Azeri ministry plans Baku-London satellite link, broadcast upgrade

MPA news agency
9 Jun 04

Baku, 9 June: The Teleradio company of the Azerbaijani Ministry of
Communications and Information Technology will put into operation
a Baku-London international satellite communications link by 15
June 2004.

Measures are being taken to increase the quality of radio and TV
broadcasts, the ministry has told MPA news agency. A 1-kW transmitter
[as received, does not clarify radio or TV] has been installed in
the Ganca TV and radio broadcast centre and a 5-kW transmitter [as
received, does not clarify radio or TV] is to be installed there.

By the end of 2004, radio and TV stations in Ganca and Xanlar District
[northwestern Azerbaijan] will be provided with modern technical
equipment. Similar measures are to be taken in Gadabay, Samkir,
Agstafa and Fuzuli districts [all in western Azerbaijan, along the
frontline in Karabakh and the Armenian border].