NTC undertook major development activities for building and upgrading state of the art optical fiber based last mile network throughout Pakistan in line with the directives of PM and IT Minister to enhance efficiency of Government functionaries through broadband penetration.
One such project has recently been completed whereby the whole TDM based FTTC network, at Islamabad and Rawalpindi, has been replaced with IP based MSAGs with sufficient broadband capacity for provisioning higher capacity broadband services with redundant optical fiber cable network.
Managing Director NTC, Brig ® Viqar Rashid Khan, stated that being the only state-owned telecom Operator of Pakistan, NTC has developed a vast network of telecom infrastructure and the entire Apex offices of Pakistan are served by NTC efficiently meeting the high standard of service requirements and fulfilling all QoS parameters. In this specific project, NTC has managed to shift 17 x TDM based ONUs to most modern IP based MSAG. Similarly, in order to handle and carry the huge internet traffic, effectively and efficiently, the transmission system between Islamabad and Rawalpindi has been replaced from STM-16 to STM-64 recently.
Brig ® Viqar Rashid Khan said that during last three years, the broadband penetration of NTC for Public sector has been more than doubled through offering competitive tariff packages and deploying optical fiber based network connecting all Govt. buildings for flawless provisioning of telecom ICT services. He emphasized that NTC has a competitive edge over other private operators whereby NTC has deployed most expensive and highly efficient security measures for safety of Government data and communication. Furthermore, MD said that due to hard work of NTC officers and the workers, the Corporation has managed to achieve a financial turnaround and growing organization and has become a beacon of light for other Public Sector Corporations.