Cyber Internet Services
{{Short description|Internet service provider in Pakistan}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Cyber Internet Services
| logo = Cyber Internet Services Logo.svg
| trading_name = CYBERNET
| type = Subsidiary
| industry = Telecommunications
| founded = 1997
| hq_location_city = Karachi
| hq_location_country = Pakistan
| num_locations = 20 cities
| area_served = Pakistan
| key_people = {{plainlist|
}}
| brands = StormFiber
| services = {{plainlist|
- Tier 1 network
- Data center
- Broadband
- Internet
- IPTV
- HDTV
- Telephone
- Dark fibre
- Multiprotocol Label Switching
- Cloud computing
}}
| num_employees = 2,600+
| num_employees_year = 2024
| website = {{URL|http://www.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',{{Cite web |last=Dawn.com |date=2019-04-17 |title=Pakistan's internet capacity to be increased by 96 Tb/s with new submarine cable system |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1476691 |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |title=AS9541 - PeeringDB |url=https://www.peeringdb.com/net/18556 |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=www.peeringdb.com |language=en}}
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.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-12 |title=PTA Annual Report 2023 |url=https://www.pta.gov.pk/assets/media/pta_annual_report_12022024.pdf |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Pakistan Telecommunication Authority}}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-18 |title=Nokia and Cybernet deploy Pakistan's first 600G commercial network |url=https://www.nokia.com/about-us/news/releases/2023/10/18/nokia-and-cybernet-deploy-pakistans-first-600g-commercial-network/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Nokia}}
In July 2021, Cybernet rolled out IPv6 across its network making it one of the first ISPs in Pakistan to deploy IPv6.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-16 |title=StormFiber Deploys IPv6 Across Its Network |url=https://propakistani.pk/2021/07/16/stormfiber-deploys-ipv6-across-its-network/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=ProPakistani}}
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.{{Cite web |title=About Cybernet |url=https://cyber.net.pk/about-cybernet/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=www.cyber.net.pk |archive-date=2024-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509143446/https://cyber.net.pk/about-cybernet/ |url-status=dead }}
Outages
Cybernet suffered an outage on December 1, 2019, due to a fire at its headquarters.{{Cite web |last=Dawn.com |date=2019-12-01 |title=Fire breaks out at Cybernet-StormFiber Karachi head office, no casualties reported |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1519863 |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}
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.{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=The Newspaper's Staff |date=2022-12-20 |title=Pesco ordered to reverse increase in Right of Way charges |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1727236 |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=Dec 19, 2022 |title=PESCO to Pay Rs. 75 Million Fine or Right of Way to 2 Companies |url=https://propakistani.pk/2022/12/19/pesco-to-pay-rs-75-million-fine-or-right-of-way-to-2-companies/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |work=ProPakistani}}
- StormFiber employees were attacked by local cable operators in Lahore{{Cite news |date=Sep 16, 2022 |title=Cable Operator Opens Fire on StormFiber's Lahore Team |url=https://propakistani.pk/2022/09/16/cable-operator-opens-fire-on-stormfibers-lahore-team/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |work=ProPakistani}}
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.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-02 |title=StormFiber Launches its Ultra-Fast Broadband in Gujrat, Abbottabad and Okara |url=https://propakistani.pk/2022/06/02/stormfiber-launches-its-ultra-fast-broadband-in-gujrat-abbottabad-and-okara/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=ProPakistani}}{{Cite web |title=StormFiber - Check availability |url=https://stormfiber.com/check-availability/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=www.stormfiber.com |archive-date=2024-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725055943/https://stormfiber.com/check-availability/ |url-status=dead }}
It has plans ranging from 20 Mbit/s to 120 Mbit/s, as well as additional services like landline telephone and high-definition IPTV.{{Cite web |title=StormFiber - Plans |url=https://stormfiber.com/plans/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=www.stormfiber.com |archive-date=2024-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529000107/https://stormfiber.com/plans/ |url-status=dead }}
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