Huawei Technologies Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd. has entered into an equipment supply agreement with Wateen Telecom and Qubee for upgrading their existing infrastructure to support high speed 4G broadband in Pakistan.
Not to forget, in December last year, Wateen Telecom and Qubee announced their intentions to consolidate wireless broadband operations in Pakistan.
The signing ceremony for the infrastructure contract was held during the CEO Leaders’ Summit in the presence of Ahsan Iqbal, Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Reforms; Mr. Mohammad Zubair, Minister of State & Chairman, Privatization Commission and the signatories, Mr. Ahmed Bilal Masud, Deputy CEO, Huawei Pakistan Limited, Mr. Naeem Zamindar, CEO, Wateen Telecom and Mr. Jamal Nasir Khan, CEO, Augere Pakistan Limited.
The equipment provided by Huawei will significantly improve the coverage and capacities of the existing networks of Wateen and Qubee to 20 fold, enabling customers to get speeds effectively up to 20 Mbps.
The network has been designed and dimensioned to provide not only retail but wholesale high speed capacities and support plug and play solutions to consumers, as well as corporate and SME customers.
The network upgrade is targeted to get completed by May 2014.
The fixed broad band network will improve the broadband service offering in the country to the next level and enable the proposed joint operations to provide high speed broadband services at affordable prices.
Ahmed Bilal Masud, Deputy CEO, Huawei Technologies Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd. highlighting the global success and supremacy of Huawei technologies, said, “Emerging services require higher network quality where operators need to pay more attention to the quality of services; I am confident Huawei will provide the required support to the increasing complexity of network architecture through its multi-technology solutions and worldwide expertise.”
Naeem Zamindar, CEO, Wateen Telecom stated, “We are aiming to set new standards in the broadband market by raising the bar for all stakeholders in the market. This will result in improving the service standards for all the broadband customers and take the whole eco-system to the levels of data-service-provisioning comparable to international standards.”
Jamal Nasir Khan, CEO, Qubee Pakistan Ltd said, “This is a special occasion not only for us but also for the whole telecom industry in Pakistan. We are looking forward to become the pioneers in providing unparalleled broadband services to our customers.”
