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By Aynur Jafarova

The participants of the Trans-Eurasian Information Super Highway (TASIM) have started the preparation of the business component of the project.

The news was announced by Azerbaijan's Communications and High Technologies Minister Ali Abbasov.

Currently, the TASIM project involves countries such as Russia (Rostelecom operator), Kazakhstan (KazTransCom operator), Turkey (TurkTelecom operator), and China (China Telecom operator). Azerbaijan is represented in the TASIM project by the Center for International Relations and Calculations under the Ministry of Communications and High Technologies.

The minister noted the preparation of the business component of the project is carried out in the framework of the Eurasian Alliance (Eurasian Connectivity Alliance - EuraCA).

The TASIM project envisions the creation of a major transit link from Frankfurt to Hong Kong. The line will connect the major centers of information exchange in Europe and Asia together, stretching through China, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, and Germany. A reserve North transit line will traverse the territory of Russia, Ukraine, and Poland.

A Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of the TASIM consortium was signed within the framework of the 19th international exhibition and conference BakuTel-2013 which was held in December in Baku.

In September 2013, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution supporting Azerbaijan's initiative on establishment of Eurasian Connectivity Alliance (EuraCA) and construction of TASIM.

TASIM will be implemented in two stages. The project is expected to come on stream at the cost of $100 million.

The length of TASIM will amount to 11,000 kilometers and its initial network bandwidth will reach 2 Tbit/s.