The Core Operations Of Landline Telephone Functions Reflected A Growth Rate

The core operations of landline telephone functions reflected a growth rate of five percent showing a consistent growth and development.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Jun, 2018 ) :The core operations of landline telephone functions reflected a growth rate of five percent showing a consistent growth and development.

This is additional growth and did not include 127,693 telephone lines that were generated by virtue of migration from Time-division multiplexing (TDM) to Next Generation Network (NGN), official report released by National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) revealed.

It is nonetheless a phenomenal change due to substitution of comfort and portability that mobile phone claimed over the services of fixed-line.

However, in 2013-14 number of connections was 118,277, the number of connection jumped to 121,674 in 2014-15 and number of connections reached 124,178 between 2015-17.

Talking to APP, an official of NTC said, to increase ICT services the NTC has added total 41 new Districts/Cities/ sites in Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan during 2013-2017.

18 sites in Sindh, 15 in Punjab, 2 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 6 in Balochistan have been added due to which growth of five percent in telephone lines was witnessed, he added.

He said the clear voice quality and smooth connectivity especially in case of emergency or in special days when the mobile phone services are suspended, the effectiveness of landline has no match.

While the Pakistan-Package and affordable internet packages at far flung areas connected people of every nook and corner of the country. The smooth connectivity without any interruption and clear voice quality are the major attractions of landline phone which has no match to cellular companies' services.