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Internet service provider in Pakistan
Cyber Internet Services
Trade nameCYBERNET
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded1997
HeadquartersKarachi, Pakistan
Number of locations20 cities
Area servedPakistan
Key people
  • Danish Ali Lakhani (CEO)
  • Maroof Ali Shahani (COO)
BrandsStormFiber
Services
Number of employees2,600+ (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', connecting Pakistan to Europe, Southeast Asia, East Africa and the Middle East.

Network

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.

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.

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

StormFiber - A brand of Cybernet

Services

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.

Outages

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

Controversy

  • 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.
  • StormFiber employees were attacked by local cable operators in Lahore

StormFiber

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.

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

References

  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.
  10. "Cable Operator Opens Fire on StormFiber's Lahore Team". ProPakistani. Sep 16, 2022. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
  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.
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