Communications in Turkey

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See also: Broadband Internet access worldwide#Turkey
Communications Of Turkey
Telephones main lines in use 18,978,000 (2005)
Telephones mobile cellular 43,609,000 (2005)
Telephone system
  • Urban Areas: both fiber-optic cable and digital microwave radio relay
  • Remote areas are reached by a domestic satellite system
International service
  • Three submarine fiber-optic cables in the Mediterranean and Black Seas linking Turkey with Italy, Greece, Israel, Bulgaria, Romania, and Russia
  • 12 Intelsat earth stations, and by 328 mobile satellite terminals in the Inmarsat and Eutelsat systems (2002)
country calling code 90
Radio broadcast stations AM 16, FM 107, shortwave 6 (2001)
Radios 11.3 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations 635 (plus 2,934 repeaters) (1995)
Televisions 20.9 million (1997)
Internet country code .tr
Internet hosts 1.313 million (2006)
Internet Service Providers ISPs 50 (2001)
Internet users 16 million (2005)
Telecommunications Equipment in Turkey
1993 1994 (est.) 1995 (est.)
Total Market Size $650K $500K $600K
Total Local Production $400K $300K $390K
Total Exports $70K $80K $90K
Total Imports $320K $280K $320K
Imports from the U.S. $105K $90K $110K
Telecommunications Services in Turkey
1993 1994 (est.) 1995 (est.)
Total Sales $2,750K $3,000K $3,300K
Sales by Local Firms $2,335K $2,530K $2,770K
Export Sales by Local Firms $400K $450K $500K
Sales by Foreign-Owned Firms $140K $130K $140K
Sales by U.S.-Owned Firms $40K $35K $40K


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