Turkey - Key Statistics, Regulatory & Fixed Line Telecoms Overviews

Synopsis

Turkey’s communications market holds much potential given the size of its population and its growing economy. The telecoms market has been liberalised with a number of licences awarded to alternative operators and a majority stake in incumbent fixed-line operator Turk Telekom privatised. The telecoms regulatory framework has been amended to conform to the EU’s regulatory framework for communications. Despite these regulatory developments the incumbent still dominates the market. This report provides an introduction to the country’s regulatory environment, market liberalisation and privatisation of the fixed-line incumbent, as well as the country’s national and international fixed-line market and infrastructure, including an s and offering a wealth of statistics.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Key statistics
  
  • 2.1 Country overview
    
• 3. Telecommunications market
  
  • 3.1 Overview of Turkey’s telecom market
    
• 4. Regulatory environment
  
  • 4.1 Background
    
  • 4.2 Regulatory authority
    
    • 4.2.1 Information and Communications Technologies Authority (ICTA)
      
  • 4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Turkey
    
    • 4.3.1 Licences
      
  • 4.4 Privatisation
    
    • 4.4.1 Privatisation background
      
  • 4.5 Interconnect
    
  • 4.6 Access
    
  • 4.7 Number portability
    
  • 4.8 Universal services
    
  • 4.9 Electronic Signature Act
    
• 5. Fixed network operators in Turkey
  
  • 5.1 Overview
    
  • 5.2 Turk Telekom
    
  • 5.3 Turksat
    
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  
  • 6.1 National telecom network
    
  • 6.2 International infrastructure
    
    • 6.2.1 Submarine cable networks
      
    • 6.2.2 Terrestrial cable networks
      
    • 6.2.3 Satellite networks
      
• 7. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Country statistics Turkey – 2008
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2008
• Table 3 – Internet user statistics – 2008
• Table 4 – Broadband subscriber statistics – 2008
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – 2008
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 7 – Turk Telekom – Revenue, Profit and EBITDA – 2007 - 2008
• Table 8 – Turk Telekom – Fixed-line revenue, EBITDA and PSTN ARPU – 2007 - 2008
• Table 9 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 - 2008

• Exhibit 1 – Access, the local loop and unbundling – an overview