28 years ago today, the Prime Minister and President of the time made history by making the first mobile phone call in Turkey. So, how has the mobile connection technology in Turkey evolved over the years?
Technology that is developing exponentially day by day, human life radically changed in just 20 years. Our connection speed in our homes, which was not even a single digit number in just 20 years, has increased to four digits today, the data of every citizen in the world has taken place on the internet and humanity has met with mobile phones.
Mobile phones, which were a revolution in telephone conversation and eliminated tortures such as waiting in line at the switchboard, became a means for everyone to reach each other whenever they wanted. If it is the first call made in Turkey by telephone, which is a necessity today. made exactly 28 years ago today. Well, what developments did Turkey see that would enable mobile phone calls that day? What changed afterwards? Let’s take you on a little time travel.
Turkey meets 1G technology
The first generation wireless phone technology, 1G, entered our country in 1991 through car phones. With this technology, Turkey broke its ties to the cable for the first time. However, it was discontinued in 2008. car phonesWith the new technology trend that will start soon, it never caught on.
A short time later, 2G technology enters our country:
In 1993, Turkey entered the second generation wireless phone technology, 2G. Among the biggest advantages of 2G over the previous generation technology were higher voice quality, higher capacity, SMS (Short Message Service) and data transfer. In addition, 2G It also made it possible to talk to mobile phones.
27 years ago today: Prime Minister and President of the time made the first mobile phone call:
Shortly after 2G entered our country, on February 23, 1994, then Prime Minister Tansu Çiller called President Süleyman Demirel. The first mobile phone call in Turkey performed. Turkey said hello to the mobile phone.
Turkey said hello to 3G, lagging behind the world:
3G technology, which was announced in Japan in 1998 and started to be used in the USA in 2002 and in Europe in 2003, came to our country a few years late. Turkey was able to get 3G in 2009. With 3G, our lives are much more high speed data transfer logged in. Thanks to this, many innovations such as video calls and surfing the internet comfortably from a mobile phone entered our lives.
A few more years passed and there was a new revolution in mobile connectivity technology:
One of the biggest revolutions in mobile connection technology, 4G was announced in 2004 in Japan, where 3G was also introduced. The technology, which started to be tested in the USA in 2009, was widely used in the USA by 2014. However, Turkey was still using 3G technology at that time.
As of April 1, 2016 Turkey has officially switched to the LTE Advanced Pro type of 4G, known as 4,5G in the public. With 4.5G, a maximum mobile connection speed of 300-450 Mbps has entered our lives, and communication has become an instantaneous transaction.
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Turkey has not yet switched to 5G:
5G, today’s most advanced wireless technology, was made available in many countries, especially in 2020. 5G, which has come into use in regions such as Europe, North America, South America, Australia and China, is not yet widespread.
On the other hand, Turkey, 5G technology It plans to pass in 2023.
Today, there are more than 84.6 million mobile subscribers in Turkey:
While the first mobile phone call was made in 1991, almost all of Turkey has subscribed to the mobile service after 28 years. According to the data shared by the BTK for the second quarter of 2021, the number of mobile subscribers in Turkey, It reached 84 million 646 thousand 943.