Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband provider Cybernet has partnered Nokia to deploy Pakistan’s first commercial 600Gbps-per-wavelength DWDM network. A press release announced that the new fibre-optic network connects Cybernet’s main metro sites and provides enhanced capacity needed to support growing consumer and enterprise demand for fast, high-quality broadband services across Pakistan.
The companies’ release stated that by leveraging Nokia’s PSS 1830 optical transport platform, Cybernet can effectively scale its total network capacity to 28Tbps, serving broadband and enterprise customers across Pakistan. Cybernet implemented Nokia’s ROADM architecture based on ‘flexgrid’ technology to optimise and extend the reach of its optical network, while additional software management and control functions from Nokia’s WaveSuite service enablement automation software will support Cybernet in further increasing operational efficiencies. ‘Broadband and enterprise customers can also benefit from low latency, superior quality of services and an enhanced customer experience,’ the statement declared.
Furthermore, the partners also highlighted that by further strengthening its global footprint through the establishment of its international points of presence (PoPs) in MC-1 in Barka (Oman), MRS-2 in Marseille (France), SmartHub in Fujairah (UAE) and SG1 in Singapore, Cybernet is providing its global peering community members with its advanced IXP platform powered by the Nokia 7750 SR and 7250 IXR routers to meet both current and future needs. Cybernet offers internet, EVPN and MPLS-based services at its international PoPs.
Cyber Internet Services, which operates under the Cybernet and StormFiber brands, is part of Pakistani conglomerate the Lakson Group, and is the nation’s largest provider of FTTH services with nearly 367,000 subscriptions across over 20 cities at mid-2023, according to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database.