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COUNTRY FOCUS : TURKEY
the increasing usage of smart devices , such as smartphones , laptops , and desktops , to manage escalating data needs . Additional factors driving the market growth include the rising need for data-driven technologies like Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things and the expanding usage of microservice-based software development across various industrial sectors .
Turkey ’ s ICT market is fragmented as the market currently consists of many players . Several key players in the ICT market are in constant efforts to bring advancements . A few prominent companies are entering into collaborations and expanding their footprints in developing regions to consolidate their positions in the market . The major players are Turk Telekom , Turk Cell , Amazon , Microsoft , IBM , and others .

Blockchain , Artificial Intelligence , Big Data , 5G , and other networking technologies will significantly impact the sector in the upcoming years . Turkey ' s options for 5G development is attracting investment in the telecom industry . Izmir , Istanbul , Ankara , and Antalya are the significant places where operators would initially try to introduce 5G service , while 4G will still be widely used elsewhere . riving s

According to Mordor Intelligence , in October 2022 , Vodafone Turkey entered a strategic partnership with Cisco and Qwilt to create a more scalable content delivery infrastructure . The service provider is using Qwilt ' s Open Edge Cloud for content delivery solution . This partnership will support new digital services and experiences , such as media and website distribution , while enabling Vodafone Turkey to scale up quickly . resilient , with some areas seeing strong growth in cloud computing . The main software categories were enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management . The largest contributors to traditional IT services sales were systems integration , consulting , and computer programming .
According to Mordor Intelligence , the Turkey ICT market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.3 % from 2023 – 2028 . Spending on software and services has held up well , and cloud computing had considerable growth in several regions . Systems integration , consulting , and computer programming are the major industries contributing most to the sales of conventional IT services .
During the projection period , the nationwide cloud-based market is anticipated to be driven by
In March 2022 , Turk Telekom and Odine collaborated to develop a cloud-native strategic transformation for 5G . This partnership will boost the regional and national ecosystems . Turk Telecom announced that local businesses would join it in its strategic 5G endeavours .
In February 2022 , Turk Telecom formed a collaboration on a multivendor Open RAN project with Parallel Wireless and Juniper Networks to see the carrier install Open RAN technology using the RAN Intelligent Control in Turkey . The government has increased expenditures on hardware and software to battle cyber threats .
BTK , the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure , Digital Transformation Office of the Presidency of Turkey , Ministry of Justice and Interior , the Turkish National Police , and the Turkish military continuously update their cybersecurity technologies . The Ministry of Transport and infrastructure formed the Cyber Incident Response Teams , SOMEs , charged with preventing and mitigating cyber-attacks on state organizations and institutions .
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