NEWS
TURKMENISTAN REDUCES INTERNET COSTS
The day before the President of Turkmenistan commissioned to revise the rates for Internet and other communications services. The issue-associated instructions were given during a working meeting that took place today to discuss the transport and communications sector’s development.
Addressing Vice-Premier Bayramgeldi Ovezov, who is in charge of the sphere, and senior officials in the transport and communications sector, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov noted that there is a special need for improving the quality and expanding the potential of communications services in accordance with the Anti-Crisis Program for 2020-2021 and due to the widespread introduction of e-commerce, online services, the practice of working and studying remotely.
Today, the Turkmenaragatnashyk Agency has reduced the rates for ADSL Internet services with limited traffic, VDSL/ADSL unlimited Internet services, and leased lines.
The reduced costs are calculated separately for city residents, rural dwellers in velayat etraps, state-run enterprises and organizations, private entrepreneurs, non-state entities without foreign investors (economic societies, individual enterprises, etc.), and scientific and educational institutions of Turkmenistan. On average, the costs have been reduced by 22 - 52 percent. Turkmentelecom and Ashgabat City Telephone Network are Turkmenistan’s Internet service providers.
The Turkmenaragatnashyk Agency emphasizes that the established costs are not a one-time-only or temporarily available option, but an integral part of the long-term policy - “The State – for Man!”
The costs are presented in tables below.
Rates for VDSL/ADSL unlimited Internet services
For city residents:
|
Monthly cost Speed up to |
New cost |
Previous cost |
Difference in percent |
|
256 Kbps |
100,00 |
150,00 |
33 |
|
512 Kbps |
150,00 |
250,00 |
40 |
|
1 Mbps |
170,00 |
300,00 |
43 |
|
2 Mbps |
200,00 |
350,00 |
43 |
For residents of daikhan associations and villages in velayat etraps:
|
Monthly cost Speed up to |
New cost |
Previous cost |
Difference in percent |
|
256 Kbps |
50,00 |
75,00 |
33 |
|
512 Kbps |
100,00 |
150,00 |
33 |
For all scientific and educational institutions of Turkmenistan:
|
Monthly cost Speed up to |
New cost |
Previous cost |
Difference in percent |
|
512 Kbps |
250,00 |
320,00 |
22 |
|
1 Mbps |
350,00 |
576,00 |
39 |
|
2 Mbps |
500,00 |
1000,00 |
50 |
For state-run enterprises and organizations, private entrepreneurs, non-state entities without foreign investors (economic societies, individual enterprises, etc.):
|
Monthly cost Speed up to |
New cost |
Previous cost |
Difference in percent |
|
2 Mbps |
1000,00 |
1500,00 |
33 |
|
4 Mbps |
1250,00 |
1700,00 |
26 |
|
6 Mbps |
1500,00 |
2100,00 |
29 |
|
8 Mbps |
1750,00 |
3600,00 |
51 |
|
10 Mbps |
2000,00 |
4200,00 |
52 |
Leased lines
For state-run enterprises and organizations, private entrepreneurs, non-state entities without foreign investors (economic societies, individual enterprises, etc.):
|
Monthly cost Speed up to |
New cost |
Previous cost |
Difference in percent |
|
2 Mbps |
1 140,00 |
2 280,00 |
50 |
|
3 Mbps |
1 170,00 |
2 337,00 |
50 |
|
4 Mbps |
1 200,00 |
2 394,00 |
50 |
|
5 Mbps |
1 250,00 |
2 500,00 |
50 |
|
6 Mbps |
1 750,00 |
3 500,00 |
50 |
|
8 Mbps |
2 250,00 |
4 500,00 |
50 |
|
10 Mbps |
2 500,00 |
5 000,00 |
50 |
|
20 Mbps |
4 750,00 |
9 500,00 |
50 |
|
30 Mbps |
7 000,00 |
14 000,00 |
50 |
For all scientific and educational institutions of Turkmenistan:
|
Monthly cost Speed up to |
New cost |
Previous cost |
Difference in percent |
|
4 Mbps |
600,00 |
1 200,00 |
50 |
|
6 Mbps |
900,00 |
1 800,00 |
50 |
|
8 Mbps |
1 200,00 |
2 400,00 |
50 |
|
10 Mbps |
1 500,00 |
3 000,00 |
50 |