(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 23. Kazakhstan
continues the work on laying a fiber-optic communication line
(FOCL) along the bottom of the Caspian Sea, which will link
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, Kuanyshbek Yessekeyev, Chairman of the
Board of Kazakhtelecom, said, trend reports, citing the press service of the
President.
The statement was made during the meeting between Kuanyshbek
Yessekeyev and Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the President of
Kazakhstan.
The matter of creating stable 5G connectivity was also discussed
during the meeting. Kazakhtelecom plans to construct around 7,000
towers providing 5G connectivity around the country. The company
aims to commission 486 towers in 2023 in Shymkent, Astana, and
Almaty.
President Tokayev revealed that the implementation of
communications projects is a critical element of economic and
social growth.
The project on laying the FOCL is being carried out in
cooperation with AzerTelecom, as a part of a“Digital Silk Way”
project, which envisages the formation of a digital
telecommunication corridor between Europe and Asia. 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
FOCL in January 2023.
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