| People | Turkmenistan |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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495,000 (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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96 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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216,900 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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42 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: poorly developed
domestic: Turkmentelekom, in cooperation with foreign investors, is planning to upgrade the country's telephone exchanges and install a new digital switching system; mobile-cellular useage remains limited
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 (2006) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 16, FM 8, shortwave 2 (1998) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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323,724 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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647,447 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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2,589,786 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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4 (government-owned and programmed) (2004) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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1,294,893 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.tm |
Internet hosts:
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97 (2007) |
Internet users:
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64,800 (2006) |
Internet users - density:
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13 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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