ISLAMABAD (HAFEEZ REPORT)
Transworld Associates Private Limited (TWA) has successfully completed the 100G upgrade of its undersea cable TW1. The 100G upgrade will combine submarine and terrestrial systems into a unified network. This will greatly enhance the operational and management capabilities of the TW1 system. Using the state of the art 100G transmission technology, original system design capacity has been increased by six times; adding 36 x 100G wavelength on each fiber pair and total of 72 x 100G wavelengths which will boost the network assets and enhance the life of the overall cable system. Through this cutting-edge system upgrade Transworld has accelerated and expanded the capability to deliver to its end users a much improved quality of service experience for our customers.
“Transworld is dedicated to providing high-speed, cost-effective, reliable international bandwidth. The 100G upgrade will increase system capacity to meet the expectations for high-quality international connectivity services for our customers,” said Kamran Malik (President of TWA). He further added “The flexible upgrade solution will provide options for us to upgrade 400G or 1 Terabit in the future, allowing greater flexibility, while enabling us to maintain our quality and reliability commitments to our valued customers.”
About Transworld Associates Private Limited
Transworld is a joint venture of Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding S.A.E, Orastar and His Excellency Dr Omar Abdul Mone’m Yousuf Al Zawawi of Sultanate of Oman. TW has built its reputation providing reliable backhaul connectivity services to Pakistan’s leading ISPs and telecom operators. In the few years of its operation, Transworld has quickly become the favored choice of every major Broadband ISP, licensed voice operator and large corporations requiring Tier 1 bandwidth to connect to the global community. It is a vital artery for voice and data communication in and out of the country and one of the major Internet routes for Pakistan. Transworld commenced operations in 2006 and is the only operator in Pakistan which owns its submarine cable system TW1 and has capacities on other regional cables both on eastern and western sides for route diversity and resilience. The company has peering in Middle East, Europe, US and Far East with Tier-1 operators to provide lowest latency connections for Internet and data traffic. By virtue of its state of the art network, own private cable, international peering with Tier1 operators and strong local presence, Transworld gives unmatched SLAs to its local and international customers.