1500 settlements without mobile communication infrastructure will be covered

In accordance with the knowledge compiled from the 2021 Funding Program and the info of the related establishments, in Turkey, the place the mobile protection charge is over 99 p.c by way of inhabitants, some villages are nonetheless outdoors the protection space attributable to geographical difficulties and excessive infrastructure prices.

With a view to present the required companies to those locations, a complete research is being carried out with all bills covered by the Common Service Fund.

Throughout the scope of planning, the Common Directorate of Communications and the Data Applied sciences and Communications Authority (BTK) are finishing up detailed preparations.

MORE THAN 4 THOUSAND SETTLEMENTS HAVE BEEN DETERMINED

On this framework, 4,241 settlements registered within the database of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), without GSM communication infrastructure, positioned in rural areas, excessive price areas and inhabitants between 1-500 have been decided.

Work has accelerated with a view to set up the required infrastructure within the recognized settlements.

A contract was signed with Turkcell, which gained the tender for Mobile Communication Infrastructure Part-1 (1799 settlements), and Türk Telekom and Vodafone Turkey, which gained the tender for Part-2 (942 settlements). These firms established the required communication infrastructure within the settlements in query.

THERE ARE 1500 MORE SETTLEMENTS

After the completion of Part-1 and Part-2, Part-3 undertaking is being carried out with a view to present mobile communication companies to 1500 extra settlements in rural areas.

The full funding quantity within the undertaking was decided as 1 billion 650 million TL. The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure will use 77 million 560 thousand liras of the mentioned quantity throughout the scope of this 12 months’s works.

When the installations are accomplished in settlements with a inhabitants of 1-500 and without a GSM communication infrastructure, Turkey will be fully “on-line”.