Nayatel Explained
NayaTel (Pvt.) Ltd. |
Type: | Private |
Industry: | Telecommunications |
Founder: | Wahaj-us-Siraj |
Hq Location City: | Islamabad |
Hq Location Country: | Pakistan |
Area Served: | |
Key People: | - Wahaj-us-Siraj (CEO)
- Saad Saleem (COO)
- Aqeel Khurshid (CTO)
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Products: | |
Num Employees: | 2,300+ (2023) |
Nayatel is an Internet Service Provider (ISP) with its headquarters located in Islamabad, Pakistan. It was founded in 2006 and is currently led by CEO Wahaj-us-Siraj.[1]
It provides telephone, fiber-based broadband internet and television services to residential and corporate customers in nine cities across Pakistan.
History
Micronet Broaband (Pvt.) Limited (MBL) was Pakistan's first DSL operator, launched in July 2002 by co-founders Wahaj-us-Siraj and Saad Saleem.[2]
In 2006, Nayatel was created as a subsidiary of Micronet Broadband (Pvt.) Limited (MBL) as Pakistan's first Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) service provider.[3]
Nayatel's services were exclusive to the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, however, in 2016, they expanded to Faisalabad[4] [5] and in 2018, Peshawar was added to their coverage area.[6]
Products
Voice
Nayatel offers fixed-line telephone services as an option to all subscribers.[7]
Internet
Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) Internet is offered to residential consumers with plans ranging from 20 Mbit/s to 300 Mbit/s.
Network
In February 2020, Nayatel launched 10 Gbit/s XG-PON for corporate customers[8] and simultaneously began offering Fiber-to-the-Tower (FTTT) to Telenor Pakistan.[9]
Facebook partnered with Nayatel in 2021 to expand their fiber network across eight cities.[10] [11]
In 2023, Nayatel began rolling out IPv6 connectivity for both residential and corporate customers.[12]
Television
Standard definition (SD) television channels are offered through basic cable[13] and High-Definition (HD) television channels and a Video-on-Demand (VoD) platform are offered through a digital set-top-boxes branded 'Digital Box' and 'JoyBox'.[14] Their latest addition Android TV Box is a Google certified TV box that converts regular TV to smart TV.[15]
Nayatel Cloud
In addition to being an ISP, Nayatel operates a cloud computing service known as 'Nayatel Cloud' to promote local hosting.[16] [17]
References
- Shah . Syed Aamir Ali . Jajja . Muhammad Shakeel Sadiq . 2021-01-10 . Nayatel: Quality in DNA . Asian Journal of Management Cases . en . 097282012098223 . 10.1177/0972820120982239 . 0972-8201.
- Web site: 6 March 2019 . Rating Report - Nayatel (Pvt.) Limited . 29 August 2023 . The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Limited.
- Web site: Who We Are? . 2023-08-29 . Nayatel . en-US.
- Web site: 1 November 2016 . Nayatel is Launching FTTH Broadband in Faisalabad in Two Weeks . 29 August 2023 . ProPakistani.
- Web site: TechJuice . 2016-11-01 . Nayatel to launch fiber to home broadband in Faisalabad . 2024-05-27 . TechJuice . en-US.
- Web site: Deployment of Optic Fiber Network in Peshawar by NayaTel . 2023-08-29 . en-US.
- Web site: Fixed Line Telephony: PHONE . 2023-08-29 . Nayatel . en-US.
- Web site: 19 February 2023 . Nayatel Becomes First to Launch 10Gbps XG-PON in Pakistan . 29 August 2023 . ProPakistani.
- Web site: 18 February 2023 . Nayatel Connects 100+ Telenor Cell Sites on Fiber Optics . 29 August 2023 . ProPakistani.
- Web site: Reporter . The Newspaper's Staff . 2021-05-26 . Facebook partners with Nayatel for fibre network in Pakistan . 2023-08-29 . DAWN.COM . en.
- Web site: 2021-05-27 . Pakistan: Facebook and Nayatel to offer internet access to 15 million citizens across 8 cities . 2024-05-27 . gulfnews.com . en.
- Web site: 25 February 2023 . Nayatel Rolls Out IPv6 . 29 August 2023 . ProPakistani.
- Web site: Basic Cable . 2023-08-29 . Nayatel . en-US.
- Web site: Joy Box . 2023-08-29 . Nayatel . en-US.
- Web site: January 8, 2024 . Nayatel Expands Its Home Entertainment Solutions with the Launch of Android TV Box . May 27, 2024 . Propakistani.pk.
- Web site: Nayatel builds public cloud service with Charmed OpenStack . 2024-05-27 . Ubuntu . en.
- Web site: Nayatel deploys OpenStack Cloud . 2024-05-27 . www.thenews.com.pk . en.
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