The privatization and liberalization of telecommunications: A comparative analysis for Turkish telecommunication sector

Abstract

Telecommunications services as an infrastructure investment are a key component in order to establish other reel sector, to buy advanced technology and to support manufacturing industries (Fenna, 1998:54). Information is increasingly as a fundamental factor of production. The driving force of phenomenon that is known as the new economy is digital and information focused telecommunications technology (Slovenia-First..., 2000). New technological advances have redefined telecommunications services and have increased their importance. Telecommunications sector has a dynamic nature within the global economy. With rapid growth in technological advance and changes in Keynesian macro-economic policies, most countries had pushed to start reform in this sector. In the 1980s, many countries have started reforms toward this sector. The aim of this paper is a) to analyze Turkish Telecommunication Sector from the perspectives of its performance, b) to compare the Turkish and EU Telecommunication Sectors with regard to process of reform of telecommunications. So this comparison is light on the address the real cause behind the level of Turkish Telecommunication Sector. © EuroJournals Publishing, Inc. 2007.