Turkmenistan - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
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Turkmenistan - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
Turkmenistan keeps a stranglehold on internet and broadband use
The telecom market in Turkmenistan is full of extremes. It has one of the lowest internet penetration rates (in terms of accessibility) in the world, ranking second only to North Korea. At the same time, it enjoys near saturation levels for mobile phone subscriptions.
Part of the reason behind this incongruity is down to the government’s autocratic, repressive control over the media and access to information – particularly anything coming from outside its borders. But perhaps what’s more consequential is the extremely high cost of broadband – up to ten times higher than what’s found in neighbouring Central Asian countries. And that’s down to the monopoly being enjoyed by the state-owned telco Turkmentelecom (and its mobile offshoot TM Cell). Shortly after the only other MNO had its license revoked and was forced to exit the market, TM Cell announced a five-fold increase in mobile broadband prices.
The inevitable outcome has been mobile broadband subscriber penetration rates of less than 20% – far below the levels seen elsewhere. Considerable political and economic reform is desperately needed to give Turkmenistan any chance of playing catch-up to the rest of the world.
Turkmenistan keeps a stranglehold on internet and broadband use
The telecom market in Turkmenistan is full of extremes. It has one of the lowest internet penetration rates (in terms of accessibility) in the world, ranking second only to North Korea. At the same time, it enjoys near saturation levels for mobile phone subscriptions.
Part of the reason behind this incongruity is down to the government’s autocratic, repressive control over the media and access to information – particularly anything coming from outside its borders. But perhaps what’s more consequential is the extremely high cost of broadband – up to ten times higher than what’s found in neighbouring Central Asian countries. And that’s down to the monopoly being enjoyed by the state-owned telco Turkmentelecom (and its mobile offshoot TM Cell). Shortly after the only other MNO had its license revoked and was forced to exit the market, TM Cell announced a five-fold increase in mobile broadband prices.
The inevitable outcome has been mobile broadband subscriber penetration rates of less than 20% – far below the levels seen elsewhere. Considerable political and economic reform is desperately needed to give Turkmenistan any chance of playing catch-up to the rest of the world.
Table of Contents
75 Pages
- 1 Key statistics
- 2 Regional Asia market comparison
- 2.1 Market characteristics
- 2.2 Market Leaders
- 2.3 Market Challengers
- 2.4 Market Emergents
- 2.5 TMI vs GDP
- 2.6 Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
- 2.7 Fixed versus mobile broadband penetration
- 3 Covid-19 and its impact on the telecom sector
- 3.1 Economic considerations and responses
- 3.2 Mobile devices
- 3.3 Subscribers
- 3.4 Infrastructure
- 4 Country overview
- 4.1 Economy
- 5 Telecommunications market
- 6 Regulatory environment
- 6.1 Regulatory authority
- 6.2 Government policies
- 7 Mobile market
- 7.1 Mobile broadband
- 7.2 Major mobile operators
- 8 Fixed-line broadband market
- 9 Fixed network market
- 9.1 Major network operator
- 10 Telecommunications infrastructure
- 10.1 National telecom network
- 10.2 Fibre networks
- 10.3 International infrastructure
- 11 Appendix Historic data
- 12 Glossary of abbreviations
- 13 Related reports
- Table 1 Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Turkmenistan 2022 (e)
- Table 2 Percentage of Population Covered by Type of Mobile Network 2013 2020
- Table 3 Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
- Table 4 Growth in the number of mobile broadband subscribers and penetration 2014 2027
- Table 5 TM Cell mobile subscribers 2012 2019
- Table 6 Internet users and penetration 2012 2017
- Table 7 Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
- Table 8 Growth in the number of fixed lines in service and penetration 2012 2027
- Table 9 Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate 1997 2011
- Table 10 Historic - MTS mobile ARPU 2004 2014
- Table 11 Historic - International internet bandwidth capacity 2000 2011
- Table 12 Historic - Fixed lines in service and penetration 1996 2011
- Table 13 Historic - Change in the number of MTS's mobile subscribers 2005 2017
- Table 14 Historic - Increase in international internet bandwidth capacity 2012 2017
- Chart 1 Asia Telecoms Maturity Index Market Leaders
- Chart 2 Asia Telecoms Maturity Index Market Challengers
- Chart 3 Asia Telecoms Maturity Index Market Emergents
- Chart 4 Asia Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per capita
- Chart 5 Asia Mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
- Chart 6 Central Asia Mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
- Chart 7 Central Asia Fixed and mobile broadband penetration
- Chart 8 Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
- Chart 9 Mobile Broadband Subscribers and Penetration (with Forecast) 2014 2027
- Chart 10 Internet users and penetration 2012 2017
- Chart 11 Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
- Chart 12 Growth in the number of fixed lines in service and penetration 2012 2027
- Exhibit 1 Map of Telecom Maturity Index global ranking among countries in Asia
- Exhibit 2 Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
- Exhibit 3 Asia Market Leaders and market developments
- Exhibit 4 Asia Market Challengers and market developments
- Exhibit 5 Asia Market Emergents and market developments
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