Perfect B2B
Telecommunications
TASIM Role
In The New Geopolitical Reality
October 2015
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
 
 
 
 
2 TASIM ceremony
MoU signing ceremony TASIM MoU signing
MoU signing ceremony, 3 Dec, 2013
3 Competitors
(DE – PL) – UA – RU – KZ – CN •  (DE – AT – HU – RO – BG) – •  (TK – GE) – AZ – KZ – CN 4 Center of gravity
1.  Political turbulence in the wider region of the Middle East;
2.  Turkmenistan Parliament ratified a treaty with Kazakhstan on a border recognition in the
Caspian sea on 26th of May, 2015;
3.  Three sides consultations between political leadership of Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and
Turkey;
4.  Oil price has slumped almost two folds.
5 New W. Asia/Middle East Networks
  2010:2013, four new interregional terrestrial networks were constructed between the Middle East and
Europe.
  2010: JADI Link & Regional Cable Network (RCN): as of 2015, out-of-service (Syrian Civil War)
  2012: Europe-Persia Express Gateway (EPEG), conceived as a terrestrial backup route for the
Europe-India Gateway (EIG) submarine cable, which had been prevented from landing in Egypt.
  2013: Gulf Bridge International (GBI) activated its terrestrial GBI North Route through Iraq and
Turkey in 2013 in order to provide redundancy for its Egyptian terrestrial crossing via the TE Transit
Corridor.
6 China-Russia Networks
 Trans Asia Europe (TAE)
Conceived in 1990s; very low capacity; missing trans-Caspian links
 China-Russia Networks
- Trans Europe Asia (TEA) (Rostelecom)
- Europe-Russia-Asia (ERA) / China-Russia-2 / Eurasia Highway
(TransTeleCom)
- Europe-Russia-Mongolia-China (ERMC) via Mongolia Railway
(2004)
- MegaFon Diverse Route for European & Asian Markets (DREAM)
(2013)
- Europe-Kazakhstan-Asia (EKA) / Information Silk Road
 Trans Eurasian Information Superhighway (TASIM)
- Frankfurt-Hong Kong
- China, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey (Including transCaspian link)
7 Volumes vs Money
Asia -­‐ Europe Transit (Gbps) Asia -­‐ Europe Transit (mln USD) 30000 450 400 25000 350 20000 300 250 15000 200 10000 150 100 5000 50 0 0 2014 2015 2016 Underwater 2017 2018 Terrestrial 2019 2014 2015 2016 2017 Underwater & Terrestrial 2018 2019 Russia 8 Caucasus Part - Route
  Submarine cable route via Kinderli (Republic of Kazakhstan) to Siazan
(Azerbaijan Republic)
9 Thank You
Thank You For Your Attention !
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