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):
1
Internet users:
2,000 (2000)