Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan will pave the Internet through the Caspian Sea, the Ministry of Digital Development of Kazakhstan said.
According to the department, as part of the agreement between the governments of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, it is planned to build fiber-optic communication lines (Vols) at the bottom of the Caspian Sea.
Epitiborders investing in the construction of the Vols their own funds. The preliminary cost is $ 40 million. The length of the cable along the bottom of the sea will be about 380-400 km. The design capacity of data transmission will be at least 4-6 tbit/s.
From the Azerbaijani side, the project operator is Azertelecom. The project provides for the transit of the Internet traffic on the territory of Kazakhstan and on the underwater cable to Azerbaijan with further access to Europe. It will contribute to the strengthening of the transit potential of countries, both due to an increase in transit capacities and due to their diversification, as well as create an alternative traffic transit route.
Note that this digital infrastructure project is part of a large -scale project “Digital Silk Way), connecting Europe with Aszia through Azerbaijan, which is implemented by Azertelecom.
Azertelecom is part of the international group of companies Neqsol Holding.