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vision, empowering customers beyond wavelengths in C+L band. The significant Previously, the company introduced
traditional communication, fostering boost in capacity promises to revolutionize industry-leading Voice Over LTE (VoLTE)
their participation in Pakistan’s digital the Jazz long haul network, empowering it and JazzFi (WiFi calling service) to
transformation and knowledge economy,” to meet the escalating demands of today’s elevate customer experience, gaining
he added. This strategic collaboration digital landscape. Jazz remains steadfast over 22 million and 3 million customers
with Huawei introduces a cutting-edge in its mission to deliver world-class respectively in record time.
system, capable of supporting 400G telecommunications solutions, setting a
per wavelength across a total of 240 precedent for excellence in the industry.

Pakistan Ranked Third with 42.6% Growth in Active Software Developers,
according to GitHub

GitHub data released on January 18 ranks
Pakistan 3rd in the list of countries showing
a surprising jump in the number of active
developers over just the past year. In the
competitive world of software development,
maintaining an active GitHub profile has
become pivotal for developers seeking
job opportunities. GitHub, a massive
platform for collaborative coding, serves
as a global hub for software development,
hosting both public repositories for open-
source projects and closed repositories for
project participants. GitHub’s Innovation
Graph, a quarterly initiative showcasing
developer contributions globally. The data
provides a broader view by spotlighting the
developer landscape of entire countries.
The latest figures reveal surprising trends,
offering insights into nations making historically overlooked by the Western tech GitHub’s Vice President of Developer
significant progress. During the three industry. To pinpoint the fastest-growing Policy, acknowledges the challenge of
months leading up to September 2023, countries, Rest of World conducted a interpreting these numbers, questioning
Bangladesh experienced a remarkable comparative analysis of developer figures whether increased public developer activity
surge, with 945,696 developers actively for the most recent quarter (September serves as a leading or trailing indicator for
contributing to public GitHub repositories. through December 2023) against the broader development trends. However, the
In the same period in 2022, the number same period the previous year. Countries countries highlighted by GitHub’s data
stood at 568,145, marking a staggering with fewer than 500,000 active developer exhibit other signs of expanding tech
year-over-year increase of nearly two- accounts in the most recent quarter talent pools. In Bangladesh, a rising GDP
thirds—the most substantial proportional were excluded to ensure a focus on has facilitated increased access to digital
leap recorded globally. It’s crucial to substantial contributors. Contrasting this tools, propelling the IT sector’s growth.
consider the dataset’s limitations, with GitHub’s absolute figures, which Nigeria showcases high-flying startups
focusing solely on public repositories, place the U.S. at the forefront with 20.2 generating software development projects,
which represent less than half of GitHub’s million developers, followed by India (13.3 backed by venture capital and government
overall activity. However, GitHub analysts million), China (6.9 million), and Brazil (5.4 investments. While the surge in GitHub
suggest that the split between public and million), reveals a different perspective. contributors may indicate a burgeoning
private activity remains consistent across While high-GDP nations dominate the tech sector, its precise implications remain
countries, with private activity mirroring overall developer count, emerging tech multifaceted. As nations embrace digital
the fluctuations in public engagement. hubs like Bangladesh and Nigeria exhibit technology innovation, GitHub’s data
Despite GitHub representing only a significant growth in relative terms. The offers a glimpse into the evolving global
fraction of a country’s overall software surge in GitHub contributors prompts landscape of software development.
development landscape, the data signals questions about its implications for a
a rising trend of programming in regions country’s tech sector. Mike Linksvayer,

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