{"id":60340,"date":"2024-12-25T16:36:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T11:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=60340"},"modified":"2024-12-25T16:36:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T11:36:40","slug":"process-begin-to-connect-pakistan-with-2africa-submarine-cable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/technology\/process-begin-to-connect-pakistan-with-2africa-submarine-cable\/","title":{"rendered":"Process begin to connect Pakistan with 2Africa submarine cable"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-lg-8\">\n<div class=\"newsdetailcontent\">\n<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has initiated the process to link its nodes with the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/technology\/pta-blames-internet-slowdown-in-pakistan-on-high-usage-cable-issues\/\">2Africa submarine cable<\/a> network after it technically disconnected SMW-3 undersea cable, the oldest submarine internet network.<\/p>\n<p>As per details, Pakistan has ended the connection with the SMW (South Asia-Middle East-West Asia) cable network, the oldest as well as longest in the world.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the country has now started preparations for getting connected to the new 45,000km cable system, AAE-2 (Africa, Asia, and Europe) connecting 46 locations.<\/p>\n<p>The AAE-2 system expected to be online by the end of next year will be carried out in multiple phases.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-lg-8\">\n<div class=\"newsdetailcontent\">\n<p>In the first phase which began on Dec 1, the submarine cable involving Pre-Lay Shore End (PLSE) installation would land at Hawksbay, Karachi.<\/p>\n<p>The second phase, which includes connecting the cable from Hawkesbay with the main AAE-2 in the deep sea, will start in April next year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The telecom authority praised Transworld Associates (TWA), the landing partner of 2Africa submarine cable, for bringing the new facility to Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of State for Information Technology Shaza Fatima Khawaja said that the deployment of 2Africa cable is a critical step to transform Pakistan into a digitally connected nation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the progress of the cable system, the State Minister said this initiative will not only strengthen our infrastructure but will also improve internet speed and reliability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has initiated the process to link its nodes with the 2Africa submarine cable network after it technically disconnected SMW-3 undersea cable, the oldest submarine internet network. As per details, Pakistan has ended the connection with the SMW (South Asia-Middle East-West Asia) cable network, the oldest as well as longest in the world. According [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":60342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[25146,25147],"class_list":["post-60340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-2africa-submarine-cable","tag-pakistan-internet-cable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60344,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60340\/revisions\/60344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}