Turkmenistan, one of the world’s most isolated dictatorships, is planning to launch its own messaging app and email.

A state-owned communications company Turkmentelekom has developed software for national e-mail, according to a November 12 report by the government’s news agency TDH. The report added that President Gurbanguly Berdimukhamedov was informed during a cabinet meeting that the email service was being tested ahead of its rollout. 

At the same time, the majority state-owned Altyn Asyr, Turkmenistan’s sole mobile telecoms provider, has created a mobile app for a national messenger service.

“With the help of the Internet, this mobile software allows you to instantly exchange text messages, participate in group conversations, talk using video calls, and send and receive various types of electronic files,” the state news agency wrote.