Jazz has over 16,000 active cell sites in the country, with over 25,000 kilometers of
fiber-optic cables laid.
Huawei,
Nokia-Siemens, and
ZTE are the primary vendors for networking equipment at Jazz, including
Radio Base Stations, microwave equipment and
network switches. In 2014, Jazz participated in the 2014 NGMS auction held by PTA, which allowed them to bid for a 3G license, and a 10 MHz block in the 2100 MHz band was allocated to Jazz. In March 2017,
Jazz inaugurated their
Network Operations Center (NOC) which makes use of
IBM and
Dell EMC products to manage day-to-day network operations and provides the company with 24x7 network surveillance.
Radio frequency summary Jazz's participation in the 2014 NGMS Auction held by
PTA allowed them to bid for the 3G license, which included a 10 MHz block in the 2100 MHz band. In July 2014, they announced that they have over 10,000 3G and 9,000 4G ready cell sites. Jazz did not bid for any 4G spectrum in the 2014 NGMS auction. Post-merger with Warid, Jazz was able to use Warid's license allowing them to become a 4G network using a 5 MHz block in the 1800 MHz band. In May 2017, Jazz won the 2017 NGMS auction held by
PTA. This includes a 10 MHz block in the 1800 MHz (FDD-LTE Band 3) frequency to be used for Jazz 4G. Jazz was also awarded additional 4G spectrum on 30 June 2017 by
PTA. 4G+ / LTE-A launch Jazz has refarmed a 10 MHz block from its 900 MHz spectrum for carrier aggregation with their existing 1800 MHz 4G spectrum. The LTE-A network would be rolled out to cater for growing demand. This makes them the third carrier after
Telenor Pakistan and
Zong 4G to officially launch
LTE-A in the country. In July 2021, Jazz upgraded its existing LTE network to
LTE-A Pro, with the introduction of 256-QAM and Massive MIMO.
5G launch Jazz acquired 190 MHz of spectrum in the 2026 NGMS Auction, consisting of 20 MHz in the 700 MHz band, 50 MHz in the 2.3 GHz band, 70 MHz in the 2.6 GHz band and 50 MHz in the 3.5 GHz band.
Voice over LTE (VoLTE) Jazz tested
VoLTE in May 2017 with its partners
Huawei and
Nokia, announced in a press statement. Jazz rolled out VoLTE across its network in February 2022, with supported devices including
Apple,
Samsung,
Huawei,
Oppo,
Vivo,
Itel,
Xiaomi,
Realme,
Infinix and Jazz Digit branded feature phones.
WiFi Calling (VoWiFi) Jazz rolled out
Voice over WiFi (VoWiFi) capabilities branded 'JazzFi' in July 2023.
5G Trials In January 2020, Jazz had reported that they had successfully carried out 5G trials with reaching speeds of 1.5 Gbit/s. These trials were carried out on the 2.6 GHz spectrum.
3G Shutdown Jazz announced that it would shutdown its 3G network nationwide by November 2024 to repurpose the spectrum for expansion of its 4G network. Their 3G network was shut off nationwide on 18 November 2024. == Subsidiaries ==