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Cyber Internet Services

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Cyber Internet Services
CYBERNET
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded1997
Headquarters,
Number of locations
20 cities
Area served
Pakistan
Key people
  • Danish Ali Lakhani (CEO)
  • Maroof Ali Shahani (COO)
BrandsStormFiber
Services
Number of employees
2,600+ (2024)
Websitewww.cyber.net.pk

Cyber Internet Services Private Limited, typically referred to as Cybernet is a B2B Internet service provider (ISP) based in Karachi, Pakistan. It is a subsidiary of the Lakson Group of Companies.

Cybernet became a Tier-1 provider in November 2022 by launching their own submarine communications cable project called 'PEACE',[1] connecting Pakistan to Europe, Southeast Asia, East Africa and the Middle East.

Network

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Cybernet peers with Equinix in Singapore and Muscat as well as with DE-CIX in Frankfurt and Marseille. They also have peering and interconnect agreements with networks in the Middle East, through Etisalat by e& and Omantel.[2]

They own and operate the PEACE submarine cable that lands in Karachi, providing them with over 600 Gbit/s of bandwidth, which can be expanded to almost three times that amount based on its currently installed capacity of 1.6 Tbit/s.[3][4]

In July 2021, Cybernet rolled out IPv6 across its network making it one of the first ISPs in Pakistan to deploy IPv6.[5]

StormFiber - A brand of Cybernet

Services

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Cybernet offers various connectivity solutions such as dedicated fiber internet, data center services, web hosting and cloud computing to SMEs and large companies across Pakistan.[6]

Outages

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Cybernet suffered an outage on December 1, 2019, due to a fire at its headquarters.[7]

Controversy

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  • Cybernet, together with Nayatel took PESCO to court for abusing its dominant position by increasing Right of Way charges by 10 times. Cybernet won the case in December 2022.[8][9]
  • StormFiber employees were attacked by local cable operators in Lahore[10]

StormFiber

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StormFiber is Cybernet's consumer facing brand that offers Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) internet to residential users. They have coverage in over 20 cities across Pakistan.[11][12]

It has plans ranging from 20 Mbit/s to 120 Mbit/s, as well as additional services like landline telephone and high-definition IPTV.[13]

References

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  1. ^ Dawn.com (2019-04-17). "Pakistan's internet capacity to be increased by 96 Tb/s with new submarine cable system". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  2. ^ "AS9541 - PeeringDB". www.peeringdb.com. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  3. ^ "PTA Annual Report 2023" (PDF). Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. 2024-02-12. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  4. ^ "Nokia and Cybernet deploy Pakistan's first 600G commercial network". Nokia. 2023-10-18. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  5. ^ "StormFiber Deploys IPv6 Across Its Network". ProPakistani. 2021-07-16. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  6. ^ "About Cybernet". www.cyber.net.pk. Archived from the original on 2024-05-09. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  7. ^ Dawn.com (2019-12-01). "Fire breaks out at Cybernet-StormFiber Karachi head office, no casualties reported". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  8. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2022-12-20). "Pesco ordered to reverse increase in Right of Way charges". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  9. ^ "PESCO to Pay Rs. 75 Million Fine or Right of Way to 2 Companies". ProPakistani. Dec 19, 2022. Retrieved 2024-08-26.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Cable Operator Opens Fire on StormFiber's Lahore Team". ProPakistani. Sep 16, 2022. Retrieved 2024-08-26.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "StormFiber Launches its Ultra-Fast Broadband in Gujrat, Abbottabad and Okara". ProPakistani. 2022-06-02. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  12. ^ "StormFiber - Check availability". www.stormfiber.com. Archived from the original on 2024-07-25. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  13. ^ "StormFiber - Plans". www.stormfiber.com. Archived from the original on 2024-05-29. Retrieved 2024-08-20.