Turkmenistan's Communications | Turkmen Communications

Telephones - main lines in use: 374,000 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 52,000 (2004)

Telephone system: general assessment: poorly developed domestic: NA international: country code - 993; linked by cable and microwave radio relay to other CIS republics and to other countries by leased connections to the Moscow international gateway switch; a new telephone link from Ashgabat to Iran has been established; a new exchange in Ashgabat switches international traffic through Turkey via Intelsat; satellite earth stations - 1 Orbita and 1 Intelsat

Radio broadcast stations: AM 16, FM 8, shortwave 2 (1998)

Television broadcast stations: 4 (government owned and programmed) (2004)

Internet country code: .tm

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

Internet users: 8,000 (2002)



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