A Cable Landing Party Agreement has been signed between PEACE Cable International Network Co Ltd (PEACE Cable) and Cyber Internet Services (PVT) Limited (Cybernet Pakistan). Pakistan & East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) is 12,000 km long, privately owned cable system that provides an open, flexible and carrier-neutral services for its customers. PEACE is targeted for completion in Q1, 2020, says a press release issued here on Wednesday.
The system design will adopt the latest 200G technology and WSS technology, which provides the capability to transmit over 16 Tb/s per fiber pair, servicing growing regional capacity needs. The PEACE cable system with landings in Pakistan, Djibouti, Egypt, Kenya and France -- in the first phase - will connect the three most populated continents in the world, providing critical interconnection to the economic corridors of Asia, Europe, and Africa. A total capacity of 96 tb/s will be added to Pakistan's internet infrastructure.
Cybernet, amongst Pakistan's oldest ISPs, is the PEACE Cable Landing Station Partner in Pakistan and will be deploying PEACE Pakistan Cable Landing Station (CLS) and managing its operations. With over 22 years of experience in building and running countrywide fiber broadband operations, IP/MPLS networks and cloud optimised data centers, Cybernet will be building Pakistan's first carrier-neutral cable landing station for PEACE cable by Q1, 2020 in Karachi.
The design and selection of the CLS site in Karachi is in line with Cybernet's objectives to bring carrier neutrality and much needed redundancy to Pakistan's internet backbone.
Cybernet will provide capacity to local and global carriers, CDNs, content providers and others at easily accessible interconnect points across Pakistan - enabling true carrier neutrality and open access.
Cybernet is on a mission to bSpeaking on the occasion, Danish Lakhani, CEO of Cybernet Pakistan, said: "We are humbled to be able to contribute in bringing a submarine cable system that will have an outsized impact on the digital landscape in Pakistan. PEACE is the only cable system that originates in Pakistan and connects 3 continents (Asia, Africa and Europe) and elevates our country's strategic standing in the global connectivity race." -PR
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