1. In The New Geopolitical Reality
Perfect B2B
Telecommunications
TASIM Role
In The New Geopolitical Reality
April 2014

2. Timeline Proposed 2008 by Gov. of Azerbaijan
Endorsed by UN General Assembly Resolution Dec. 2009
Project Group launched Apr. 2010
International Workshop on TASIM, Project Secretariat established Jul 2011
21st of December, 2012, UN General Assembly unanimously adopted a new resolution (A/Res/67/194), which contributed to the update of political support of the UN for project TASIM
3rd of December, 2013, Preliminary Agreement has signed by China Telecom, IR&AC, KazTransCom, Rostelecom, Turk Telekom

3. TASIM WWW

4. Main Goals
Deployment of one of the shortest transit “Asia – Europe” route
Increasing of revenue provision and additional value adding services for European, Caucasian, Middle East, Central Asia countries, and furthermore Turkey and China
Substantial alternative transit opportunities for European, Middle East and Turkish carriers to bypass Russia
Redundant “Asia – Europe” transit route deployment via Kazakhstan territory

5. Project Parts
Project has splitted into 4 parts due to terrestrial partnership method:
1. Chinese part. With ChinaTelecom partnership. The route – Hong Kong – Urumqi – China-Kazakhstan border
2. Kazakhstani part. The route – Kazakhstan-China border – Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan Caspian marine border
3. Caucasus part. With IRAC of MTIT AR partnership. The route - Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan Caspian marine border – Istanbul
4. European part. With Turk Telekom Int. partnership. The route - Istanbul – Frankfurt

6. Projected Route

7. Competitors (DE – PL) – UA – RU – KZ – CN (DE – AT – HU – RO – BG) –
(TK – GE) – AZ – KZ – CN

8. Competitors

9. Volumes vs Money

10. Chinese Part New Urumqi POP has deployed in May 2012
China Telecom has optimized its netwоrk topology and decreased latency with ms from Urumqi to Hong Kong
100% redundancy provided by China Telecom

11. Caucasus Part - Route Submarine cable route
via Kinderli (Republic of Kazakhstan) to Siazan (Azerbaijan Republic)

12. European Part
100% redundancy all over European part of Project

13. Risks
Till now the Status of Caspian Sea is not legitimized
Traffic volumes are still unknown
Route is still not optimized for competitive RTD

14. Thank You For Your Attention !

15. RTDs

16. RTDs