{"id":61406,"date":"2025-01-04T22:01:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T17:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=61406"},"modified":"2025-01-04T22:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T17:01:19","slug":"pakistan-resolves-internet-disruption-shifts-630gb-of-traffic-shaza-fatima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/technology\/pakistan-resolves-internet-disruption-shifts-630gb-of-traffic-shaza-fatima\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan resolves internet disruption, shifts 630GB of traffic: Shaza Fatima"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication (IT) Shaza Fatima<\/a> said on Saturday that efforts are underway to reroute an additional 200 gigabytes per second soon.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the IT Minister said that 630 gigabytes per second of the affected traffic have already been diverted to an alternative route.<\/p>\n

She confirmed that \u201cinterference in internet services due to a fault in the AAE-1 submarine cable affected 1,000 gigabytes per second of data traffic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her remarks came hours after the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA<\/a>) said that there was no longer any slowdown in internet services across the country after adding temporary bandwidth to the system to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n

The PTA said in a brief statement that “[…] Ad hoc bandwidth has been arranged and added to the system to address the issue of degradation of internet services due to a fault in the AAE1 submarine cable on January 2, 2025.”<\/p>\n

The statement said that the PTA is actively monitoring the restoration efforts of the AAE-1 submarine cable and is committed to ensuring that all services remain stable during this period.<\/p>\n

The authority had revealed last week that internet and broadband users may face disruptions due to a fault in the AAE-1 submarine cable near Qatar.<\/p>\n

The fault was reported in the AAE-1 submarine cable near Qatar, which is one of seven international undersea cables connecting Pakistan for international internet traffic.<\/p>\n

Pakistan has been grappling with slow internet speeds since last year, with the government consistently blaming faults in the submarine cable, while reports hint at a possible \u201cfirewall\u201d experiment by the authorities.<\/p>\n

The internet slowdown has been particularly difficult for freelancers, who number over two million and play a vital role in the country\u2019s development.<\/p>\n

Not only have courts been moved against slow internet as well as social media disruptions, but even government allies have expressed frustration over the persistent problems inside and outside parliament.<\/p>\n

Bilawal Bhutto, chairman of his ally Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), questioned why the fish only target Pakistan\u2019s undersea fiber optic cables.<\/p>\n

According to the list released by Ookla Speedtest Global Index, Pakistan ranks 100 out of 111 countries in mobile internet speed with a download speed of 20.61Mbps and an upload speed of 8.53Mbps.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the index ranked the country 141 out of 158 countries in broadband speed with a download speed of 15.60Mbps and an upload speed of 15.53Mbps.<\/p>\n

However, in a positive development last month, it was revealed that a major undersea internet cable is being laid, which is expected to significantly increase internet speed and reliability.<\/p>\n

The project falls under the 2Africa Submarine Cable System, which PTA has facilitated through Trans World Associates (TWA) as the landing party for the cable in Pakistan.<\/p>\n

The 2Africa cable, stretching 45,000 km, with a capacity of 180Tbps using the latest SDM1 technology, connects 46 locations in Africa, Europe and the Middle East.<\/p>\n

The PTA had announced in a press release that the cable, supported by a global consortium that includes Meta and Vodafone, is expected to go live in Pakistan by Q4 2025.<\/p>\n

The installation began on 1 December 2024, as the first phase of the work, included the landing of the cable at Hawksbay, Karachi. The second phase of the deep-sea cable is scheduled to begin laying on April 1, 2025.<\/p>\n

Once operational, the cable will provide Pakistan with 24 terabytes of bandwidth. A French company is involved in the installation of the 45,000-kilometer cable.<\/p>\n

The improved bandwidth will also improve the performance of platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram.<\/p>\n

Currently, Pakistan relies on about 8 terabytes of bandwidth provided by seven existing cables. The new system, which will connect the African region to Pakistan, aims to improve connectivity and address long-standing complaints about slow internet speeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication (IT) Shaza Fatima said on Saturday that efforts are underway to reroute an additional 200 gigabytes per second soon. In a statement, the IT Minister said that 630 gigabytes per second of the affected traffic have already been diverted to an alternative route. She confirmed that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":61407,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[22212],"class_list":["post-61406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-shaza-fatima"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61406","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61408,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61406\/revisions\/61408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}