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In collaboration with Nokia, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) successfully completed the country"s first trial of 1-Terabit transport capacity per wavelength.

The PTCL Metro Transport Network was updated to 1-Terabit per channel, extending its capacity to extremely fast speeds of 32-Terabit per fibre, for the testing, which was done in a live network environment.

The study was based on Nokia"s Photonic Service Engine Transport Technology, which was created to increase network capacity and deliver faster, greater bandwidth while improving user experience.

This pilot conversion will enable the transport network for emerging technologies while opening up new business options for both individuals and companies.

This is yet another step in PTCL"s strategy to get its network infrastructure ready to handle the increasing data traffic requirements of high services and bandwidth-intensive applications, like Ultra HD Video Streaming, Factory Automation, Smart Cities, and e-learning portals for its subscribers and enterprise clients.

From the perspective of a consumer, 1 Terabit per second of bandwidth is sufficient to simultaneously handle 300,000 HD video zoom calls and to download the complete HD season of Game of Thrones in less than 2 seconds.

Chief Technology Officer at PTCL Group, Jafar Khalid, stated, "We are committed to digitising our client experience by offering cutting-edge technologies. Due to the increasing demand for data traffic from both our corporate and consumer groups, we tested the scalability and evolution of our optical transport network by increasing the current capacity to 1 Terabit per channel.

"PTCL can modernise and upgrade its optical network thanks to our ground-breaking Flexgrid architecture to give people and businesses a quick and dependable network connectivity," he continued.

PTCL aims to provide its clients with better service quality, quicker speeds, and the ability to enable a more efficient network architecture.