A round table “Innovative ways of sustainable development of the digital economy” was held in the building of the Communications Department of the city of state significance Arkadag, the newspaper “Neutral Turkmenistan” reports. Within its framework, domestic specialists in the field of communications, as well as teachers from the Institute of Telecommunications and Informatics of Turkmenistan, discussed the consistent implementation of new information services and systems in departments and enterprises of the country.

The round table participants noted that, as part of the implementation of the Concept for the Development of the Digital Economy in Turkmenistan for 2019–2025, the national agency “Türkmenaragatnaşyk” plays a special role in the modernization and implementation of digital services in subordinate institutions and enterprises of the country.

In the context of the gradual improvement of the work of the country’s flagship telecom operator, training specialists in the field of ensuring uninterrupted and high-quality operation of telephone communications, the Internet, online mail, the digital economy, cybersecurity and satellite communications is a key area of ​​work of this department.

Special attention was focused on international cooperation, which is aimed at creating a unified and harmonious communication system.

Here's what Annamuhammet Kerimov, chief specialist of the digital economy development department of the 'Türkmentelekom" telecommunications company of the "Türkmenaragatnaşyk" agency, said about this:

– Under the leadership of the respected President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Turkmenistan currently appears as an important information and communication bridge in the Central Asian region, ensuring stable communications between all parts of the region. For example, Turkmenistan is crossed by international fiber optic highways connecting our country with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Iran and Afghanistan. The leadership of our country has laid a solid foundation for the implementation of an effective strategy to optimize and increase the efficiency of information centers and domestic servers. All these measures are aimed at increasing the speed of the Internet and, as a result, properly unlocking the potential of the digital economy. It is gratifying that the country's population warmly supports the innovations initiated by the national telecom operator. For example, the number of personal accounts in the Single Window Government Services Portal - e.gov.tm has reached almost 53 thousand. The innovative competition “Sanly çözgüt” acts as a stimulating factor in the process of transformation of activities in the provision of digital services and opportunities, over the years of which the country’s young programmers have managed to create about a thousand promising projects.

Following the results of the round table, its participants especially emphasized the importance of the reforms being implemented in the country, designed to ensure continuous and comprehensive digitalization in all sectors of the national economic complex of independent neutral Turkmenistan.