TASIM project discussed in Moscow
The project Trans-Eurasian Information Super Highway was
discussed in the Telecom and Mass Communications Ministry of the
Russian Federation in Moscow on February 25.
Representatives from Rostelecom, TransTelecom and MTS discussed
current state and future prospects of the project, AzerTag state
news agency reported.
TASIM project envisages laying of a modern highway network covering
Eurasian countries from Western Europe to Eastern Asia.
It is planned to construct telecom transit between China and Europe
through the territories of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkey.
Possibility to construct underwater cable between Kazakhstan and
Azerbaijan on the bottom of Caspian Sea is also being
considered.
The parties noted the need for further discussion of Russia’s role
in this project.
The declaration on TASIM was adopted at the Regional Ministerial
Meeting in Baku on November 11, 2008.
The project was also discussed at the 41st session of the Board of
the Communications Administration Heads of the Regional
Commonwealth in the field of Communications in 2009.
Participants of the project carry out regular meetings. As a
result, a number of agreements and memorandums were signed.
