A country with many internal troubles, but with a strong sense for development to update itself with the rest of the world is all about Afghanistan. The basic infrastructure such as roads and power capacities are limited. It is in this circumstance Afghanistan going for fiber optic back bone projects nationwide which will connect major cities in the country to speed up the slow moving telecommunication growth in the country.
The national fiber optic backbone in Afghanistan will link many of the principle cities of Afghanistan that will follow national roadway system. This project is for the turnkey construction and operation of the complete fiber optic cable ring round Afghanistan which is estimated to be approximately 3200 km in length.
The National fiber optic backbone project is planned to be conducted in three phases that will stretch over a period of two years. Each phase will be operational immediately upon its completion. Apart from linking many of the major cities, the national backbone fiber optic project calls for the construction of access points along the route that will provide access to the backbone for the other cities and provinces not directly on the backbone route. Those access routes for other cities and provinces will be taken separately.
The optical fiber route will follow the main road system in Afghanistan. This consists of a main loop from Kabul – Kandahar – Heart – Mazar – Kabul. There will be other major diversions from this loop that will connect neighboring countries like Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
The national fiber optic backbone project will be a major capital fir the coming generations of Afghanistan and will ensure fast service and delivery of information technology and telecom at a lower price. This will speed up development of ICT in the country and said to be remarkable amount of income through transit telecom.
The national fiber optic backbone in Afghanistan will link many of the principle cities of Afghanistan that will follow national roadway system. This project is for the turnkey construction and operation of the complete fiber optic cable ring round Afghanistan which is estimated to be approximately 3200 km in length.
The National fiber optic backbone project is planned to be conducted in three phases that will stretch over a period of two years. Each phase will be operational immediately upon its completion. Apart from linking many of the major cities, the national backbone fiber optic project calls for the construction of access points along the route that will provide access to the backbone for the other cities and provinces not directly on the backbone route. Those access routes for other cities and provinces will be taken separately.
The optical fiber route will follow the main road system in Afghanistan. This consists of a main loop from Kabul – Kandahar – Heart – Mazar – Kabul. There will be other major diversions from this loop that will connect neighboring countries like Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
The national fiber optic backbone project will be a major capital fir the coming generations of Afghanistan and will ensure fast service and delivery of information technology and telecom at a lower price. This will speed up development of ICT in the country and said to be remarkable amount of income through transit telecom.
On June 3rd Afghanistan president Mr. Karzai inaugurated the fiber optic network. Optical fiber is an essential as well as a vital project for the people of Afghanistan and by inaugurating this project, Afghanistan will be connected to its neighbor countries such as Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Pakistan, and through them, Afghanistan will connect Central Asia to the South Asia and it means that Afghanistan plays a role of a bridge that connects these two Asian regions by Optical Fiber.
The importance of the Optical fiber in the country is that, the current GSM operators and the ISP providers facilitate their services through satellite and indirectly through third countries such as America, Iran and so on, but by having the Optical Fiber, the GSM operators and ISP providers as well as TV and Radio stations will be directly connected to the Optical fiber and can provide their services through this cable by land. As a result, the quality will be higher and the prices will be lower than now to 80% off. At present, all the GSM operators and the ISP providers provide their GSM and net services through satellite and these have two problems, the first is that the quality is not better and secondly the price of their services are very expensive and the ordinary people of Afghanistan cannot afford the prices and that is why they don’t have access to the internet nationwide.
Currently 4% percent people of Afghanistan have access to the internet and with the new Optical Fiber network it will increase to 20% in the country in the future. In terms of revenues, it is estimated that this project will bring 3-4 million USD/month and more than 30 million USD annually.
The Optical Fiber cable used is a tiny cable consisting of 36 singlemode fibers and currently only four fibers will be operational, and by increasing the customers, then some technical equipments will be added to this network and it will automatically increase the capacity of the network to fourfold.
The importance of the Optical fiber in the country is that, the current GSM operators and the ISP providers facilitate their services through satellite and indirectly through third countries such as America, Iran and so on, but by having the Optical Fiber, the GSM operators and ISP providers as well as TV and Radio stations will be directly connected to the Optical fiber and can provide their services through this cable by land. As a result, the quality will be higher and the prices will be lower than now to 80% off. At present, all the GSM operators and the ISP providers provide their GSM and net services through satellite and these have two problems, the first is that the quality is not better and secondly the price of their services are very expensive and the ordinary people of Afghanistan cannot afford the prices and that is why they don’t have access to the internet nationwide.
Currently 4% percent people of Afghanistan have access to the internet and with the new Optical Fiber network it will increase to 20% in the country in the future. In terms of revenues, it is estimated that this project will bring 3-4 million USD/month and more than 30 million USD annually.
The Optical Fiber cable used is a tiny cable consisting of 36 singlemode fibers and currently only four fibers will be operational, and by increasing the customers, then some technical equipments will be added to this network and it will automatically increase the capacity of the network to fourfold.
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