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contract was signed here between the Pakistan Telecommunication
Company Limited and ZhongXing Telecom Pakistan (pvt) Ltd
(ZTE), for implementation of Optical Fibre Access Network
for 17,600 lines and 2.5 GB SDH Junction Transport Network
for Islamabad/ Rawalpindi metropolitan area and for 20,000
lines and 2.5/10 GB SDH Junction Transport Network for
Lahore metropolitan.
According
to a PTCL statement the project of Optical Fibre Access
Network (OFAN) in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi has been
conceived to fibrize the last mile solution of PTCL network
according to prevailing telecommunication requirements
set by ITUT and competitive telecom environment.
It
is the intention of the PTCL management to progressively
deploy Optical Access Network for the delivery of narrowband
and broadband telecommunication services to its customers,
initially in major cities.
The
objective of the PTCL is two-fold: firstly, to introduce
fibre optic cabling nearer to the subscriber, initially
up to the curb (FTTC)/or the multistory building (FTTB),
and thereby create the necessary infrastructure for the
future broadband services; and secondly, to provide the
latest and the state of the art services to its customers.
The
real strength of Optical Access Network is ready for emerging
broadband services such as multimedia and fast Internet
access and other new and rapidly growing interactive data
communication services.
The
following services will be provided via Optical Fibre Access:
Plots (plain old telephone services), Cable TV, ISDV BRA,
ISDN PRA Data and DSL services.
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