President urges Government to open air links with all big cities within seven-hour flight
18:55, 17 April 2011
ASTANA. April 17. KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ Today President Nursultan Nazarbayev has given an instruction to the Government to work out the issues of opening of air links with all big cities within the seven-hour flight.
"It is necessary to strengthen the national air line company with modern liners, develop competition in civil aviation," N.Nazarbayev emphasized.
The President stressed that it is necessary to create advanced telecommunications infrastructure for investments attraction. The Head of State urged Minister of communications and Information Askar Zhumagaliyev to accelerate introduction of the 4G standard, make prices for telecommunication services competitive and increase the Internet speed.