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ASTANA (TCA) — Minister of Information and Communications of Kazakhstan Dauren Abayev participated in a global e-government forum, "Gov3.0 Global Forum 2016," held in Pusan, South Korea, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported on November 10. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — As the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) Committee on ICT, Science, Technology and Innovation will hold its first session from 5 to 7 October in Bangkok, we are publishing the following OP-ED on closing the broadband divide to connect people in Asia and the Pacific, written by Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of UN ESCAP, in the lead up to the event: Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Internet operators raised the price of Internet transit to Kyrgyzstan almost threefold without any explanation in August. In order not to increase the rates for customers, Kyrgyz Internet providers have begun reducing the Internet connection speed. The news has caused a wave of indignation in Kyrgyz society that fears tariff increases for the population. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), the leading telecommunications provider in Russia, will sell its stake in its joint venture in Uzbekistan and leave the Central Asian country. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — An-OSCE supported conference attended by some 100 participants from 20 countries on international cooperation in countering terrorist and extremist organizations through the use of modern communication technologies concluded on June 18 in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek reported. Continue reading
ALMATY (TCA) — The World Bank’s new ‘World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends’ was launched on February 17 at the Kazakh-Britain Technical University in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Discussion of the report helps catalyze a shared vision for digital transformation among Central and South Asia government leaders, experts, and practitioners, the World Bank said. Continue reading
