The 380-kilometer cable will run along the Caspian seabed between Sumgayit, Azerbaijan, and Aktau, Kazakhstan. With a data transmission capacity of up to 400 terabits (Tbps) per second, it will create a high-speed, low-latency digital link connecting Europe and Asia. The Trans-Caspian Fiber Optic Cable is a backbone fiber-optic cable between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Central Asian Republics through the bottom of the Caspian Sea, being an Asian part of the mega Digital Silk Way project, and creating a digital telecommunications corridor between Europe. Trans-Caspian fiber-optic cable project due to be completed by late 2026. Specialists prepare to lay a fiber-optic cable beneath the Caspian Sea. At the end of 2018, telecommunication operators AzerTelecom of Azerbaijan and Transtelecom and KazTransCom of Kazakhstan signed a Memorandum of.
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