Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has signed strategic contracts with Huawei Technologies Pakistan for the transformation of its IP Edge and Optical Transport Network (OTN).
Nadeem Khan, Acting CEO & Group CFO, PTCL & Ufone and Mark Meng, CEO, Huawei Technologies Pakistan, signed the contract during a ceremony held at PTCL HQ, Islamabad. Jafar Khalid, GCTIO (Development), PTCL & Ufone, Ahmed Bilal Masud, Deputy CEO, Huawei Technologies Pakistan, also attended the ceremony, along with senior management from both organisations.
Aimed to meet the exponential growth in traffic, this transformation involves modernisation of existing inter-city and long-haul network, with a state-of-the-art OTN network. Speaking on the occasion, Nadeem Khan, Acting CEO & Group CFO, PTCL & Ufone, said, “PTCL continues to transform its network with scalable architecture and futuristic technologies, to meet growing bandwidth demand from our subscribers, corporate and carrier customers.”
CEO, Huawei Technologies Pakistan, Mark Meng, said, “We greatly value our long-term relationship with PTCL Group, and continue to support its vision for technological evolution.”
Source: https://nation.com.pk/29-Jun-2021/ptcl-signs-strategic-contracts-with-huawei