(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) AzerTelecom and Kazakhtelecom, the leading telecommunications
companies of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, have signed an 'Agreement
on the terms of cooperation' within the framework of the project on
laying a fiber-optic communication line (FOCL) along the bottom of
the Caspian Sea. The agreement is the essential document of the
strategic partnership and defines the main terms of cooperation
between the two companies within the framework of the previously
signed memorandum.
The Trans-Caspian Fiber-Optic Communication Line project along
the bottom of the Caspian Sea on the Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan route is
part of the large-scale“Digital Silk Way” project, which envisages
the formation of digital telecommunication corridor between Europe
and Asia.
“The implementation of this project is very important for both
Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. For Kazakhstan and Asian countries this
is a new alternative route, as well as an improvement of the
network connectivity and reliability, while for Azerbaijan it means
a transformation into a regional digital hub. The historic Silk Way
is being digitally reborn, and this route will allow transmission
of hundreds of terabytes of information. This will accelerate the
development of data storage and processing infrastructure along the
entire route. The transmission of data flows from Asia to Europe
through Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan will create new opportunities for
the development of digital business in the region,” said Sergey Nazarenko, Chief Operations Officer at
AzerTelecom.
Telecom operators are confident that the project will serve as a
driver to accelerate the formation of a new digital
telecommunications corridor and help reach a higher level of
development of a high-speed and secure data transmission
infrastructure, as well as strengthen trade and other ties.
“The FOCL laying project is very important for Kazakhstan. With
its implementation, we will get an additional access to
international traffic and a new channel, which will ensure the
transit of the global traffic flow from Asian countries through
Kazakhstan and via a submarine cable to Azerbaijan with further
access to Europe through Georgia, the Black Sea, and Bulgaria. In
addition, within this project, we will be able to simultaneously
create other large infrastructure projects, such as a superhighway
or, for example, the construction of new Data Centers. As a result
of the development of such projects, Kazakhstan will become
interesting and promising for major international players,” noted Almat Karamanov, Chief Executive Officer B2B at
Kazakhtelecom JSC.
The operators intend to complete the largest project in the
Caucasus and Central Asia for the construction of a fiber-optic
communication line along the bottom of the Caspian Sea on the
Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan route by the end of next year. A high-level
design (HLD) has already been developed, a detailed roadmap has
been approved and after the feasibility study the construction of
'optics' along the bottom of the Caspian Sea will be implemented.
The main route of the submarine line will run from Aktau
(Kazakhstan) to Siyazan (Azerbaijan) with the total length of more
than 340 kilometers. A reserve channel with length of about 330
kilometers will be laid from the Kazakh port of Kuryk to Buzovna,
near Baku.
AzerTelecom, part of NEQSOL Holding, is the leading
communication operator of Azerbaijan connecting the country with
the global Internet network.
Kazakhtelecom is the largest telecommunications company in
Kazakhstan, with the status of a national telecommunications
operator.
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