Infrastructure and network development

In 2022, as part of the implementation of investment projects for the technical development and support of telecommunications networks, Kazakhtelecom JSC continued work in the following main areas of network development:

• backbone and area transport network;
• backbone data transmission network;
• broadband networks;
• switching networks.

As a result, the following indicators were achieved.

Data transmission network:

288 100G ports

expanded backbone data transmission network

136 40G ports

expanded backbone data transmission network

48 10G ports

expanded backbone data transmission network

60 1G ports

expanded backbone data transmission network

3,734 Gb/s

the port capacity of connecting Cache servers was increased from 2,854 Gb/s for Google, Meta, Akamai, Netflix, Cloudflare

880 Gb/s

the infrastructure for the MDPC cache servers was built in the city of Almaty

the backbone data transmission network BNGMX (stage 2) was expanded in the cities of Kokshetau, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Atyrau, Aktobe with the transition to 100Gb/c channels

modernization of the MBH network to connect the mobile banking operators (stage 1), 8 CSGs and 2 AGGs were installed in the cities of Almaty and Astana

migration to the first plane of the IP/MPLS core built based on PTX10008 devices in the cities of Astana, Almaty, Aktobe to further ensure the network operation at the current level (without critical failures and in a constant regular mode)

modernization of the Turkestan city network, providing a comprehensive upgrade of obsolete equipment with the organization of a network of the center level with the installation of service border equipment and aggregation equipment

services were migrated to a new SDN network in the cities of Almaty and Astana

upgraded ASBR equipment in Almaty

a new PoP node was organized in the city of Frankfurt with a capacity of 300G

• organization of transit channels in the direction of Russia — Uzbekistan with a capacity of 4 *100 Gb/s (Beineu — Kungrad 2 *100 Gb/s, Abay-Pakhta 2 *100 Gb/s), Russia — Kyrgyzstan 3 *100 Gb/s (Merke — Chaldovar 1 *100 Gb/s, Kordai — Bishkek 2*100 Gbit/s);
• expansion of DWDM equipment for the organization of channels on the backbone network in accordance with the projects for the expansion of ISMT, in the cities of Pavlodar, Taraz, Semey, Kostanay, Petropavlovsk by ­18 *100 Gbit/s channels in general.

• continuation of work on the migration of services from the Netris platform.

• implementation of a project to expand the core of the backbone data transmission network built based on PTX10008 devices (expansion of the second plane of the network core);
• implementation of a project to expand cache servers;
• implementation of a project to expand operator connections and the service border of the backbone data transmission network;
• implementation of the MBH project (stage 2);
• implementation of the backbone data transmission network Smart Pavlodar project;
• implementation of the VoIP gateway deduplication project, switching clients from copper to fiber;
• carrying out work to expand the BNGMX backbone data transmission network (stage 3);
• implementation of a project to introduce 5G in the cities of Almaty, Astana, Shymkent.

• expand optical access networks in 14 cities in accordance with the projects for the development of a broadband access network in B2C branches in 2022;
• supply equipment and replace GPON ECI/Ericsson equipment (stage 1 Almaty, Karaganda TNLN) in accordance with the BP Modernization of obsolete equipment of optical access networks using GPON technology without replacing ONT ECI/Ericsson;
• Implement subscriber switching plans for the copper deduplication project and migrate to FTTx;
• implement plans for the construction of FTTH networks under the project “Transfer of city networks to GPON technologies in 2023” in the cities of Aksai, Zhanaozen, Turkestan, Astana, Almaty;
• complete the project “Fulfillment of license obligations 50+ JSC construction of fiber-optic communication lines in 24 RSs”.

• completion of the transfer of the long-­distance / international communication network to the NGN network with the decommissioning of ISC-1 and ISC-2;
• completion of the decommissioning of ALTDE in the cities of Uralsk, Karaganda, Zhezkazgan, Kyzylorda;
• switching of ALTDE in the cities of Kokshetau, Petropavlovsk, Atyrau, Aktau to SSW;
• continued work on optimizing local computerized banking systems, including reducing the ­installed capacity as the outflow of subscribers and their migration to other technologies;
• completion of work on providing switching systems of type C&C08 with SOIM functionality;
• continuation of work on the implementation of the deduplication project from copper and migration to FTTx.