New research
from Quantum Web suggests that Turkey achieves a great
growth in broadband sector.
The number
of broadband subscribers rose to over half a million
by the end of 2004 (462,000 xDSL, 40,500 Cable Broadband)
from less than 16,000 subscribers at the end of 2003.
The subscription adoption rate is between 8,000- 10,000
per day and according to Quantum-Web estimates the
number of residential broadband subscribers should
rise to nearly 5.4 million at the end of 2008.
Turkey had
an estimated population of 71m in 2004, making it
potentially the second-largest market in Europe (behind
Germany).
Demand for
broadband services (in volume terms) is expected to
be driven by the growth of the population, economic
growth especially with joining the EU and increasing
use of the internet.
With just over
21m lines for a population of 71m, fixed-line telephone
penetration is lower than in most west European countries,
but quite high by developing country standards. With
population growth expected to rise at the same rate
of the number of mainline phone lines, fixed-line
phone penetration is set to increase marginally over
the forecast period to about 33 percent.
In terms of revenue as some individual and medium
and large-scale organisations opt for VoIP, the revenue
stream would shift from voice to data.
In the broadband
segment, the incumbent, TT (Turk Telekom) is the only
xDSL and Cable broadband service provider in the country.
Other main ISPs such as super online, PRnet, and ADANet
will offer xDSL services in near future.
