Internet users in Pakistan to hit 22 million mark

ISLAMABAD (August 15 2009): Internet is going to become the next growing industry in Pakistan as the user mark is predicted to gain from 18 million to 22 million by 2013 whereby some 4.3 million users would be using broadband Internet. According to official sources here on Friday, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is working in collaboration with educational institutes to get the new generation familiar with Internet. Internet is growing high especially in a scenario when Universal Service Fund (USF) is making massive efforts to take Internet to the rural areas of the country. Still, there's a long way to go, as the tele-density is merely 11 percent, sources said. Experts are expecting good because there were only 133,000 Internet users back in 2000 source:www.pakcomputerassociation.com/members/news.php