“90% of Base Stations Are Working”

In the statement made by m-TOD, it was announced that 90 percent of the base stations in the earthquake zone are in working condition. However, it should be noted that communication in the region is still not fully ‘uninterrupted’.

The Association of Mobile Telecommunication Operators (m-TOD), of which three mobile operators serving in our country are members, made statements about the ‘service situation’ in the earthquake region. According to the statement, the 90% of base stations serve has been in the situation.

While m-TOD stated that there are 8,900 base stations in the region, it did not explain how many of them became inoperative after the earthquake. From damaged and inoperable base stations that more than 1,400 have been reinstated In the statement, it was stated that the number of generators sent to the earthquake region exceeded 3,500.

The full explanation of the Mobile Telecommunications Operators Association regarding base stations is as follows:

The operators, who were affected by the earthquake, which deeply saddened our country, with their employees and technical equipment in the region, have been working since the first day to increase their communication capacity.

After the earthquakes, the operators, who sent personnel and necessary equipment to all relevant provinces because their employees in the region were affected by the earthquake, worked to bring the interrupted base stations into working condition while making damage assessments.

On the other hand, like many buildings severely damaged and destroyed by the earthquake, the base stations were also destroyed, and communication was interrupted due to factors such as the lack of electricity supply.

In order to revive communication, operators reinforced their personnel in the region with employees from other provinces, provided mobile base stations to replace the destroyed base stations, and provided generators and mobile energy resources from all over Turkey for existing base stations experiencing power outages.

All communication in the region through social media applications is provided by the infrastructures of our member operators.

Although de-energized, destroyed and heavily damaged base stations make it difficult to provide full capacity service in the region, many alternative studies have been carried out. The improvement works carried out so far in the region within the framework of the conditions affecting the whole of Turkey such as logistics, weather opposition and the destruction in the region are as follows:

  • Out of 8,900 base stations in the region, more than 1,400 damaged and inoperable in the earthquake were repaired and put back into operation. 90% of the base stations in the region are in service.
  • The total number of generators sent to the region to meet the energy need is over 3,500.
  • A total of 241 mobile base stations have already been dispatched to the region in order to compensate for the absence of damaged and unusable base stations in the region. Mobile base stations provide a common communication infrastructure and meet the needs of citizens in different locations at the optimum level by our members.
  • A total of 1,830 field workers are on duty 24/7 to ensure the continuity of communication in the region.

We would like to share that our efforts to strengthen the communication infrastructure in the disaster area continue uninterruptedly. We will continue to heal the wounds of the earthquake disaster together and do our best by using all our means.


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