OREANDA-NEWS. December 17, 2009. Kazakhtelecom JSC held solemn meeting of direction the company with pensioners, ex directors of the sphere and oblast communication enterprises (OPTUS, OPS, OTD) who made an immense contribution to formation and development of telecommunications of the republic on 11 December for realization of succession policy of telecommunication sphere employees, also increasing of corporate culture level and social policy. Such action timed to the national holiday – The Independence Day of Republic of Kazakhstan, reported the press-centre of Kazakhtelecom.

Within the meeting, veterans of the sphere have been familiarized with new successfully realized projects by the leading Kazakh telecoms operator and that are in the process of realization. Separate attention to installation of phones in all perspective and rural areas secured by electric power supply, broadening of the national wireless network on base of CDMA-45- standard, construction of NGN network and broadband wireless network WiFi has been given amongst the projects.

One of the subjects became further development of Internet in the country, including development of Kazakh segment of global network. As noted, opening of Internet data centers in Astana and Almaty and planned construction of IT infrastructure of IDC all over Kazakhstan is new large scale project of significance value both for the company and all Kazakh market of Internet services.

For the realization of instructions of the Head of state and the Government on further development of local Internet services market, the National center for Internet traffic exchange (Peering center) has been organized. The project is targeted for more dynamically development of Kazakh segment of Internet market by means of providers’ costs and decreasing of tariffs by them for Internet services to end users.

Development of IP-networks allowed Kazakhtelecom JSC performing large scale and innovation projects. Implementation of broadband Internet access on base of ADSL – “Megaline”, IP VPN on level of oblast and regional centers of Kazakhstan are amongst them. The company today represents the newest multi service services:  interactive television ID TV, new generation telephony ID Phone, video –conference “Cisco TelePresence” and others.

- I would like to note that the base of success of the company is co-coordinated and fruitful work of large friendly collective. Today over 29 thousand employees work for the company, and contribution of every such employee to common business allows today securing Kazakh people with reliable communication, implement and realize the newest projects, - said Mr.Askar Zhumagaliyev, Chairman of the Board of Kazakhtelecom JSC on the meeting with veterans.

Mr.Kazyken Bazylov, the first Vice-President of Kazakhtelecom JSC from 1995 to 1997, appearing on behalf of communication veterans, noted qualitatively new level of development of the company.

- An absolutely new tasks are before the company today, - underlined К.Bazylov, who in due time worked as first Deputy Minister of communication of Kazakhstan, and then as deputy minister of transport and communications of Kazakhstan. – Such swift development of telecommunication technologies dictates its demands. It is necessary to be perceptive to new solutions, to be really client oriented company and correspond to international level of business activity.   It shall be noted that Kazakhtelecom JSC actively works in this direction. And we, the elder generation just observe this.

In its turn, appealing to communication veterans, Mr.Askar Zhumagaliyev noted an immense contribution that they made to formation and development of telecommunication sphere of the republic.