INTERNET in KYRGYZSTAN Bakhtiyar Alymov, Managing Director Areopag IT, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic April 2003
Development of Internet in Kyrgyzstan Number of ISPs Total bandwidth of ISPs 32 кb/s128 кb/s above 768 кb/s about 4 Mb/s about 10Мb/s Total dial-up pool about 26 about 50 about 80 about 600 about 1000 Coverage: Bishkek Bishkek, Karakol Bishkek, Osh, Karakol, Jalal-Abad All regions All Regions Average dial-up price 5 $/h2,5 $/h2 $/h0,9 $/h0,7$/ h Number of current users Potential users
Development of Internet in Main features services, teleconferences Dial-up 300 – 2400 bod/s full range of internet services; usage of different protocols UUCP, TCP/IP, X.25 ; LL traffic bod/s regional coverage communication quality growth by digital automatic dial exchange Usage of satellite channels Usage of digital channels ( 64 Kb/s to 2 Mb/s) web resources development in *.kg zone strengthening competition development of secondary ISP market appearance V.90 on ISP modem pools implementation of internet technologies in different areas Usage ISDN, xDSL initiating international projects simplification license procedure Introducing of E-government concept
Reasons for using the Internet
Personal useBusiness use Internet searching Chatting & messaging Downloading IP- telephony, faxing On-line shopping Marketing: advertising (banner exchange), ing, on-line presentations, PR-publications, researching Selling: E-commerce, E- catalogue Customer care: remote services, consulting Others: E-banks, business partner searching, video conferencing Tasks accomplished with the help of Internet
IP-telephony E-commerce, e-business education intertainment Perspective trends of Internet development in Kyrgyzstan
Problems related to the development of internet in Kyrgyzstan Internet legislation base E - payments E - signature Industry's investment potential growth by: tax allowance Cancellation of KT monopoly (international traffic)
Thank you ! Bakhtiyar Alymov, Areopag IT, Kyrgyzstan