Kazakhtelecom completed assembling of two route segments of Asia- Europe fiber-optic line

/IRBIS, Nov 15, 00/ - The Kazakhtelecom has completed assembling and construction of two sectors of the Asia-Europe fiber-optic line. The project is executed jointly with Siemens AG. The extension of the Western Kazakhstan segment is 2,540 km. It is planned to accomplish construction by year 2001. The Kazakhstan route consists of following segments: Chymkent - Kyzyl-Orda - Aktubinsk - Atyrau. In Russia it will be connected with Rostov-na-Danu - Astrakhan line. The total cost of the project is estimated to be equals to DEM63 mln ($27.7 mln). Kazakhstan has for the first time implemented STM-16 data transmission system that could simultaneously provide 30,000 telephone channels. The line will be able to transmit all type of information. Twenty three district centres will be provided with digital telephone stations. The total length of Kazakhstan line is around 10,000 km. This is the shortest communication traffic from Europe to China, Japan, and the rest of Suth- East Asia. It will also provide transit services to Central Asia and Russia and the rest of CIS. Using materials of Almaty office of REUTERS.