Last updated: 8 Jul 2009 Update History
Report Status: Archived
Report Pages: 57
Analyst: Tine Lewis
Publication Overview
This annual report offers a wealth of information on the trends and developments in fixed-line and mobile telephony, Internet and broadband and new technologies. Subjects include:
· Key statistics;
· Market and industry overviews;
· Regulatory environment;
· Major players (fixed and mobile);
· Infrastructure;
· Mobile voice and data market;
· Internet;
· Broadband and broadband forecasts till 2018.
Researcher:- Tine Lewis
Current publication date:- July 2009 (8th Edition)
Next publication date:- July 2010
Executive Summary
BuddeComm’s annual publication,
The big change in the market in 2009 will be the introduction of 3G mobile services. This will impact both
3G licences were awarded in 2008 and the operators plan to launch services before end-2009. It is expected that there will be considerable demand for services and the operators will be hoping that increased data usage will revive ARPU growth and offset difficulties caused by the economic recession.
Like most countries in the Middle East,
The telecoms market has been mostly liberalised with a number of 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.
With a falling fixed-line voice market, Turk Telekom is concentrating its energies on the broadband Internet market, with some success. Turk Telekom dominates the wholesale broadband market due to the reach of its network and lack of significant competing infrastructure. In addition, the retail share of its subsidiary TTnet is near 95%. It will need to work hard to retain its market dominance however, as the mobile operator Turkcell is also investing in considerable fibre infrastructure through its subsidiary Tellcom. Turkcell has also bought a major
These factors have led to very healthy growth rates in the number of broadband subscribers. A large majority of all Internet subscribers are now broadband subscribers.
· Mobile penetration in
· 3G mobile licences have been awarded to the three operators, with launch of services expected in 3Q 2009.
· Incumbent Turk Telekom is pinning its hopes on broadband as competition and mobile services eat into its fixed-line revenue. Broadband penetration rates remain low compared with average EU levels but growth rates are good.
· Fixed-line subscribers are declining quite quickly with a growth rate only a little above -4%.
·
Category |
2008 |
2009 (e) |
Fixed-line services: |
|
|
· Total subscribers (million) |
17.5 |
17 |
· Annual growth |
-4% |
-3% |
· Fixed-line penetration (population) |
25% |
24% |
Broadband Internet: |
|
|
· Total subscribers (million) |
6 |
7 |
· Annual growth |
30% |
20% |
· Broadband penetration (population) |
8% |
10% |
· Broadband penetration (household) |
37% |
42% |
Mobile services: |
|
|
· Total subscribers (million) |
66 |
69 |
· Annual growth |
7% |
5% |
· Mobile penetration (population) |
95% |
97% |
(Source: BuddeComm)
Data in this report is the latest available at the time of preparation and may not be for the current year.
The following notes provide some background to our scenario forecasting methodology:
· This report includes what we term scenario forecasts. By describing long-range scenarios we identify a band within which we expect market growth to occur. The associated text describes what we see as the most likely growth trend within this band.
· The projections shown in the tables in this report are based on our own historical information, as well as on telecommunication sector statistics from official and non-official, national and international sources. We assume a possible deviation of 15-20% around this data.
· All statistics for
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