| TURKMENISTANI MEDIA STATS: |
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DVD region
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5 |
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[53rd of 171]
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Newspapers
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2 |
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[64th of 67]
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Radio broadcast stations
AM 16, FM 8, shortwave 2 (1998) |
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Radios
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1,225,000 |
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[102nd of 221]
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Telecommunications investment > % of revenue
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5.14 %
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[126th of 165]
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Telecommunications investment > current LCU
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37793000000 |
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Telecommunications revenue > % GDP
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0.83 % GDP
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[149th of 167]
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Telecommunications revenue > current LCU
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292315000000 |
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Telephone employees, total
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7,514
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[65th of 194]
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Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines
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86.4 per 100 mainlines
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[13th of 134]
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Telephone mainlines
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376,100
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[99th of 202]
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Telephone subscribers
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385,287
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[129th of 199]
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Telephone subscribers per employee
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52.67
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[154th of 191]
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Telephone system > Domestic
Turkmenistan's telecommunications network remains woefully underdeveloped; Turkmentelekom, in cooperation with foreign investors, is planning to upgrade the country's telephone exchanges and install a new digital switching system |
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Telephone system > General assessment
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poorly developed |
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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 (2006) |
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Telephones > Main lines in use
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495,000
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[94th of 225]
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Telephones > Mobile cellular
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52,000
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[179th of 220]
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Television broadcast stations
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4
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[117th of 220]
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Televisions
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820,000 |
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[86th of 215]
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