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Daily newspapers > per 1,000 people	6.79 per 1,000 people		[56th of 89]
DVD region	5		[53rd of 171]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	82.01 per 1,000 people		[134th of 193]
Households with television > %	93.2 %		[41st of 160]
Mobile phone subscribers	50,100		[174th of 198]
Newspaper circulation	31,512		[41st of 51]
Newspapers	2		[64th of 67]
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	32,000		[56th of 90]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	2		[68th of 106]
Phone subscribers	83.85		[123rd of 178]
Radio broadcast stations	AM 16, FM 8, shortwave 2
Radio receivers	1,225,000		[101st of 188]
Radios	1,225,000		[102nd of 221]
Telephone system > Domestic Turkmentelekom, in cooperation with foreign investors, is planning to upgrade the country's telephone exchanges and install a new digital switching system; mobile-cellular usage remains limited
Telephone 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
Telephones > Main lines in use	495,000		[83rd of 174]
Telephones > Mobile cellular	216,900		[133rd of 186]
Television broadcast stations	4		[16th of 89]
Television receivers	820,000		[84th of 185]
Televisions	820,000		[86th of 215]

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