Overview
- VEON Group CEO Kaan Terzioğlu and JazzWorld CEO Aamir Ibrahim led delegations that met Pakistan’s telecom regulator (PTA) and the securities regulator (SECP) to reaffirm long‑term investment plans and welcome recent spectrum awards and 5G licences.
- JazzWorld says its network has passed 1,000 live 5G sites and is targeting more than 2,500 sites by the end of 2026 to broaden high‑speed coverage across Pakistan.
- The company reports more than 71 million subscribers and roughly 43.9 million 4G users and says it will convert network investment into better service quality and wider digital access.
- Discussions with the SECP focused on mobilising capital and creating market frameworks to fund data centres, cloud services and AI infrastructure that VEON says Pakistan will need as demand grows.
- If regulators and markets follow through, the plan could expand mobile banking, insurance and other digital services for underserved Pakistanis and make private investment in telecom infrastructure easier to attract.