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'''MTS Turkmenistan''' ({{lang-tk|MTS Türkmenistan}}) is a [[mobile phone]] operator in [[Turkmenistan]].
'''MTS Turkmenistan''' ({{lang-tk|MTS Türkmenistan}}) was a [[mobile phone]] operator in [[Turkmenistan]].
It is fully owned by Russia's [[MTS (network provider)]].
It was fully owned by Russia's [[MTS (network provider)]].
As of 2013, it had 1.89 million subscribers.<ref>http://www.telecompaper.com/news/mts-turkmenistan-revenues-up-to-tmt-27-mln-in-q4--932143/</ref> Its rival [[Altyn Asyr]] had 3.5 million subscribers.<ref>http://www.turkmenistan.ru/en/articles/16762.html/</ref> It was officially closed sometime in late 2017, leaving Altyn Asyr the only major mobile network operator in the country.
As of 2013, it had 1.89 million subscribers.<ref>http://www.telecompaper.com/news/mts-turkmenistan-revenues-up-to-tmt-27-mln-in-q4--932143/</ref> Its rival [[Altyn Asyr]] had 3.5 million subscribers.<ref>http://www.turkmenistan.ru/en/articles/16762.html/</ref> It was officially closed sometime in late 2017, leaving Altyn Asyr the only major mobile network operator in the country. <ref>{{citeweb|url=https://eurasianet.org/turkmenistan-mts-packing-up-and-leaving-further-dampening-investor-climate|title=Turkmenistan: MTS packing up and leaving, further dampening investor climate|date=3 Jan 2019|publisher=Eurasia.net}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/turkmenistan-mts-suspends-operations-telecoms/28764540.html|title=Russian Telecom Giant MTS Suspends Operations In Turkmenistan|publisher=[[RadioFreeEurope]]/RadioLiberty|date=29 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/top-three/mts-begins-turkmenistan-network-tear-down|title=MTS begins Turkmenistan network tear-down|date=4 Jan 2019|publisher=Mobile World Live}}</ref>


== Company background ==
== Company background ==
On July 25, 2012, the company has signed an agreement with the TurkmenTelecom enterprise of Ministry of Communications of Turkmenistan which says that MTS Turkmenistan will on a monthly basis pay to TurkmenTelecom 30% of its net profit derived from operations in [[Turkmenistan]]. This agreement is for five years and may be extended another five years subject to some conditions. The company has also been granted GSM and 3G licenses for a three-year term.
On July 25, 2012, the company signed an agreement with the TurkmenTelecom enterprise of Ministry of Communications of Turkmenistan which says that MTS Turkmenistan will on a monthly basis pay to TurkmenTelecom 30% of its net profit derived from operations in [[Turkmenistan]]. This agreement was for five years and may be extended another five years subject to some conditions. The company had also been granted GSM and 3G licenses for a three-year term.
<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtsgsm.com/news/2012-07-26-29834/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701144754/http://www.mtsgsm.com/news/2012-07-26-29834/ |archive-date=2018-07-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtsgsm.com/news/2012-07-26-29834/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701144754/http://www.mtsgsm.com/news/2012-07-26-29834/ |archive-date=2018-07-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Revision as of 19:41, 5 August 2020

MTS Turkmenistan
Native name
"MTS Turkmenistan" Economic Society
IndustryMobile Telecommunications
Founded1994
HeadquartersAshgabat, Turkmenistan
Key people
Oleg Atamanov - President
Berdyeva Ejebay – CFO
ProductsGSM, EDGE, GPRS, 3G
ParentMTS (network provider)
Websitewww.mts.tm

MTS Turkmenistan (Turkmen: MTS Türkmenistan) was a mobile phone operator in Turkmenistan. It was fully owned by Russia's MTS (network provider). As of 2013, it had 1.89 million subscribers.[1] Its rival Altyn Asyr had 3.5 million subscribers.[2] It was officially closed sometime in late 2017, leaving Altyn Asyr the only major mobile network operator in the country. [3][4][5]

Company background

On July 25, 2012, the company signed an agreement with the TurkmenTelecom enterprise of Ministry of Communications of Turkmenistan which says that MTS Turkmenistan will on a monthly basis pay to TurkmenTelecom 30% of its net profit derived from operations in Turkmenistan. This agreement was for five years and may be extended another five years subject to some conditions. The company had also been granted GSM and 3G licenses for a three-year term. [6]

Number of Subscribers

Date Subscribers
March 2006 90,000 [7]
December 2007 360,000 [8]
December 2008 930,000 [9]
December 2009 1,760,000 [10]
December 2010 2,420,000 [11]
September 2012 850,000 [12]
December 2012 1,440,000 [13]
March 2013 1,890,000 [14]

References

  1. ^ http://www.telecompaper.com/news/mts-turkmenistan-revenues-up-to-tmt-27-mln-in-q4--932143/
  2. ^ http://www.turkmenistan.ru/en/articles/16762.html/
  3. ^ "Turkmenistan: MTS packing up and leaving, further dampening investor climate". Eurasia.net. 3 Jan 2019.
  4. ^ "Russian Telecom Giant MTS Suspends Operations In Turkmenistan". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. 29 September 2017.
  5. ^ "MTS begins Turkmenistan network tear-down". Mobile World Live. 4 Jan 2019.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-07-01. Retrieved 2013-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ http://www.turkmenistan.ru/en/node/4611
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2013-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2013-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2013-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2013-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2013-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2013-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-12-31. Retrieved 2013-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

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