PTCL internet service likely to see improvement
Company announces commissioning of Asia-Africa-Europe 1 cable system
A photo of a PTCL outlet. PHOTO: PTCL
KARACHI:
Customers of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) are likely to experience internet service of better quality after the telecom company connected with the world's largest and latest submarine cable laid down from Asia and Africa to Europe.
"PTCL today announced the commissioning of Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE-1) cable system that connects South East Asia to Europe via Egypt," a press statement said on Friday.
The cable spans over 25,000 kilometers and is the largest submarine cable constructed in around 15 years, it said.
PTCL is a listed company at the Pakistan Stock Exchange. Its share price increased 1%, or Rs0.15, to Rs14.32 with a volume of 303,000 shares on Friday.
PTCL has been providing fixed line telephone services for the last 70 years and is also the country's largest provider of broadband services. However, recently, its market share has been threatened with the launch of mobile broadband services and entry of new players in the business.
"PTCL will be able to cater for growing bandwidth requirements of its customers to support live streaming and watching HD content over internet, thus furthering its commitment of building a digitally connected Pakistan," said the PTCL statement. "Network diversity is a priority in network planning. It is critical to have more than one route; for continuity of services, security and efficiency of the network, it said.
"With a capacity of at least 40 Terabits per second across 5 fiber pairs, AAE-1 is designed from the outset with 100Gbps transmission technology, which may be upgraded in the future to fulfil increasing bandwidth demand.
"Salient features of AAE1 are Low Latency, no difference between Trunks or Branch and express traffic between any two points," the statement added.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 8th, 2017.
Customers of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) are likely to experience internet service of better quality after the telecom company connected with the world's largest and latest submarine cable laid down from Asia and Africa to Europe.
"PTCL today announced the commissioning of Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE-1) cable system that connects South East Asia to Europe via Egypt," a press statement said on Friday.
The cable spans over 25,000 kilometers and is the largest submarine cable constructed in around 15 years, it said.
PTCL is a listed company at the Pakistan Stock Exchange. Its share price increased 1%, or Rs0.15, to Rs14.32 with a volume of 303,000 shares on Friday.
PTCL has been providing fixed line telephone services for the last 70 years and is also the country's largest provider of broadband services. However, recently, its market share has been threatened with the launch of mobile broadband services and entry of new players in the business.
"PTCL will be able to cater for growing bandwidth requirements of its customers to support live streaming and watching HD content over internet, thus furthering its commitment of building a digitally connected Pakistan," said the PTCL statement. "Network diversity is a priority in network planning. It is critical to have more than one route; for continuity of services, security and efficiency of the network, it said.
"With a capacity of at least 40 Terabits per second across 5 fiber pairs, AAE-1 is designed from the outset with 100Gbps transmission technology, which may be upgraded in the future to fulfil increasing bandwidth demand.
"Salient features of AAE1 are Low Latency, no difference between Trunks or Branch and express traffic between any two points," the statement added.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 8th, 2017.