Talk:Turkmenistan/@comment-94.102.184.50-20170806064853

Just popped into the first MTS shop in Turkmenabat and got SIM card registered with my european passport and transit visa (copies were made of both). Took 10 minutes, and 10 manat (usd $1.4) for 200mb data. Sim is free. They will deactivate that when the visa runs out, but the way he asked I think if I had said I planned to come back in a month or two it could have stayed valid longer.

Anyhow, certainly much easier than uzbekistan and many other places, no idea why blacklisted. Btw asked at TM Cell first and they also said no problem, but sim card person was out already so asked to come back tomorrow ...