Jazz crosses 1,000 5G sites, eyes 2,500 by year-end

Mettis Global reported that Jazz has switched on 1,000 live 5G sites, making it the first Pakistani operator to reach that figure. The company says the build is the quickest rollout the country has seen, and that the scale gives it the widest 5G network nationwide. Jazz aims to have 2,500 sites running by the close of 2026.

The 5G network now spans 10 cities. The initial deployment of nearly 180 sites covered Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Multan and Faisalabad, before coverage extended to Sialkot and Gujranwala. Kazim Mujtaba, President of Jazz GSM, said the aim is faster speeds, stronger capacity and steadier connections as adoption grows.

In the 2026 auction Jazz picked up an extra 190 MHz across the 700, 2300, 2600 and 3500 MHz bands, taking its total holdings to 284.4 MHz. The rollout follows a $1bn investment pledge made after the auction, which brings the company's total Pakistan investment to $12bn.