Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09ASHGABAT453
2009-04-09 04:40:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ashgabat
Cable title:
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR TURKMENISTAN'S BROADBAND
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UNCLAS ASHGABAT 000453
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EEB/CIP/BA FOR FINTON),FCC FOR TANNER,
DOC/ITA/OTEC FOR BENNETT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ESPS ECON TX
SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR TURKMENISTAN'S BROADBAND
DEPLOYMENT INITIATIVES
REF: A. STATE 27310
B. ASHGABAT 16
UNCLAS ASHGABAT 000453
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EEB/CIP/BA FOR FINTON),FCC FOR TANNER,
DOC/ITA/OTEC FOR BENNETT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ESPS ECON TX
SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR TURKMENISTAN'S BROADBAND
DEPLOYMENT INITIATIVES
REF: A. STATE 27310
B. ASHGABAT 16
1. (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet.
2. (SBU) Since post reported in Ref B on Turkmenistan's
initiatives to broaden access to dial-up Internet services,
the government has not announced any tenders for Internet
equipment or service providers. President Berdimuhamedov has
not recently voiced support for the expansion of high-speed
Internet. The president last made a show of support for
Internet in April 2008 in his call for "Internet access in
every home, school, and kindergarten," following which the
Ministry of Communications signed a contract worth $427,000
to purchase high-speed Internet equipment and to lease
bandwidth from British and Lithuanian companies.
MILES
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EEB/CIP/BA FOR FINTON),FCC FOR TANNER,
DOC/ITA/OTEC FOR BENNETT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ESPS ECON TX
SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR TURKMENISTAN'S BROADBAND
DEPLOYMENT INITIATIVES
REF: A. STATE 27310
B. ASHGABAT 16
1. (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet.
2. (SBU) Since post reported in Ref B on Turkmenistan's
initiatives to broaden access to dial-up Internet services,
the government has not announced any tenders for Internet
equipment or service providers. President Berdimuhamedov has
not recently voiced support for the expansion of high-speed
Internet. The president last made a show of support for
Internet in April 2008 in his call for "Internet access in
every home, school, and kindergarten," following which the
Ministry of Communications signed a contract worth $427,000
to purchase high-speed Internet equipment and to lease
bandwidth from British and Lithuanian companies.
MILES