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Cables and Satellites
Four Turkic states sign a preliminary space agreement in Antalya
OTS-SAT's launch has moved from a 2026 target to 2027, and no account gives a budget, a cost-sharing formula or a launch provider.
Data CentresAnalysis
Large power users in Türkiye paid 40 per cent of the EU average price
A 10 MW data centre would pay about €6 million a year for power at Türkiye's €0.0486 per kWh, against €14.9 million at the EU average.
Networks
Tajikistan proposes a Dushanbe call to action on landlocked connectivity
The ITU's draft outcome report puts CIS Partner2Connect pledges at $2.29 billion, with progress reported on 28 per cent, but does not list them.
Networks
Türkiye approves northern Cyprus fibre protocol for 150,000 premises
The protocol caps wholesale FTTH at $18 a month, sets 25 years of build and operation, and does not name the company Türkiye will authorise.
Operators
Uzbekistan's competition watchdog opens review of mobile tariff rises
The committee gives no figures, but Mobiuz notices show fees up 9 to 13 per cent on seven plans since February, with data up 9 to 25 per cent.
Policy and Spectrum
Azerbaijan seeks World Bank data centre support and ADB space financing
Azerbaijan also signed the Digital Cooperation Organization charter on 5 October, but no release names a project, an amount or a timetable.
Policy and SpectrumAnalysis
Kazakhstan weighs 5G caps while Türkiye's new licences run to 2042
The first Spectrum Calendar lists the corridor's documented auctions, licence terms and coverage deadlines, each with its document and the gaps marked.
Cables and SatellitesAnalysis
Türksat's deals span satellites, a data centre and China, few terms public
Releases and reports from March to October give no investment figures, capacity splits or launch dates, and the Gölbaşı campus is rated at 33 MVA, not MW.
Cables and SatellitesBrief
Kazakhstan cites 72bn tenge KazSat revenue and plans six imaging satellites
The government's 6 October summary also lists three export projects worth $70 million but gives no period for the revenue figure.
Data CentresAnalysis
Kazakhstan's 295 MW data centre plan meets KEGOC's demand response pilot
KEGOC forecasts a winter peak of 18,200 MW, 480 MW above last year, while the government plans 186 MW of data centres in 2027 and 109 MW in 2028.
NetworksAnalysis
Kyrgyz digital project beat fibre targets, missed private investment goal
The World Bank report counts 58,899 km of national fibre but US$2.01 million of qualifying private money, against an original target of US$60 million.
Policy and Spectrum
BTK says new base stations in small settlements must use national products
The September decision is unpublished, while a March decision extended extra security duties to every operator and set minimum capital at TL 10 million.
Cables and SatellitesAnalysis
Kazakhstan left broadband off KazSat-3R on cost grounds
A government reply put an expanded Ku- and Ka-band payload at 153 billion tenge, and in October Starlink and OneWeb moved to commercial licences.
Policy and Spectrum
Türkiye seeks a seventh consecutive term on the ITU Council
Türkiye took the last of Western Europe's eight seats in 2022, and four corridor states are among five candidates for two Radio Regulations Board seats.
Operators
Uzbekistan clears VEON's Perfectum deal if 5G FWA tariffs hold for a year
The consent comes with seven conditions, including three years of separate operation, and VEON puts the price at about US$207 million including debt.
Networks
Uzbekistan counts 62.1 per cent computer use among people aged 10 and over
Programming, not networks, leads ICT value added, with telecoms at 28.9 per cent, and electronics output was 9.1 per cent higher in January to July.
Operators
Complaints to BTK fall 6.5 per cent but stay 38.4 per cent above a year ago
Internet providers drew 41,046 of the 79,586 complaints, up 80.8 per cent on the year, with connection and service quality the main issue, BTK data show.
Data CentresBrief
Firebird says its cluster meets 95 per cent of NVIDIA reference performance
The company announced the Exemplar Cloud Achievement on 12 October, but the release gives no benchmark values, cluster size or independent verification.
Deals and MarketsBrief
Jusan Mobile re-registers as QMobile, reshapes its board and pays a coupon
Exchange filings record the new name from 18 September and a four-member board, but give no reason for the change.
Data CentresAnalysis
IXPs reach 97 per cent of networks in Tajikistan but 21 per cent in Georgia
Internet Society Pulse data for October put Uzbekistan at 22 per cent, while Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan have no active exchange point listed.
Deals and Markets
Samruk-Kazyna swaps Kazakhtelecom director as four telecom boards change
Samruk-Kazyna holds 91.27 per cent of Kazakhtelecom's common shares, and a single shareholder or state body controls each of five listed telecoms.
OperatorsAnalysis
Türk Telekom's net debt is 1.00x EBITDA after 5G payments, Turkcell's 0.36x
Half-year filings describe net debt differently, and Turkcell's reported figure leaves out TL 35.9 billion of Treasury payables, including 5G fees.
Data Centres
Kazakhstan sets 295 MW data centre target for 2027 and 2028
The plan implies close to ten times the operating capacity of about 30.7 MW within roughly 20 months, and the government gives no breakdown by project.
Cables and SatellitesExplainer
Trans-Caspian corridor, part 3: who will sell the cable's capacity
The 380 km Aktau to Sumgayit line is run by a joint venture and built with operators' own money. Price, lit capacity and access terms are not in the launch documents.
OperatorsBrief
Turkcell confirms TOGG share talks and puts $7m more into its Belarus unit
Filings with the SEC in September also record a new chief sales officer and a new head of the Global Bilgi call-centre unit, but none gives deal terms.
Deals and MarketsBrief
VEON hands core technology operations to Amdocs in 10-year deal
Amdocs will integrate technology from QazCode, a VEON group company, into its aOS platform, but neither company disclosed a contract value.
Deals and MarketsBrief
Azerbaijan digital ministry discusses data centres with Brookfield and GIP
The ministry also signed framework memorandums with Microsoft and a Franklin Templeton company, but none of the four releases gives a figure.
Data Centres
Nvidia says Firebird has a US export licence for 45,000 GPUs for Kazakhstan
Nvidia's post puts Firebird's potential capacity in Kazakhstan at about 500 MW, but neither the licence nor a new investment agreement is public.
Cables and Satellites
Kazakhstan licenses Starlink and OneWeb for commercial service
Amazon Leo and Shanghai SpaceSail are expected to follow in 2027, the digital minister told Kurultai deputies, but the report gives no licence terms.
Networks
Tajikistan hires UNICEF for $580,230 school connectivity study
The direct award is one of three Digital Foundations contracts published from September; its April report showed every results indicator at zero.
