Wateen Telecom, Huawei ink deal

KARACHI: Wateen Telecom has signed an agreement with Huawei Pakistan to modernise its countrywide data transmission network, a statement said on Wednesday.

Wateen will deploy a state-of-the-art optical transmission network from Huawei to revolutionise the digital landscape of the country, it added.

Adil Rashid, CEO of Wateen Telecom, and Mark Meng, CEO of Huawei Pakistan, signed the agreement in Lahore at the Wateen Telecom head office.

Wateen Telecom will have enhanced capacities and higher speeds on its nationwide optical fibre network after completion of the project.

As demand for superior network performance continues to grow, both domestically and internationally, Wateen’s network is designed to facilitate growth to meet the exponential increase in internet capacity demand.

The new network capacity holds the potential to perform at 100G to 400G rates to future bandwidth requirements.

Wateen Telecom is fully geared for 4G growth and 5G era with its futuristic network architecture, resilient fibre footprint, high-capacity transmission infrastructure, and nationwide field services organisation.

The network modernisation will give the required impetus to offer new opportunities to benefit small, medium and large enterprises, financial institutions, cellular mobile operators, education sector, internet resellers across Pakistan, and international customers, it added.