Broadband internet users up over 41% in Türkiye in 6 years

ANKARA

The number of broadband internet subscribers increased by 41.7% in Türkiye between 2016 and 2021, according to official figures.

During the same period, the number of mobile broadband internet subscribers rose 35.4%, according to the country's Information Technologies and Communications Authority.

The number of mobile phone subscribers increased by 15% to 86.3 million over the same period.

The pandemic resulted in the upward trend in the demand for broadband internet.

Fixed broad internet subscribers increased by 72.7% and mobile broadband internet subscribers increased by 35.4% over six years.

With this rise, the total number of broadband internet subscribers nationwide has reached 88.2 million.

*Writing by Sevilay Beki from Istanbul