Kazakhtelecom sets up satellite communication for remote regions

/IRBIS, Nov.30, 99/ - REUTERS informs, based on public relations department of the company, that OJSC Kazakhtelecom, national operator of Kazakhstani communication system, is implementing the project to set up a satellite communication network with 120 populated areas located in remote and hardly reached regions. "Implementation of the project will let 120 remote, hardly reached regions of Kazakhstan to be connected to telephone lines. Satellite communication network will provide village population with telephone, facsimile and information services", is said in the press-release. Last year a contract was signed between Kazakhtelecom and Israeli "Gilat Satellite Networks" to supply and install satellite communication with a few channels based on DAMA technology. Currently, this technology is being used in 52 populated areas and another 48 cities and communities are expected to be hooked up to this system by the end of the year. There is no information on the cost of the project.