Facebook Invests First Time in Pakistan With Nayatel
The high-speed fiber will connect thousands of sites by 2022, and improve capacity and the geographical reach of internet access to approximately 10 to 15 million people across 8 major cities
Facebook has first time ever invested in Pakistan and partnered with Nayatel to improve and expand connectivity across the country and will cover 8 big cities over the span of two years.
“It will build, maintain and operate the infrastructure, and Facebook will invest in the fiber build and support network planning”, said a press release by Nayatel.
As per details, the high-speed fiber will connect thousands of sites by 2022, and improve capacity and the geographical reach of internet access to approximately 10 to 15 million people across 8 major cities in Pakistan.
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Nayatel is going to deploy new fiber networks under the partnership to serve as a backbone infrastructure for 4G/5G mobile and fixed broadband, which is a key driver of economic growth and job creation.
Nayatel and Facebook Partner to Improve Internet Connectivity for Millions of Pakistanis Across Eight Citieshttps://t.co/ZpznIGG75D
— Nayatel (@NayatelOfficial) May 26, 2021
“Presently only 6% of Pakistan’s cell sites (telecom towers) are connected to fiber-optic as compared to 70 to 80% in the rest of the world,” said Wahaj-us-Siraj, CEO Nayatel.
“This is one of the main bottlenecks in providing quality internet service”, he added.
Wahaj also said that the cellular companies used wireless networks as backhaul instead of fiber optic because of high cost and the quality of service suffered.
On the other hand, Head of Connectivity and Access Policy, Facebook Asia Pacific, Tom Varghese said the partnership with Nayatel was part of efforts to bring fast and reliable internet connectivity to people around the world including Pakistan.
