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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Good job ProPakistani
why warid is not paticipating? i use warid connection, will it be in problem after 3G?
Warid 4G LTE Network Lane ki Koshish kar ra ha.
hmm may nay b suna hay
tho yeh log fazool ma apna waqat aor pessa waste kar rahy hai?? :/
Warid alreday has Technology Neutral license for higher frequency band and can offer wireless broadband on its current license after approvals from authorities
https://propakistani.pk/2014/04/17/breaking-warid-urges-deploy-4g-network-existing-gsm-license/
I dont understand why Warid users are reacting too much, keep calm you will also get 3G/4G
there is no option of partnership with any foreign investor as obvious from the final bidders list. Warid will run its operations with their old technology all at the cost of customers experience for 3rd generation mobile system. better to switch to other operators as everyone around will be enjoying this revolutionary change except Warid subscribers.
warid is also planning to launch 3G/4G service with its current license as its Technology Neutral.
Dear may b ur wrong and may be warid users go ahead with advance technology then others as warid is going for LTE.Only peoples who know ABC of telecom will understand this
Great job ProPakistani.pk. Can you share a screenshot for speedtest please?
Speed test is good, but its meaningless. Actual speeds will be known when everybody will be on 3G, i.e. with all the load.
Agree
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
Aamir bhai what is the winning/concluding criteria?
Kal se Karachi k Bohat se iLaqo me b 3G Service ari ha
In which area you’ve got 3G in Karachi? i am from Saddar Town, and also work at S.I.T.E Area, in both areas, i did’nt get any 3G Taste yet :D
ye Shahra E Faisal or Allah Wali Chorangi k paas Mil Ri ha
My friend noted in Shahrah-e-Faisal.
Good Job Amir Atta (y)
Why Warid letting it go ?
Warid alreday has Technology Neutral license for higher frequency band and can offer wireless broadband on its current license after approvals from authorities
I have Dany G5 tablet ,
Can i Use 3G on it ?
No Bro isme 3G Ni ha oNly 2G ha So Ap Khali Edge hi Enjoy kar skte han :D
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.
those who can pay 2000 or 2500 are included in those who can pay more than 1600, so what Amir wrote makes sense.
wake up!!!
2,000 & 2,500 are also more than 1,600
Commendable ProPakisrani!
Thank you sir.
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.
you can sort updates with click of button.
Will 3G be available all over Pakistan as soon the bid process is completed.
Please reply
it wil start in 10 major cities in 1st phase.
10 Cities me Agle 6 Months me Ajaegi, Jaha Jaha aBi se Trial Service ana Shru Hogain han waha pe Bid k Foran baad Ajaengi us k baad Ahista Ahista Baqi k iLaqo me Aengin
Source..?
I know its bit off topic but its only me or everyone that youtube is working on PTCL Broadband ..
not working with me.
i am using it on Galaxy s4 .. but only smaller videos are working.. i am posting pic ..you can see there is no proxy enabled.
I suppose you are using some non-PTCL DNS, Google DNS works with me sometimes.
nope not using any DNS ..
Working for on my mobile device as well,.., although sometimes it shows could not load retry..
may be there are 2 good news waiting for us .. 3g + youtube =)
Ap https se Browse kar rae honge
Mobile app https pe browse nahi hota
Yes its working on PTCL broadband only…but not on EVOs… :(
It seems that website is facing some issues, taking longer time to load
O Bhai Tu Chup Kr… Net Thaik kr apna
tu bhi apni bakwas band kar, us waqt problem thi,
chal ab kat le,
ohh sorry, i started talking like you
your internet might be slow, it works fine with me. Hold on for little while for 3G to commence :D
auction hasn’t even started yet, and already occasionally getting errors trying to access this page. connection timeout. server error.
We are on it.
Trying to upload pic but….
Great work Pro-Pakistani, minute by minute update … good work team
In Peshawar im using Mobilink 3G from morning-its started here before auction i think :-D
I can’t see 3g on zong :/ in peshawar
only in Peshawar..!
Peshawer me wese b aik din phle chand nazar ajata hai, so why not 3G :D
Mujy phly say he andaza tha k tum jasy gatya or kameny users yahe reply karengy…sham on u bongy
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!
My slow country
Good job Propakistani
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?
no update since 0921. wat a min by min update
Hats off to Propakistani….
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.
agreed abbas
laga di na nazar, its been 10:41 and he has not been there yet …
Thora wait kr lein, Aamir bhai khaa pee rahay hongay :D
lolx :P
warid cannot launch 3g/4g without bidding and winning a license first.
Warid can launch LTE without bidding.
who is the guy omar manzur? whose tweet is embedded herein this post.
it’s time to Disco… lol
As usual Telenor have worst signal strength even in most highly traffic areas
thnx for keeping updated … please if possible live stream the event…
LMAO
No update after 9.50?
Please update who is bidding and what
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.
@Propakistani You are still on the way!
Blue Color has posted the highest bid as of now for 3G.
Process will continue till 6 PM so we cannot get it before 6 atleast :((
First round is about to end and you are still on the way to the auction hall.. Great live coverage Amir.
as per GEO tv, One Company has made a bid for USD 495 mn
it would for both 3g and 4g my dear
No first phase is for 3G License bidding
then geo is gonna mad…
how ? 3G = 295 USD and 4G = 210 USD so it makes 505 USD total .
10:16 last update was posted. This is your live coverage???
what update? what coverage? it’s a picture of a building. hardly breaking news.
does any one have a better source of auction coverage?
me looking for same tooooo
pta site and tv
PTA site just says: “The results will be published here after each round” and tv’s out of reach atm
result posted..
Your (aamir) last post was at 9:50 then till now 10:40 no update yet! :( very boring your coverage.
bhai tafreh chahiye to aamir liaquat k show dekho
any one from lahore having 3g services.??
It looks like Aamir ko kisi ne Marriott main enter hi nahi honey diya ….
Geo waly bhi studio coverage dy rahy hain
yar I’m watching GEO Live stream but woh 15mins Ads k beach mein 2,3 min ki news dikha rhy hain. Inko Pemra walay band he kr dein to behter hoga.
Hamid mir ka chakkar khatm ho to koe news aay…
Dont follow geo . Dunya samaa jaag are covering good . Geo pe to bas hamid mir hi ha
Tribune has started Live updates on its website
Pls share the link. i dont think so
Only 3 companies out of these 4 will get the liscense or all four can get it?
live blogging on sleep.. i think Amir is using 3G for streaming movies with proxy… Dear plz say some thing…
I think aamir is more interested in that lunch in marriot than the auction ):
tribune . com . pk/story/699257/spectrum-auction-live-updates/
Enjoying Mobilink 3G here in Karachi .. Speed test 1.1 Mbps :)