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3G subscribers in Turkey surpass European average
ANKARA (A.A) - 01.03.2011 - Thirty-one percent of all mobile phone users in Turkey are subscribers of 3G services.
According to a report prepared by the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK), the number of 3G subscribers in Turkey surpassed the European average which stands at 30 percent.
In the first quarter of 2010, the number of 3G subscribers in Turkey stood at 8.7 million. However, this figure jumped to 19.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2010, the BTK report said.
With a monthly average of 225.3 minutes of mobile phone conversations, Turkey ranked third in Europe in 2010.
Below is a table showing the top five European countries with highest amount of average mobile phone conversations per month:
Country Minutes
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France 248.8
Ireland 248.7
Turkey 225.3
UK 179.7
Spain 158.2
International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT - 2000), better known as 3G or 3rd Generation, is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunications services fulfilling specifications by the International Telecommunication Union. Application services include wide-area wireless voice telephone, mobile Internet access, video calls and mobile TV, all in a mobile environment.
According to a report prepared by the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK), the number of 3G subscribers in Turkey surpassed the European average which stands at 30 percent.
In the first quarter of 2010, the number of 3G subscribers in Turkey stood at 8.7 million. However, this figure jumped to 19.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2010, the BTK report said.
With a monthly average of 225.3 minutes of mobile phone conversations, Turkey ranked third in Europe in 2010.
Below is a table showing the top five European countries with highest amount of average mobile phone conversations per month:
Country Minutes
------- -------
France 248.8
Ireland 248.7
Turkey 225.3
UK 179.7
Spain 158.2
International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT - 2000), better known as 3G or 3rd Generation, is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunications services fulfilling specifications by the International Telecommunication Union. Application services include wide-area wireless voice telephone, mobile Internet access, video calls and mobile TV, all in a mobile environment.
