Connectivity Providers Database

From: sgoldste@nsf.gov (Steve Goldstein) To: nsrc@nsrc.org Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 10:56:51 -0500 Barnett Richard Rubin <brr3@COLUMBIA.EDU> Sender: Former Soviet Republic - Central Asia Political Discussion List <CENASIA@VM1.MCGILL.CA>FYI TURKISH PRESS REVIEW MONDAY NOVEMBER 6, 1995 Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning AZERBAIJAN HOOKS INTO INTERNET During his recent visit to Azerbaijan, former foreign minister Erdal Inonu was instrumental in getting Azerbaijan hooked into the international Internet information network through facilities in Turkey. Inonu has been working on the project since 1992, when an initial protocol was signed with Turkey's research foundation, TUBITAK. Connections using fibre optics are now set up in Azerbaijan's Baku university making Azerbaijan the first Turkish-Republic Republic on Internet. /Hurriyet/ ================================================================ Steven N. Goldstein , Ph.D. Program Director, Interagency & International Networking Coordination Div. of Networking and Communications Research & Infrastructure National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 1175 Arlington, VA 22230 USA Tel: +1-703-306-1949 (Extension 1119) FAX: +1-703-306-0621 sgoldste@NSF.GOV ================================================================