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 Turkmenistan
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007| Introduction - Turkmenistan: |  | Location - Turkmenistan: |  | People - Turkmenistan: |  | Government - Turkmenistan: |  | Economy - Turkmenistan: |  | Communications - Turkmenistan: |  | Fiscal year | calendar year |  |  |  | Telephones main lines in use | 495,000 (2006) |  |  |  | Telephones mobile cellular | 105,000 (2005) |  |  |  | Telephone system | general assessment: poorly developed domestic: Turkmenistans telecommunications network remains woefully underdeveloped; Turkmentelekom, in cooperation with foreign investors, is planning to upgrade the countrys telephone exchanges and install a new digital switching system
 
 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 | AM 16, FM 8, shortwave 2 (1998) |  |  |  | Television broadcast stations | 4 (government-owned and programmed) (2004) |  |  |  | Internet country code | .tm |  |  |  | Internet hosts | 585 (2006) |  |  |  | Internet users | 64,800 (2006) |  |  |  | Transportation - Turkmenistan: |  | Military - Turkmenistan: |  Source: CIA >>>
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