Paknet

Infobox_Company
company_name = Paknet Limited
company_type = Public
location_city = Islamabad
location_country = PAKISTAN
industry = Internet Service Provider
homepage = [http://www.paknet.com.pk/index.htm PAKNET]

Paknet Limited, a fully owned Subsidiary of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd, is biggest Internet Service Provider in PakistanFact|date=August 2007. Besides Internet Paknet also provides data communication services like Clear Channel data links, Frame Relay and Digital Circuits on Optical fiber cross connect systems etc. From December 31, 2007 Paknet Limited has been merged into to PTCL and now all assets and users are managed by PTCL Internet Division. According to an official survey conducted by the telecom regulator PTA (results of which appeared 3 July 2006), Paknet enjoys the number 1 or number 2 position in 75% regions of Pakistan for its- quality of services. The company has taken its ranking up by an average of 7 positions in metropolitan cities like Karachi and Lahore PTA

History

Paknet made a fresh start with an Internet customer base of 6000 as of January 2000 and successfully achieved the target of its first year business plan of 50,000 Internet customers. Currently Paknet has a customer base of more than 1,30,000.

Services

*INSTANT ACCESS 56k dialup

*CORPORATE SERVICES Paknet offers X.25 and Frame Relay Service connectivity for organizations requiring secure data communication between their different sites

*ISDN ISDN provides speed up to 64 kbit/s and 128 kbit/s with low costs. 64 kbit/s supports a network of 20-30 users while 128 kbit/s supports a network of 30-50 users logged to internet at the same time.

Static IP connectivity dialup customers get their own dedicated IP for their personalized access

See also

Pakistan Telecommunication Company

External links

* http://www.paknet.com.pk/index.html