In partnership with Nokia, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) completed successfully the country’s first trial of 1-Terabit transit capacity per wavelength.
The trial was carried out in a live network environment where the PTCL Metro Transport Network was upgraded to 1-Terabit per channel, extending its capacity to 32-Terabit per fibre.
The trial used Nokia’s Photonic Service Engine Transport Technology, which is designed to boost network capacity and give a better user experience by delivering quicker and greater bandwidth.
This experimental transition will allow transportation networks to support future technologies while also generating new possibilities for industry and people.
This is another step in PTCL’s roadmap to prepare its network infrastructure for the increasing data traffic demands of high-speed services and bandwidth-intensive applications, such as Ultra HD Video Streaming, Industrial Automation, Smart Cities, and e-learning platforms for its subscribers and enterprise customers.
A Terabit-per-second capacity is enough bandwidth for a customer to download the complete Game of Thrones video series in HD in less than 2 seconds, and it can accommodate 300,000 HD video zoom calls at the same time.
“We are committed to digitising our client experience by offering state-of-the-art technologies,” stated Jafar Khalid, Chief Technology Officer, PTCL Group. With this in mind, we evaluated the scalability and development of our optical transport network by increasing existing capacity to 1-Terabit per channel to meet the ever-increasing data traffic need of our business and consumer segments.”
“Nokia’s cutting-edge technology and expertise have enabled us to test bandwidths of up to one terabit, allowing us to deliver a better customer experience and enable smooth future growth of our transport network capacity across Pakistan,” he said.
“This new experiment with PTCL is just another witness to further strengthening our long-term partnership,” stated Imran Durrani, Customer Team Head for PTCL Group at Nokia. As data consumption continues to rise, our industry-leading optical technologies, including Photonic Service Switch and Photonic Service Engine, enable PTCL to cost-effectively boost network capacity.”
“PTCL can modernise and improve its optical network with our ground-breaking Flexgrid design, providing people and businesses with fast and reliable network access,” he said.
PTCL aims to offer its customers with improved service quality, quicker speeds, and a streamlined network design that improves operating efficiency.
