Thursday, December 27, 2007

Huawei to deploy the Central Asia's first WiMAX commercial network

By Anuradha Shukla
TMCnet Contributing Editor



Huawei Technologies has been selected by Babilon-T, a major telecommunication operator in Tajikistan, to deploy the Central Asia's first WiMAX commercial network. Rollout will begin immediately and is scheduled for launch during the first quarter of 2008.

Huawei’s end-to-end Mobile WiMAX network will cover the four major areas of Tajikistan, including its capital Dushanbe. The network includes distributed Base Station, Wireless Access Service Node-Gateway, Network Management Equipment and Terminals.

Tajikistan is experiencing burgeoning demand for broadband. Taking into account the mountainous terrain in Tajikistan, Babilon-T decided to adopt WiMAX technology to enable its subscribers to realize wireless broadband access. When completed, the network will enable Babilon-T’s subscribers to enjoy high-speed Internet access, watch mobile TV, use VoIP at home, in the company, or even on the street by using Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) or a PC card provided by Huawei.

Fayzullaev B, general director of Babilon-T is confident that by introducing mobile WiMAX technology, they will be able to provide their customers all over Tajikistan with broadband access to the Internet.

Wang Kexiang, president of Huawei CIS Region believes that this new technology will bring new market opportunities for Babilon-T.

“Huawei is delighted to be selected by Babilon for the launch of the first mobile WiMAX network in the country and the region and we are looking forward to further our partnership with Babilon-T in the future,” said Kexiang in a statement.

Source: TMCnet

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Russian MTS plans to introduce broadband in Turkmenistan



On December 18 in Ashgabat President Berdymukhammedov met with Russian Industry and Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko to discuss Caspian Pipeline and also with the CEO and president of the Russian Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) telecommunications company, Leonid Melamed, to discuss plans for the company's expansion into the Turkmen telecoms sector, according to Turkmen Television.




Leonid Melamed also briefed Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov on his company's plans to introduce high-speed, broadband Internet services to the country as part of its planned investment. Melamed also agreed to a Turkmen request to train an undetermined number of Turkmen specialists in Russia. RG

Source: Radio Free Europe

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June 29, 2007

MTS to provide Turkmenistan with wireless Internet

The CEO of Mobile TeleSystems, Leonid Melamed, met with Turkmen President, Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov, on June 29. During the talks, Melamed said his company plans to expand its presence in the Turkmen telecommunication market, Turkmenistan.ru reported.

Melamed offered MTS's services in the field of high information technologies, in particular wireless Internet. "Having expressed interest in the offer, Berdimuhammedov emphasised that Turkmenistan pins great hopes on the attraction of latest achievements of scientific-technical progress and world best experience in this field," the Turkmen State News Agency (TDH) reported.

Source: New Nations

Monday, December 24, 2007

Mobile Internet Prices in Kazakhstan

1. PAThWORD (Altel, card)

Standard: CDMA2000 1x
All plans $0.10 per 1Mb (Internet and WAP)

2. Dalacom (Altel)

Standard: CDMA2000 1Х
Base Plan:
$0.25 per 1Mb Internet and WAP, day (09:00 - 21:00)
$0.13 per 1Mb Internet and WAP, night (21:00 - 09:00)
$0.17 per 1Mb Internet and WAP, day (09:00 - 21:00) over 50Mb limit
$0.08 per 1Mb Internet and WAP, night (21:00 - 09:00) over 50Mb limit

"Drive" Plan (only internet, no voice calls):
$0.10 per 1Mb Internet and WAP
$0.08 per 1Mb Internet and WAP over 150Mb limit

"Mobile Internet" Plan $25/MONTH:
$0.17 per 1Mb Internet and WAP, day (08:00 - 23:00)
$0.08 per 1Mb Internet and WAP, night (23:00 - 08:00)
$0.00 first 150Mb monthly (~$0.17 per 1Mb )

3. K'cell (GSM Kazakhstan)

Standard: GSM 900
All plans:
$1.03 per 1Mb WAP ($0.10 per 100Kb)
$0.25 per 1Mb GPRS, day (08:00 - 20:00)
$0.13 per 1Mb GPRS, holiday/weekend/night (22:00 - 08:00)
K'cell Connect Plan:
$0.00 50Mb monthly first 6 months (GPRS)

4. ActiV (GSM Kazakhstan, card)

Standard: GSM 900
$1.03 per 1Mb WAP ($0.10 per 100Kb)
$0.30 per 1Mb GPRS, day (08:00 - 20:00)
$0.20 per 1Mb GPRS, night (20:00 - 08:00)
considering that 1 unit = $0.01

5. Beeline

Standard: GSM 900
$1.02 per 1Mb ($0.01 per 10Kb) WAP + $0.08 daily for prepaid customers
$0.21 per 1Mb ($0.02 per 100Kb) GPRS + $0.08 daily for prepaid customers

6. NEO (Mobile Telecom Service)

Standard: GSM 900
$1.02 per 1Mb ($0.10 per 100Kb) WAP
$0.21 per 1Mb GPRS/EDGE

Currency rate used: $1 = 120 tenge
Up to date rate: xe.com
Date: 25/12/2007

E-shop overview - Svetofor.kg



URL:http://www.svetofor.kg
Country: Kyrgyzstan

Products:
Mobile phones (GSM)
Radio phones
Pocket PCs
Smartphones
MP3 players
Digital cameras
Books

Payment methods:
Kyrgyzstan:
Kyrgyz Transfer

CIS countries:
Anelik
Bystraya Pochta(Быстрая Почта)
Leader MT
Unistream

International (e-money)
Western Union
Money Gram

International (credit/debit cards)
Visa
MasterCard


Additional services:
Bank credit

Contacts:
E-mail: mail@svetofor.kg
ICQ: 241572266
Phone:
+996 312 938833
+996 312 933388

Address:
Ap. 33, house 98a, Shopokova street,
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (map)

Mobile Internet Prices in Kyrgyzstan

1. Fonex

Type: CDMA2000 1X
All plans $0.05 per 1Mb
Connection speed: 153Kbps

2. Nexi

Standard: CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
All plans $0.10 per 1Mb
Connection speed: 2.4Mbps (EV-DO) or 153Kbps (CDMA)

3. Megacom

Standard: GSM 900/1800
All plans:
$0.93 per 1Mb WAP, day (07:00 - 00:00)
$0.47 per 1Mb WAP, night (00:00 - 07:00)
$0,16 per 1Mb GPRS, day(07:00 - 00:00)
$0,08 per 1Mb GPRS, night(00:00 - 07:00)

Megacom Modem plan $5.00/MONTH:
$0.90 per 1Mb WAP, day (07:00 - 00:00)
$0.45 per 1Mb WAP, night (00:00 - 07:00)
$0.12 per 1Mb GPRS, day(07:00 - 00:00)
$0.06 per 1Mb GPRS, night(00:00 - 07:00)
$0.00 first 50Mb monthly (GPRS)

4. Bitel / Mobi

Standard: GSM 900/1800
$1.00 per 1Mb WAP
$0.18 per 1Mb GPRS, day (06:00 - 00:00) + $3.00/MONTH
$0.09 per 1Mb GPRS, night (00:00 - 06:00) + $3.00/MONTH

5. Katel/K+

Standard: TDMA
Standard cannot provide Internet services.

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Kazakhstan National Internet Award 2007 Results

Final results announced on 21/11/2007.
Official site: Award.kz 2007



Grand-prix
1. Sports.kz - Sport portal of Kazakhstan - www.sports.kz 7.92

Nominations by topics

Mass-Media
1. Kostanay area weekly "Nasha gazeta" ("our newspaper") - www.ng.kz 6.42
2. "Kolesa" ("Wheels") newspaper - www.kolesa.kz 6.27
3. PROFIT - Kazakhstan IT-market news - www.profit.kz 6.23

Education and Science
1. UNIVER.kz - Student Information Space of Kazakhstan - www.univer.kz 6.72
2. "Igrushka" ("Toy") - Craftsmanship Encyclopedia - www.igrushka.kz 6.33
3. KazNTU in the name of K. I. Satpaev Educational Portal - www.kazntu.kz 6.05

Culture and Art
1. Kino.kz - Kazakhstan trailer - www.kino.kz 7.41
2. KZMZ - Music portal - kzmz.region.kz 6.03
3. Linkin-Park.KZ - www.linkin-park.kz 5.83

Sport
1. Sports.kz - Sport portal of Kazakhstan - www.sports.kz 7.92
2. "Sary-Arka"("Сары-Арка") Ice-Hockey Club of Karaganda - www.hc-saryarka.kz 6.62
3. "Barys"("Барыс") Ice-Hockey Club of Astana - www.hc-barys.kz 6.60

Medicine and Health
1. Doctor.kz Medical Portal - www.doctor.kz 6.35
2. Детки.kz Children Health - www.detki.kz 6.17
3. "Mama plus"("Мама Плюс") Childbirth Preparation Center - www.mama.kz 5.72

Travel and Leisure
1. "Staut" Beer Bars Network - www.staut.kz 6.57
2. "Medeu"("Медеу") Mountain Skating Rink - www.medey.kz 6.33
3. "Butterfly" Travel Boutique - www.butterfly.kz 6.06

E-commerce
1. "Флора Экспресс" Flowers E-shop - www.floraexpress.kz 6.64
2. MP.kz - E-commerce Space - www.mp.kz 6.22
3. Souvenir.kz - Souvenirs E-shop - www.souvenir.kz 6.20

Internet Services
1. Crealog.kz Web Stats - www.crealog.kz 6.97
2. "Karaganda - my city"("Караганда - мой город") - Navigational Information System - www.mycity.kz 6.88
3. Sozdik.kz - Russian-Kazakh Online Dictionary - www.sozdik.kz 6.70

Corporate Web-sites
1. "Air Astana" Airlines - www.airastana.com 7.20
2. Halyk Bank Kazakhstan JSC - www.halykbank.kz 6.73
3. "Wheel"("Колесо") Commercial Group - www.koleco.kz 6.55

Industrial and regional portals
1. YK.KZ - Ust'-Kamenogorsk City Portal - www.yk.kz 6.92
2. Zakon.kz Kazakhstan Legal Portal - www.zakon.kz 6.58
3. "Издатель.KZ" Media Portal - www.izdatel.kz 6.56

Government Bodies
1. Buhar-Jyrauskiy district of Karaganda area Akimat - www.bukhar-zhirau.kz 6.52
2. Karaganda city Akimat - www.karaganda-akimat.kz 6.18
3. Karaganda area Ecology and Environment Preservation - www.karecology.kz 6.12

Public-service Organizations
1. Internews Kazakhstan - www.internews.kz 6.45
2. "Transparency Kazakhstan" Social Fund - www.transparencykazakhstan.org 6.43
3. "Sary-Arka Women" - www.saw.kz 5.68

Personal Pages
1. "Attila" Car Project - www.attila.com.kz 6.05
2. Vyacheslav Privalov Designer Portfolio - www.siteman.kz 6.04
3. Parkour.kz - Art of Rational Transference in Kazakhstan - www.parkour.kz 5.33

Information-Communication Technologies
1. SIEMENS Kazakhstan - www.siemens.kz 5.92
2. RISO (Deutschland) GmbH in Kazakhstan - www.riso.kz 5.83
3. LinuxISO Open Software Center - www.linuxiso.kz 5.52

Special Nominations

Best Web-site in Kazakh Language
1. Halyk Bank Kazakhstan JSC - www.halykbank.kz
2. "Massagan!" Portal - www.massagan.com
3. "Air Astana" Airlines - www.airastana.com

Best WAP-site
1. WAP.Lite.kz – http://wap.lite.kz
2. WAP.mobi.kz – http://wap.mobi.kz
3. WAP.java-games.kz – http://wap.java-games.kz

Best web-design
1. Souvenir.kz - Souvenirs E-shop - www.souvenir.kz

Best New Web-site 2007
1. "Air Astana" Airlines - www.airastana.com

Web-poll Winner
1. STREETLIFE Portal - www.streetlife.kz

SMS-poll Winner
1. RealChat – www.realchat.kz

Best Web-design Studio
1. "Creatida" Internet-company - www.creatida.kz

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

CNews expands to Kazakhstan market

CNews has announced the opening of its editorial office in Kazakhstan and the launch of a corresponding Internet site at CNews.kz. This online publication has become Russia's first mass media source dedicated to hi-tech news in Central Asia.

The IT sector in the Republic of Kazakhstan has been viewed as one of the most promising and fastest growing in the CIS. This market has drawn a lot of interest from investors, IT vendors and systems integrators both inside the country and internationally. All major IT brands have already set up their representative offices in Kazakhstan. According to IDC forecasts, Kazakhstan's IT market will reach $773m in 2007, up 27% from a year earlier.

"We have taken a confident step beyond Russia's borders as promised," CNews Director Eduard Erkola said. "We have picked Kazakhstan as a foreign launch pad, as it is a nation set most firmly on the path towards the formation and development of high-technology. CNews has become the first Russian resource focusing on the Central Asian ICT market, and we are positive that with the energy of our Kazakh colleagues, we will be better suited to meet the requirements of the most demanding readers."



"Equipped with a powerful tool - the long-standing experience of the Russian editorial office - we will be able to hoist the publication to a strong position among Kazakhstan's business mass media," CNews Editor-in-Chief Maxim Kazak is assured. "ICT markets of neighboring states have also been showing healthy progress, and in the coming year we are set to establish stable information channels linking us to Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan."

CNews.ru has been operating on the Russian market since 2000. In December 2004, the CNews magazine appeared in a print format for the first time. In August 2006, a representative office was set up in St. Petersburg, and the English version of the CNews website was launched in December 2006. In November 2007, the monthly audience of CNews.ru reached 2.9 million unique users.

Source: CNews.ru