MTS Turkmenistan

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

MTS Turkmenistan (Turkmen: MTS Türkmenistan) was a mobile phone operator in Turkmenistan. It was fully owned by Russia's MTS. 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]

  1. ^ "MTS Turkmenistan revenues up to TMT 27 MLN in Q4".
  2. ^ "Number of subscribers to national cellular communication operator "Altyn Asyr" exceeded 3 million | Turkmenistan.ru".
  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.