19.11.2020 Ankara
Representatives of the US Embassy and the Telecommunication, Software and e-Commerce Councils within TOBB convened with a virtual conference on GSM infrastructure and 5G.
During the meeting where Turkish
Telecommunications Council President Rıdvan Uğurlu gave his opening speech, the
advantages of 5G to the sector were emphasized.
During the meeting, moderated by TOBB
Telecommunications Council Advisor Halil Yalçın, Jeffrey M. Hovenier, who
served as Undersecretary of State at the US Embassy in Ankara, made assessments
of the mobile phone infrastructure.
Hovenier proposed to Turkey to cooperate
with Western companies in GSM and especially 5G investments.
A comprehensive presentation on 5G was
made by Ashutosh Dutta, Founding Co-Chair of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers 5G Initiative.
- Domestic base station
Metin Balcı, General Manager of ULAK
Communications INC, gave information about the “domestic base station”
developed by Turkey. Currently, 1,300 base stations in 71 provinces serve 3
operators and more than 1.5 million subscribers receive communication services
with domestic technologies. It was noted that Turkey's companies working in
both 4.5G and 5G, as well as SMEs, are actively involved in this process and
that great importance is given to the development of domestic technology in
this field.
About 100 participants, consisting of
representatives of the Embassy of the United States, Finland, Czechia and
relevant industry officials, attended the virtual conference.