QUETTA: A fiber-optic broadband service provider has added Quetta to its network for the provision of high-speed internet, high-definition (HD) television and voice calls.
The announcement was made in an event jointly organised by StormFiber and Senator Naseebullah Khan Bazai, who was also the chief guest at the occasion, on Monday.
Addressing the ceremony, Senator Bazai said, “Fiber-optic broadband internet access paves way for economic growth by allowing access to technological innovations prevalent in more urbanised regions.”
The senator said StormFiber’s Fiber to The Home (FTTH) infrastructure would help fuel economic engine of the province as a whole, making everything from tele-medicine to remote workers a reality.
“Already, high-speed broadband has been a contributing factor in revitalisation and development of urban cities throughout the developed world and we hope to leverage the same for our province as well,” he added.
Cyber Internet Services Chief Operating Officer (COO) Maroof Ali Shahani highlighted the impact of increased fiber-optic broadband penetration on gross domestic product (GDP) of countries, concluding that both types of infrastructure, highways for transport and highways for information technology , carry equal importance on road to economic development.
“A better-connected Pakistan translates to an increase in GDP, an increase in overall tax collection, improvement in standard of living, and empowers vital facilities such as education, entrepreneurship and digital exports, including software-related outsourcing,” said the COO.
StormFiber has entered Quetta with coverage in some areas and intends to extend its reach into other parts of the city soon. The areas are Model Town, Shahbaz Town Phase I, II, III and IV, Jinnah Town, Samungli Housing Scheme, Arbab Town, Kakar Town, Lehri Gate and Gull Bagh.
Quetta is the seventh city added to StormFiber’s FTTH network, joining the ranks of Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Hyderabad, Faisalabad and Peshawar.
This is the fourth city to be energised by StormFiber within span of a year following launches in Multan and Hyderabad in July.
Access to reliable high-speed internet will bolster the city’s struggle for development, spurring growth in all sectors.
