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ARTICLE · 11 JANUARY 2021

Mobile Call Termination Market Analysis

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Analysis states that mobile call termination services cover the services initiated and terminated on mobile networks, and services initiated on fixed networks and terminated on mobile networks.

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The Information and Communication Technologies Authority ("ICTA") published Mobile Call Termination Market Analysis1 ("Analysis") within the scope of Electronic Communications Law No. 5809 and Market Analysis Regulation, on September 8, 2020 for public opinion. Previous market analysis on mobile call termination services has been made in 2017.

The Analysis provides evaluations on significant market power and market actors, and mainly provides evaluations on (i) mobile call termination service definition, (ii) market definitions, (iii) regulation requirements in the market, (iv) competition level in the market, (iv) operators having significant market power in the market, and (v) obligations imposed to the operators having significant market.

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