Higher Education Commission and PTCL INK THE CONTRACT FOR THE LARGEST INTERNET CONNECTIVITY IN PAKI

Tweet Pin It Islamabad: The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) and Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) have entered into a landmark agreement at Islamabad for the provisioning of 10 Gigabit Premium Internet Bandwidth Connectivity. This is the largest Internet Backbone Connectivity ever acquired by any organization in Pakistan.

PTCL is the main provider of premium internet bandwidth to the HEC who in turn provides the internet services to the universities alongwith other IP facilities including video conferencing, digital libraries and access to International Education & Research Networks.

The contract is an integral component of Pakistan Education & Research Network-2 (PERN-2) Project which was initiated by HEC to provide high speed connectivity to the universities and institutes of higher learning across the country, forming the national research and education network of Pakistan. PERN2 also provides internet access to the students and research scholars of the universities in Pakistan through state of the art access technologies.

On the occasion, Dr. Sohail Naqvi, Executive Director of HEC said “The PERN-2 project upon completion will bring HEC at par with any international organization and will give access to the internet cloud, world wide education & research networks, digital libraries within/outside Pakistan, distance learning/video conferencing, unified communication boosting the sharing of knowledge with international students, scholars and knowledge resources”.Walid Irhaid, President and CEO, PTCL, added that “PTCL has offered this premium IP transit facility keeping in view of its corporate social responsibilities to the education sector of the country. PTCL is the only service provider in Pakistan having the capability to provide the required volume of internet bandwidth because of its partnerships in multiple international submarine cables’, its robust countrywide transmission network and state of the art IP infrastructure.”

On this occasion HEC & PTCL expressed desire for expanded future co-operation in the best interest of the country and its positive impact on the education & social sectors of Pakistan.