[1] Laying works were completed in July 2008 by the American cable ship CS Tyco Decisive, just a couple of weeks prior to the South Ossetia War.

[2] The project involved further investments for terrestrial fibre optic infrastructure from and to the landing stations worth $22 million.

Caucasus Online admitted to partial sale negotiations with VimpelCom, but claimed the submarine cable was not part of the deal.

In an apparent effort to downplay the Russian security threats, Caucasus Online director Giorgy Tkeshelashvili added that VimpelCom was an internationally traded company involving people of many different nationalities.

Free Democrats maintained that secret negotiations on the fate of the cable were planned in Turkey between Caucasus Online and VimpelCom subsidiaries.