Turkey - Key Statistics, Regulatory and Fixed-Line Telecoms Overviews

Synopsis

Turkey’s communications market holds much potential given the size of its population. 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 a wealth of statistics.

Key developments:

Turk Telekom and competing telcos and investing heavily in fibre rollouts to support delivery of faster speeds and new services.

Companies covered in this report include:

Turk Telekom, Turksat, Superonline, Borusan Telekom.

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
    • 4.1.1 Electronic Communications Law 2008
  • 4.2 Regulatory authority
    • 4.2.1 Information and Communications Technologies Authority (ICTA)
  • 4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Turkey
  • 4.4 Privatisation
    • 4.4.1 The 2005 privatisation
    • 4.4.2 Privatisation background
  • 4.5 Interconnect
  • 4.6 Access
  • 4.7 Number portability
  • 4.8 Universal services
• 5. Fixed network operators in Turkey
  • 5.1 Overview
  • 5.2 Turk Telekom
  • 5.3 Turksat
  • 5.4 Superonline
  • 5.5 Borusan Telekom
• 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 – 2010
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2010
• Table 3 – Internet user statistics – 2010
• Table 4 – Broadband subscriber statistics – June 2011
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – June 2011
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 7 – GDP growth and inflation – 2005 - 2011
• Table 8 – Telecoms revenue and investment – 2004 - 2011
• Table 9 – Turk Telekom – Revenue, profit and EBITDA – 2007 - 2011
• Table 10 – Turk Telekom – Fixed-line revenue, EBITDA and PSTN ARPU – 2007 - 2011
• Table 11 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 - 2011

• Chart 1 – Turkey fixed-line and mobile subscribers – 2000 – 2011