SCO, Supernet bridging gap for Northern Areas

RAWALPINDI – Special communication organization (SCO) is the biggest telecom service provider in AJ&K and Northern Area. It is providing state-of-the-art digital telecom facilities based on fixed line as well as cellular in its area of responsibilities, says and press release.

Northern Areas of Pakistan have remained devoid of modern telecom facilities for a long time but over the past few years, SCO through the untiring efforts of its work force adopting new technologies has left no stone unturned to provide the latest telecom facilities such as Optical Fiber and satellite based as well as microwave backbone connectivity with rest of the Pakistan, reaching out to the far flung populace through WLL and Satellite communication and installation of a GSM network (SCOM) for these areas.

Supernet Limited, the largest Data Network Operator and ISP in Pakistan, a subsidiary of TeleCard limited which is Pakistan’s leading integrated telecom service provider has been awarded a contract for the design, implementation and operation of the huge VSAT network for the Northern Areas of Pakistan by SCO on 27th April 2006.

Supernet Limited will install three kind of VSAT network in Northern Areas to provide basic telephony services for Northern Areas, backhaul for provision of GSM services and another backhaul with the SCO international gateway exchange. All three networks will use transponder capacity on the PAKSAT–1 Satellite.

Source: Daily Nation, (May 18, 2006)