The Ashgabat City Telephone Network (Turkmen: Aşgabat şäher telefon ulgamy, AŞTU) is the telecommunications company in Turkmenistan which provides local telephone, CDMA and IPTV[2] service to subscribers in the city of Ashgabat.
It provides long-distance and international calls, broadband access to the Internet via ADSL, and Wi-Fi services for home, business, educational institutions and foreign enterprises.
Based on the decree of the President of Turkmenistan dated 17 April 2015, the Ashgabat City Telephone Network was transformed into a closed joint-stock company,[4] with the participation of the Ministry of Communications of Turkmenistan with a share in the authorized capital of 30% and the State Telecommunications Company Turkmentelecom with a share of 60%.
[6] As of 2023, the number of customers of cable telephone services reached 247,449 subscribers.
Since 2010, the network equipment has been installed and commissioned in other regions of Turkmenistan.