12. Paul Budde Communications Pty., Ltd., ‘‘Kazakhstan—Telecoms Market Overview, Statistics
and Forecasts.’’
13. The basic package on offer comprises 55 channels and will be available to broadband subscribers.
14. Republic of Kazakhstan (RK) Agency for Informatization and Communication, ‘‘Strategy:
Kazakhstan–2030,’’ http://www.aic.gov.kz/?mod=static&lng=rus&id=2.
15. RK Agency for Informatization and Communication, ‘‘The Program for Establishing Electronic
Governance,’’ http://www.aic.gov.kz/?mod=static&lng=rus&id=4.
16. Interfax, ‘‘Premier Kazahstana Poruchil Ministram Vesti Blogi’’ [The Kazakh Prime Minister
Has Instructed the Ministers to Maintain Blogs], January 12, 2009, http://interfax.ru/news
.asp?id=56332.
17. Resolution No. 724 of the Kazakh government, dated July 22, 2003.
18. The SC was founded by the president of Kazakhstan, according to the provisions of the
Constitution (item 20 of Article 44).
19. See the general user agreement between Nursat, a major ISP, and its customers at ‘‘Public
Contract’’ (in Russian) at http://www.nursat.kz/?72.
20. Zakon.kz, ‘‘Dosye na Proekt Zakona Respubliki Kazakhstan, ‘O Regulirovanii Kazakhstanskogo
Segmenta seti Internet’ ’’ [Dossier on the Draft Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan, ‘On Regulation
of the Kazakhstan Segment of the Internet’], August 21, 2008, http://www.zakon.kz/our/news/
news.asp?id=30199882&NP=2#m1.
21. Reporters Without Borders, ‘‘Kazakhstan—Annual Report 2008,’’ http://www.rsf.org/article
.php3?id_article=25492; Ferghana.ru, ‘‘Kazahstan: Predstavitel OBSE Prizval Osvobodit Glavnogo
Redaktora ‘Alma-Ata Info’ ’’ [Kazakhstan: The Representative of OSCE Called for the Liberation
of the Editor in Chief of ‘Alma-Ata Info’], January 15, 2009, http://www.ferghana.ru/news
.php?id=11062.
22. OpenNet Initiative blog, ‘‘Opposition Web Sites Shut Down in Kazakhstan,’’, October 28,
2007, http://opennet.net/blog/2007/10/opposition-web-sites-shut-down-kazakhstan; OpenNet
Initiative blog, ‘‘Central Asian Governments Continue to Clamp Down on the Internet—II,’’ February 4, 2008, http://opennet.net/blog/2008/02/central-asian-governments-continue-clamp-down
-internet-%E2%80%93-ii.
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and Forecasts.’’
13. The basic package on offer comprises 55 channels and will be available to broadband subscribers.
14. Republic of Kazakhstan (RK) Agency for Informatization and Communication, ‘‘Strategy:
Kazakhstan–2030,’’ http://www.aic.gov.kz/?mod=static&lng=rus&id=2.
15. RK Agency for Informatization and Communication, ‘‘The Program for Establishing Electronic
Governance,’’ http://www.aic.gov.kz/?mod=static&lng=rus&id=4.
16. Interfax, ‘‘Premier Kazahstana Poruchil Ministram Vesti Blogi’’ [The Kazakh Prime Minister
Has Instructed the Ministers to Maintain Blogs], January 12, 2009, http://interfax.ru/news
.asp?id=56332.
17. Resolution No. 724 of the Kazakh government, dated July 22, 2003.
18. The SC was founded by the president of Kazakhstan, according to the provisions of the
Constitution (item 20 of Article 44).
19. See the general user agreement between Nursat, a major ISP, and its customers at ‘‘Public
Contract’’ (in Russian) at http://www.nursat.kz/?72.
20. Zakon.kz, ‘‘Dosye na Proekt Zakona Respubliki Kazakhstan, ‘O Regulirovanii Kazakhstanskogo
Segmenta seti Internet’ ’’ [Dossier on the Draft Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan, ‘On Regulation
of the Kazakhstan Segment of the Internet’], August 21, 2008, http://www.zakon.kz/our/news/
news.asp?id=30199882&NP=2#m1.
21. Reporters Without Borders, ‘‘Kazakhstan—Annual Report 2008,’’ http://www.rsf.org/article
.php3?id_article=25492; Ferghana.ru, ‘‘Kazahstan: Predstavitel OBSE Prizval Osvobodit Glavnogo
Redaktora ‘Alma-Ata Info’ ’’ [Kazakhstan: The Representative of OSCE Called for the Liberation
of the Editor in Chief of ‘Alma-Ata Info’], January 15, 2009, http://www.ferghana.ru/news
.php?id=11062.
22. OpenNet Initiative blog, ‘‘Opposition Web Sites Shut Down in Kazakhstan,’’, October 28,
2007, http://opennet.net/blog/2007/10/opposition-web-sites-shut-down-kazakhstan; OpenNet
Initiative blog, ‘‘Central Asian Governments Continue to Clamp Down on the Internet—II,’’ February 4, 2008, http://opennet.net/blog/2008/02/central-asian-governments-continue-clamp-down
-internet-%E2%80%93-ii.
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