ISLAMABAD:
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has stated {that a} fault has been reported within the submarine cable AAE-1 close to Qatar (one of many seven worldwide undersea cables connecting Pakistan for worldwide web site visitors).
In response to a information launch, this may increasingly affect web and broadband consumer expertise throughout Pakistan.
The groups involved are working to repair the fault. PTA is monitoring the scenario and can hold updating telecom customers accordingly.
The Africa-Asia-Europe (AAE)-1 cable, which started operations in 2017, connects Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Pakistan, India, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Greece, Italy and France.
Nevertheless, faults with the cable induced web customers in Pakistan to expertise frequent slowdowns and disruptions in 2024. Whereas companies and web suppliers alleged that the federal government’s makes an attempt to watch web site visitors had been accountable, the PTA issued an announcement in August attributing the slowdown to a defective submarine cable.
Pakistan has one of many slowest web on the planet regardless of enchancment in common cellular and glued broadband speeds in October, in response to international pace take a look at knowledge.
On Wednesday. members of the Senate Standing Committee on Info Expertise raised considerations in regards to the observe of shutting down web providers, significantly after receiving directives from the inside ministry.
Nevertheless, the PTA chairman responded that such shutdowns had been a recurring problem since 2016 however had been not too long ago deemed illegal, and added that the inside ministry should present last authorized opinions on the matter.