Mehmet İLERİ ICT Expert Information and Communications Technologies Authority Turkish Broadband Market & Physical Infrastructure Access Market
CONTENT Figures of Turkish Broadband Market Physical Infrastructure Access Market 2 / 18
BROADBAND MARKET ACTORS Broadband Market DSL & Fiber Türk Telekom (incumbent - wholesale service provider TTNet (retail service provider of incumbent) Other ISPs Cable Türksat Alternative Fiber Network Superonline Vodafone Net 3G Avea Turkcell Vodafone Subscriber 3 / 18
Broadband Coverage Number of Subscribers DSLCableFiber % 99 (Pop.)%17 (HH)~%14 (HH) DSLCableFiberOther3G ,20%4,98%6,42%1,39%19,00% end of / 18 MARKET FIGURES
TREND IN FIXED BB PENETRATION 5 / 18
ResaleIP BSAnDSLLLUTOTAL % TTNet (Incumbent) ,77% Alternative Operators ,23% TOTAL % 5,13%84,32%10,46%0,08% xDSL ACCESS MODELS end of / 18
PROGRESS IN BROADBAND Predominance of DSL usage Rapid growth of 3G and mobile broadband compared to EU 42,4 % increase in the last year Low penetration of cable broadband 16,9 % coverage Increase in capacity demand for DSL packages %89 of subscribers chose up to 8 Mbit/s speed or higher Transition from DSL to fiber 148,4 % increase in fiber during last year. Fiber coverage nearly doubled in the last year 7 / 18
RegulationIssuance dateImplementation date Duct sharingFebruary 2009December 2009 ISP Churn/ Bulk migration July 2010October 2010 Naked DSLJuly 2010December 2010 Wholesale Line RentalJuly 2011February 2012 Fibre Access DecisionOctober 2011 COMPETITIVE SAFEGUARDS 8 / 18
CRITICAL REGULATIONS (I) ICTA Board Decision 2011/511, October 2011 Exclusion of FTTB/H from Market Analysis For 5 years or Until FTTB/H subscribers/Fixed BB subscribers=25% Turk Telekom has to provide access to FTTB/H infrastructure Through Resale and BSA services On equal conditions and non-discriminatory basis 9 / 18
CRITICAL REGULATIONS (II) Amendments in fiber access agreements ICTA Board Decision 2012/303, July 2012 Maintenance of the rights of ISPs within the areas of fiber transition (from copper) Inclusion of all fibre subscribers including those who are being provided DSL in fiber transition areas into the 25% quota 10 / 18
Physical Infrastructure Access Market (Market 4) 2011/12011/22011/32011/4 Copper Cable Fiber /12012/22012/32012/4 Copper Cable Fiber Homepass Numbers 11 / 18
Fiber Subscriber Numbers 12 / 18
Avaliable speeds and their distributions ADSL/VDSLCableFiber 512 Kbit/sn 1 Mbit/sn 3 Mbit/sn 2 Mbit/sn 5 Mbit/sn 4 Mbit/sn3 Mbit/sn10 Mbit/sn 8 Mbit/sn4Mbit/sn20 Mbit/sn 16 Mbit/sn5 Mbit/sn24 Mbit/sn 6Mbit/sn35 Mbit/sn 32 Mbit/sn8 Mbit/sn50 Mbit/sn 35 Mbit/sn10 Mbit/sn100 Mbit/sn 50 Mbit/sn12 Mbit/sn1000 Mbit/sn 100 Mbit/sn15 Mbit/sn 20 Mbit/sn 40 Mbit/sn 60 Mbit/sn 100 Mbit/sn March 2012 December / 18
xDSLFIBER Speed (Mbps) Quota (GB)FU (GB)Price (Euro) Speed (Mbps) Quota (GB)FU (GB)Price (Euro) , , , ,69 <84- 12, ,59 <86- 14, ,74 < , , , ,41 < , ,32 < , , , , , , , ,08 CABLE ,76 <1-- 12,45 All taxes are included Source: TTNet, Turkcell Superonline ve Türksat June 2012 <3-- 21,03 <5-- 29,61 < ,49 < ,74 < ,32 < ,91 < ,32 < ,61 < ,91 < ,20 < , , ,41 PRICES 14 / 18
Market 4 Remedies (Draft) access to local loops ( LLU & SLU) access to physical infrastructure Subsidiary dark fiber price control (cost orientation) publication of reference offer (including SLA) co-location and facility sharing non-discrimination including quarterly notification of QoS KPI Transparency including quarterly notification of QoS KPI accounting separation and cost accounting 15 / 18
Market 4 Remedies (Draft) Feeder Sub Loop Backhaul Access Network TT OLO A OLO B End User COPPER LLUFIBER LLUVULADARK FIBERDUCT SHARING SUB LOOP FEEDER BACKHAUL --- Street Cabinet MDF 16 / 18
Duct Sharing International Practices CountryObligation to provide access to ducts in the access network? Regulated duct sharing available from local exchange to: Street cabinetDistribution point or building entry point Austria ✔✔✔ Belgium ✔✔✔ Bulgaria ✔✔✔ Czech Republic ✘ Undecided Denmark ✔✔✘ Estonia ✔✔✔ Finland ✘ Not applicable France ✔✔✔ Germany ✔✔✔ Greece ✔✔✔ Hungary ✔✔✔ Ireland ✔✔✔ Italy ✔✔✔ Latvia ✘ Not applicable Lithuania ✔✔✔ Luxembourg ✔✔✘ Malta ✔ Not specified Netherlands ✘ Not applicable Norway ✔✔✔ Poland ✔✔✔ Portugal ✔✔✔ Romania ✘ Not applicable Slovakia ✔ Undecided Slovenia ✔✔✔ Spain ✔✔✔ Sweden ✘ Not applicable Switzerland ✔✔✔ UK ✔✔✔ 17 / 18
Turkish Broadband Market & Physical Infrastructure Access Market Mehmet İLERİ ICT Expert Information and Communications Technologies Authority