"CJSC RASCOM" became the first customer of dark fibers on the new TEA NEXT communication line

2024: Dark Fibre Lease Agreement

The telecommunications company "CJSC RASCOM" became the first customer of the dark fiber rental service provided on the TransEurAsian fiber-optic communication line (FOCL TEA NEXT). This was announced on June 5, 2024 by Rostelecom.

CJSC RASCOM will lease dark fibers on a highly sought-after section of the network Moscow -. St. Petersburg In addition, a memorandum was signed on the use of a pair of optical fibers fiber TEA NEXT at the Idritsa site -. Pskov region Nakhodka The length of the main section, which is planned to be used by CJSC RASCOM, is more than 11 thousand km.

The TEA NEXT infrastructure allows bringing to the Russian market a fundamentally new set of services for leasing fiber-optic infrastructure and other resources to interested customers for organizing new generation trunk communication networks within the Russian Federation. The implementation of the project provides for the use of Russian-made components, which creates conditions for the support and development of domestic production. The operator of the TEA NEXT project is Atlas.

The high potential of the communication line made it possible to use two fiber fibers for Rostelecom's own needs.

We are glad that CJSC RASCOM has become our first market customer for dark fibers at TEA NEXT and will provide him with the opportunity to place his own active equipment along the entire VOLS route, - said Natalia Kryuchkova, vice president for work with Rostelecom telecom operators. - CJSC RASCOM will receive a technically effective solution in terms of freedom of planning and management of its communication networks, and from a commercial point of view, a significantly more effective model of managing the costs of long-term investments in network backbone infrastructure.

Our cooperation will help significantly expand the geography of the CJSC RASCOM network, provide the most convenient service and operational organization of communication channels for our customers, which is a key feature of the company's services, - commented Denis Ganza, CEO of CJSC RASCOM.

This is a project of special scale and a new business model for the telecom industry. The agreement with CJSC RASCOM on the use of the main fiber-optic line from the European part of Russia to Nakhodka is a vivid confirmation of the relevance and demand for the infrastructure being created, "said Alexander Ratushny, General Director of Atlas.

The construction of the TEA NEXT fiber-optic line continues, in the future it will connect the western and eastern borders of Russia with links to the largest cities of the country and access to the borders of Russia - Mongolia - China and the coastal station of underwater communication lines in Nakhodka.

For June 2024, more than 1,500 km of the TEA NEXT VOLS route in the European part of the Russian Federation is ready. Until the end of 2025, it is planned to extend the line to Mongolia and China. In 2026, the entire ground part of the communication line, which is part of the first stage of construction, passing through the territory of Russia, will be fully ready. In parallel, the necessary infrastructure for international line extensions will be provided.