Mobile phone techonology fast growing in Pakistan: WB: Nation

By: Saadia Qamar | Published: May 27, 2009

KARACHI - In recent times, there has been a rapid increase in the use of new technologies to increase access to financial services in many countries including Pakistan, reports World Bank in its annual booklet, “Bringing Finance to Pakistan’s Poor.”
The report states that this has included the widespread use of smart cards and of mobile telephone networks. In Pakistan, mobile phone penetration has increased at a rapid pace recently. Half of Pakistanis including women have access to a cell phone together with rural areas (two-thirds in urban areas.)
While more than 86 percent of men have their own cell phone, 40 percent of women do. These figures suggest a much higher access to cell phones (available in the household or within the extended family) than the figures for regular usage.

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