Islamabad:
Jazz has announced the deployment of Pakistan’s first 1.2 terabits per second (Tbps) per-wavelength capacity on its optical transport network, marking a key milestone in the country’s ongoing network modernisation efforts.
The deployment, carried out in collaboration with technology partner Huawei, is aimed at strengthening Jazz’s core and aggregation network layers to support rapidly growing data consumption and emerging digital services. The operator also said it has implemented Pakistan’s first 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) Fiber-to-the-Site (FTTS) ring, an industry-first development designed to enhance last-mile fibre performance.
Industry experts say such high-capacity optical upgrades are critical for Pakistan’s digital future, as demand continues to rise for cloud computing, enterprise connectivity, mobile broadband and the eventual rollout of 5G services. Higher network capacity and resilience are expected to improve service quality while enabling new use cases across sectors including finance, e-commerce, education and healthcare.
Commenting on the development, Khalid Shehzad, Chief Technology Officer at Jazz, said the deployments would allow the operator to efficiently scale its network to meet future traffic growth while maintaining reliability and performance.
The upgrades are also seen as supporting the government’s broader Digital Pakistan vision, which seeks to expand high-speed connectivity, promote digital inclusion and build a foundation for a data-driven economy. Analysts note that robust fibre and transport networks are essential to ensuring that advanced digital services can be delivered at scale, particularly as Pakistan prepares for next-generation technologies.
With data usage continuing to grow at double-digit rates, telecom operators are increasingly investing in high-capacity infrastructure to ensure networks remain future-ready. Such developments are expected to play a central role in shaping Pakistan’s digital landscape over the coming years.
