Turkey Telecommunications Report Q2 2015 - New Market Report

The Turkish telecommunications market has displayed strong growth over the last few years ; however, there was increased downside in 2014 arising from the interference of the government with bans on both Twitter and YouTube in early 2014, as well as pressure on operator financial performance. Despite this, we believe that the mobile market will expand in 2014; strong growth will also come from pay-TV subscriptions as well as from fiber and cable broadband expansion. The fixed-line market is more volatile, with IP voice and messaging substitution beginning to take hold and putting pressure on revenues. As a result BMI has downgraded its outlook for fixed-line growth. The largest operators - Türk Telekom and Turkcell - are responding with an increased emphasis on fixed-mobile service bundles, with TV central to those offerings.

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Key Data

* Turkey's 3G market continues to outperform despite the late launch of services. The latest ICTA data show active 3G subscriptions increased 41.4% year-on-year (y-o-y) to 29.8mn in Q314.
* Smartphone ownership continues to grow in Turkey, underpinned by the availability of more affordable mid-range Android handsets. Turkcell reported that 35% of its subscription base used smartphones in Q214, compared to 36% at Vodafone and 47% at Avea.
* SMS IP substitution has been a negative consequence of the smartphone boom, offsetting some of the gains from mobile data revenue growth. BMI calculates from ICTA and operator data that SMS sent per subscription per month declined by more than 12% in 2013.

Key Trends And Developments

Turkcell hopes to launch 4G early 2015. Company CEO Sureyya Ciliv noted that the significant data traffic growth in Turkey has made the evolution from 3G to 4G a necessity. Data use has grown 100% year-on-year since 3G services were launched in the country in 2009, according to Ciliv. BMI believes that strong uptake of 3G also shows that 4G services would be popular.

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The Turkey Telecommunications Report features Business Monitor International (BMI)'s independent industry forecasts on the future strength of Turkey's ICT market, covering the fixed-line, mobile and internet segments and analyses latest regulatory developments and corporate news, including investment activity, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships. Leading operators and manufacturers are fully profiled, highlighting their quarterly financial performance, capital expenditure plans and latest contracts.

BMI's Turkey Telecommunications Report provides industry professionals and researchers, operators, equipment suppliers and vendors, corporate and financial services analysts and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the telecoms industry in Turkey.

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