say that it was really good coverage you did yesterday, you deserve to be proud of it. hats off.

  • good now pakistan has 3G and 4G technology great work, and we all Pakistan are thankful for government PTA and all the telecome compnies

  • Asalam-O-Alykum all Pakistan and congratulation to all on success of 3g and 4g auction in Pakistan now we entered in real to new technology world as by my self i fell shame when i meet here with some from India/Bangladesh and Afghanistan as they have this technology before years and we was still on gprs/edge and special thanks to amir brother who yesterday give coverage like India Pakistan match so thanks to all but some question is still there when they will start services at least 3g service should soon and what is the market for broadband devices in Pakistan as in my yesterday comments no body reply to me i want to know about 3/4g usb dongles/ wifi routers and myfi devoices what will be the cost only unlocked devices and is there is availability in the Pakistani market so kindly read every one my comments and let me know

    thanks


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