Fibre optic cable will be laid and DWDM transmitting receiving equipment, which allows transmit several information channels by one fibre optic cable, will be installed on the bottom of Caspian Sea by Turkmenistan Azerbaijan route.
Relative Agreement between the Governments of two countries has been signed in Ashgabat in November 2019 while the Memorandum of Understanding for construction, ownership and operation of fibre optic communication line across Caspian Sea along Turkmenistan Azerbaijan route has been signed between Türkmentelekom Communication Company and AzerTelecom LLC during the visit of the government delegation of Turkmenistan chaired by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to Baku on March 11 this year.
Agreements on establishment of working group for implementation of this innovative project, which to include specialists from both countries, have also been reached.
According to specialists of Türkmenaragatnaşyk Agency, new fibre optic communication line is very important in the context of development of information and communication technologies and will support activation of the dialog between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan in this sphere as well as to regional cooperation. Partnership will become the base for exchange of practice and knowledge, improvement of information activity.
Using the fastest modern communication technology, Turkmen specialists will be able to make high-speed internet connections with European countries and to transmit bigger volume of date to the distance measures in hundreds of kilometres using latest receiving and transmitting equipment.
At the same time, they will be able not only to enter European direction but also to give transit for data, internet and voice transfer to other countries like Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Iran and Afghanistan.
The volume of transmitted data will increase and reserved channels for information flow will be available.