Identifier
Created
Classification
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09ASHGABAT138
2009-01-29 03:21:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ashgabat
Cable title:
MICROSOFT/POLIMEKS DEVELOPING TURKMEN DICTIONARY
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UNCLAS ASHGABAT 000138
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EUR/ACE, EEB
AID/W FOR EE/EA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL EAID ECON ETRD TX
SUBJECT: MICROSOFT/POLIMEKS DEVELOPING TURKMEN DICTIONARY
REF: 08 ASHGABAT 483
UNCLAS ASHGABAT 000138
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EUR/ACE, EEB
AID/W FOR EE/EA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL EAID ECON ETRD TX
SUBJECT: MICROSOFT/POLIMEKS DEVELOPING TURKMEN DICTIONARY
REF: 08 ASHGABAT 483
1. (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet.
2. (SBU) Post has learned that Microsoft, with support from Turkish
construction firm Policom Istanbul (known locally as "Polimeks"),
has apparently agreed to develop a Turkmen language dictionary and
relevant software in cooperation with the Supreme Council on Science
and Technology (SCST) and Turkmenistan's Agricultural University.
The project reportedly will be funded jointly by Polimeks and
Microsoft over a 20-month period beginning in May 2009.
3. (SBU) The local representative of an international donor agency
told Post that President Berdimuhamedov approved the proposal for
Microsoft, with support from Polimeks, to develop the dictionary and
relevant software. He then sent instructions to the SCST to
implement the project. The Academy of Sciences' Translation and
Dictionary Department and the Agricultural University's
International Relations Department will assist in the project.
According to our source, a meeting to discuss the project took place
on January 24 between SCST Deputy Chairwoman Akjeren Allanurova and
the following participants:
-- Isolina Pommier, Microsoft Strategy Manager (Redmond,
Washington);
-- Jim Levi, Microsoft Public Sector Regional Leader, Central &
Eastern Europe (Germany); and
-- Bora Kutla, Assistant General Manager, Policom Istanbul
(Ashgabat).
4. (SBU) COMMENT: Our source, who maintains close contact with a
range of government interlocutors, mentioned that the government
partners for this project have questioned its potential value and
the priority it has received. Taken in the context of Polimeks'
business strategy and recent award to develop a "technopark" in
Ashgabat, Polimeks' involvement appears to be an opportunistic
business development effort presented to President Berdimuhamedov in
an attempt to solidify its standing in the local market (reftel).
At the same time, the project will provide Microsoft with solid
foothold in Turkmenistan's small, but grossly underserved market.
END COMMENT.
MILES
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EUR/ACE, EEB
AID/W FOR EE/EA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL EAID ECON ETRD TX
SUBJECT: MICROSOFT/POLIMEKS DEVELOPING TURKMEN DICTIONARY
REF: 08 ASHGABAT 483
1. (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet.
2. (SBU) Post has learned that Microsoft, with support from Turkish
construction firm Policom Istanbul (known locally as "Polimeks"),
has apparently agreed to develop a Turkmen language dictionary and
relevant software in cooperation with the Supreme Council on Science
and Technology (SCST) and Turkmenistan's Agricultural University.
The project reportedly will be funded jointly by Polimeks and
Microsoft over a 20-month period beginning in May 2009.
3. (SBU) The local representative of an international donor agency
told Post that President Berdimuhamedov approved the proposal for
Microsoft, with support from Polimeks, to develop the dictionary and
relevant software. He then sent instructions to the SCST to
implement the project. The Academy of Sciences' Translation and
Dictionary Department and the Agricultural University's
International Relations Department will assist in the project.
According to our source, a meeting to discuss the project took place
on January 24 between SCST Deputy Chairwoman Akjeren Allanurova and
the following participants:
-- Isolina Pommier, Microsoft Strategy Manager (Redmond,
Washington);
-- Jim Levi, Microsoft Public Sector Regional Leader, Central &
Eastern Europe (Germany); and
-- Bora Kutla, Assistant General Manager, Policom Istanbul
(Ashgabat).
4. (SBU) COMMENT: Our source, who maintains close contact with a
range of government interlocutors, mentioned that the government
partners for this project have questioned its potential value and
the priority it has received. Taken in the context of Polimeks'
business strategy and recent award to develop a "technopark" in
Ashgabat, Polimeks' involvement appears to be an opportunistic
business development effort presented to President Berdimuhamedov in
an attempt to solidify its standing in the local market (reftel).
At the same time, the project will provide Microsoft with solid
foothold in Turkmenistan's small, but grossly underserved market.
END COMMENT.
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