TURKEY: BTK Adopts Radio Equipment Directive (2014/53/EU) Instead of Old R&TTE Directive (1999/95/EC)
BTK has recently adopted Radio Equipment Directive (2014/53/EU) to replace R&TTE Directive (1999/95/EC). With this new directive, BTK approval for devices that use non-harmonized bands is not anymore required before importation. -Importers can get their goods imported in Turkey without BTK pre-approval. -After goods are placed on the market, BTK Authority will ask importers to […]
TURKEY: Draft Regulation on the Amendment to the Regulation regarding Registration of Devices with Electronic Identity Information
With the decision of Information Technologies and Communication Board dated 09.06.2020 and numbered 2020 / İK-BTD / 171, there will be 30 (thirty) days for public opinion to be taken in the “Draft Regulation on the Amendment of the Regulation on the Registration of the Devices with Electronic Identity Information” which was published on the […]
TURKEY: First 5G Signals Valley Open Field Test
Entirety reports on December 3rd, 2018, Turkey’s first 5G signals Valley Open Field test was given in the BTK Market Surveillance Laboratory. BTK Chairman Ömer Abdullah Karagözoğlu stated that Hacettepe University Beytepe Campus, Bilkent, and METU campuses and BTK Headquarters in the region between the area will cover the area of universities, research centers, companies, […]
TURKEY: Delays 4G auctions after President suggests skipping to 5G
Turkey has pushed back its 4G auctions following President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggesting that the country should leapfrog straight from 3G to 5G. Turkish telecommunications are currently based on 3G technology. The Ministry of Transportation, Maritime Affairs and Communications has pushed the auctions back to August 26th, three months behind the date originally scheduled by the […]
TURKEY: 4G to be introduced in Turkey in 2015
Fourth generation telecommunications services (4G) will be introduced in Turkey in early 2015, stated Süreyya Ciliv, CEO of the country’s leading GSM operator Turkcell, saying that increasing mobile Internet traffic in recent years in Turkey must be matched by an improvement in technology. It has been five years since a 3G connection was first available […]