DUSHANBE, July 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- To expand its operations into remote districts of Gorno Badakhshan, Tajik cellular operator, TT-Mobile, operating under the MLT (Mobile Lines of Tajikistan), has installed 12 modern base stations in the area, the MLT spokesman Aziz Khairulloyev told Asia-Plus Wednesday afternoon.

According to him, the company now has more than 580 base stations across the country.

MLT/TT Mobile that reportedly accounts for some 20 percent of users of mobile telecommunications services in the country was established on September 3, 2001.  Since October 5, 2001, when the company was registered under the brand of MLT (Mobile Lines of Tajikistan), it has provided cellular communications services in the GSM standard.  The company covers all regions of Tajikistan, operating in 40 cities and districts.

MLT/TT Mobile is a joint venture between the Russian cellular operator MegaFon and Tajikistan’s national fixed-line operator, Tajiktelecom.  MegaFon owns 75 percent of the shares and Tajiktelecom holds a 25 percent interest in MLT/TT-Mobile.  MLT/TT Mobile was the first cellular operator in Tajikistan to offer its clients the 3G standard in 2005.