Turkey Takes Second Place Amongst Resource-Driven Economies

Turkey’s strong economy and relative wealth help it to achieve second place on the 2009 Connectivity Scorecard.  Consumer connectivity infrastructure is very solid, with good levels of broadband and mobile penetration, as well as excellent mobile coverage.  PSTN penetration is also high.  This is due in large part to deregulation of a significant portion of the country’s telecommunications industry.  Consumer usage in Turkey is led by heavy consumption of voice minutes as well as good internet usage. 

From a business perspective, the penetration of secure servers in Turkey is very good, and overall the country demonstrates evidence of a healthy demand for e-commerce.  Business spending on IT resources is equally strong, and the number of enterprise access lines per capita is near the top of the nations in the sample.  Government spending on computer hardware and services follows the example of the business sector, and a large percentage of government services are available online.

Turkey Connectivity Performance by Scorecard Component