Pakistan, UAE connection: NTC plans submarine cable
Estimated cost of laying cable will be worked out by a consultant in the proposed techno-commercial study, feasibility
September 17, 2012
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ISLAMABAD:
The National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) is planning to lay a submarine fibre-optic cable between Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The estimated cost of laying the cable will be worked out by a consultant in the proposed techno-commercial study and feasibility, besides tracing source of funding, an official source told APP on Sunday. The official said Pakistan was already connected with three international fibre-optic cables, but the reason for carrying out the feasibility of fibre-optic cable was to examine the technical and commercial viability of the project and have another option of SMW-3& 4 and other networks at Fujairah (UAE) through NTC network Pakistan with Trans-Asia-Europe-Fibre-Optic-System (TAEFOS) for linking Central Asian Countries through China and Iran.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 17th, 2012.
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