AzerTelecom and Kazakhtelecom have appointed Pioneer Consulting to supervise the construction of the Trans-Caspian Submarine Cable System, establishing the first fiber-optic links across the Caspian Sea.
The submarine cable will span 380 kilometers and transmit over 400 terabytes per second. Connecting Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, the underwater infrastructure will be critical in the Digital Silk Way project, which aims to bridge connectivity demands between Europe and Asia.
Pioneer Consulting will oversee route engineering, permitting, technical quality assurance, and end-to-end project execution. The submarine fiber optic telecommunications consulting company has already started overseeing the project’s initial developments, deploying its permitting and desktop study representatives.
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Dave Marie, Director of Client Solutions at Pioneer Consulting and Project Manager for the Trans-Caspian system, highlighted, “Our team has a wealth of experience delivering unique submarine cable projects, especially along new routes, and we are very grateful to AzerTelecom and Kazakhtelecom for placing their trust in us. This new route will be a much-needed alternate way to connect Asia with Europe.”
Yusif Jabbarov, Chairman and CEO of NEQSOL Holding, noted, “After evaluating many different consulting companies, we are glad to collaborate with Pioneer Consulting, a United States firm specializing in subsea fiber optic cables, and benefit from their expertise in supervising the construction of the Trans-Caspian Submarine Cable System. Pioneer’s on-site presence in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, makes their team a natural fit to advance our project. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with Pioneer Consulting and constructing the Trans-Caspian Submarine Cable System.”
Commenting on the construction of the new underwater infrastructure, Kazakhtelecom’s Chief Strategy and External Asset Management Office, Nurlan Meirmanov, stated, “By providing a direct, high-capacity data transmission route, this initiative enhances connectivity and [the] regional digital ecosystem in the evolving global telecommunications landscape.”
