Wireless Internet offered to Turkmens, long blocked from private access

: A Russian company is offering radio Internet services in Turkmenistan.

Public Internet entree had been banned until recently. But last year, President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov allowed the country's first Internet cafe.

Until then, Internet usage had been restricted to authorities employees, diplomatic stations and business offices for major international companies.

Russian operator Mobile River TeleSystems said Tuesday that radio entree in Turkomen will be expensive: US$3.50 (€2.20) per MB on GPRS. The norm monthly wage in Turkomen is US$200 (€127).

Turkmenistan's lone fixed-line Internet supplier announced last hebdomad that it began connecting private citizens to the Internet. Today in Business with Reuters