MTS Turkmenistan

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]

MTS Turkmenistan

Native name	"MTS Turkmenistan" Economic Society
Industry	Mobile Telecommunications
Founded	1994
Headquarters	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Key people	Oleg Atamanov - President Berdyeva Ejebay – CFO
Products	GSM, EDGE, GPRS, 3G
Parent	MTS

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]