Arctic region of Yakutia connected to optics

2022: Arctic region of Yakutia connected to optics

At the end of November 2022, the Arctic village of Saskylakh, Anabarsky District, Yakutia, was connected to high-speed Internet (using fiber-optic communication lines, fiber optic lines), which replaced satellite communications. The head of the Ministry of Digital Development of the RFMaksut Shadayev took part in the ceremony dedicated to this event.

The length of the fiber optic communication channel connected to the village was 311 km. According to the results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census, 2317 people live in the village.

Arctic region of Yakutia connected to optics

{{quote 'The head of Yakutia and I signed an agreement on the construction of a large fiber-optic line in the republic and will continue to build other Arctic regions so that all residents of the region have accessible communication and Internet access, - said Maksut Shadayev. }} Yakutia Aysen Nikolaev The head noted that in the near future 22 social facilities of the district will be connected to optical networks. In another six months, the fiber-optic line will reach the village of Yuryung-Khaya, located in this area at the very edge of the Arctic Ocean.

Шаблон:Quote 'By joining forces, together we will be able to implement a unique project "Synergy of the Arctic." I am sure that the dream of connecting all Arctic regions of the republic to the FOCL will definitely become a reality, the governor said. By the end of November 2022, over 13 thousand km of fiber-optic lines were built in Yakutia, 373 settlements were connected, in which 91.2% of the republic's population lives.

According information the Yakut to the authorities, despite the work carried out in recent years, a number of areas, Arctic and northern hard-to-reach settlements are still provided only by satellite. Internet

By decree of the head of the republic, Aysena Nikolaeva Yakutia should take a leading position among the subjects of Russia in digital development by 2024.^[1]

2021: The start of laying an underwater fiber-optic communication line in the Arctic

On April 20, 2021, the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, Alexander Poshivai, announced the timing of the start of laying a deep-sea cable as part of the construction of the transarctic main underwater fiber-optic communication line (VOLS) Murmansk - Vladivostok on the Northern Sea Route. According to him, work will begin in late May or early June.

It is noted that this project is key for the development of informatization primarily of the Northern Sea Route and the Arctic region. At the same time, the issue of creating the Big NSR project, which may take place from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, is being considered.

This communication line provides reliable and high-speed communication and data transmission channels to the port infrastructure of the Arctic, on the NSR highway and in the Far Eastern Federal District, thereby contributing to the digital transformation of the water transport industry, "said Poshivai, quoted by TASS.

Start of laying an underwater fiber-optic communication line in the Arctic for 65 billion rubles

Work on the construction of the fiber-optic line will be completed in 2026. The transmission speed along the line will be up to 100 Tbit/s, said Alexey Strelchenko, General Director of the Office for Advanced Technologies (chief executor of the project).

According to him, nine courts will participate in the work. The communication line will have six pairs of optical fibers: two each will be used for landfall, four for traffic transit. The signal delay will be 90 milliseconds. The maximum temperatures that the cable will withstand are minus 50 degrees, while at the bottom the temperature is minus 2 degrees. 150 optical repeaters will be installed on the highway.

As RBC writes with reference to the head of Morsvyazsputnik Andrei Kuropyatnikov, Yandex and other Internet giants may show their main interest in the project. The company is also negotiating with cellular operators who need high-speed Internet to connect base stations.^[2][3]

2020: Launch of a project to conduct high-speed Internet in the Arctic

On November 18, 2020, the Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport (Rosmorrechflot) announced the start of construction of the transarctic main underwater fiber-optic communication line Murmansk - Vladivostok. This project is being implemented jointly with the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation and FSUE Rosmorport.

The Management of Advanced Technologies (UPT) group of companies is involved in the construction of international communication lines and is the general contractor of the project, and Morsvyazsputnik, subordinate to Rosmorrechflot, has been chosen as the project operator.

High-speed Internet began to be carried out in the Arctic, the project is estimated at 65 billion rubles

The main objectives of the transarctic fiber-optic line construction are as follows:

• the development of port infrastructure on the Northern Sea Route and the formation of a digital ecosystem of the region;
• creating a digital infrastructure for the extraction and transportation of hydrocarbons in the Arctic, solving exploration problems;
• conservation and maintenance of the environment, implementation of saving technologies for the northern regions;
• providing a satellite communication alternative for northern latitudes;
• development of the infrastructure of digital processing centers on the territory of the Russian Federation;
• creation and expansion of production facilities for production of domestic high-tech equipment during the project implementation.

As RBC writes with reference to the presentation of the project, the length of the line will be over 12.5 thousand kilometers, excluding branches to settlements, and the throughput of the fiber optic cable should be 52-104 Tbit/s.

The costs of the project are estimated at 65 billion rubles. These funds will be provided by the state, but the amount does not take into account the possibility of international development and the construction of additional branches: it is assumed that lines to settlements will be built, among other things, at the expense of customers of Internet access services.^[4][5]

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