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PJSC Rostelecom reported that the second part of the Trans-Eurasian fiber-optic communication line (FOCL) of the TEA NEXT project, which stretches 765 km from Moscow to St. Petersburg, is technically ready to begin commercial operation. The construction was carried out by Atlas LLC, a subsidiary of Rostelecom, which was established in 2020 to implement the entire TEA NEXT project.

The trans-Eurasian fiber-optic bangladesh whatsapp number database communication line TEA NEXT will connect the western and eastern borders of Russia with connections to the largest cities of the country and exits to the borders with Mongolia and China and the coastal station of underwater communication lines in Nakhodka. The project will connect Asia with Europe, offering a full-fledged alternative to marine cable systems from China through the Indian Ocean and Egypt. More than 1.3 thousand km of the route in the European part of the Russian Federation are already ready.

"Moscow and St. Petersburg are the main points of traffic generation and exchange, they are extremely important for both local and international clients. In this regard, at the earliest stage of the project, we ensure the line's connectivity with these points," Rostelecom's press service told a ComNews correspondent. "The cable is partially laid along the infrastructure of the M-11 Neva road under an agreement with Avtodor State Company and Avtodor Platnye Dorogi LLC."

also interacted with Avtodor. In 2021, a representative of GlobalNet LLC reported that the operator received a pair of fibers in Avtodor's cable along the M-11 highway. According to ComNews, before GlobalNet, another operator, MMTS LLC (Saratov), ​​was able to agree with Avtodor on creating a network along the highway: it received fibers from Avtodor in its optical cable along the M-4 Moscow-Voronezh highway.

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Yesterday, April 22, during the Transport Networks Russia & CIS (TransNet 2021) conference, organized by ComNews, market players discussed issues of using corporate infrastructure for laying fiber-optic communication lines, as well as problematic issues of using related infrastructure facilities for placing telecommunication networks.

"The new TEA NEXT fiber-optic communication line will be put into operation in stages. As a result, the total length of the land section on the territory of the country will be about 11 thousand km, which is a record distance for land trunk lines in the world. The cost of transmitting information in TEA NEXT will be significantly lower than in marine systems, due to the cable's throughput capacity and the technical solutions used," said Alexey Sapunov, Senior Vice President for Technical Infrastructure at Rostelecom.

Rostelecom has used two fibers of the new Moscow-St. Petersburg fiber-optic communication line for its own needs. The remaining fiber-optic infrastructure will be leased.

"Rostelecom is already offering potential customers for rent dark fibers (Dark Fiber, fibers not yet used for data transmission) and 100 Gbit/s channels on ready-made line segments with the possibility of placing active equipment along the FOCL route," noted Natalia Kryuchkova, Vice President for Work with Telecom Operators at Rostelecom. According to her, sections and objects of the new FOCL are serviced by special Rostelecom teams.

According to Rostelecom, in implementing the project the company used Russian-made components purchased from several factories that won the competition.

Construction of the first stage of the communication line connecting the cities of Idritsa in the Pskov region and Torzhok in the Tver region was completed at the end of 2022.

In December 2023, Rostelecom began construction of the third stage of the TEA NEXT fiber-optic communication line between the cities of Torzhok in the Tver Region and Kyakhta in the Republic of Buryatia on Russia's eastern border with Mongolia. Rostelecom plans that construction of this section, with a total length of about 6.3 thousand km, will be completed by the end of 2025.

"It is also planned to complete the first stage in its entirety by the end of 2025, extending the line to Mongolia and China. In 2026, the entire ground part of the communication line, which is part of the second stage of construction taking place on the territory of Russia, will be fully ready. In parallel, the necessary infrastructure will be provided for international extensions of the lines, which are part of the third stage of the project," the press service of Rostelecom reported.