The project will attempt to address some of the most challenging communication access issues, including prices, and the connection of Angolan cities and provinces across a vast land mass, where copper or fibre telecommunication networks would be prohibitively costly. The progress of the ANGOSAT-1 project is currently at 64 per cent. The project envisages the construction of a major new transit route from Frankfurt to Hong Kong, i.e. a connection between the biggest exchange point in Europe and the biggest exchange point in Asia. The transit route will pass through China, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey on its way from Hong Kong to Germany.