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In the year of 2012, their net sales revenues Apart from this, for the children to reach
exceeded 23,8 billion dollars with an increase information in a shorter time, all schools were
by %6,5. In the last 9 years, the amount of equipped with broadband Internet (ADSL). For
investments by operators has reached to 29 nearly 5 thousand village schools where there
billion TL. is no cable access, the Internet was provided
through satellites. Information technologies
There is a serious increase in the investments classes at 21 thousand schools, Computer-Aided
of other managers, too. With the liberalisation Science Classes at 1,500 schools and 2 thousand
process coming into force especially in fixed Public Internet Access Centers were built.
market, new actors have emerged while the
investments by them have reached to 495 High-speed Internet infrastructure was
million dollars. provided for all schools while 5 thousand village
schools were supplied Internet through satellites.
Apart from the economic growth in Internet literacy was made broader through the
telecommunication sector, Turkey also has taken Public Internet Access Centers in military posts,
place among the leaders in European countries towns, professional education Centers and
in terms of using the services. We became the public education Centers.
most frequently talking nation on the phone
with 42,9 billion minutes in mobile traffic and 4,3
billion in fixed traffic. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
SECTOR RUSHES TOWARDS RECORD
WE ARE CONNECTING TO THE WORLD
THROUGH INFORMATION HIGHWAYS Through the vision of Binali Yildirim, the
Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and
Binali Yildirim, the Minister of Transport, Communications, a Turkey where access
Maritime Affairs and Communications says “We possibilities are various is being realised rapidly.
are connecting to the world through information
highways”. The reflection of the change in figures: According the latest data, 712 firms serve in
telecommunication and communication area.
- The number of licensed managers in Total net sales revenue of fixed and mobile
information and communication technologies network businesses which was 22,3 billion TL in
has risen from 126 to 570. All central infrastructures 2011, has nearly increased by %5 compared to
in Turkey have been digitalised. 2010. In the year of 2012, their net sales revenues
- With the change in Turkey's mobile exceeded 23,8 billion dollars with an increase by
infrastructure, the number of the subscribers %6,5.
in mobile communication has increased from
27,9 million to 67 million. And the number of 3G Primarily in the infrastructure, generally in
subscribers has reached to 39,4 million. all stages of the service provided for us, an
- Turkey has covered a huge ground in extraordinarily huge investment was made.
broadband Internet technologies. While in back According to the data from BTK, the investments
2002 there was no broadband reaching houses, in the last 9 years have exceeded 29 billion
today broadband Internet subscribers has dollars.
reached 20,5 million in number.
- With the help of the investments in And the users of communication sector
infrastructure, Turkey is now the 11. in world and are increasing rapidly. It is possible to say that
the 5. in Europe in terms of communications a record has been registered in the number of
infrastructure. mobile subscribers. According to data from BTK,
the number of mobile subscribers has reached
67,9 million in the first quarter of 2013.

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