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Turkmenistan has begun allowing private citizens to connect to the Internet, the latest sign that the reclusive Central Asian nation is opening up.
The country’s only Internet provider, Turkmentelekom, said Thursday that it has been connecting up to 20 homes daily since the start of the week, mainly in the capital Ashgabat. It said it has a waiting list of 2,000 people.
“As of this week we have begun connecting customers, regardless of their professional status,” a Turkmentelekom statement said.
Last year, president Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov allowed the country’s first Internet cafe. Until then, Internet use had been restricted solely to government employees, diplomatic posts and offices for major international companies. [Via]