Information and Communication Technologies Authority of the Republic of Turkey (ICTA) Özgür Fatih...

Information and Communication Technologies Authority of the Republic of Turkey (ICTA)

Özgür Fatih AKPINARofakpinar@btk.gov.tr

NRA’S ROLE TO ENSURE COMPETITIVE MOBILE

MARKET-TURKISH CASE-

Outline

1. NRA’s Role: Regulations2. Current Situation in Mobile Market3. Conclusion

NRAs Role: Regulations

NRAs Role

Ensure Competitive Mobile Market

Off-net traffic should be increase

Call termination rate should be cost oriented

Retail margin between on-net and off-net price

should be narrowed.

Ensure Easy Switching Methods

Target to Increase Traffic Volume

REGULATIONS

1. Regulation: Upper Limit for Retail Mobile Tariffs

2. Regulation: Mobile Interconnection Regulations

3. Regulation: The Board Decisions dated 25.03.2009

and numbered 2009/DK-07/149 & 21.10.2010 and

2010/706.

4. Regulation: Mobile Number Portability

1. Upper Limit for Retail Mobile TariffsAim;Obviating pirce-based exploitative abuses as well as alleviation of network effect by preventing the GSM operators to set high margin between the off-net and on-net tariffs (Including PSTN calls)

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2. Mobile Interconnection Rates (euro cents)

1 Turkish Kurus = 0.47 €-Cent

Mobile call termination rates in EU

Euro cent

3. Specific Board Decisions (2009/DK-07/149 and 2010/706.)

Mechanism; This Board Decision requires the SMP operator in mobile access and call originitaion market (Turkcell) to ensure its accrued on-net tariffs are not below its off-net call termination fee.

Aim;Preventing SMP operator to abuse its position through network externality.

Specific Board Decisions (2009/DK-07/149)

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Specific Board Decisions (2009/DK-07/149)

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4. Mobile Number Portability Regulation

Aim;Ensuring a more competitive environment by increasing the flexibilies of the consumers in changing their operators.

Mobil number portability has been used since 9 November 2008.

Mobile Number Portability (MNP)

Current Situation in Mobile Market

Total call traffic volumes

16

Traffic volumes by call origination (%)

Off-net traffic volume

is increasing

Off-Net mobile volume (mil. minutes)

Countries MoU (minutes)

France 248,8

Irland 248,7

Turkey 239,4

UK 179,7

Spain 158,2

Italy 137,8

Portugal 129,8

Germany 110,4

Mobile Messaging Services

EFFECTS OF THE ACTIONS

The change in market shares of the mobile operators

According to revenue of the operators

Effectiveness should not be ignored as well as competition.

Cost oriented call termination rate has vital importance for

competition.

Hesitation of decreasing about tax revenue is in vain.

(Although call termination rate has been decreased almost

%300, off-net traffic volume has increased almost %400)

Effective MNP is also important tools for competition.

Thank you

Özgür Fatih AKPINARofakpinar@btk.gov.tr