Incentives For M2M Communications

Article 98 of the Law on the Amendment of Some Taxation Laws and Other Laws (the "Law")¹ dated 5 December 2017 and numbered 7061, provides for an amendment of Article 46 of the Electronic Communications Law ("ECL") regulating "radio terminal and equipment fees"². The amended provision envisages an exemption from licence and usage fees concerning machine-to-machine ("M2M") subscriptions³.

Given concerns arising in connection with the use of foreign operators' SIMs in M2M applications, particularly with the international flow of personal data, the Law aims to promote subscriptions with operators authorised by the Information Technologies and Communications Authority ("ICTA") within the Turkish jurisdiction, as well as generating economic benefits through the facilitation of financial obligations in the M2M communications market.