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
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