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NayaTel (Pvt.) Ltd.
Company typePrivate
IndustryIT & Telecommunications
Founded2006; 18 years ago (2006)
FounderWahaj-us-Siraj
Headquarters
Islamabad
,
Pakistan
Area served
Key people
  • Wahaj-us-Siraj (CEO)
  • Saad Saleem (COO)
  • Aqeel Khurshid (CTO)
Products
Number of employees
2,300+ (2023)
Websitewww.nayatel.com

Nayatel (Urdu: نیاٹیل) 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

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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

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Voice

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Nayatel offers fixed-line telephone services as an option to all subscribers.[7]

Internet

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Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) Internet is offered to residential consumers with plans ranging from 20 Mbit/s to 300 Mbit/s.

Network

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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

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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

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In addition to being an ISP, Nayatel operates a cloud computing service known as 'Nayatel Cloud' to promote local hosting.[16][17]

Controversy

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  • Nayatel was one of the ISPs at odds with the PTA over the proposed changes to the DNS in Pakistan.[18]
  • Nayatel took the PTA to court over discrimination in Azad Kashmir.[19]
  • Competition Commission of Pakistan found in favour of Nayatel against Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) in a Right of Way case.[20]
  • Nayatel submitted a complaint against PTCL with the PTA alleging blockage of traffic.[21]
  • Nayatel took up a case against the Army Heritage Foundation over Right of Way (ROW) charges.[22]

References

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  1. ^ Shah, Syed Aamir Ali; Jajja, Muhammad Shakeel Sadiq (2021-01-10). "Nayatel: Quality in DNA". Asian Journal of Management Cases: 097282012098223. doi:10.1177/0972820120982239. ISSN 0972-8201.
  2. ^ "Rating Report - Nayatel (Pvt.) Limited" (PDF). The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Limited. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Who We Are?". Nayatel. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  4. ^ "Nayatel is Launching FTTH Broadband in Faisalabad in Two Weeks". ProPakistani. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  5. ^ TechJuice (2016-11-01). "Nayatel to launch fiber to home broadband in Faisalabad". TechJuice. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  6. ^ "Deployment of Optic Fiber Network in Peshawar by NayaTel". Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  7. ^ "Fixed Line Telephony: PHONE". Nayatel. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  8. ^ "Nayatel Becomes First to Launch 10Gbps XG-PON in Pakistan". ProPakistani. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Nayatel Connects 100+ Telenor Cell Sites on Fiber Optics". ProPakistani. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  10. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2021-05-26). "Facebook partners with Nayatel for fibre network in Pakistan". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  11. ^ "Pakistan: Facebook and Nayatel to offer internet access to 15 million citizens across 8 cities". gulfnews.com. 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  12. ^ "Nayatel Rolls Out IPv6". ProPakistani. 25 February 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Basic Cable". Nayatel. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  14. ^ "Joy Box". Nayatel. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  15. ^ "Nayatel Expands Its Home Entertainment Solutions with the Launch of Android TV Box". Propakistani.pk. January 8, 2024. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
  16. ^ "Nayatel builds public cloud service with Charmed OpenStack". Ubuntu. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  17. ^ "Nayatel deploys OpenStack Cloud". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  18. ^ Ali, Kalbe (2022-06-05). "PTA at odds with ISPs over domain policy". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
  19. ^ Asad, Malik (2022-04-23). "Nayatel moves court against alleged discrimination by PTA". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
  20. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2022-12-20). "Pesco ordered to reverse increase in Right of Way charges". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
  21. ^ Gardezi, Ahsan (Feb 20, 2024). "PTA Asks Nayatel, PTCL, Zong and Telenor to Resolve Bandwidth Dispute Within 3 Days". ProPakistani. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
  22. ^ Nasir, Jehangir (Jul 2, 2024). "Govt Stops Army Heritage Foundation From Charging Ridiculous ROW Fees From Nayatel". ProPakistani. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
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