Paktel is a Millicom International Cellular (MIC) group company which is a global telecommunications operator with ventures in 16 countries worldwide including countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa. The company believes in developing communications network in developing countries, hence is the market leader in most countries that it operates.

Paktel was the first cellular mobile service operator in Pakistan and for a long time the word Paktel was commonly used as another word for mobile phone. Currently it has a subscriber base of more than 1,000,000. Paktel GSM has entered the digital mobile network market with the launch of its GSM services. The company launched with a staggering 31 cities, something that no other cellular operator has achieved so far.