{"id":44999,"date":"2025-09-26T20:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T20:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/44999\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T20:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T20:06:07","slug":"pta-approves-adoption-of-next-gen-wifi-7-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/44999\/","title":{"rendered":"PTA approves adoption of next-gen WiFi 7 &#8211; Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) on Friday approved the adoption of the latest WiFi generation, WiFi 7, making it one of the first nations in the Asia-Pacific region to use the network.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release, WiFi 7 and future generations will operate on the 6 GHz network band, underscoring Pakistan\u2019s commitment to digital innovation and leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWi-Fi 7 delivers ultra-high data rates, low latency, and robust reliability, enabling 8K streaming, AR\/VR, and industrial automation,\u201d the press release read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy easing congestion in legacy bands and reducing broadband delivery costs, it will strengthen connectivity for households, SMEs (small-medium enterprises), campuses, healthcare, and smart cities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This development comes a week after Information and Technology Secretary Zarrar Hasham said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1942974\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">restoring<\/a> damaged undersea internet cables may take four to five weeks.<\/p>\n<p>During a meeting of the National Assembly\u2019s Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication, while responding to a query raised about slow internet and disruptions, the IT secretary replied that multiple cables had been cut off the coast of Yemen, affecting internet services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) on Friday approved the adoption of the latest WiFi generation, WiFi 7, making&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[342,111,139,69,19386,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-44999","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-press-release","13":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}