Pedestrians walk past by the main Turkcell shop in central Istanbul, Turkey, January 18, 2016. Turkcell is looking for acquisition opportunities to expand regionally and Iran could be a target market as sanctions against Tehran are lifted, the chief executive of Turkey's largest mobile operator said on Monday. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
ISTANBUL: As Turkey prepares for the launch of high-speed 4G cellphone services next month a row is brewing over rivals wanting cheaper access to partly state-owned Turk Telekom's fibre optic network, saying that otherwise they cannot compete in a market where fixed-line and mobile services are set to converge.
At stake is a fast-growing market of 78 million people where the median age is around 30, younger than anywhere else in Europe, and an attractive proposition for telecoms companies, as younger people demand more bandwidth to stream movies, play online games and communicate both at home and on the move.
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