ISLAMABAD – *China to link Pakistan with a new submarine cable system inorder to provide one of the fastest internet service in the World.*
Named PEACE (Pakistan East Africa Cable Express), the cable will have twolanding routes in Karachi and Gwadar and will stretch across Europe andAfrica. The project will be built by Huawei Marine and will be funded byTropic Science Co., Ltd (Tropical Science). It will be managed by thetelecom giant PCCW Global, headquarted in Hong Kong.
As per *Huawei, *the cable’s deployment has already been started and isexpected to be active by the end of 2019. The new high tech cable will havemore than 60TB capacity. During its first phase, PEACE will contain a6,200km network that will connect Pakistan in Gwadar and Karachi withDjibouti, Somalia and Kenya, eventually spanning 13,000km, reaching SouthAfrica and Egypt.
Moreover, Pakistan’s cellular provider Jazz and internet service provider(ISP) Cybernet will be the probable partners of the PEACE cable inPakistan. The new cable system will give Pakistan more reliable andsignificant boost in the internet connectivity, reported *Tech Juice.*