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By Aynur Jafarova

The next presentation of "Trans-Eurasian Information Super Highway" (TASIM) project will be held in Astana as part of a joint meeting of representatives of the Regional Commonwealth in the field of Communications (RCC) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on July 15-16.

The presentation will include the activities that have been carried out so far in Azerbaijan under TASIM project and upcoming tasks and challenges relating to the implementation of the project.

The sides will exchange views on future plans, forthcoming challenges, current problems and other ICT-related issues.

The meeting participants will be provided with thorough information about the ICT projects and actives that have been implemented in each of RCC member states.

The meeting is also expected to adopt decisions on RCC's internal activity, including the introduction of amendments and supplements to normative documents and the election of RCC executive staff.

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.