Broadband Strategies Toolkit / Case Studies / Turkey

Broadband in Turkey

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Executive Summary

Turkey has throughout history been prominent as a center of commerce because ofits land connections to the continents of Europe, Asia and Africa and the sea surroundingit on three sides An Organization for Economic Cooperation OECD member, it has beenawaiting European Union (EU) membership since 1987. As an upper-middle-income economy,Turkey suffers from comparison with these mainly high-income groupings. Learn more...

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The ICT Sector

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The Broadband Ecosystem

This section develops a country snapshot of the national broadband ecosystem ina historical, institutional and economic context. Different aspects of nationalbroadband adoption will be covered such as infrastructure, services, market environment,applications and usage. Learn more...

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Applications

Government policies should ensure not only development of broadband infrastructurebut also have to ensure that broadband technologies are adopted and used increasinglyby the country’s businesses, households and public sector. The previous sectionsof the report focus on penetration, price, and speed of high bandwidth Internetnetworks in Turkey and highlight how the country tried to promote competition andencourage investment in order to increase connectivity. Learn more...

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Usage and Diffusion

Since the Internet can be viewed as a public good necessary for economic and socialdevelopment, governments should take part in fostering nationwide internet access.A competitive private sector needs to develop the capability to use e-commerce. Learn more...

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Conclusions

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Resources

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