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Azerbaijan regards launching of private communications satellite as economically inexpedient Communications Minister

ICT Materials 20 February 2006 11:55 (UTC +04:00)

The launching of the communications satellite in Azerbaijan does not justify itself from the economic point- view, Trend quotes Ali Abbasov, the Azerbaijani Minister for Telecommunications and Information Technologies.

The minister said that at the moment the infrastructure of fiber-optic cable main TAE is enough developed in Azerbaijan.

If we can reach agreement with Kazakhstan on the construction of fiber-optic cable under the Caspian Sea and implement the plans in the nearest perspective, then the launching of communications satellite by Azerbaijan will not justify itself from the economic point- view, the Ministry of Communications said.

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