Iran & Pakistan sign fiber-optic connection MOU
Iran & Pakistan sign fiber-optic connection MOU
May 17, 2007 3:38 PM

Tehran, May 16, Taliya News – Managing Director of Telecom Infrastructure Company and Managing Director of Pakistan’s MTC Company signed a memorandum of understanding for connection of two countries’ fiber-optic networks her Monday.
According to IT Desk reporter of IRNA, the one million dollar project would be executed based on latest technological achievements.
The capacity of the project is declared to be 64 STM1 links.
Pakistan Embassy’s Economic Attaché in Iran Hessam Jedoun focusing on the matter said, “In order to connect its fiber-optic cable to Iran’s Pakistan has so far laid 900 kilometers of fiber-optic cable from Karachi to Gaudery Port, and from there to Giovanni Port, through the land routes.”
Pointing out that in order to connect the two countries fiber-optic networks to one another three routs have been chosen, he said, “Technician delegations of the two countries would in near future inspect those routs and the final decision on the matter would be adopted on one of them.”
Jedoun said that the first priority for fiber optic network connection between the two countries is the Giovanni-Chabahar route along path of the Iran-Pakistan road, adding, “There is also another proposal for laying them over the high voltage electricity cables.”
According to the Telecom Infrastructure Company, the 3rd proposed path, too, is along the former land border of the two countries.

Labels: fibre optic, Infrastructure

- posted @ Saturday, May 19, 2007