High speed internet, lower operational charges, quick connectivity, less disconnections and greater download speeds have made a flood of DSL connections in Pakistan.

KARACHI: The Internet users have reached nearly four million in the country amid slight growth witnessed in the base of Direct Subscriber Line (DSL) by the end of March 2009, said Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).

The latest stats released by PTA shows that there is a 2% increase in the DSL users from January to March 2009 compared to last year. The overall number of DSL users is 272,626 across the country with the dial-up connections of 3.7 million.

The analysts expect a growth in the broadband sector through DSL and Wimax services because of their advanced technology. The lower prices of the broadband connections will also help in increasing the number of DSL subscribers.

Focusing on commercial sector, operators are offering broadband services through multiple technologies such as Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), Cable, Fiber To The Home (FTTH), Hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) and Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (Wimax). DSL holds the lion share of 59 percent in the overall broadband users market with Wimax the second having 20 percent, PTA report says.

It is expected, from the rapid growth of broadband operators in the country that the users of broadband will jump to 5 million in next couple of years. However, a state of competition is also started between the broadband operators because of the emergence of many broadband operators in the Pakistani market.

Author: Bilal Ahmed

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Flood of DSL Connections