Communications in Turkmenistan
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Turkmenistan has a state-controlled press and monitored communication systems. With the death of Saparmurat Niyazov on December 21, 2006, the situation may change, possibly opening for the expansion of free press and open communications within the nation.
Telephones - main lines in use: 500,000 (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular:105,000 (2007)
Telephone system:
domestic: 500 automatic telephone stations and 500,000 telephone numbers. [1]
international: linked by cable and microwave radio relay to other Commonwealth of Independent States 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)
Radios: 1.225 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 4 (3 of them broadcast in Turkmen language and one broadcast in 7 languages that are spoken all over Turkmenistan) (2004)
Televisions: 820,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): Turkmenistan gained access to the Internet in 1997 through a contract with MCI Communications (later became MCI WorldCom). A small number of independent Internet Service Providers were forced out of business in 2001 when TurkmenTelecom was granted a monopoly over data services. Official estimates in 2001 projected roughly 2000 users online, almost all located is Ashgabat.
Country code (Top level domain): TM
- See also : Turkmenistan, Turkmenistan telephone codes
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[edit] List of newspapers in Turkmenistan
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1. Telecommunications at the World Level
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