Azerbaijan, Austria to produce fiber-optic cable
By Nigar Orujova
An Austrian company offered to realize a joint project on fiber-optic cable production with Azerbaijan.
The proposal envisages construction of a plant of fiber-optic cable production. Relevant talks are underway between the companies.
The Azerbaijan Communications and High Technologies Ministry said a similar project on construction of fiber-optic cable production has been realized in Austria.
The next stage of project is continued within the principle of “Compliance of realization of the idea”. The Azerbaijani and Austrian companies jointly work on the project.
The two countries have signed relevant memorandum in 2011 on establishment of a joint venture for the production of fiber-optic communication lines with Austria.
The Working Group experts have met several times to specify parameters of the project.
Fiber optic technology is used widely in many surprising spheres and became an essential part of everyday lives of modern people. Optical fiber is used by many telecommunications companies to transmit telephone signals, Internet communication, and cable television signals.
This type of communication has large advantages over copper wire in long-distance and high-demand applications.
Azerbaijan has already started production of the fiber-optic in the country at Sumgayit Technology Park thus reducing its dependence on foreign optical fiber.
The Park launched production of fiber optic cables in the end of 2014. The production of the Park will be making it possible to fully meet domestic demands. The main advantage of local producers is an acceptable price for customers - about 30 percent less than the price of imported foreign analogues.
The demand for fiber optic cables is expected to increase substantially in the country with the implementation of the project for development of broadband Internet in Azerbaijani regions.
The ultimate goal of the project is to provide the country, including remote rural settlements, with high-speed Internet in the range of 30-100 Mbit/s, and to increase the number of broadband Internet users up to 85 percent from the current 70 percent.
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Nigar Orujova is AzerNews’s staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @o_nigar
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