JazzWorld has been named 5G Champion for Growth in the Communication Service Provider category at The Fast Mode Awards 2026, in recognition of its efforts to accelerate 5G deployment and expand next-generation connectivity across Pakistan. The award comes from an international awards programme that attracted more than 500 entries from companies across the telecom, satellite, and data center industries. The Fast Mode listed JazzWorld as the winner of the 5G Champion award for growth, while Zong 5G was recognised in the same category of service providers for innovation in operational excellence, which means that two operators from Pakistan were among the winners of this edition.
Since launching its 5G upgrade programme in March 2026, Jazz has brought more than 1,200 5G sites on air, giving priority to the ten largest commercial cities of the country through a city-first, cluster-based deployment strategy. Under this approach, the company builds coverage in groups of sites within a city so that customers in that area receive a continuous 5G experience, instead of spreading a few sites thinly across many places. The expansion has been matched by a sharp rise in usage, with daily 5G data traffic increasing more than sixfold from 14.8 terabytes (TB) in June to 89.3 TB in September 2026.
The rollout is also producing measurable gains in network performance. According to the company, the average throughput of a 5G user has reached up to 15 times that of the blended 4G experience, and the growing adoption of 5G is helping to ease capacity pressure on the existing 4G network. When more customers move to 5G, they take some of the load off the 4G network, which helps those who are still using 4G. Khalid Shehzad, Chief Technology Officer of JazzWorld, said that 5G is an important milestone for the digital infrastructure of Pakistan but that the ambition of the company goes beyond deploying the network.
The recognition follows other recent news from the company, including its third quarter results, in which network investment rose 68.9 percent as it continued to expand its 5G footprint. JazzWorld said that it continues to extend its next-generation network as part of its wider effort to make advanced connectivity more widely available. For customers, the practical question is whether the 5G service is available in their city and on their phone, and the company has been working with device partners to expand the range of 5G-compatible smartphones, as seen in its recent partnership with ZTE for nubia 5G devices.
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