Overview
- PTCL begins a seven-day maintenance Monday on one international submarine cable that could slow service during evening peak hours.
- The company said an international cable consortium will repair a fault on the affected link.
- PTCL warned that homes and businesses may see brief drops or higher lag in video calls, streaming, cloud apps, and online gaming during busy hours.
- This is the second planned window in two months after a similar April 14–20 repair that also caused temporary slowdowns.
- Because submarine cables carry most of Pakistan’s overseas internet traffic, planned fixes can create short slowdowns to keep links stable for the long term as 5G rollouts begin following a March spectrum auction that raised $507 million.