ASTANA, Kazakhstan, January 25. The Trans-Caspian fiber-optic communication line along the bottom of the Caspian Sea between Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan will be built within two years, said Chairman of the Board of Kazakhtelecom JSC Kuanyshbek Yesekeyev, Trend reports.
He made the remark after a meeting with the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
"This year, we are starting design work for the construction of a Trans-Caspian fiber-optic communication line along the bottom of the Caspian Sea between Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. This is about 321 kilometers, which will be built within two years," he said.
Earlier, Kuanyshbek Yesekeyev informed Tokayev about the progress of work on the project.
Meanwhile, AzerTelecom and Kazakhtelecom, the leading telecommunications companies of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, signed a strategic partnership memorandum on the project of laying a fiber-optic cable line along the bottom of the Caspian Sea as part of the "Digital Bridge" international technological forum held in Astana in September 2022.
The document envisages a strategic partnership between the two operators within the framework of the Trans-Caspian Fiber-Optic cable project on the Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan route. The Trans-Caspian Fiber-Optic cable project is part of the large-scale "Digital Silk Way" project, which provides for the formation of a digital telecommunication corridor between Europe and Asia.