Kazakhstan ranked 75th by number of entries in Wikipedia
Kazakhstan is ranked 75th by the number of entries in Wikipedia with around 28 thousand entries in Kazakh language in Wikipedia.
Information Minister Askar Zhumagaliev shares his vision of e-government
The Minister cited Singapore as an example to follow.
Maximum Internet rates halved in Kazakhstan
Maximum rates for initial Internet access lowered 50% in a strive to lower rates for the final users.
KazakhTelecom to double Internet speed on July 1
Key Kazakhstan provider KazakhTelecom will double Internet speed starting from July 1.
One third of Kazakhstan population uses Internet in 2011
The number of Kazakhstan Internet users reached 34.4 percent of the total country population in Q1 2011.
Kazakhstan citizens Yandex search UAE and China
Yandex search engine defined the most popular travel destinations of its Kazakhstan users. The UAE and China are the most popular destinations.
Kazakhstan to expand Kazakh Wikipedia
The number of entries in the Kazakh Wikipedia has grown to 25 000. A team of 150 volunteers is working to develop the resource.
iPhone and iPad apps available at PM Massimov’s web site
According to the web site, the app is available in Kazakh, Russian and English languages.
Google is back in Kazakhstan
Google resumed the work of its search engine in Kazakhstan's domain zone.
Kazakhstan government’s sittings to go on-line at PM’s web site
Materials will be posted on a weekly basis.
KazakhTelecom to double Internet speed by the end of 2011
Chairman of KazakhTelecom told about the company's plans to increase quality of Internet services in Kazakhstan.
Hi-speed Internet to cover Kazakhstan by 2015
Hi-speed Internet will cover the whole territory of Kazakhstan by 2015 with 100 Mbit/sec speed in the cities and 20 Mbit/sec in the villages.
KazNIK's misinterpretation of rules caused closure of google.kz
Kazakhstan Association of IT-companies has explained the situation around the demand to physically relocate all .kz domain servers to the territory of Kazakhstan.
Largest Kazakhstan’s Internet portals seek to launch an association to develop Kazakhstan’s Internet resources
Kaznet is only popular with 15% of Internet users in Kazakhstan, with the other 85% giving preference to the Russian segment of the Internet, says Azamat Omarov, Commercial Director of the Yvision blogging service.
Owners of some Kazakhstan’s Internet portals requesting a moratorium
Owners of some Kazakhstan’s Internet portals have written an open letter to Kazakhstan’s PM Massimov requesting him to introduce 2-year-long moratorium on any changes into intellectual rights-related legislation applicable to the Internet.
Massimov writing in his Twitter himself
He told that when participating in the i-MIX 2011 conference focused on the Internet development.
Massimov launched Internet-voting
Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Karim Massimov launched an Internet voting that would determine the Internet platform where his online-conference is going to be held.
Illegal Internet use to be discussed by SCO in Astana
Illegal use of Internet will be discussed by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on April 28, 2011 in Astana.
Kazakhstani schools to get 600 laptops and ipads
Kazakhstan schools will get 300 laptops and 300 tablet computers as part of a pilot project. If the project proves its worth 926 schools will get the devices in 2013.
Kazakhstan ahead of Russia by IT development
Kazakhstan was ranked 67th in the Networked Readiness Index-2010-2011 list.