Rostelekom's partner in the project to build the new TransEurAsian fiber-optic communication line TEA Next became Alfa Bank. At the beginning of August, VEB Ventures, a venture fund of VEB.RF, withdrew from the Atlas project, established at the end of 2021 for the construction of the communication line. Now 49.99% in the operator of the TEA Next project - Atlas LLC - will be received by Alfa Bank. Construction of the first stage of TEA Next with a length of 560 kilometers was completed at the end of 2022. Total cost of the project is about $650.