Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Saturday inducted temporary bandwidth in its system to curb disruption occurred due to fault in submarine cable AAE-I near Qatar, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
PTA in a statement said that currently there is no up-gradation taking place inside Pakistan while strict monitoring being conducted to repair damage of AAE-I cable.
PTA fully committed to operationalize all services for the consumers.
The Africa-Asia-Europe (AAE)-1 cable, which began operations in 2017, connects Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Pakistan, India, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Greece, Italy and France.
The PTA said a fault was detected in the AAE-1 cable near Qatar, noting that the cable was one of the seven international undersea cables connecting Pakistan for international internet traffic.
Reporter: Waqas Azeem