Turkey’s vision to lead the digitalization of Türkiye Vodafone, It continues its preparations for 5G, which is planned to be available in 2026. Drawing attention to the importance of spectrum policies during the transition to 5G Vodafone Türkiye Vice President of the Executive Board Hasan Süel, “It is critical to adopt a policy to allocate spectrum resources to operators with a method that will encourage both consumer welfare and long -term investments in the sector. However, it will be possible to spread the expected economic added value in this way,” he said.
“We should learn from other countries”
He says that Türkiye has an opportunity to learn from the experiences of other countries Suel, “5G tender in reasonable prices and conditions, considering the balance of investment-employment in considering the capital capacity of operators to invest in the investment is important. 5G investments in the countries receiving a very master’s degree in the tender has slowed down 5G investments and citizens’ access to the new generation of technology has been restricted. We see that these countries have reduced the spectrum fees to more reasonable levels to be met, “he said.
“Spectrum prices fall in the world”
GSMA published this year “Global spectrum pricing” referenced report Suel, “The report reveals a decrease in global spectrum prices up to 75 %. In the last 8-10 years, the revenues per GB decreased by 96 %of the operators and the revenues per MHz decreased by 67 %. Report, spectrum prices should reflect the reality of the new market and decreasing income; It is a critical policy of the service that the operators directly improve the quality of the service, which is necessary to avoid the abstract of policy preferences. On the other hand, it will be wrong to determine the price of today’s market reality, on the other hand, to ensure the efficient use of the spectrum and to maximize the benefits of the connection.
“We should be able to allocate more resources to investments”
Suel, He expressed his views on the spectrum policy that can be followed in Türkiye as follows: “In Türkiye, it will ensure that frequency allocations are made with a high level of 5G performance, proportional and economically appropriate spectrum fees. It is important that the frequency amount is maximum, rather than a high -spectrum, it should be the priority target to provide the citizens and the economy rather than a high figure. “
“We have 3 basic demands”
The demands for spectrum policy gathered under 3 headings, including “reasonable pricing”, “sufficient spectrum supply”, “balanced obligations” Suel, “5G tender to focus on the network investments of the operators to focus on the network investments, each operator to offer the minimum capacity required by the minimum of 5G spectrum to use the operators to use the operators, coverage and quality obligations to determine the capacity of the operators should not be restricted, strategic and realistic targets need to be determined.