Türkiye’s electronic communications investments hit a record 263 billion lira ($5.6 billion) in the first quarter, marking a 1,300% year-on-year surge driven by 5G auction fees and rollout, according to Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu.
Uraloğlu stated that the 5G network’s launch on 1 April, following the service auction in October 2025, saw nationwide subscriptions surpass 43 million, with operators expanding the fibre-optic networks by 12.8% to meet the demand for high-speed and low-latency connectivity.
He said Türkiye’s total fibre-optic cable length rose from 618,000 kilometres (384,007.4 miles) in the first quarter of 2025 to 697,000 kilometres (433,095.7 miles), adding that it was “enough to circle the Earth some 17 times.”
Türkiye’s overall broadband Internet subscriber base reached 99.5 million people with fibre subscriptions seeing a sector-leading growth of 29.2%.
Uraloğlu stated that the mobile market also remained strong with around 86 million individual subscribers and 12.3 million machine-to-machine connections.
He said mobile users generated around 71.8 billion minutes of total call traffic, compared to the 1.3 billion minutes on fixed networks.
Türkiye continued to record Europe's highest average monthly mobile call duration at 439 minutes per subscriber.
Uraloğlu added that market mobility remained strong with around 3.5 million mobile subscribers porting their phone numbers between GSM operators.
Air defence activity was heard over Kyiv early Wednesday, hours after a Russian missile strike killed two people and injured 21 in the Ukrainian ca...
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubi...
A building at Saudi Aramco’s headquarters in ...
One person was killed and nearly a dozen hurt in a fresh attack on Riyadh's international airport on Sunday, Saudi authorities reported, a day after a strike claimed by Yemen's Houthis killed 13 people and wounded more than 300.
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said late Monday that it intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi group toward Khamis Mushait in southwestern Saudi Arabia.
The Houthi movement has escalated their attacks on Saudi Arabia, targeting the airport in Riyadh and other cities, killing more than a dozen people.
The Kremlin on Monday rejected a 60-day ceasefire idea proposed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to allow his country to hold presidential elections, saying it wanted an overall peace deal instead.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia hit at least six energy targets in deadly strikes across Ukraine, showing Moscow is unwilling to accept the energy ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Asian stocks plunged to their lowest level in more than two months on Tuesday as advances by Chinese chipmakers rattled investor confidence in the artificial intelligence boom, despite soaring global semiconductor sales.
Artificial intelligence investment is helping sustain global growth at around 3 per cent, with Asia poised to reap major benefits. But soaring energy costs, unequal investment and growing pressure on young workers threaten to leave some economies behind.
Uzbekistan and Russia have a portfolio of more than 200 joint projects worth almost $6 billion, as the two countries continue to expand regional and business ties. The projects were discussed during the third meeting of the Council of Regions of Russia and Uzbekistan, held in Fergana, Uzbekistan.
In the marshlands of Malluba in southern Azerbaijan, Kamil Mammadov follows a routine that has been passed down through generations. His family has worked with medicinal leeches for centuries, harvesting and breeding a species known as Hirudo orientalis, or the Caucasian medicinal leech.
Baku is hosting the second Azerbaijan International Investment Forum (AIIF 2026) and it’s attracting more interest this year, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Prime Minister told AnewZ. “The agenda is very impressive. More guests, more interest,” he said.
You can download the AnewZ application from Play Store and the App Store.
What is your opinion on this topic?
Leave the first comment