Introduction
How is the communication system in Turkmenistan? Here, Broadcast media include broadcast media is government controlled and censored; 7 state-owned TV and 4 state-owned radio networks; satellite dishes and programming provide an alternative to the state-run media; officials sometimes limit access to satellite TV by removing satellite dishes. What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Turkmenistan
Internet country code .tm
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
Total 377,000 (2022 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 5 (2022 est.)
Internet users
Percent of population 21% (2017 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 10 (2022 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular
Total subscriptions 6.25 million (2021 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 99 (2021 est.)
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Turkmenistan is found in Central Asia