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MTS Turkmenistan

{{Short description|Turkmen mobile phone operator}}

{{more citations needed|date=September 2014}}

{{Infobox company

| name = MTS Turkmenistan

| native_name = "MTS Turkmenistan" Economic Society

| logo = MTS logo (2016).svg

| type =

| foundation = 1994

| location = Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

| key_people = Oleg Atamanov - President
Berdyeva Ejebay – CFO

| industry = Mobile Telecommunications

| products = GSM, EDGE, GPRS, 3G

| revenue =

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| net_income =

| num_employees =

| parent = MTS

| subsid =

| homepage =

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MTS Turkmenistan ({{langx|tk|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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.telecompaper.com/news/mts-turkmenistan-revenues-up-to-tmt-27-mln-in-q4--932143/|title=MTS Turkmenistan revenues up to TMT 27 MLN in Q4}} Its rival Altyn Asyr had 3.5 million subscribers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.turkmenistan.ru/en/articles/16762.html/|title = Number of subscribers to national cellular communication operator "Altyn Asyr" exceeded 3 million | Turkmenistan.ru}} It was officially closed sometime in late 2017, leaving Altyn Asyr the only major mobile network operator in the country. {{cite web|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}}{{cite web|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}}{{cite web|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}}

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.

{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtsgsm.com/news/2012-07-26-29834/ |title=MTS Resumes Operations in Turkmenistan |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 }}

Number of Subscribers

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DateSubscribers
March 200690,000 {{Cite web|url=http://www.turkmenistan.ru/en/node/4611|title=Turkmen president urges minister of communications to lower tariffs for mobile services | Turkmenistan.ru}}
December 2007360,000 {{Cite web |url=http://www.mtsgsm.com/news/2009-01-19-27239/ |title=MTS announces subscriber growth numbers for December 2008 |access-date=2013-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201232538/http://www.mtsgsm.com/news/2009-01-19-27239/ |archive-date=2017-12-01 |url-status=dead }}
December 2008930,000 {{Cite web |url=http://www.mtsgsm.com/news/2009-01-19-27239/ |title=MTS announces subscriber growth numbers for December 2008 |access-date=2013-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201232538/http://www.mtsgsm.com/news/2009-01-19-27239/ |archive-date=2017-12-01 |url-status=dead }}
December 20091,760,000 {{Cite web |url=http://www.mtsgsm.com/blog/post/2011/01/26/SUBSCRIBER-NUMBERS-FOR-DECEMBER-2010.aspx |title=Subscriber Numbers for December 2010 |access-date=2013-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201182952/http://www.mtsgsm.com/blog/post/2011/01/26/SUBSCRIBER-NUMBERS-FOR-DECEMBER-2010.aspx |archive-date=2017-12-01 |url-status=dead }}
December 20102,420,000 {{Cite web |url=http://www.mtsgsm.com/blog/post/2011/01/26/SUBSCRIBER-NUMBERS-FOR-DECEMBER-2010.aspx |title=Subscriber Numbers for December 2010 |access-date=2013-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201182952/http://www.mtsgsm.com/blog/post/2011/01/26/SUBSCRIBER-NUMBERS-FOR-DECEMBER-2010.aspx |archive-date=2017-12-01 |url-status=dead }}
September 2012850,000 {{Cite web |url=http://www.mtsgsm.com/blog/post/2013/02/06/SUBSCRIBER-NUMBERS-FOR-Q4-2012.aspx |title=Subscriber Numbers for Q4 2012 |access-date=2013-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201182413/http://www.mtsgsm.com/blog/post/2013/02/06/SUBSCRIBER-NUMBERS-FOR-Q4-2012.aspx |archive-date=2017-12-01 |url-status=dead }}
December 20121,440,000 {{Cite web |url=http://www.mtsgsm.com/blog/post/2013/02/06/SUBSCRIBER-NUMBERS-FOR-Q4-2012.aspx |title=Subscriber Numbers for Q4 2012 |access-date=2013-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201182413/http://www.mtsgsm.com/blog/post/2013/02/06/SUBSCRIBER-NUMBERS-FOR-Q4-2012.aspx |archive-date=2017-12-01 |url-status=dead }}
March 20131,890,000 {{Cite web |url=http://www.mtsgsm.com/blog/post/2013/05/17/SUBSCRIBER-NUMBERS-FOR-Q1-2013.aspx |title=Subscriber Numbers for Q1 2013 |access-date=2013-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231141954/http://www.mtsgsm.com/blog/post/2013/05/17/SUBSCRIBER-NUMBERS-FOR-Q1-2013.aspx |archive-date=2016-12-31 |url-status=dead }}

References

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20130123175556/http://www.mts.tm/ Official website]

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