The deployment of the SEA-ME-WE 6 submarine cable system, a 19,200 km high-capacity fiber optic network connecting Pakistan to countries between Singapore and France.
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan has strengthened its global digital connectivity with the deployment of the SEA-ME-WE 6 submarine cable system, a 19,200 km high-capacity fiber optic network connecting Pakistan to countries between Singapore and France.
Offering over 100 Tbps of total capacity, SEA-ME-WE 6 will provide one of the lowest latency routes between Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Western Europe, according to a press release from the IT Ministry.
According to officials, this development will significantly strengthen digital connectivity and reduce latency in key technology corridors.
Under the allocation plan, Pakistan will receive 13.2 terabits per second, with 4 Tbps activated immediately.
Officials said the immediate bandwidth increase would boost the country’s international capacity and provide vital support to cloud services, data centers, fintech operations, e-commerce platforms, streaming services and the broader digital ecosystem.
The ministry noted that SEA-ME-WE 6 integrates “more fiber pairs and more than double the capacity” of previous iterations of the SEA-ME-WE network, increasing resilience on the busy passage between Asia and Europe.
The system’s geodiverse trans-Egypt crossings and multiple landing points are designed to add redundancy, reduce the risk of outages and improve service continuity.
“The system enables rapid scalability, better protection against outages and reduced total network ownership costs for participating service providers, while adding a new layer of essential redundancy to the global Internet infrastructure,” the release said.
