Turkmenistan

1. Country: Turkmenistan
Country suffix: .tm

Population: 4,3 million
Area: 488 100 sq km
Capital: Ashgabat

2. Estimated number of h osts in the local Internet
Approx. 1000 hosts (late autumn 1998)

3. Estimated number of users in theeducational/commercial/governmental sectors:
educational 200
commercial 900
governmental 400

4. List of major commercial ISP's

5. List of major non-commercial ISP's
1. SIBNET Network Center www.sibnet.tm


6. Internet Service Providers operating their ownbackbone networks:

I. Turkmentelecom
Present in 3 major cities, internal connect ions by leased lines,speed 33.6k.
Foreign link: 256k satellite connection to MCI.
Commercial ISP (goverment-owned PTT).

7. More information about country: