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Broadband Internet introduced in Turkmen universities

Politics Materials 2 September 2009 18:41 (UTC +04:00)
Students study the broadband Internet technologies in one of the laboratories of reconstructed building of the Turkmen State Institute of Transport and Communications in Ashgabat, the national TV channel Altyn Asyr said on September 2.
Broadband Internet introduced in Turkmen universities

Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, September 2 / Trend H. Hasanov /

Students study the broadband Internet technologies in one of the laboratories of reconstructed building of the Turkmen State Institute of Transport and Communications in Ashgabat, the national TV channel Altyn Asyr said on September 2.

Before, access to the Internet was limited. Changes became visible after Gurbanguly Berdimukhamedov was appointed president.

An opportunity to communicate with the scientific and educational centers throughout the world is among the functional advantages of high-speed Internet systems.

Turkmen President Berdimukhamedov has recently attended the opening ceremony of the building.

The Institute has a unique educational laboratory center with a full range of digital telecommunication equipment. The Turkmen President got acquainted with digital automatic telephone exchanges having multiservice networks to transmit sound, data and video, as well as features of mobile network of the third generation - 3G system. They will replace the existing ones.

The Turkmen State Institute of Transport and Communications is one of the largest one in Turkmenistan. At present, more than 1,500 of young Turkmen citizens, 360 - freshmen study in this institute. There are four faculties in the institute. Qualified specialists are trained in railway, road, water and air transport, communication, and transport construction and economics.

Berdimukhamedov stressed in his speech that modern schools equipped with computers connected to the Internet are being constructed in Turkmenistan. Advanced training techniques, multimedia and interactive technologies are being developed, he said.

"Bringing the national education system in accordance with world standards, Turkmenistan actively cooperates in humanitarian sphere with UN, EU and other major international organizations, leading research and educational centers of the world. At present, thousands of Turkmen students study at prestigious high schools in Europe and the United States, acquiring different professions", Berdimukhamedov said.

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