MTS Turkmenistan

MTS Turkmenistan
Industry Mobile Telecommunications
Founded 1994
Headquarters Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Key people
Oleg Atamanov - President
Berdyeva Ejebay – CFO
Products GSM, EDGE, GPRS, 3G
Parent MTS (network provider)
Website www.mts.tm

MTS Turkmenistan (Turkmen: MTS Türkmenistan) is a mobile phone operator in Turkmenistan. It is fully owned by Russia's MTS (network provider). As of 2013, it had 1.89 million subscribers.[1] Its rival Altyn Asyr had 3.5 million subscribers.[2]

Company background

The company was founded in 1994 in Texas, USA. On July 25, 2012, the company has signed an agreement with the TurkmenTelecom enterprise of Ministry of Communications of Turkmenistan which says that MTS Turkmenistan will on a monthly basis pay to TurkmenTelecom 30% of its net profit derived from operations in Turkmenistan. This agreement is for five years and may be extended another five years subject to some conditions. The company has also been granted GSM and 3G licenses for a three-year term. [3]

Number of Subscribers

Date Subscribers
March 2006 90,000 [4]
December 2007 360,000 [5]
December 2008 930,000 [6]
December 2009 1,760,000 [7]
December 2010 2,420,000 [8]
September 2012 850,000 [9]
December 2012 1,440,000 [10]
March 2013 1,890,000 [11]

References

  1. http://www.telecompaper.com/news/mts-turkmenistan-revenues-up-to-tmt-27-mln-in-q4--932143/
  2. http://www.turkmenistan.ru/en/articles/16762.html/
  3. http://www.mtsgsm.com/news/2012-07-26-29834/
  4. http://www.turkmenistan.ru/en/node/4611
  5. http://www.mtsgsm.com/news/2009-01-19-27239/
  6. http://www.mtsgsm.com/news/2009-01-19-27239/
  7. http://www.mtsgsm.com/blog/post/2011/01/26/SUBSCRIBER-NUMBERS-FOR-DECEMBER-2010.aspx
  8. http://www.mtsgsm.com/blog/post/2011/01/26/SUBSCRIBER-NUMBERS-FOR-DECEMBER-2010.aspx
  9. http://www.mtsgsm.com/blog/post/2013/02/06/SUBSCRIBER-NUMBERS-FOR-Q4-2012.aspx
  10. http://www.mtsgsm.com/blog/post/2013/02/06/SUBSCRIBER-NUMBERS-FOR-Q4-2012.aspx
  11. http://www.mtsgsm.com/blog/post/2013/05/17/SUBSCRIBER-NUMBERS-FOR-Q1-2013.aspx

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