Pakistan

Submarine cable links Pakistan to France

PEACE Cable is a 15,000-kilometre-long submarine cable from Pakistan to France

Our Correspondent September 07, 2022

ISLAMABAD:

Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) Cable International Network Company Limited has finished the construction of a submarine cable infrastructure providing connectivity from Karachi to Marseille in France and is ready for service.

According to a statement issued by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the segment connects Karachi and Zafarana in Egypt.

The length of this segment is 5,800 kilometres. The feat was disclosed in an online meeting between PTA Chairman Maj Gen Amir Azeem Bajwa and the management of PEACE Cable.

The delegation comprised Peace Management Chief Operating Officer Sun Xiaohua, Peace Management Director Zhang Donghai, Commercial Director Chirs Zhang, who participated in the meeting via video link as well as Peace Cable Country Manager Pakistan Shoaib Ashfaq Qureshi who was present in the huddle in person.

The delegation expressed its interest in investment opportunities in the country. It also discussed future plans for the development of innovative digital technology solutions to accelerate progress toward a digitally connected Pakistan.

“The segment from Pakistan to France has now been built well, which is really a thrilling milestone,” said the COO of PEACE Cable. Country Manager Qureshi said on the occasion that PEACE was the first international submarine cable starting from Pakistan and reaching Europe, Africa and Singapore.

“It is a new beginning of the submarine chapter for the Pakistan market, we are very excited to grow this region’s connectivity,” he added.

PEACE Cable is a 15,000-kilometre-long submarine cable from Pakistan to France. It has been extended from Pakistan to Singapore for an additional 6,500 kilometres.

COMMENTS (1)

test | 2 years ago | Reply I think Pakistan should do its own research on 5G and start manufacturing its own boosters and wireless stations for 5G in collaboration with other countries be it China South Korea Japan or even France. But the question is was and will remain the same Will these countries shift their industries to Pakistan Will France shift its industry to Pakistan The answer is no. Because we don t have any industrial cooperation or manufacturing agreements with France if we had french would have been working in Pakistan teaching Pakistani engineers on how to manufacture things in Pakistan. But since reality is different and hits hard at Pakistan and its people and that is your elite has fooled you for so many many years that you stand no chance on world industrial stage both economically and technologically. The only way is hard way infact the hardest way and that is to manufacture every every single thing locally in your factories here in Pakistan. There is no other way we asked Chinese Americans and even Europeans but none is interested to shift their industries to Pakistan. So hard work work and work is the only way to get Pakistan on world economic and technological stage otherwise just chill and relax. You don t need enemies when the enemies are inside and that is your elite who will fool you in the name of glorious past like when Pakistan s exports were 20 trillion dollars and Pakistan s gdp was 100 trillion dollars and Pakistan was the sole superpower of the world. On which we should only laugh as one can only do this just like these elites are kidding our people for decades with false promises and better hope for their own elite future with luxury and lavish style built upon the blood and sweat of poor people who work hard and feed these elites through their blood by paying taxes even if they can t afford. But for whom Elite . And also i am just wasting my time by commenting because there is no one to listen.

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