Telenor Pakistan, according to a tweet by Micheal Foley, CEO, Telenor Pakistan, has upgraded its 20 percent cell sites out of total 7500 total sites on the network to 3G.
@telenorpakistan now at 1500 sites in 32 cities on 3G.. This is just the beginning.. pic.twitter.com/5Gzi6gbtK3
— Michael Foley (@Michael_Telenor) October 1, 2014
Telenor, as we know already, has around 7500 cell sites on its network in Pakistan.
Company officials apparently celebrated the achievement with a cake cutting ceremony as seen in the tweet above. Cake, which mentions the number of cell cites that are 3G enabled now, also has names of the cities where Telenor claims to have its 3G footprint.
Micheal Foley emphasized in his tweet that this is just the beginning, hinting that Telenor is likely to get further aggressive for 3G roll-outs. Telenor, with major focus on rural areas, is likely to see severe competition from Ufone, Zong and Mobilink in major hubs.
It merits mentioning here that subscribers shouldn’t expect blanket 3G coverage in the cities where Telenor claims to have 3G its network.
Currently Telenor is said to have 3G coverage in below cities:
- Abbotabad
- Wah
- Taxila
- Bhawalpur
- DG Khan
- DI Khan
- Faisalabad
- Gujranwala
- Gujrat
- Hyderabad
- Islamabad
- Jehlum
- Kharian
- Karachi
- Lahore
- Mandibahudin
- Pakpattan
- Sahiwal
- Multan
- Muzafargarh
- Okara
- Peshawar
- Quetta
- Rawalpindi
- Sarai Alamgir
- Sargodha
- Sialkot
- Swabi
- Bannu
- Kohat
- Mardan
- Entire Rawalpindi-Lahore G.T. Road.
Looks good !! can anyone share speed test of their 3G in ISB/RWP ???
yar you wait for warid and until that don’t ask for any speed test.
Sure I will :P
Aur kitna wait karengy, :(
3+Mbps in Faisalabad…
My test
Where is speed result
I got this speed in RWP :)
Mine Location: Muslim Town Rwp
telenor speedtest screenshot in rwp scheme3
Is Ufone sleeping?
I don’t think so that Ufone is sleeping may be they are working on something big that Telenor?
ufone going to give surprise
Poor coverage on murree road
Good development – as this will create more competition and will benefit the users.
Worst coverage in Gujrat. Even unable to get 512K speed. Very much disappointed by telenor.
if i get 2 to 3oo in utorrent i am happy
This is perfectly right that 3G of telenor has suddenly expanded in our City Gujranwala upto the extent that I’m surprised. But it works fine on sreets and roads. It doesnt work inside the houses as outdoors. This makes me fully disapppointed. Why not blanket coverage like GSM? When it will happen? I’m waiting for that time
because they have 5Mhz frequency. if it would be 10mhz that would have better coverage in homes as well.
Frequency band has no impact on signal penetration. All bands in Pakistan are in 2100 Mhz band and suffer same losses in signal quality.
First cover whole Lahore please Telenor, i am not getting 3G coverage in J2 block near Expo centre. Call centre said sites are not 3G compatible!!! Dfm
Great to see Telenor actually showing the customers they mean business. Would appreciate seeing more telco’s come out with their efforts of expanding 3G sites.
Atleast cover lahore and its surrounding..No coverage in Bahria Town & Sukh Chayn.
No Coverage in LDA Avenue & T&T Aabpara as well.
No coverage in Johar town either. Only Ufone and Zong here. With slight mobilink signals on the roof.
and Attock ???????????
Competition from Ufone really?
The upgradation of 1500 cell sites in short period by Telenor is marvellous.As 3G is new technology in Pakistan,customers may face problems at start but as it will expand and grow, technical problems will finish and customers will enjoy.Just wait for another six months.New products always take time for penetration.
I have ported in Telenor from Warid for the want of 3G. However I found myself gasping for basic voice services on Telenor. My home and office both are located at main locations of Rawalpindi (for those who are at Rawalpindi….. Askari 10, Chaklala and CMH) but poor indoor coverage bar me from making and receiving calls. However outdoor coverage is OK
Great work
already hai hyd main per signals km aaaty hain and direct 2g pe network chala jata hai…
Very Few locations covered in hyderabad. Telenor needs to increase their 3g presence in the city.
Telenor’s 3G in Islamabad/Rawalpindi is not reliable. Their signals disappear frequently during 2G/3G transition. I have used it for three months and now switched over to Ufone which is far better.
Mobilink 3G Speedtest, Handset LG G2
very bad
Not bad….It is around 8Mbps speed
Happy to see such growth!
Still poor coverage liers ! 3 main cities are partiality covered and going to cover other cities, What a joke ! zong and ufone covered almost karachi, hate telenor !
rawalpindi se 30km door hy hmara town… yaha kb aaay ge? :p
Tell name?
When 3G service will be available in Larkana & other other cities of Sindh apart from Karachi & Hyderabad.