Short facts about communications in Turkmenistan

Telephones - main lines in use:

363,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

4,300 (1998)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  poorly developed domestic:  NA international:  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)

Radios:

1.225 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

3 (much programming relayed from Russia and Turkey) (1997)

Televisions:

820,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.tm

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

NA

Internet users:

2,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook