BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

03/11/2006

Beltelecom, Rostelecom complete cross-border fibre tie-up

Belarusian national fixed line telephony provider Beltelecom and Russian national long-distance telecoms operator Rostelecom yesterday announced the completion of a project to link their respective fibre-optic cable networks, providing additional access between the two countries. The pair say they have completed Phase 1 of the project which includes the linking of a fibre-optic cable between Yartsevo in Russia and Velizh on the state border to Vitebsk in Belarus. The throughput capacity of this high speed terrestrial link - based on DWDM and STM technology - will be 400Gbps with the ability to upgrade in the future. The Yartsevo-Vitebsk cable is the second broadband link between Russia and Belarus.

Source:

http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=15162&email=html