2009 is going to be a year of fibre network boom in Pakistan. Digital Solution today announces to become the distributor of Aspen Optics. To support the construction of a massive fibre optic infrastructure in Pakistan, Digital Solution will introduce fibre connectivity products from Aspen Optics, including media converters, fibre switches and next generation optical transceivers.

Ranking as the world s 6th largest, Pakistan has a population of 165 million, an urban ratio of 32.5 and average household size of 6.8 people. This represents a huge market for FTTX Fibre to the Home Premise Business . Cities like Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore are having strong demand for high speed fibre broadband from the government, financial and other commercial sectors.

The huge infrastructures of fibre network in Pakistan are expanding in full swing. Mobilink, TWA, Nayatel, Multinet, Wateen Telecom, Brain Tel and PTCL are active in fibre network advancement. Mobilink is having a fibre optic backbone of 8,500 km. TWA, a submarine fibre optic cable operator, specializing in end-to-end international connectivity, also constructed backbone fibre for Mobilink for domestic connectivity. Nayatel had introduced Pakistan s first Fibre-To-The-User FTTU network with advanced Next Generation Network NGN capability, offering data, voice and multimedia services in Islamabad. Multinet with over 4,500 km DWDM backbone is connecting fibre to 107 cities in Pakistan up to 100mbps. Wateen laid 5,500 km backbone network and Metro Rings providing Triple Play Data, Voice, Video services in most major cities. Brain Tel offers Quadplay Data, Voice, Video Surveillance in Lahore. PTCL started an exclusive FTTC Fibre-to-the-curb phone connections last year.

It is an important transformation, you can see great progress every day. In Pakistan, fibre is replacing copper to achieve high speed for Triple Play or Quadplay. You can imagine how promising fibre broadband is. Our partnership with Aspen Optics is a good news to both our carrier and enterprise customers , said Malik Naseer Ahmad, Managing Director of Digital Solution.

Digital Solution will start to distribute the full product range of Aspen Optics including MetroBlazer media converters, concentrators, distribution CPE switches as well as Geebic SFP, GBIC, Xenpak, 10GE X2 and XFP.

We are excited to see this great opportunity, to participate in such a big market growing so fast. In alliance with Digital Solution as our distributor, we are eager to make contribution to the industry by offering innovative products to help customers in Pakistan enjoy the best out of fibre connection , said David Whitney, Managing Director of Aspen Optics.

Digital Solution www.dsolpk.com is an exceptional solutions provider based in Lahore, Pakistan. It offers a comprehensive range of IT, telecom and security surveillance solutions aimed at small to medium sized enterprises SME , right through to larger organizations across a broad range of industry sectors throughout Pakistan. Digital Solution is Registered under the partnership Act, 1932.

Digital Solution provides cost effective IT Solutions to help customer expand their business. The diverse client base includes some of the best telecom service providers, educational institutions, software companies and numerous well known corporate firms. Years of cooperation proved that all the clients of Digital Solution are satisfied and have realized high returns from the services of Digital Solution. It is the strategy of Digital Solution to deploy leading-edge technology, high-quality research, and proprietary processes to consistently produce long-term superior results.

As a company capable of providing complete business solutions and infrastructure required to setup a new business, Digital Solution strives hard to understand customers needs and then create a customized package to solve their problems and help increase productivity. Committed to providing the most personalized solutions, the professional team of Digital Solution spends a lot of time working out strategies to consistently improve the services and products, delivering immediate benefits to customers.

Aspen Optics www.aspenoptics.com is a renowned provider of optical network connectivity products. Catering to the needs of global telecom carriers, network system integrators and distributors, Aspen Optics product line includes MetroBlazer media converters, concentrators, CPE and distribution switches as well as Geebic branded SFP, GBIC, Xenpak, XFP, 10GE X2 and other next generation optical transceivers.

Today, many of the most prominent telecom operators and world class enterprises rely on the performance and reliability of Aspen Optics products in their mission critical networks. Aspen Optics has valuable experience in offering clients high quality, carrier-grade tested products benefiting from its significant investment in an in-house testing facility in Hong Kong. Aspen Optics is now having distribution networks in The Middle East, USA, Africa, Europe and Asia Pacific.