Submissions must include the following technical specifications:

• Fiber optic cable specifications, installation methods, and scalable capacity management, including environmental durability against heat, humidity, and mechanical stress.
• Proposed network architecture, including redundancy and resilience strategies based on Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) for high-throughput transport.
• Use of equipment from major global vendors.
• Tier III or higher data center specifications with cooling, power redundancy, and Uptime Institute compliance.
• Target latency below 30 milliseconds between core cities.
• Centralized Network Operations Center (NOC) with AI-based analytics for proactive network monitoring and fault detection.
• Security measures, cybersecurity protocols, and risk management frameworks to defend against DDoS attacks and cable-level threats.
• Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) including geographically redundant backups and failover mechanisms.
• Integration strategies for domestic ISPs, local service providers, and international carriers.
• Interoperability with regional data corridors and IXPs, especially those extending from Türkiye, Iraq, Lebanon, and the Gulf.
• Local training center for the transfer of knowledge on all aspects of the execution and management of the project.
• Development and integration of the Metropolitan Area Network in key urban areas as an aggregation and distribution layer.