OREANDA-NEWS. August 23, 2007. Leading Kazakhstan operator of connection Kazakhtelecom JSC starts the building of fiber-optic link line (FOLL) "Uralsk - board of Russia", reported the press-centre of KASE.

Presentation of the given project was held on August 23, 2007 in Uralsk with participation of Akim of Western-Kazakhstan region Nurgali Ashimov, Chairman of board of Kazakhtelecom JSC Askar Djumagaliyev, General director of Western-Kazakhstan direction of telecommunications Sagingali Abirov.

The Contractor of building FOLL is Kazakhstan company Bitelecom. For realization of project Kazakhtelecom JSC invested 230 m. tenge of own funds. Building of link line with length of 70 km. will finish in November-December of the current year, as the result of which will take place the joint of part of NFSL with network of telecommunications of Russian connection operators. So will be organized the third point of NFSL exiting to Russia. Let us remind that first joint was made in year 1999 after introduction of FOLL "Petropavlovsk - Kormilovka" (Russia). Second - in December 2001 with introduction of Western FOLL NFSL "Shymkent - Kyzylorda - Aktobe -
Atyrau - board with Russia".

The specified project is realizing in the frames of Program of development of Kazakhtelecom JSC for years 2007-2009 and Strategy of company's technical development for years 2007-2010. In the given documents one of primary directions of activity of Kazakhtelecom JSC is effective realization of transit potential of republic. For application of advantageous geographical situation of Kazakhstan in the center of Eurasian region and its transit potential Kazakhtelecom JSC conducts the large work for realization of possibility of traffic transferring between Asia and Europe by the shortest way - through network of the company with provision of high reliability and quality of servicing.

Except this as the result of realization of the project population of western, strategically important oil-gas providing region of the country will be provided with qualitative digital intercities and international connection, will receive wide access to different new types of telecommunication services.

In the frames of creation of NFSL Kazakhtelecom JSC in the end of July of the current year had finished the building of FOLL "Aktobe - Uralsk" with length 575 km. Volume of investments of the company to building of given line of connection made 1,380 m. tenge. As the result of project realization population of Western-Kazakhstan and Aktubinskaya regions will be provided with qualitative digital intercities and international connection and also will receive the access to different new types of telecommunication services.

In July of current year Kazakhtelecom JSC had started the building of last part of FOLL "Uralsk - Atyrau" with length 525 km. Into realization of project the company invested 1,435 m. tenge from own funds.

Along with widening of capacity of existing joints and building of new near-boundary transfers with networks of foreign operators Kazakhtelecom JSC currently is successfully finishing the modernization of its main line with application of DWDM technologies, which gives an opportunity to significantly increase the carrying capacity of link channels.

Thus it should be noted that currently the process of creation of bases for telecommunication infrastructure of the country comes to finish. By its turn it gives an opportunity for successful realization of important governmental programs - for creation of "electronic government" and reduction of informational inequality among population. Except this NFSL lets to provide the integration of our state to world information space.