BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 20. A subsea cable
intended for the construction of a fiber-optic communication line
along the bottom of the Caspian Sea has been delivered to
Kazakhstan’s port of Kuryk, as reported by Samruk-Kazyna.
According to the statement, after customs procedures are
completed, the cable will be sent to Azerbaijan to begin
installation works. Locations for shore landing chambers have
already been determined along the future route in both Kazakhstan
and Azerbaijan.
The company noted that the subsea cable installation is
scheduled for summer 2026.
"Currently, horizontal directional drilling works are underway
on Kazakhstan’s coast. A protective cable conduit is being created
in the coastal rocky ground to connect the seabed with the shore
landing chamber. Once drilling is completed, a cable-laying vessel
approaching from Azerbaijan will pull the subsea cable through the
prepared channel for its subsequent connection to the coastal
station", the company said.
Azerbaijan’s AzerTelecom and Kazakhstan’s Kazakhtelecom signed a
memorandum of strategic partnership on the project to lay a
fiber-optic communication line along the Caspian Sea bed during an
international forum held in Astana in September 2022.
The project is being implemented as part of the broader Digital
Silk Way initiative aimed at creating a digital telecommunications
corridor between Europe and Asia.
