The deployment of the SEA-ME-WE 6 submarine cable system, a 19,200 kilometer high-capacity fiber network linking 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 kilometer high-capacity fiber network linking Pakistan with countries between Singapore and France.
Offering more than 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, the development will dramatically strengthen digital connectivity and reduce latency in major technology corridors.
Under the allocation plan, Pakistan will receive 13.2 terabits per second, with 4 tbps activated immediately.
Officials said the immediate jump in bandwidth will boost the country’s international capability 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 incorporates “more fiber pairs and more than double the capacity” than previous iterations of the SEA-ME-WE network, increasing resilience in the heavily trafficked Asia-Europe transit.
The system’s geodiversified trans-Egypt crossings and multiple landing points are designed to add redundancy, reduce the risk of failure and improve service continuity.
“The system enables rapid scalability, better failover protection, and lower total network ownership costs for participating service providers, while adding an essential new layer of redundancy to the global Internet backbone,” the statement read.
