Fiber Infrastructure Reached 2,5 Million Homes

Stating that, according to the research, Turkey is one of the fastest developing countries in Europe in fiber internet infrastructure, Uraloğlu said, “According to the research, Turkey has become the second country in Europe after France, with its fiber to the home infrastructure reaching 18 million households. We are at the top of Europe in this sense, reaping the fruits of our investments that increase every year. "I believe that our country will be the leader of Europe in fiber infrastructure very soon," he said.

Minister Uraloğlu also pointed out that Turkey ranked third in fiber infrastructure in the previous report of the FTTH European Council and said, “To date, we have carried out radical reform activities in addition to saving the day with our work in both IT and communication policies and legislation. As a result, many transportation and IT services, which were only a dream for our people yesterday, have become indispensable in daily life today. In this context, Türkiye has achieved an acceleration above the European average in terms of development. We delivered fiber infrastructure to nearly 2,5 million homes in just one year. Thus, we became one of the top two countries in Europe in fiber in one year. In the report, Turkey is among the fastest growing markets in Europe in fiber infrastructure. "This report is an indication that we are getting the results of the importance we attach to our communication infrastructure and, of course, our fiber infrastructure," he said.

WE ARE IN A PERIOD WHERE WE SHOULD DREAM BIGGER”

Uraloğlu emphasized that Turkey has taken its place among the world's leading countries in informatics and communications infrastructure in recent years, in the annual reports prepared by independent international organizations such as the FTTH European Council. Stating that they continue their communication infrastructure investments without slowing down in line with the 2071 vision targets, Uraloğlu reminded that the number of broadband subscribers, which was almost zero in 2002, has exceeded 95 million today. Uraloğlu said, “We will bring broadband internet service to every home in the coming period. If we had told someone living in our country 20 years ago where we are now, they would probably accuse us of dreaming. But now we have made dreams come true. Now we are in a period where we need to dream bigger dreams together with our citizens and work to make them come true. Currently, our total fiber length is approximately 550 thousand kilometers and we plan to increase it to 600 thousand kilometers by the end of this year. "We will increase our fiber length to 4 thousand kilometers in 850 years," he said.