Turkmenistan

1. Country: Turkmenistan
Country suffix: .tm

Population: 5 million
Area: 488 100 sq km
Capital: Ashgabat

2. Estimated number of h osts in the local Internet
Approx. 1000 hosts (late autumn 1998)

3. Estimated number of users in theeducational/commercial/governmental sectors:
educational 1100
commercial 700
governmental 370

4. List of major commercial ISP's

5. List of major non-commercial ISP's
1. SIBNET Network Center www.sibnet.tm


6. Internet Service Providers operating their ownbackbone networks:


STC, Ministry of communications of Turkmenistan (www.stc.telecom.tm http://www.stc.telecom.tm)
Sibling&Technologies Ltd (www.sibling.asb.tm http://www.sibling.asb.tm)

2.1. Technology used to operate the backbone network and its
speed


Establishment of POP in Ashgabat phone switch. Equipment located at this
node supplied by the NIG project includes Cisco routers 2511, USR MP, and
top level .tm domain secondary DNS server and other servers.

Phone switch POP was connected to US via satellite (MCI) which greatly
improved the external connectivity.

In 1999 was establishment Cisco routers 4500, new modems equipment (USR MP)
and we has new Web sites. This is joint Projects of STC Turkmentelecom,
Sibling&Techologies company.

2.2. Number of major cities connected to the backbone
- Not in 1999
2.3. Links out of the country: how many, their speed and technology

In 1998-1999 phone switch POP was connected to US via satellite (MCI) which
greatly improved the external connectivity. Technical specifications:

a) speed 256 kbits/s
b) connection point in US Andover by satellite and New York gateway
c) satellite used Intelsat

7. Country specific search Web-sites:

8. More informati1on about country:

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