Reference
Prepared by the Ministry of Communications.
An underwater fibre-optic line connecting the Taman Peninsula with the Crimean Peninsula across the Kerch Strait (hereinafter, the line) is planned to be built in 2015-2017. The capacity of the line will be at least 200 GB/s. After it goes into operation, the capacity of the communication channels supporting the operation of the communications networks in the Crimean Federal District and Sevastopol within the unified telecommunication network of the Russian Federation will amount to no less than 310 GB/s in 2018.
The newly signed executive order approves the rules for providing subsidies in 2015-2017 for reimbursing a portion of the costs in order to implement the federal programme, Socioeconomic Development of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol to 2020, to build communication channels in the Crimean Federal District within the unified telecommunications network of the Russian Federation (this FTP is part of the state programme, Socioeconomic Development of the Crimean Federal District to 2020).
The construction of the line will provide the following:
- redundancy of
communication channels to ensure the functioning of the networks in Crimea and
Sevastopol within the unified telecommunication network of the Russian
Federation;
- the ability to
establish communication channels with increased capacity, including special communications;
- broadband
Internet access, telephony and television in the Republic of Crimea and
Sevastopol.