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  1. A white office tower and low buildings among lawns and trees, with Geneva and hills behind

    International Telecommunication Union buildings in Geneva, Switzerland, 2013

    Author
    ITU/I. Wood
    Licence
    CC BY 2.0
    Source
    International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Geneva, Switzerland.jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    The Week Ahead: VEON's third quarter, Kcell's merger papers and the ITU in Doha; Türkiye seeks a seventh consecutive term on the ITU Council
  2. A white Air Astana airliner being towed across an airfield

    An Airbus A321neo for Air Astana being towed at Hamburg-Finkenwerder airfield, Germany, 2026

    Author
    MarcelX42
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 4.0
    Source
    Hamburg-Finkenwerder Airport Air Astana Airbus A321-271NX EI-KDK (DSC04148).jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Air Astana flies its first satellite Wi-Fi aircraft to Tashkent with SES
  3. Cell antennas and a microwave dish on top of a slim mast against a deep blue sky
  4. A steel lattice telecom tower with panel antennas and a microwave dish, its top against a grey sky
  5. Aerial view of a port basin with cranes, docked ships and ferries, and boats spraying arcs of water

    The new Port of Alat, 2018

    Author
    Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Source
    Новый порт Алят Май 2018 4.jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Azerbaijan's data centre plans: what officials have said and what documents show
  6. A server board fitted with eight large black GPU modules and heat sinks, on a workbench
  7. Modernist philharmonic hall behind a tall equestrian monument and flowerbeds on a city square

    Philharmonic hall and equestrian monument in central Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 2025

    Author
    xiquinhosilva
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Source
    Bishkek - 55489306379.jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Kyrgyzstan's communication services reach KGS 32.1bn in nine months as September slows
  8. Satellite view of the dark waters of the Caspian Sea, bordered by brown desert and green coastal land

    The Caspian Sea seen by NASA's MODIS satellite instrument, April 2016

    Author
    Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
    Licence
    Public domain
    Source
    Caspian Sea (MODIS 2016-04-26).jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Trans-Caspian corridor, part 5: the rules on the seabed and on each shore; Corridor Capacity Tracker, October 2026: the Caspian and Black Sea routes; Trans-Caspian corridor, part 1: the route from Aktau to Sumgayit and beyond
  9. Old Tbilisi rooftops below a green ridge topped by a red and white TV tower, with a tall white cloud above
  10. Elevated view of white marble buildings and a curving highway in Ashgabat, with hazy mountains beyond

    White marble buildings along Neutrality Road with central Ashgabat behind, 2015

    Author
    Bjørn Christian Tørrissen
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 4.0
    Source
    Neutrality-Road-Ashgabat-2015.JPG, Wikimedia Commons
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    Turkmenistan's communications ministry reports 15.3% services growth; 5G reported in Awaza; Turkmenistan backs equipment for Altyn Asyr but names no supplier or cost
  11. A wide brown river winding through flat land under a hazy sky

    The Amu Darya river near Nukus, Uzbekistan, 2025

    Author
    Petar Milošević
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 4.0
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    Amudarya by Nukus, Uzbekistan (Амударья рядом города Нукус).jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Uzbekistan's president cites $8bn of projects in a Karakalpakstan AI and data centre zone
  12. A row of steel lattice pylons carrying high-voltage lines across green fields under a pale sky
  13. Low-rise houses and a few taller buildings spread across a valley below snow-capped mountains
  14. Clusters of white panel antennas mounted on a pole mast against a clear blue sky
  15. Aerial view of wind turbines spread across green steppe beside a straight highway

    Aerial view of the Korday wind farm in Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan, in 2023

    Author
    Nikolai Bulykin
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 4.0
    Source
    Жамбыльская область, Кордайская ВЭС сверху (2).jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Kazakhstan generated 91.7 billion kWh in nine months, up 2 per cent
  16. Dozens of yellow fibre patch cables looping into the ports of an optical patch panel in a rack

    An optical patch panel at the AMS-IX internet exchange point in Amsterdam, 2008

    Author
    Fabienne Serriere
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 3.0
    Source
    AMS-IX optical patch panel.jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Trans-Caspian corridor, part 4: the transit market the cable enters, and its prices; IXPs reach 97 per cent of networks in Tajikistan but 21 per cent in Georgia
  17. A brick office building with a Türk Telekom sign over the entrance and white cars parked in front
  18. Turquoise network cables plugged into a row of switch ports, with green status lights at the side

    Network connections in the Datarmor high-performance computing centre of Ifremer in Brest, France, 2025

    Author
    Gregory Rocher (IFREMER Centre Bretagne, IRSI-RIC - ZI de la Pointe du Diable - CS 10070 - 29280 Plouzané, France)
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Source
    Le Centre Datarmor, les coulisses (Ifremer 00957-106840 - 54950).jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Uzbekistan proposes joint computing network for Central Asia and Azerbaijan
  19. A cluster of glass skyscrapers rising above a dense park of trees
  20. Looking down on the top of a pale blue mast fitted with panel antennas and radio units, with grass below

    Panel antennas at the top of a mobile phone tower, seen from above, 2026

    Author
    Wikideas1
    Licence
    CC0
    Source
    Cell tower 2.webp, Wikimedia Commons
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    Türkiye reports 5G users, Kazakhstan sites, Armenia coverage; Jusan Mobile re-registers as QMobile, reshapes its board and pays a coupon; Georgia's regulator adds 5G and VoLTE tests to its mobile quality monitoring
  21. World Bank headquarters, a white high-rise beside a glass tower on a street corner under a bright blue sky
  22. A pale classical building with a Kazakhtelecom sign on its roof and a radio mast behind, beside a wide street
  23. A long arcaded stone building with a clock tower and a flag, under a cloudy sky, with cars in front

    Government House on Republic Square, Yerevan, Armenia, 2021

    Author
    Aleksey Chalabyan, a.k.a Xelgen
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 4.0
    Source
    Government House on Republic Square in Yerevan, Armenia May 2021.jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Armenia's telecom revenue rose 7.6 per cent to AMD 112 billion by August; Armenia plans at least three satellites and a ground station network
  24. A red and white lattice mast fitted with panel antennas and two round microwave dishes
  25. A white colonnaded building marked Oliy Majlis, with a small blue dome and a flag, faces a wide paved square

    The Oliy Majlis, Uzbekistan's parliament, 2017

    Author
    Davide Mauro
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 4.0
    Source
    Oliy Majlis 03.jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Uzbekistan reports 95.5 per cent highway and 98.1 per cent fibre coverage
  26. Glass office towers joined by a large steel and glass canopy under an overcast sky

    Office towers of the Almaty Financial District, Kazakhstan, in 2015

    Author
    Alexandru Panoiu from Bucharest, Romania
    Licence
    CC BY 2.0
    Source
    Almaty Financial District (AP4M2342 1PS) (29689498316).jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    The Week Ahead: Transtelecom's bond vote, VEON's results and a Tajik loan date; Beeline Kazakhstan to seek payment organisation status
  27. A small box-shaped satellite drifting away beneath a space station solar array, with the Earth below

    The Qarman CubeSat deployed from the International Space Station, February 2020

    Author
    NASA
    Licence
    Public domain
    Source
    Qarman CubeSat deployed from ISS.jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Four Turkic states sign a preliminary space agreement in Antalya
  28. Houses spread over a hillside with rows of trees, with snow-capped mountains rising behind
  29. A bundle of colourful microducts cut open at the end of an orange fibre duct

    Microduct fibre cable being installed in Athens, Greece, 2024

    Author
    The1james
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 4.0
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    Microduct cabling.jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Türkiye approves northern Cyprus fibre protocol for 150,000 premises
  30. A wide park with tree-lined paths surrounded by large buildings, seen from above in the evening light

    View over central Tashkent from the Hotel Uzbekistan, 2018

    Author
    Adam Harangozó
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 4.0
    Source
    View from Hotel Uzbekistan in Tashkent.jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Uzbekistan's competition watchdog opens review of mobile tariff rises; Uzbekistan clears VEON's Perfectum deal if 5G FWA tariffs hold for a year
  31. Long row of black server racks receding under yellow overhead cable trays on a pale tiled floor
  32. A rocket lifting off at night on a bright column of flame, lighting up the launch pad

    A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Türksat 5A satellite lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, January 2021

    Author
    U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Dalton Williams
    Licence
    Public domain
    Source
    45th Space Wing Successfully Supports Türksat 5A Launch (210107-X-DJ189-1002).jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Türksat's deals span satellites, a data centre and China, few terms public
  33. Several large white satellite dishes on concrete mounts in a field under a blue sky
  34. Red-roofed apartment blocks spreading towards distant high-rise towers and a hilltop under a cloudy sky in Ankara

    Residential districts and the distant skyline of Ankara, Türkiye, 2017

    Author
    Mark Lowen
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 4.0
    Source
    Ankara skyline, April 17 2017.jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Complaints to BTK fall 6.5 per cent but stay 38.4 per cent above a year ago; BTK counts 44.5 million 5G subscribers in Türkiye, 26.1 million able to use it
  35. A blue shopfront with a large Turkcell sign above glass doors
  36. Row of black network cabinets with patch panels and cable managers along a white raised-floor aisle
  37. Close-up of a drum tightly wound with dark fibre-optic cable marked with thin red stripes

    A drum of optical fibre cable in the Philippines, 2022

    Author
    SwarmCheng
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 4.0
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    Optic fiber cables 02.jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Trans-Caspian corridor, part 3: who will sell the cable's capacity; Who writes and edits Corridor Signal
  38. A dark blue Togg T10X sport utility vehicle parked outdoors

    A Togg T10X at IAA 2025

    Author
    Alexander-93
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 4.0
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    Togg T10X IAA 2025 DSC 1648.jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Turkcell confirms TOGG share talks and puts $7m more into its Belarus unit
  39. A slender television tower on a wooded hill in front of snow-capped mountains, with apartment blocks below

    The television tower in Almaty, Kazakhstan, seen from downtown, 2012

    Author
    Michael Grau
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 3.0
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    TV-Turm Almaty - 3.jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    VEON hands core technology operations to Amdocs in 10-year deal; Kcell calls 17 November shareholder vote on merging KazNet Media into the operator
  40. A rack of stacked servers with green and black network cables looping across the front
  41. Loops of blue fibre-optic cable and black splice closures inside an open underground pit edged in yellow

    Fibre-optic cable and two fibre splicers in a Telstra pit, 2010

    Author
    Bidgee
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 2.5 au
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    Fibre-optic cable in a Telstra pit.jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Georgia's ComCom finds one operator holds about 70 per cent of usable ducts
  42. Large wooden cable drums wound with orange conduit, lying on gravel beside a heap of sand and trees

    Cable drums with orange conduit for fibre-optic installation at a construction site in Germany, 2023

    Author
    Profpcde
    Licence
    CC0
    Source
    Construction site with large wooden cable drums and orange conduit for fibre-optic installation, Germany.jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Kazakhstan says half of 4,511 km West-East fibre route is laid
  43. Astana at night with the illuminated Bayterek tower, lit high-rises and light trails on a wide avenue

    Night view of the Esil district of Astana with the Bayterek tower, 2024

    Author
    Matti Blume
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 4.0
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    Night at Esil District, Astana (P1190721).jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Kazakhstan's NIT repays 20 per cent of two bonds and pays their coupons; The Week Ahead: Kcell's register date, Nvidia in Astana and the ITU in Doha
  44. Funicular tracks run steeply downhill through trees towards a bay lined with high-rise towers
  45. Blue cargo ship moored at a quay beside a yellow harbour crane, mooring ropes in the foreground

    Cargo ship and crane at the seaport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, 2008

    Author
    Ashina
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 3.0
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    Port Aktau.jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Trans-Caspian corridor, part 2: the landing points and the links beyond them
  46. Coils of black fibre-optic cable spread across a pavement at night, with workers' legs and traffic cones behind

    Slack coils of fibre-optic cable on a pavement during night installation work

    Author
    Tessa Bury
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Source
    Slack Coils During Night Pull.jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Georgia reports 575 km of state-backed fibre backbone complete and 1,050 km under way
  47. Glass towers reflecting a cloudy sky rise behind a low building with an Uztelecom sign

    The Uztelecom head office at IT Park, Tashkent, 2026

    Author
    RM Photographer
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
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    RMI 5156.jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Uztelecom opens Bukhara and Kokand data centres on national cloud
  48. A curved tower of digital screens with the Nasdaq name above a busy Times Square street

    The Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square, New York, 2021

    Author
    ajay_suresh
    Licence
    CC BY 2.0
    Source
    Nasdaq MarketSite (51494550508).jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Shah Capital moves its 6.72% VEON stake to a passive filing as a $200m buyback runs
  49. A tall office block with a sign reading Qazaqstan Temir Joly, behind bare trees on a wide street

    The Almaty office of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), the national railway company, 2024

    Author
    Matti Blume
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 4.0
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    QTZ Office, Almaty (P1180231).jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Transtelecom pays out all 2025 profit and asks bondholders to change its TCOMb1 coupon
  50. Golden hour view from a hilltop over old tiled houses, a minaret and the modern high-rise skyline of Ankara

    Alaeddin Mosque and the modern skyline seen from Ankara Castle, Türkiye, 2026

    Author
    Tolga Bakı
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
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    Ankara Castle Panorama Alaeddin Mosque City View 2026.jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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    Writing Türkiye; Türkiye's 5G licences set coverage, speed and local-content duties on dates to 2042
  51. Large white parabolic satellite antenna on a steel mount against a blue sky, with trees behind

    Large satellite dish antenna at Wallops Island, Virginia, United States

    Author
    NOAA
    Licence
    Public domain
    Source
    Satellite antenna at Wallops Island, Virginia (2268-466).jpg, Wikimedia Commons
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