ACTING TURKMEN PRESIDENT PROMISES INTERNET ACCESS FOR ALL
By empty (1/25/2007 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Acting Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov pledged on January 25 to provide every family in Turkmenistan with a \"mobile phone and access to the Internet.\" Berdymukhammedov, a candidate in the presidential election set for February 11, added that \"the installation of telephones in every part of Turkmenistan will be completed by 2015\" and said the country will have its first electric train in the coming year, in line with a plan by late Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov. Berdymukhammedov, who worked as a dentist before becoming a deputy prime minister and health minister, was appointed interim president on December 21 and has emerged as the front-runner in the race to succeed Niyazov.Visit also
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