OREANDA-NEWS. On 17 April 2009 UTK’s General Director Alexander Andreev announced about it at the meeting with the President of Kabardino-Balkaria Republic Arsen Kanokov devoted to discussion of telecommunications infrastructure development in the Republic.

Within the framework of the agreement signed between Southern Telecommunications Company and the Government of the Republic, it is planned to continue construction of local and intra-zonal fiber optic line allowing to increase carrying capacity of the transportation network and to extend broadband access network of the Kabardino-Balkaria branch by 2,000 ports.

At the meeting it was noted that Internet technologies could provide high quality organization of world- level events, such as International tournament Grand prix FIDE to be held in Nalchik since 14 April 2009.

- We are ready to use video conferencing as an innovative form of online communication between the republican government bodies, - Arsen Kanokov added emphasizing new technologies efficiency in public management.