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Paktel () was the pioneer cellular operator of Pakistan. It was the first ever company granted license to carry out cellular phone services in Pakistan, set up by Cable & Wireless. It carried out AMPS services until 2004 when the company switched to GSM technology. Paktel offered only mobile telephony service to its 2 million subscriber base.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Telenor SMS works well too but a little slow but it reaches its )〕 As of 2007, Paktel was ranked fifth mobile player of Pakistani market owing to low subscriber base and market share.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kuwait's MTC considers submitting bid for Paktel )〕 After the completion of its acquisition by China Mobile, Paktel was rebranded on April 1, 2008. ==History== Cable & Wireless launched commercial service Paktel in 1990. Paktel was granted a license in early 1990 to operate a cellular telephone network throughout Pakistan. It was the first company granted a free license to carry out cellular phone services in Pakistan. It carried out AMPS services until 2004. Paktel Mediation and Billing System was developed by a team consisting of Syed Ahmed Ali, Nadeem Usmani, Wasay Farooqi, and Ali Korani. Millicom owned Instaphone merged as its competitor in the late 1990s and began to dominate the market share. With the launch of Mobilink and its rapid success in 1998, both Instaphone and Paktel floundered and lost their dominant market share. It was followed by the acquisition of Cable & Wireless owned Paktel by Millicom, the majority owners of Instaphone. In November 2000, Millicom acquired 98.9% equity interest in Paktel. Millicom installed a new management team headed by John Tumelty, former CEO of Instaphone, and Chief Financial Officer David Ordman. In April 2001, Paktel launched prepaid services under the brand ''Tango''. The manager of this brand was Mr Amees Ahmad.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Value-added Tango from Paktel )〕 In October 2002, Paktel was granted a modification to its license, allowing it to operate a GSM based network and the Frequency Allocation Board of Pakistan thereby awarded the necessary frequencies. Paktel was awarded additional 1800 MHz spectrum, increasing total spectrum for GSM network from 10 MHz to 13.6 MHz. After obtaining frequencies Paktel launched GSM network in October 2004. On October 23, 2004, Paktel agreed with Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to launch GSM network with immediate effect and renew her license for 15 years from October 23, 2004 for a license fee of $291,000,000.〔http://www.pta.gov.pk/index.php?cur_t=vtext&option=com_content&id=237&scid=146&Itemid=1〕 This agreement was signed by the two parties on October 25, 2004. Paktel and the PTA agreed delayed payment terms under which 50% of the license fee will be paid in installments over the first three years of the license. The second 50% of the license fee will be payable in ten yearly payments from 2008 to 2017. In March 31, 2005, Paktel held approximately 340,000 GSM subscribers and its network comprised 300 cell sites, covering about 45% of the population. By the November of 2005, Paktel had 1 million customer base and a market share of 9%, with subscriber count increasing at a rate of 100,000 per month.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pakistan: Major Mobile Network Deployment - ZTE Corporation )〕 In November 2006, Millicom announced that it had decided to exit the Pakistani market. Pakistani authorities had refused to delay payment of a $29 million licence installment and had not given Paktel permanent access to part of the frequency spectrum. Announcing its pullout, Millicom said it decided against making significant investments in Pakistan because of tough market conditions. It had already sold Instaphone to a local telecom company ''Arfeen Group'' in October 2005 and was looking for potential buyers for Paktel. Initially Kuwait based the then MTC showed an interest for buy-out.〔 But it was the China Mobile who won the bid.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=China Mobile makes first foray abroad with Paktel deal )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=China Mobile to buy Paktel in first overseas deal )〕 On January 22, 2007, Millicom International Cellular S.A. stated that it would sell its 88.86 percent stake in Paktel to China Mobile for $284 million, which includes the repayment of intercompany debt.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=China Mobile buys Millicom’s Paktel )〕 The sale implies an enterprise value for Paktel of $460 million, Millicom said in its press release. Merrill Lynch advised China Mobile on the transaction. On 4 May 2007, Paktel Limited was renamed to China Mobile Pakistan. On May 16, 2007 China Mobile announced that it had increased its stake in CMPak to 100%.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 May 2007 Archived Press Clippings : LTC International, Telecom Headlines and Industry News )〕 China Mobile Pakistan continued to operator under Paktel brand until March 31, 2007. After acquisition, China Mobile Pakistan invested more than US$700 million in the telecom sector in Pakistan and US$800 million were further invested by the end of year 2008. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority said that it might resolve the frequency issue with China Mobile, as it was one of the main reason for pullout by Millicom International Cellular S.A. According to the statistics from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, Paktel had 2.145 million customers at the end of February 2008.〔 On April 1, 2008, Paktel was rebranded to Zong. China Mobile Pakistan organised a launch event on April 5.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paktel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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