Technology vendor Nokia has announced that Cybernet, Pakistan’s leading fibre broadband provider, has selected its optical transport solution for a new long-haul optical fibre cable (OFC) network. This next-generation infrastructure, designed to deliver 1.2 terabits per second (Tbps) per wavelength, will enhance Cybernet’s national backbone.
In its initial phase, the network will connect over 25 cities and provide more than 50 Tbps of long-haul capacity. The new network will support data centre interconnects, enterprise and carrier networks, and Cybernet’s consumer broadband service, StormFiber.
Cybernet, which serves enterprise, corporate, and residential customers while also offering transit services to international telecom operators, is deploying Nokia’s 1830 GX platform, integrated with 1.2T ICE7 coherent optics, to build a terabit-scale infrastructure. This network expansion will improve capacity along resilient, diverse routes, enabling a high-speed, low-latency terrestrial backbone across Pakistan.
The new network will also support cross-border transit services for carriers and internet service providers in Central Asia. Maroof Ali Shahani, Chief Operating Officer of Cybernet, emphasized that the 1830 GX-based solution will be pivotal in connecting Pakistan—and the region—to the global digital economy.
James Watt, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Optical Networks at Nokia, stated that Nokia is proud to support Cybernet in modernising Pakistan’s connectivity landscape, providing a 1.2T backbone that interconnects data centres, powers government networks, and delivers direct-to-home services.
