Wateen, Telenor Pakistan partner

LAHORE: Wateen Telecom has partnered with Telenor Pakistan to connect over 700 Telenor cell sites under the FTTT (fibre to the tower) initiative, a statement said on Monday.

In order to achieve growing bandwidth demand and emerging technologies, Telenor Pakistan relies on Wateen as one of the major partners for fibre-optic backbone to maintain over 6,000km of its network across the country.

Under this new initiative, Wateen would provide active capacity to Telenor Pakistan cell sites for faster connectivity and higher internet speed across 12 major cities.

Wateen Telecom CEO Adil Rashid said, “As an ambitious organisation focusing strongly on delivering innovative solutions, Wateen is proud to align its vision with Telenor Pakistan, once again. This latest collaboration will ensure our partner’s customers get the best network experience in every aspect of daily life, whether at home or on the move.”

FTTT technology would enable Telenor Pakistan to open up higher bandwidth transport capabilities, giving customers a smoother and faster internet experience, while ensuring uninterrupted data services.

The demand for data services has grown exponentially in Pakistan. In seven years, the broadband subscriber base has gone from 14 million to over 100 million.