Net proves popular in Turkey but profits are elusive

Headline: Net proves popular in Turkey but profits are elusiveSource: EuromoneyDate: February 2001Author: Metin Munir Turks are responding enthusiastically to the high-pressure promotion of internet access. So far, though, there’s not much money to be made from the business. Access providers will soon have to reconsider their cultural aversion to business consolidation, or else think […]

Headline: Net proves popular in Turkey but profits are elusive
Source: Euromoney
Date: February 2001
Author: Metin Munir

Turks are responding enthusiastically to the high-pressure promotion of internet access. So far, though, there’s not much money to be made from the business. Access providers will soon have to reconsider their cultural aversion to business consolidation, or else think smaller.

Following aggressive promotion and advertising, take-up of internet subscriptions in Turkey is booming. According to a recent report from Istanbul-based research company IBS, last year internet subscriptions grew by 609%, creating a penetration rate of 5.5%.






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