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2011 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

8. Regulation and Competition in the Turkish Telecommunications Industry

Author : Izak Atiyas

Published in: The Political Economy of Regulation in Turkey

Publisher: Springer New York

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Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of the state of liberalization, ­competition, and regulation of major segments of the telecommunications industry in Turkey. It shows that the competitive stance of the regulatory authority and the development of actual competition have been uneven across segments. Specifically, the degree of competition has been higher in the mobile segment relative to fixed telephony or broadband. The chapter also discusses the new Electronic Communications Law and argues that although not perfect, it provides a coherent basis on which the regulatory authority can pursue competitive objectives in a more even manner. However, the actual development of competition will depend a lot on how the law and the ensuing secondary legislation are actually implemented.

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Footnotes
1
For the history and background of the Turkish telecommunications industry, see Atiyas (2005), Atiyas and Doğan (2007, 2010), Atiyas and Renda (2007), Renda et al. (2009), and Togan et al. (2010).
 
2
See Cave (2004) for a comparison of the 1998 and 2004 regulatory frameworks for electronic communications in the EU.
 
3
Both TA and ITCA are used in this chapter, depending on the period under consideration.
 
4
Renda et al. discuss other instances of divergences from the EU legislation.
 
5
This gap has also been identified in the latest progress report prepared by the European Commission (2009).
 
6
ERG (2004). The ERG statement continues to state: “In order to be able to differentiate their services (including such services as VoIP) from those of the incumbent, new entrants must have access at a point where they can control certain technical characteristics of the service to the end-user and/or make full use of their own network (or alternative network offerings), thus being in a position of altering the quality (e.g., the data rate or other features) supplied to the customer.”
 
7
Data from ITCA (2010).
 
8
G licenses were awarded as a result of a tender held in November 2008. Concession agreements were signed in April 2009 and all three operators started to provide 3G services as of July 2009. The number of 3G subscribers increased quite rapidly, reaching 8.7 million as of March 2010.
 
12
Decision no. 08-65/1055-411 dated November 19, 2008.
 
13
Decision no. 09-07/127-38 dated February 18, 2009.
 
15
Cullen International, Western Europe Cross Country Analysis http://​www.​cullen-international.​com.
 
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Metadata
Title
Regulation and Competition in the Turkish Telecommunications Industry
Author
Izak Atiyas
Copyright Year
2011
Publisher
Springer New York
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7750-2_8