Baku, Azerbaijan, July 6
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
In the first quarter of 2018, the number of mobile subscribers in Turkey amounted to 78.9 million people, which is 4.3 percent more than in the first quarter of 2017, the Information and Communication Technologies Authority of Turkey (BTK) told Trend July 6.
The BTK also noted that the number of fixed line subscribers in the first quarter of 2018 was 11.4 million people, which is 4.4 percent more than in the first quarter of 2017.
“In the first quarter of 2018, the total revenue from the electronic communications sector amounted to 13.8 billion Turkish liras, which is 14.5 percent more than in the first quarter of 2017,” the BTK said.
The BTK also noted that in the first quarter of 2018, 1.3 billion Turkish liras were invested in the electronic communications sector of Turkey, which is 16.3 percent more than in the first quarter of 2017.
There are 47 mobile operators in Turkey, and only three of them operate - Avea, Vodafone and Turkcell.
(4.6510 TRY = 1 USD on July 6)
---
Follow the author on Twitter: @rhafizoglu
