It Was Announced How Widespread Fiber Internet Is in Turkey

In recent years, almost every internet service provider in our country has a feature in their advertisements. fiber internet emphasis We see. When you look at the advertisements, it seems like they have built the homeland with fiber optic cables from all over, but when it comes to the prevalence and use of fiber optic infrastructure, the situation does not look bright at all.

Where does Türkiye rank in the world?

Making statements on the subject Halil Nadir Teberci, President of the Free Telecommunications Operators Association (TELKODER)gave information about the reports published by the European FTTH (Fiber to the Home) Council and the situation of our country in this field. In his statement, Teberci pointed out that according to the prevalence data in the published FTTH/B report, Turkey remains below the EU39 average. Our country, 69% coverage rate It remained below the average fiber penetration rate, which includes data from 39 countries. Only 25.3% of total households Türkiye, which has fiber internet, is in the global ranking of 83 countries. 50th place took place.

Teberci, in his evaluation, said, “TELKODER We have been emphasizing for many years that our country’s communication infrastructure should be rapidly transformed into fiber infrastructure. We have taken important steps in this regard with the industry players we represent. However, unfortunately, the development in this field has not been at the pace required by the age. We see the results of this clearly in the reports of global independent NGOs. Looking at the FTTH/B report prevalence data, Turkey is below the average fiber penetration rate covering 39 countries and only 25.3% of households have fiber subscription. Unfortunately, this puts us down in the global rankings. condemns them to lower ranks. In the relevant report, based on data between September 2019 and September 2023, it is stated that fiber infrastructure has been installed in buildings containing 18 million households in our country. It is not surprising that Turkey ranks second in the calculations made by comparing four years, and it is basically based on two reasons. The first of these is that our country lags behind the developments in Europe, especially in fiber. It seems that developments in other countries in terms of building and household access have slowed down in the four-year period, as developments in household access in these countries have slowed down by 2019. almost completed and has reached saturation. Another reason is, of course, directly proportional to the population and number of households in the countries. “Compared to other countries, the fact that our country’s population is more crowded and the number of households is higher also affects these data.” said.

Teberci also said that fiber internet coming to the streets or buildings that you may not be able to enter houses also reminding, “Fiber prevalence figures should be evaluated correctly. Most of the time, we may be talking about a fiber infrastructure that extends to the streets and in front of apartment buildings. Unfortunately, fiber that is not installed inside homes cannot fully reflect the speeds and quality of real fiber technology to consumers… High-speed internet is the most important necessity of our age and is of great importance for both the business world, citizens and strong economies. Turkey’s fiber internet infrastructure needs to be increased by at least 2-3 times, and we should be considering installing fiber connections into homes with good planning. One point that should not be forgotten is that a widespread and strong fiber infrastructure is required for 5G, which many countries around the world have been using in mobile communications for a long time and which we have not yet been able to use. Because the communication of the base stations is provided by the fiber lines to which these stations must be connected.” he said.

Still, Teberci does not see the situation as hopeless. President of TELKODER, He says that decision makers can accelerate the transition to fiber internet. Moves to be taken at points such as arranging permits and accelerating processes may enable fiber internet to be used more widely in our country.