Cell phone tariff to fall further

Hundreds of thousands of cell phone users in the country stood in long queues to lay their hands on free pre-paid connections offered by Ufone from Aug 14 to Aug 16.

At present, there are over 5.5 million cell phone users in Pakistan. A senior official of Ufone, a subsidiary of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company, said free pre-paid connections were available at 25 outlets in the city.

“We are still in the process of counting the number of applications received. Our stocks were snapped up in three days, starting from Aug 14. The offer was available in nine cities of the country…