Internet country code | .tm |
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Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
Total | 10,000 (2020 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 0.2 (2020 est.) |
Internet users | |
Total | 1,563,023 (2022 est.) |
Percent of population | 25.3% (2022 est.) |
Telecommunication systems | |
General assessment | The nation of Turkmenistan, which rivals only North Korea for its isolationism, continues to keep its telecom sector along with the broader populace under tight control; the country inched up just one point off the bottom of the world rankings for press and internet freedom in the most recent report from Reporters Without Borders; most social networks in the country are blocked, although locals do have access to the government-developed platform released in 2019; all internet users, however, need to identify themselves before logging on, and strict censorship over what can be viewed is in force; the end result is that Turkmenistan has one of the lowest usage rates for internet access in the world (2024) |
Domestic | Fixed-line is 13 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity is 99 per 100 persons (2022) |
International | Country code - 993; linked by fiber-optic cable and microwave radio relay to other CIS republics and to other countries by leased connections to the Moscow international gateway switch; an exchange in Ashgabat switches international traffic through Turkey via Intelsat; satellite earth stations - 1 Orbita and 1 Intelsat (2018) |
Telephones - fixed lines | |
Total subscriptions | 802,000 (2021 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 13 (2021 est.) |
Telephones - mobile cellular | |
Total subscriptions | 6.255 million (2021 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 99 (2021 est.) |
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