Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, Information Technology and Communications AuthorityHe attended the 5G mobile communications infrastructure development ceremony held indoors. During the ceremony, Minister Uraloğlu made statements about the work on both 4.5G systems and 5G and more technologies.

Minister Uraloğlu said in his statement: “A breakthrough in the world of technology 5G networksClearly, this will create trillions of dollars in economic value and millions of jobs. We are trying to develop all the products needed in the 5G infrastructure, from the antenna to the core network, with local and national resources. We continue our work as a ministry, aware of the transformation that will take place with 5G and the opportunities it offers. In 2017, within OSTİM under the coordination of our Ministry and BTK, for the development of a domestic and national production ecosystem in the electronic communications sector. Cluster Communication Technologies (HTK) we founded. by HTK member companies to meet hardware and software needs on the road to 5G through local and national resources. ‘End-to-end domestic and national 5G communications network project’ (UUYM5G) developed. With our project; “We want to eliminate our foreign dependence on electronic communications infrastructure.” He continued:

The goal is to compete with the world in 5G

Citizens and international passengers at Istanbul Airport An infrastructure where you can experience 5G Minister Uraloğlu stated that they had settledBy granting trial licenses to our mobile network operators and domestic manufacturers as part of 5G preparations, technological 5GWe ensure that they are prepared for this. The 5G network is being tested in 25 different locations, including Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Edirne and Kocaeli, within the framework of the given permissions. BTK authorized three mobile operators to provide 5G services at Istanbul Airport. According to the reports we received from operators; Average data download speeds of subscribers 1 gigabit per second and the transmission speeds are 90 megabits per second. So our internet speed literally flies. Our primary goal is to provide our country with the speed to compete with the world with 5G and ensure the transition by using a high percentage of domestic and national products. “Our country is taking strong steps to become one of the leading economies of the future with the steps it has taken in digitalization.” he said.

They state that as a ministry they want to develop the necessary software and hardware for a mobile communications infrastructure that offers higher bandwidth, high speed, lower latency, high-density coverage, high availability and low energy consumption. Uraloglu, stated that they have determined titles for 5G support calls in this context. Uraloğlu concluded his words: “As a result of our work, on January 5, 2023 ‘Call program to support development projects of the 5th generation (5G) mobile communications infrastructure’ Under the name we made a call for 5G. With this call we aimed to stimulate domestic and national production through projects that will be supported by R&D, reduce external dependence on high-tech products and support R&D activities in the field of communications. Total with calling schedule 200 million TL support We were going to give it. We have set the upper limit at 20 million TL for each company applying for more than one title in different call sub-headings. We completed all processes related to our R&D support call with 14 companies and started our projects on October 1, 2023. In this process, which brings together all relevant stakeholders in the domestic and national product offering, we are working with BTK, HGM and mobile operators Vodafone , Turkcell and Türk Telekom on project monitoring and evaluation. Today we will hold the signing ceremony of the project monitoring cooperation protocol with UDHAM, BTK, HGM and GSM operators, which brought us here. “I hope our cooperation will be beneficial and promising for our country.” He ended as follows.