Turkey mulls unifying telecom fibre infrastructure in one entity, official says

Turk Telekomunikasyon

11/11/2024 13:27

By Huseyin Hayatsever and Ebru Tuncay
       ANKARA, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Turkey is considering
adopting a unified fibre optic telecoms entity to expand its
network, signalling it could create a separate manager for the
expensive infrastructure investments, a senior official told
Reuters. 
    The study is at an early stage and all options remain on the
table, said the Turkish official, who has direct knowledge of
government telecoms policy but requested anonymity. 
    Such a consolidation of telecoms infrastructure could help
accelerate Turkey's broadband internet usage and speed, benefit
smaller service providers and pose a challenge for the network's
largest stakeholder, Turk Telekom  TTKOM.IS .
    "We are considering the unification of the fibre
infrastructure and conducting a study on it," the senior Turkish
official said when asked about some sector demands for
infrastructure and sales to be separated, and for the
establishment of a common infrastructure holding company.
    "It is in early stages and not yet finalised. By
establishing a common infrastructure, we aim to further
strengthen our country's fibre-optics network," the official
told Reuters. 
    

 (Additional reporting and writing by Can Sezer; Editing by
Jonathan Spicer)
 ((can.sezer@tr.com;))