19.01.2020 Ankara
The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) Turkey Telecommunication Council Meeting was held via videoconference under the chairmanship of TOBB Board Member Oğuzhan Ata Sadıkoğlu and Council President Rıdvan Uğurlu.
TOBB Board Member Oğuzhan Ata Sadıkoğlu
stated that the council meeting more often would be more beneficial in finding
solutions to the problems simultaneously, and reported on the activities of
TOBB on behalf of the council during the pandemic.
During the pandemic, the
Telecommunications Council stated that the 2nd Workshop on the
Impact of Exports and Digital Transformation to the EU was held, that the
problems of the telecommunications council were expressed during the meeting
with Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu on 6 May
2020, and that the evaluation report sent from the Ministry to our Union was
circulated to the members of parliament. In addition, BTK was informed of our council
opinion on "Hardware and Software Investments to Be Used in the Networks
of Operators", in October 2020, the Problems of the Sector were
communicated to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure in official
writing, in November 2020 with the participation of the relevant Ministers and
the participation of 61 sector council Presidents, and also in cooperation with
the US Embassy in November, Rıdvan Uğurlu and Halil Yalçın moderated 5G Event.
At the council meeting, a detailed
presentation was made about "TOBB Digitalization Virtual Fair" by
TOBB Fairs Director Tuğçenaz Uğurlu.
In addition, a presentation was made by
Tolga Tüfekçi, General Manager of Message Management Inc., on the relationship
and effects of the Regulation on Commercial Communication and Commercial
Electronic Messages with the Field of Telecommunications.
Council President Rıdvan Uğurlu made
general assessments of the sector and reiterated that it would be beneficial to
meet with Presidential Digital Office Officials at the next meeting.
In addition, it was agreed to reconvene
within 3 months, exchanging views on developments in the telecommunications
sector.