Mobile
BCTI was only GSM operator in country with 10-year exclusive license granted in 1994. Due to lack of competition, BCTI continued to operate without investing much to cover rural areas. Expensive cost of service limited the number of subscribers to very small percentage of general population.
Mobile phones sector started to improve rapidly after the expiration of company's exclusive license in 2004. Russian mobile phone operator MTS acquired BCTI and state owned communication company TurkmenTelekom opened new subsidiary, Altyn Asyr. Number of mobile phone subscribers reached over 1,000,000. (MTS - 800,000 and Altyn Asyr GSM 450,000 (estimate)
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