Trans World Associates (Pvt.) Limited | |
Company type | Joint venture |
Industry | Telecommunications |
Founded | October 1, 1980 |
Headquarters | , Pakistan |
Area served | Pakistan |
Key people |
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Brands | Transworld Home |
Services | |
Number of employees | 750+ (2023) |
Website |
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Transworld Associates is a Tier-1 provider based in Pakistan. It is a joint-venture between Orastar Limited and the Oman based OMZEST Group. [1] Transworld owns and operates the 1,300 km submarine communications cable named TW1 that links Pakistan to the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
In addition to operating TW1, Transworld is also a consortium member of the SEA-ME-WE 5 submarine cable and maintains the landing point for the cable in Karachi, Pakistan. [2]
Transworld Associates was incorporated as a private company in Pakistan in October 1980. It was a subsidiary of Orascom Investment Holdings (OIH) S.A.E. In January 2022, OIH divested its shareholding to Orastar Limited. As of September 2023, Orastar Limited holds 90% shareholding in the company with the remaining 10% owned by the OMZEST Group. [3]
Transworld is the only operator in Pakistan which fully owns its submarine cable, TW1. They are also the consortium partner in SEA-ME-WE 5 and the upcoming SEA-ME-WE 6 [4] and have additional capacity on the SEA-ME-WE 4 and AAE-1 cables. [5]
TW peers with Equinix, Cogent Communications and Telecom Italia through the DE-CIX in Frankfurt, Germany over a 100G link. [5] [6] [7] They also have peering and interconnect agreements in Asia and the Middle East through Etisalat by e& and Omantel. [6]
Transworld Enterprise Services (TES) Pvt Ltd was incorporated in February 2011 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Transworld Associates. [8]
It was commercially launched in 2017 as Transworld Home, a residential Internet Service Provider (ISP) offering Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) services in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. [9] They offer plans ranging from 30 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s. [10]
TWA offers numerous services as a Tier-1 provider, including IP Transit, MPLS and DDoS protection. [11]