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Public corporation
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, foundation = 7 April 1993
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Ashgabat
Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشقآباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...
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Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...
CEO
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Telecommunications
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Fixed Telephony
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Mobile Telephony
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Broadband Internet
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IT Services
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Differing from more technology-or ...
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...
founded on April 7, 1993. The head office is located in the city of
Ashgabat
Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشقآباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...
. It has branches in all regions of Turkmenistan.
Turkmentelecom covers all the main target markets of
Information and communications technology
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services. The company provides telephony services (including
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) is a set of communication standards for simultaneous digital transmission of voice, video, data, and other network services over the digitalised circuits of the public switched telephone network. Wo ...
), data networking, Internet access, and
telegraph
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. Turkmentelecom is the only telecom operator in Turkmenistan, providing all telecommunications services, including
Internet
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email
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. Turkmentelecom cooperates and collaborates with more than 40 operators in foreign countries, as well as with other communications companies, such as
Siemens
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The principal divisions of the corporation are ''Industry'', '' ...
,
Alcatel-Lucent
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,
Ericsson
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, Netash,
Italtel
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, TCI, and
Schlumberger
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Schlumberger is the world's largest offshore drilling compa ...