Altyn Asyr (mobile operator)

History

The company was established in August 2004. In the same year, the company became a member of the GSMA, where it was registered under the number 438 02. The operator became a structural unit of the Turkmentelecom, which in turn is fully owned by the Ministry of Communications.

The equipment for the initial 50,000 subscribers was supplied by Siemens. Equipment for 25 thousand numbers has been installed in Ashgabat (including Archabil District), Ahal Region (Ak Bugday, Ruhabat, Geoktepe Districts) and Abadan. The rest of the equipment with a total capacity of 25 thousand numbers was installed in the regional centers of Turkmenistan.

In 2010, Altyn Asyr was the first in Turkmenistan to launch a 3G network of the UMTS standard. In April 2010, the number of abonents of Altyn Asyr reached 500 thousand.

A new administrative building was inaugurated in October 2012. The four storey building accommodates 350 staff members.

Since 2012, the company has been providing international roaming services in foreign countries.

On September 18, 2013, the operator launched LTE. At the end of September 2014, the company introduced VoLTE.

In August 2024, the company stopped issuing new SIM cards, citing their absence and the lack of available numbers. Previously, queues to obtain a number stretched out for a year. Using SIM cards from operators from neighboring republics is prohibited in Turkmenistan.

Altyn Asyr's main competitor in Turkmenistan is the Ashgabat City Telephone Network.

Operations

Altyn Asyr in Turkmenistan is a mobile network operator providing services under the standards GSM, 3G and LTE. Apart from cellular network, the company also offers local telephone service, broadband, and mobile television.

eSIM

In November 2023 Altyn Asyr was the first in Turkmenistan to present an opportunity to switch over to eSIM.

Subscriber numbers

Altyn Asyr has 6 network codes: 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 71. Telephone numbers in the international format are +99361xxxxxx, +99362xxxxxx, +99363xxxxxx, +99364xxxxxx, +99365xxxxxx and +99371xxxxxx.

Subscribers benefit from core services (voice communications, data transfer, SMS, MMS, voice mail, etc.)

Number of subscribers

Sponsorship

The operator Altyn Asyr is a shirt sponsor of the football club Altyn Asyr FK since its inception. TM CELL's name is located on the front of the team's shirts.

References

References

1. "We are three and half million of people".
2. "One Family's 'Golden Age': President's Relative Controls Turkmenistan's Only Mobile Operator".
3. "Turkmenistan introduces national GSM cellular communication network".
4. "Туркменистан приступил к внедрению национальной системы сотовой связи стандарта GSM".
5. "Число абонентов оператора сотовой связи "Алтын Асыр" достигло полумиллиона".
6. "Administrative building of national cellular operator "Altyn Asyr" inaugurated in Ashgabat".
7. "TMCELL starts to connect the subscribers to the LTE network".
8. (2014-09-29). "Altyn Asyr introduces voice over LTE". Telecompaper.
9. (2024-08-13). "Aşgabatda mobil telefonlary üçin SIM kartalaryň satuwy bes edildi".
10. "TMCELL Ýapyk görnüşli paýdarlar jemgyýeti".
11. "TMCELL Ýapyk görnüşli paýdarlar jemgyýeti".
12. https://turkmenportal.com/en/blog/69995/kak-podklyuchit-virtualnyi-nomer-tm-cell-v-turkmenistane-i-dlya-chego-on-nuzhen
13. https://turkmenportal.com/en/blog/69676/tmcell-altyn-asyr-predstavil-turkmenistancam-novuyu-uslugu--virtualnye-nomera
14. (9 November 2023). "Новая услуга от TM-CELL: виртуальные сим-карты".
15. "Turkmen president urges minister of communications to lower tariffs for mobile services".
16. "Number of subscribers of "Altyn Asyr" cellular communication operator reached half a million".
17. "Turkmenistan's national cellular communication network provides services to more than 2,600 million subscribers".
18. "Number of subscribers to national cellular communication operator "Altyn Asyr" exceeded 3 million".
19. "TMCELL - We are three and half million of people".
20. "Новые тарифы TM-CELL увеличили число абонентов сети на 200 тысяч » "СНГ СЕГОДНЯ" - последние новости стран СНГ читайте на SNG.TODAY".
21. "the-afc.com".