Laying Underwater Fiber Optic Communication Line In Caspian Sea To Begin In 2023
Date
10/27/2022 7:09:28 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 27. The laying of an
underwater fiber optic communication line (FOCL) in Caspian Sea
will commence in 2023, Minister of Digital Development, Innovations
and Aerospace industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bagdat Musin
said at the 'ICTWeek Uzbekistan 2022' event in Samarkand, reports.
'The project will provide the regional countries with
alternative internet access, as well as expand the Europe-Asia
traffic. Kazakhtelecom will work in partnership with AzerTelecom
LLC – from Azerbaijan,' Musin noted.
The project design is currently in progress, which will be
followed by relevant studies and the FOCL laying along the bottom
of the Caspian Sea. The cable length will exceed 340 kilometers,
while the redundant channel running from Kazakhstan's Kuryk Port to
Buzovna (near Baku) will be around 330 kilometers.
Musin added that this idea is of interest to all Central Asia
countries, since alternative ways will provide better internet even
to the most remote places of the region.
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