ISLAMABAD:( The COW News Digital)-Pakistan Telecommunications Limited (PTCL) has announced that damage to submarine cables in Saudi waters may impact internet services in the country during peak hours, reported TCND channel.
According to a statement shared on X platform on Saturday, country’s telecom giant said the submarine cable cuts near Saudi city Jeddah had impacted the partial bandwidth capacity SMW4 (South Asia-Middle East-West Asia) and IMEWE (India-Middle East-Western Europe) networks.
“Internet users in Pakistan may experience some service degradation during peak hours,” the PTCL statement said and added “Our international partners are working on priority to resolve the issue while our local teams are actively arranging alternative bandwidth to minimise the impact.”
This is not the first time that damage to undersea internet cables has affected internet services in Pakistan.
Internet users across Pakistan complained of slow service and hindered access to services throughout 2024. On January 3 this year, PTCL said teams were “diligently” working to resolved the matter of disruptions faced by users after a fault in the AAE-1 subsea internet cable connecting Pakistan slowed down the network speed in the country.
