In terms of security Pakistan will be greatly benefited and revenue from the state of the art optic fiber project between PakChina for which a prominent Chinese telecom firm ‘Huawei’ has been assigned this task. Prime Minister Agreement to lay optic fiber between the two sides was signed during Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif official visit to China early July. Distance The optic fiber will be laid between Rawalpindi to Khunjarab, a distance of 820 kilometers (KM), the source said. Cost The project will cost $44 million and will be completed within a span of two years. Pakistan will get enormous benefits From this project,, the source said adding at present, Pakistan’s international connectivity with the world is through undersea cables SEA-ME-WE 3&4 and I M E W E and Pakistan is connected through spurs only. This dependency is not only a risk but also entails security concerns. The voice/data and internet traffic can be monitored and disturbed easily. To offset such a threat, through this project, a link will be created between Pakistan and Trans-Asia Europe (TAE) cable in China, and which would enable both Pakistan and China to have alternative routes for their international telecom traffic. Direct telecom access to China Successful implementation of the project would provide Pakistan with a direct telecom access to China and the Central Asian States. The project will also facilitate trade, tourism and IT awareness in the region and generate economic opportunities particularly in Gilgit-Baltistan On completion. Apart from security assurance, the project is expected to generate revenue, approximately Rs 1.5 billion in the first three years and in the fourth year, Other than this section, the project will be executed simultaneously in different sections (cities and towns). Tele-communications joint R&D center and training base. On Huawei’s contribution towards Pakistan social sector, since year 2002 up till now, Huawei contributed more than $8 million to help train Pakistani talented youths. Total number is more than 3,500 students. In 2011, Huawei provided Cloud computing equipment to N U S T and data equipment to UTE. An important characteristic of the Chinese internet is that online access routes are owned by the Chinese government and also private enterprises and individuals can only rent bandwidth from the state. Major national networks, namely CSTNET, ChinaNet, CERNET and CHINAGBN, are the ‘backbone’ of the mainland Chinese Internet. In addition, some telecom providers also provide Internet services. However, public Internet services are usually provided by provincial telecom companies
Thursday, 8 August 2013
Pakistan & China’s Optic Fibre Project
In terms of security Pakistan will be greatly benefited and revenue from the state of the art optic fiber project between PakChina for which a prominent Chinese telecom firm ‘Huawei’ has been assigned this task. Prime Minister Agreement to lay optic fiber between the two sides was signed during Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif official visit to China early July. Distance The optic fiber will be laid between Rawalpindi to Khunjarab, a distance of 820 kilometers (KM), the source said. Cost The project will cost $44 million and will be completed within a span of two years. Pakistan will get enormous benefits From this project,, the source said adding at present, Pakistan’s international connectivity with the world is through undersea cables SEA-ME-WE 3&4 and I M E W E and Pakistan is connected through spurs only. This dependency is not only a risk but also entails security concerns. The voice/data and internet traffic can be monitored and disturbed easily. To offset such a threat, through this project, a link will be created between Pakistan and Trans-Asia Europe (TAE) cable in China, and which would enable both Pakistan and China to have alternative routes for their international telecom traffic. Direct telecom access to China Successful implementation of the project would provide Pakistan with a direct telecom access to China and the Central Asian States. The project will also facilitate trade, tourism and IT awareness in the region and generate economic opportunities particularly in Gilgit-Baltistan On completion. Apart from security assurance, the project is expected to generate revenue, approximately Rs 1.5 billion in the first three years and in the fourth year, Other than this section, the project will be executed simultaneously in different sections (cities and towns). Tele-communications joint R&D center and training base. On Huawei’s contribution towards Pakistan social sector, since year 2002 up till now, Huawei contributed more than $8 million to help train Pakistani talented youths. Total number is more than 3,500 students. In 2011, Huawei provided Cloud computing equipment to N U S T and data equipment to UTE. An important characteristic of the Chinese internet is that online access routes are owned by the Chinese government and also private enterprises and individuals can only rent bandwidth from the state. Major national networks, namely CSTNET, ChinaNet, CERNET and CHINAGBN, are the ‘backbone’ of the mainland Chinese Internet. In addition, some telecom providers also provide Internet services. However, public Internet services are usually provided by provincial telecom companies
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