13 May 2022
Broadband technologies are fundamentally changing our lifestyle. Broadband infrastructure, applications and services propose important opportunities for boosting economic growth, improving connectivity, improving energy efficiency, protecting the planet, and improving the quality of life.
Broadband has had a significant impact on the global economy. Under these conditions, the rapid growth in demand for new infocommunication services, as well as the increase in the volume of information exchange, are pushing telecommunication operators to the need for regular modernization of their networks.
However, network upgrades need to balance the economic and technical characteristics that will allow a long-term upgrade decision to be made and form the basis for further detailed network design and construction.
The development of such a feasibility study is often time-consuming and costly. Therefore, network developers around the world are trying to automate these processes by creating various methods and tools that can be used as an expert system in the field of mapping broadband infrastructure and identifying the most promising connectivity options.
From May 3 to May 5, a week of broadband access was held in Nur-Sultan. Where representatives of the telecommunications industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan got acquainted with various software products created as part of the global and regional initiatives of the International Telecommunication Union in order to map broadband infrastructure and determine the most promising connection options.
The event was attended by representatives of the country's telecommunications industry: representatives of central executive authorities, telecommunications operators, professional designers, research institutes, software developers and other interested organizations.
On the first day of the week of broadband access, a round table "Key directions for the development of broadband communications in the Republic of Kazakhstan" was held. On which experts built a joint vision of the telecommunications industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the development of the legislative framework for the deployment of broadband access, strengthening public-private partnerships, improving security, developing human potential and other aspects. They also discussed the development of partnerships between representatives of the telecommunications industry in Kazakhstan and formed recommendations on key areas for the development of broadband communications in the country.
Also, on the first day, there was a presentation of ITU tools in the field of mapping broadband infrastructure and identifying the most promising connectivity options.
In the following days, trainings and lectures on the economic aspects of building broadband access networks in settlements and on mapping tools and their application in the field of telecommunications were held, which were conducted by leading experts of the International Telecommunication Union. As part of the training, representatives of the telecommunications industry gained access to the virtual platform for evaluating their own projects, and also practiced using geographic information systems for mapping telecommunications infrastructure, got acquainted with the OpenStreetMaps Internet service and tools for working with it.
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