Sunday, January 13, 2008

Number of Internet Users in Turkmenistan to Grow

ASHGABAT (turkmenistan.ru). A project on expanding the capacity of Internet network has started in Turkmenistan.

It is expected that the first phase of the project will be finished before December 2008. The winner of the international tender, Russian TechnoServ A/C company, will carry out all works related to the project. The total cost of the contract is US $1,6 million.


As a result of the project, the number of dial-up internet users in Turkmenistan will grow to 20 thousand and the number of broadband internet users to 1,1 thousand. 14 new servers in Ashgabat and 10 servers in the provinces of Turkmenistan will provide internet access.

As the Turkmenistan.ru's correspondent has learnt from the ministry of communication of Turkmenistan, the project also envisages enhancing the internet speed to 150 megabit a second. The project will be implemented by a winner of an international tender which is to be announced this month.

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