(Youth) Miras (Inheritance) on channel R5 (93.25 MHz) in Aşgabat Turkmenistan - News channel broadcast in 7 languages. Türkmen Owazy - Turkmen Music channel, launched in 2009. Aşgabat Türkmenistan Sport - sports channel, launched in 2012. Previously, all 7 of the national channels were aired on the Yamal satellites for an international audience. Since 1 July 2016 all national channels in Turkmenistan are broadcast by the TürkmenÄlem 52°E national satellite that was launched on 27 April 2015. Telephone Telephones - main lines in use: 500,000 (2006) domestic: 500 automatic telephone stations and 500,000 telephone numbers. international: linked by cable and microwave radio relay to other Commonwealth of Independent States republics and to other countries by leased connections to the Moscow international gateway switch; a new telephone link from Ashgabat to Iran has been established; a new exchange in Ashgabat switches international traffic through Turkey via Intelsat; satellite earth stations - 1 Orbita and 1 Intelsat Newspapers List of newspapers in Turkmenistan: Turkmenskaya Iskra (Soviet-era) Balkan newspaper, Turkmenistan (Balkanabat) "Neutral Turkmenistan" Online Turkmenportal InAshgabat Biz barde social media TurkmenTel Starting from 2007 the Ministry of Communication has organised the international exhibition "TurkmenTel" each year. Leading companies from all around the world are invited to Ashgabat to exhibit their technologies. References External links Ministry of Communication of Turkmenistan MTS Turkmenistan TurkmenTel 2008 Official website Software & Telecommunications services Ashgabat TurkmenTel 2007 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan