Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, July 23 /Trend H.Hasanov/
The Ministry of Communications of Turkmenistan is planning to sign a contract with Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co.KG. (FRG) from its own funds for the purchase and installation of IP-network communications equipment for the modernisation of government communications, an official Turkmen source said on Monday.
President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov signed the corresponding decree 'in order to ensure a reliable and high functioning system of government communications'.
The Ministry of Communications of Turkmenistan signed a contract also with Nokia Siemens Networks to further increase the network capacity of the national cellular operator 'Altyn Asyr' (TM Cell) based on 2G and 3G last year. Earlier it was reported that Siemens Industry will provide electrical equipment to a new cement plant in Turkmenistan.
In 2008, Berdymuhamedov paid an official visit to Germany. During the visit the president met with representatives of the German business elite in the Siemens forum in Munich.