Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has announced that internet services across the country have been fully restored after the completion of repair work on a faulty repeater in one of its submarine cables.
According to a statement from PTCL spokesperson Amir Pasha, the international cable consortium successfully completed the repair process that began at 11 a.m. on October 14. “Internet service speed and connectivity have been restored across the country,” he confirmed on Wednesday.
The maintenance work, which had slowed internet speeds nationwide earlier this week, affected users already facing connectivity issues in parts of upper Punjab and Islamabad due to ongoing law and order disruptions.
PTCL said the faulty repeater was part of its undersea cable system that forms a critical link in Pakistan’s global internet connectivity. The state-owned telecom operator manages three of the six submarine cable networks serving the country, while the remaining include two systems operated by Transworld Associates and the PEACE cable owned by Cyber Internet Services.
Collectively, these systems provide Pakistan with a total international bandwidth capacity of around 13 terabits per second (Tbps), while national usage typically ranges between 7 and 8 Tbps.
This week’s restoration comes after PTCL’s earlier advisory warning users of temporary slowdowns during the scheduled maintenance window. Submarine cable faults have repeatedly impacted Pakistan’s internet infrastructure, highlightingg he country’s reliance on a limited number of international data routes.
