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imageKARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has signed a fiber leasing agreement with Telenor Pakistan.

A PTCL statement on Friday said that Telenor will benefit from this agreement in terms of upgrading its cellular backhaul to cater for exponential data growth in the aftermath of 3G/4G regime in the country.

He said that this agreement also serves as a major milestone towards achieving PTCL's overall vision of becoming `The Carrier of Carriers' by leveraging its strengths in infrastructure and services domain.

Dr. Daniel Ritz, President and CEO PTCL said that this agreement is indicative of how PTCL's vast network serves as the primary framework for Pakistan's communications infrastructure, connecting millions of consumers across the country.

With over 35,000 KMs of fiber deployed across Pakistan, our partnership with Telenor Pakistan will help them to expand their 3G footprint further in order to provide high quality data and voice services to its growing customer base. PTCL will continue to play its major role in fiber and other telecom infrastructure developments in Pakistan, contributing further to the overall progress of the country.

On this occasion, Michael Foley, CEO, Telenor Pakistan said that as we aim for a Digital Pakistan with our mission of Internet for All, our need for a more robust infrastructure will be met with this partnership with PTCL. This project is in line with our fiber needs for traffic expansions with regards to 2G & 3G network, and will help us empower the Pakistani society further by making mobile broadband services available to a larger customer base than ever.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2016

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