Press Trust of India on November 12 last year published an exciting news that the South East Asian Nuclear rivals India and Pakistan is going to be connected with Fiber optic cables. The news was encouraging to many telecom operators in the region both in Pakistan and India.
Fiber optics in India and Pakistan have almost the same history. Both countries have been continuously making progress to catch up with the Fiber to the home technology that will make in roads in both countries. We were enthusiastic on the progress of better relationships with neighboring countries India and Pakistan. Both are brother countries but politically and religiously divided. The fiber optic communication will bring direct data, voice and image traffic between both brothers.
The 26/11 incident has put a big full stop to all the friendly infrastructure development projects. Currently the Data and voice traffic between India and Pakistan are routed through landing stations situated in a third country. This adds up the cost of the telecom services between both countries. Well wishers of Indo-Pak relations were hopeful that once the communication starts and people of both countries get faith back, the political relationship also will get improved.
India and Pakistan have very few differences and people from India and Pakistan are best friends when they meet outside India or Pakistan. Hopes are high that the proposed fiber optic link should take into effect as planned by the end of the year 2009. Once the fiber optic link is established, for the first time in the history Indian telecom operators would get access to the Pakistani market.
India’s minister of State for Commerce and Power Mr. Jairam Ramesh told that he is ure in 2009 the optical fibre link between India and Pakistan would get fully functional. Pakistan has given the green signal to Reliance Communications, Airtel and VSNL. Earlier PTCL were not allowing VSNL to bid in the tenders, but now that has also changed positively.
Pakistan telecom companies have also been keen to set up a fiber optic communication ink with India to bring down leased line costs of the Internet and data. Common people of both country want to connect and communicate. The political process makes the thing slower.
Let us hope good that both brothers will connect and communicate through fiber optic link in the near future. Wish both of them good luck!
Fiber optics in India and Pakistan have almost the same history. Both countries have been continuously making progress to catch up with the Fiber to the home technology that will make in roads in both countries. We were enthusiastic on the progress of better relationships with neighboring countries India and Pakistan. Both are brother countries but politically and religiously divided. The fiber optic communication will bring direct data, voice and image traffic between both brothers.
The 26/11 incident has put a big full stop to all the friendly infrastructure development projects. Currently the Data and voice traffic between India and Pakistan are routed through landing stations situated in a third country. This adds up the cost of the telecom services between both countries. Well wishers of Indo-Pak relations were hopeful that once the communication starts and people of both countries get faith back, the political relationship also will get improved.
India and Pakistan have very few differences and people from India and Pakistan are best friends when they meet outside India or Pakistan. Hopes are high that the proposed fiber optic link should take into effect as planned by the end of the year 2009. Once the fiber optic link is established, for the first time in the history Indian telecom operators would get access to the Pakistani market.
India’s minister of State for Commerce and Power Mr. Jairam Ramesh told that he is ure in 2009 the optical fibre link between India and Pakistan would get fully functional. Pakistan has given the green signal to Reliance Communications, Airtel and VSNL. Earlier PTCL were not allowing VSNL to bid in the tenders, but now that has also changed positively.
Pakistan telecom companies have also been keen to set up a fiber optic communication ink with India to bring down leased line costs of the Internet and data. Common people of both country want to connect and communicate. The political process makes the thing slower.
Let us hope good that both brothers will connect and communicate through fiber optic link in the near future. Wish both of them good luck!
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