Azerbaijan, Baku, April 26 / Trend H. Valiyev /
The network infrastructure of a submarine cable line, connecting the Persian Gulf region, may be used as a reserve channel for the sustainability of AzNET segment, Delta Telecom technical director Rahid Alekberli said, commenting on the recent agreement reached between the companies Gulf Bridge International (GBI) and the Telecommunication Infrastructure Company of Iran (TIC) for laying an underwater fiber-optic cable line linking Iran and the Persian Gulf region with India and the Far East through the eastern route to Europe through the western route.
Alekberli said that today Azerbaijan does not consider key use of resources of submarine cable routes, as the stability of submarine infrastructure in relation to land ones are much lower and the elimination of failures in undersea cable networks take up to 20 days.
"Many countries use the resources of underwater cable lines in the absence of terrestrial infrastructure. In case of necessity network infrastructure of GBI and the TIC can be used as a reserve to increase AzNET security segment, but not as key infrastructure", Alekberli told Trend.
Today Azerbaijan is using the resources of land cable routes. Traffic comes to Azerbaijan from three directions. The first two directions are from Russia and Turkey. They are used as key, and Iran's network infrastructure is used as a reserve.
The project of laying a submarine cable line GBI and the TIC at the request of the parties will connect infrastructures of Central Asian countries, including Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan.
GBI cable lines will be laid to ensure sustainability for service providers and other telecommunications companies both in the region and around the world. GBI Cable System will connect all countries of the Persian Gulf and provide further growth to connect to Europe and Asia. GBI cable line in the trial operation with planned capacity of up to five Tbit per second and the term of exploitation of up to 25 years will be launched in 2011.