Statistics about Turkey, population 65.5 million !
To give you an idea of what the prospect of G*
is in Turkey, these are the highlights:
Cellular operators,
operator system users annual-increase
Turk Telecom NMT450 130.000
Telsim gsm900 1.590.000 199,4%
Turkcell gsm900 2.505.000 70%
Total cell penetration in oct. 1999, 6.61%
My prediction after years in the telecom business!
65,5 million * 0,04% of population = 2.620.000 Globalstar
users in year 2006 in Turkey alone.
The 0,04% is based on demographic coverage in cell planning,
buying power of population, and number of roamers (travellers) visiting the country.
This number can be to low if the Turk economy and travel
business improves.
Based on the GSM growth numbers, 25% per year for Globalstar is not very optimistic.
MORE FACTS ------------------------------->
Republic of Turkey
National name: Trkiye Cumhuriyeti
President: Sleyman Demirel (1993)
Prime Minister: Blent Ecevit (1999)
Area: 300,947 sq. mi. (incl. 9,121 in Europe) (780,580 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 65,599,206; average annual rate of natural increase 1.57%; birth rate: 20.9/1000; infant mortality rate: 35.8/1000; density per sq. mi.: 218
Capital (1996 est.): Ankara, 2,890,025
Largest cities: Istanbul: city proper (1996 est.) 8,203,329; metro. area (1995 est.) 7,817,000; Izmir, 1,920,807; Adana, 1,010,363; Bursa, 949,810; Gaziantep, 683,557
Monetary unit: Turkish lira
Language: Turkish
Ethnicity/race: Turkish 80%, Kurdish 20%
Religion: Islam (mostly Sunni), 98%
Literacy rate: 81%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1997 est.): $388.3 billion; $6,100 per capita. Real growth rate: 7.2%. Inflation: 99% (1997). Unemployment: 5.9%, plus another 5.1% underemployed. Arable land: 32%. Agriculture: cotton, tobacco, cereals, sugar beets, fruits, olives, pulses, citrus, livestock. Labor force: 21.6 million; agriculture, 43.1%; services, 30%; industry, 14.4%; construction, 6% (1995) (note: in 1994 about 1.5 million Turks worked abroad). Industry: textiles, food processing, mining, steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper. Natural resources: coal, chromite, copper, borate, sulfur, petroleum. Exports: $26 billion (f.o.b., 1997): agricultural products, textiles, leather, glass, iron, steel, foodstuffs. Imports: $46.7 billion (f.o.b., 1997): machinery, raw materials, fuels, foodstuffs, fertilizer, chemicals. Major trading partners: EU, U.S., Russia.
"According to the statement made by Presidency of State Institute of Statistics, 432.757 foreigners visitors arrived our country in November 1999. 26.932 of this number is excursionists arriving by seaway. Number of foreigners visitors arriving our country is 501.644 in last years?same month. 13.7 % decrease is examined in November when compared to last years? same month.
Total number of foreigners visitors arriving our country is 7.163.510 in January-November 1999. 583.334 of this number is excursionists arriving by seaway. Number of foreigners visitors arriving our country is 9.059.644 in January- November 1998. 20.9 % decrease is examined in January-November in 1998 when compared to last years? same term."
This is how we conduct a small research on the potential of
Globalstar, not like Bagle, or was it Baker?
Thomas L |
