Number of Broadband Internet Subscribers in Turkey Reached 94.2 Million
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu announced that the number of broadband internet subscribers in Turkey has reached 94.2 million, of which 74.4 million are mobile internet subscribers, according to a report published by the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA). In addition, the number of fiber internet subscribers increased to 7 million.
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu announced that the total number of broadband internet subscribers reached 94.2 million, including 74.4 million mobile internet subscribers.Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu evaluated the ‘Turkey Electronic Communication Sector Quarterly Market Data Report’ for the 1st quarter of 2024 published by the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA). Stating that there were 455 companies and 834 authorization certificates authorized by the ICTA in the first quarter of 2024, Minister Uraloğlu stated that the net sales revenues of the operators were approximately 76.5 billion TL and said, “There are currently 8 authorized electronic certificate service providers in our country. As of the end of March 2024, these electronic certificate service providers have created a total of 8.56 million electronic certificates, including 7.6 million electronic signatures and 994 thousand mobile signatures.” Noting that as of the beginning of 2024, the number of mobile lines reached approximately 93 million and mobile subscriber penetration increased to 108.8 percent, Minister Uraloğlu said, “85.6 million of our citizens with mobile subscribers preferred 4.5G subscription, which started service in 2016. We see that 4.5G service constitutes 92 percent of total subscribers. The number of machine-to-machine communication subscribers has reached almost 10 million.”
Noting that the total number of mobile numbers ported as of the beginning of 2024 exceeded 179.7 million, Minister Uraloğlu announced that 2 million 358 thousand 139 number porting transactions were carried out in the 1st quarter of the year, with a decrease of 21 percent compared to the previous 3-month period. Uraloğlu said, “A total of 2 million 652 thousand 155 number portability transactions were carried out between September 10, 2009, when the number portability application started in fixed lines, and March 31, 2024.”
‘NUMBER OF FIBER INTERNET SUBSCRIBERS 7 MILLION’
Minister Uraloğlu also made evaluations on the number of internet subscribers and underlined that the total number of broadband internet subscribers, including 74.4 million mobile internet subscribers, exceeded the country’s population by 10 percent and reached 94.2 million. Minister Uraloğlu said, “In the first quarter of 2024, we reached 568 thousand kilometers of fiber infrastructure and 7 million fiber internet subscribers with an increase of 8 percent compared to the previous year.”
