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Turkmenistan Communications 2000
Telephones - main lines in use:
320,000 (1995)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
NA
Telephone system:
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 Service Providers (ISPs):
NA
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