With the Fiber Mobility era initiated with the aim of equipping all corners of Turkey with a fiber network, Türk Telekom increased the length of its fiber network to 474 thousand kilometers with the work carried out in Mardin on the night of December 31, connecting 2024 to 2025. In Mardin, where the fiberization rate is approaching one hundred percent, the access speed capacity offered by Türk Telekom exceeded the country average and reached 487 Mbps.
“WE CONTINUE TO KNIT OUR COUNTRY WITH FIBER NETWORKS EXTENDING TO EVERY CORNER OF 81 PROVINCES”
Welcoming the new year in Mardin with field employees carrying out fiber transformation operations, Türk Telekom CEO Ümit Önal said, “With the motto of high-speed access for everyone, we continue to weave our country with fiber networks extending from the east to the west, from the south to the north, to every corner of 81 provinces.” . We have the infrastructure capacity to provide speeds exceeding 300 Mbps on average across Türkiye. We provide 1 Gbps access speed to more than 9 million households. With the fiberization rate approaching one hundred percent in Mardin, we have the infrastructure to offer our subscribers an access speed of 487 Mbps, above the Türkiye average. We reached a value above Türkiye’s average with 56 percent in LTE mobile base station fiberization in the city. “Our goal is to build a more connected, smarter, more secure and accessible digital world for everyone,” he said.
Türk Telekom started the new year with field operations in Mardin. Türk Telekom increased the total fiber network length to 474 thousand kilometers with the works carried out on December 31 in Mardin Dara Ancient City. In Mardin, where the fiberization rate is approaching one hundred percent, the access speed capacity offered by Türk Telekom exceeded the country average and reached 487 Mbps.
Türk Telekom, which started the Fiber Mobility era, increased the rate of fiber-connected LTE mobile base stations in the city to 56 percent, above the Turkish average of 53 percent. In addition, Türk Telekom completed the fiber infrastructure transformation in Mardin Organized Industrial Zone, providing 1 Gbps receivable speed.
“FIBER MOBILITY REINFORCES OUR GOAL TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY A PIONEER IN GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPETITION”
Türk Telekom CEO Ümit Önal welcomed the new year by visiting the teams working in the fiber transformation field in Mardin. Önal said, “In order to provide accessible high-speed internet for everyone, we are covering every corner of Turkey, from the east to the west, from the south to the north, with fiber networks. We deliver fiber to streets, buildings and homes in all provinces of Turkey. We have the infrastructure capacity to provide speeds exceeding 300 Mbps on average across Türkiye. We provide 1 Gbps access speed to more than 9 million households. Today, we said ‘hello’ to the new year with our field teams in Mardin’s Dara Ancient City, which sheds light on the history of Mesopotamia and forms an important part of the cultural heritage of the region. With the devoted work of our field teams in this region with a rich historical past, we have approached one hundred percent in Mardin’s fiber network transformation. “With our work covering the city center, districts and villages, we increased the average access speed capacity we can offer to users in Mardin to 487 Mbps, above the Türkiye average,” he said.
“OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD A MORE CONNECTED, SMARTER, SAFER WORLD FOR EVERYONE”
Stating that fiber investments and studies will continue non-stop in 2025, Önal stated that they have taken a leading role in the implementation of innovative technologies and said, “Our fiber infrastructure forms the cornerstone of the innovations that 5G technology will bring to our lives. We are now in a new era in which we transfer our power in fiber to mobile. With this strategy, which we call “Fiber Mobility” and which reinforces our goal of making our country a pioneer in global technology competition, we increased our fiber-connected LTE mobile base station rate to 53 percent. In Mardin, we increased this rate to 56 percent. We are proud to build the digital future in Mardin, the cradle of civilizations, where the Fiber Mobility rate exceeds Türkiye’s average. We are the pioneer of digital transformation in the region with our fiber network extending from Mardin to the international area. “Our goal is to build a more connected, smarter, safer and more accessible world for everyone,” he said.