Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, 28 March / Trend H. Hasanov /
Turkmen state mobile operator Altyn Asyr (TM Cell) has announced its reorganisation on Thursday by becoming a closed joint stock company (JSC).
According to the information, Altyn Asir JSC will from now on serve as the successor to the Altyn Asyr mobile operator.
In this connection, mobile operator Altyn Asyr reports that previous agreements with subscribers will remain in force in the future.
On all matters of accounts receivable and accounts payable to the Altyn Asyr mobile enterprise, please call (99312) 39-11-93, 39-11-55, 39-11-91. Address: Ashgabat, 217 Oguz Khan (Organizing Committee for the establishment of the closed joint stock company Altyn Asyr).
The announcement also offers phone numbers for information: (99312) 22/11/39, 39-12-73, 39-12-77.
The first meeting of the founding board of the company was held in late January. JSC was established on the basis of the decision of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed in November 2012. According to the data for that period, the number of TM Cell subscribers reached more than three million.
Established in 2004, the Altyn Asyr cellular network became a member of the World Association of mobile communication standard GSM where the number 438 02 was registered as mobile network 'Tm Cell'.
During this period, the coverage area of services has significantly expanded, it covers almost all Turkmen settlements, including remote and hard-to-reach areas, and the ones located along roads and railways.
The Ministry of Communications was until now a monopolist in Turkmenistan in providing communication and telecommunications services. State-owned companies operating under the ministry provided telephone and mobile communications, Internet and cable TV services to the population.
Earlier it was reported that joint ventures with a certain share of foreign capital can be established in the national cellular communication market.
Russian MTS operator is the only foreign company in Turkmenistan providing a cellular communication service.