Kyrgyzstan
Striving towards democracy and economic development





State Department Kyrgyz Post

"Innovative Communications in Central Asia"

Mr. Kalmurat A.Aidaraliev

General Director
Contact :
227, Chuy avenue
720001, Bishkek
Kyrgyz Republic
Tel: 996 (312) 21-23-55
Fax: 996 (312) 61 00 68
Email: KP_MAIN@infotel.kg
 
Presentation

Facts and figures:
· Total cash turnover - about 5 billion Kyrgyz soms
· Total balance cost of equipment, transport and buildings - 480,3 million soms
· Buildings, construction - 446 units.
· Automobiles - 78 units (~70% need capital repair or change).
· Mail carriages - 11 units (15-25 years of exploitation, not used at the moment).
· Number of employees - 4241 persons

The following new services are introduced:

· Express-mail inside republic;
· International express mail;
· Electron mail within Republic;
· Banking services (saving cash-desks network);
· Lottery tickets sale;
· Commercial activities (sale of first necessity goods, etc.);
· Receiving payments for communal services (electricity, gaz, water, telephone bills, apartment bills);



Planned new services (for further step by step introduction) :

· internet services;
· electron remittance;
· electron trade;
· goods by .. payment;
· intermediate services for other suppliers of goods and messages;
· receiving payments of taxes, penalties, etc.;
· direct mail advertisement;

Required investments according to "Comprehensive development concept for KR till 2005"

· for computerization - $ 1019,5 thousand USD
· for transport provision - $ 1792,1 thousand USD
· for office equipment (faxes, copying devices) - $ 407,4 thousand USD
· for mailing equipment - $ 262,8 thousand USD
· for training of personnel to new technologies - $ 100,0 thousand USD
Total - 3,6 mln. USD
Note: During the period since 1994 $ 76429 was financed for computerization goals, in IV quarter of 2002 it was planned to introduce TACIS projects with equipment for total amount of 123.5 thousand USD.

Mail-financial services in Kyrgyz Republic


Existing services: - Mail remittance;
- Mail banking services.
Planned services: - Mail remittances by transfer
Perspective services: - Mail checks

Legal basis

Article 18. Postal communication
Postal communication of the Kyrgyz Republic represents the whole network of institutes, enterprise and transport means, providing receipt, carriage and delivery of postings, as well as providing other services on contract base.
State enterprise of postal communication form the whole post territory for mutual exchange of postings and are in possession of state executive organs of the Kyrgyz Republic in the sphere of postal communications and provide services on receipt, processing, sending and delivering written correspondence, money transfers, carriage of mail both inside and outside of republic and payment of pensions and allowances.

Non-state enterprises provide post service on the base of license, given accordingly to established by present law order.
Freedom of postings and mail transit is guaranteed on the whole territory of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Enterprise of postal communications can provide services of electro-communication via communications terminals on contract base with services and operators of electro-communication.

Article 19. Using transport means for mail carriage.


Enterprises of communication have the right to carry mail by all ways and lines of railway, air and automobile transport according to contracts.
State authority organs, local authorities, enterprises, institutes and organizations, transport means of which are used for mail carriage, are duty to assist the fastest carriage of all mails by destination, being sent by enterprises of communication, and to provide their safety.
No transport enterprise of republic can refuse to conclude agreement to carry mails by regular inter-city and international ways transport means move.


Article 20. Post marks

Issue of postmarks and other signs of post payment to circulate is the exclusive right of Ministry of transportation and communication.



Article 21. Safeguarding secret of information transmitted by communication means

Secret of correspondence, telephone talks, telegraph messages and other which are transmitted by communication means, is protected by law.
Enterprises of communication of all property forms are duty to take necessary organizing-technical measures to protect in formation.
Unpacking and watching post correspondence and document messages, getting necessary inquires about them, accomplishing control for technical channels of communications including hearing telephone talks at enterprises of all property forms are prohibited except as described in legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Enterprises of postal communication have the right to withdraw in established order prohibited to mail posting' inserts (guns, poison, highly inflammable substances and others). Order of withdrawing mentioned above postings with not found addressee is regulated by post normative acts.

Article 22. Customs control

International postings moving through the customs border of the Kyrgyz Republic are presented to control of customs organs by enterprises of communication. Post enterprises of communication are duty to show consumers the list of postings carriage of which through the border is prohibited.
Watching international postings is fulfilled with customs organs in case and in order established by legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Import onto territory of the Kyrgyz Republic of radioelectronic means and high frequency devices, technical means giving radio frequency radiation or being source of electromagnetic waves is realized under permission of National communication agency.

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