This document summarizes Sumitomo Services in Pakistan provided by Litech Pakistan. Key points:
- Litech Pakistan is the authorized service provider for Sumitomo Electric Industries products in Pakistan since 2019.
- Major customers using Sumitomo splicers include telecom companies like Wateen, PTCL, and Telenor.
- Litech's team of 3 engineers have 7+ years experience servicing Sumitomo products in Pakistan.
- A specific plan for servicing 60 splicers to be provided to PTCL includes regional service centers, 10% stock of critical parts, annual maintenance visits, and courier services for transportation.
2. Introduction
• Litech Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd is the authorized partner and service
provider of Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (SEI) Japan in Pakistan
for its optical fiber related products and services.
• SEI has had a brand presence in Pakistan since 2010 and has been
providing authorized aftersales support to its Pakistani customers
through its partners since 2014.
• Litech Pakistan has been authorized after-sales partner for SEI since
2019 and has employed SEI trained and authorized
repair/maintenance and calibration engineers with more than
SEVEN years of servicing SEI products in Pakistan.
3. Sumitomo Splicers in Pakistan
• There are Sumitomo Splicers currently in use in Pakistan with following
distinguished end users:
– Wateen
– FWOCP
– Pakistan Airforce
– PTCL Cables
– Mobilink
– Telenor
– LTE
– NLC
– SCO
– 3rd party service providers
4. Sumitomo Services Team Pakistan
• Muhammad Aamir Khan
– Associated with Sumitomo in Pakistan since 2014.
– Trained for level 3 repair, maintenance and calibration.
– 16 years experience in business development, customer onboarding and technology sales.
• Abdul Qadeer
– Associated with Sumitomo in Pakistan since 2013
– Trained for level 3 repair, maintenance and calibration.
– 15 years experience in after-sales support, repair, maintenance, calibration, commissioning
and demos/training.
• Saad Bin Khalid
– Associated with Sumitomo in Pakistan since 2013
– Trained for level 3 repair, maintenance and calibration.
– 8 years experience in calibration, pre-sales management, demo/trainings, product
commissioning and solution design.
5. Sumitomo Services Record
• Splicer services were officially
started in end of 2014 by
authorized Sumitomo trained
engineers in Pakistan.
• Year on year service penetration
has increased as has customer
satisfaction with standard of
services.
Year No of Services
2015 27
2016 23
2017 32
2018 28
2019 25
2020 22
2021 68
6. PTCL Specific Services Plan
• Litech Pakistan will be providing 60 Sumitomo Splicers in first
lot to PTCL.
• 5% contingency backup (3 splicers) will be maintained by Litech
to facilitate PTCL as field backups for units returning or service.
• Main service centre will be maintained by Litech in its T&M
Services Laboratory in Islamabad.
• Regional Service/Collection centres will be maintained in
Karachi, Faisalabad and Lahore with more to follow in future.
7. PTCL Specific Services Plan
• Stock of critical parts will be
maintained at 10% of total
machines for timely
repair/maintenance executions.
S. No. Part Fault Frequency Criticality
1 Camera Unit Rare High
2 Electrode Base Rare High
3 Alignment Unit Rare High
4 Main Circuit Board Rare High
5 ARC Circuit Board Rare High
6 Power Board Rare High
7 LED Unit Rare High
8 Fiber Clamp Occasional High
9 Monitor Rare High
10 Motor Assemblies Rare High
11 Wind Hood Unit Occasional High
12 Keypad Common Medium
13 Oven Unit Rare Medium
14 Microscope Lens Protection Cover Rare Low
15 Diffuser Rare Low
16 Housing Kit Common Low
17 Rubber Bumper Kit Common Low
8. PTCL Specific Services Plan
• Each unit will be scheduled to return at least once a year to
Litech’s service centre for routine maintenance/calibration and
software patch installation/upgrades.
• Litech employs courier services of TCS and Daewoo cargo for
the quick and easy facilitation of its partners at PTCL