The information circulating on the internet can be deceptive most of the time. A couple of days ago, a 70-year-old reader asked me whether she could delete some information on Google about her daughter and shared what happened to her. The very same day, a friend of mine, who is a senior executive at a big company, told me about the cyberbullying incidents his child faces online. These two examples make us think about reputation management on the Internet, a problem concerning people of all ages as well as institutions. To put it simply, neither companies nor individuals are happy with wrong information circulating about them on the internet.Whatever ethics users defend in their real life, they do the exact opposite online. Some regularly visit betting sites to make easy money and fall into traps during their pursuit. When they finally face their "online reflection," they cannot believe the picture and deny it.Higher penetration rateSome groups that are not very well acquainted with the internet see the cyber world as a door that opens to dangerous things. They blame the internet for everything they do not know or understand. According to the second quarter figures released by the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK), the number of mobile internet subscribers increased to 73.6 million and the penetration rate is 93.5 percent. There are a total of 55.3 million broadband internet subscribers including 9.9 million landline and 45.3 million mobile subscribers.

Next communication move: 5G

Mobile operators have started to set a course for the 5G internet infrastructure that will enable faster data transfer. Although the three GSM operators in Turkey say that they are at the table which 5G standards are set, the U.S. and Asian countries are the ones that are involved in the process when it comes to talking about intellectual property and license.

Infrastructure development for 5G in mobile communication continues. Testing for internet speed has already been commenced by the operators. In addition to Vodafone, Türk Telekom and Turkcell also take their part in technical committees to define 5G standards. The standards that were previously set during the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) are also on the table for discussion. The experiences of U.S. and Asian companies come to the foreground at the decision making stage. European companies lack practice in this field and it is almost impossible for companies under regulation pressure to make innovative tests.

5G in 5 steps

The first thing that is going to be done is to connect all frequencies and complete the narrowband that will allow all devices to communicate with each other. The third step will be to provide fast data transfer from one point to another. The last two steps are planned to meet the capacity increase with mobile signal distributors and virtualization. In short, authorities are trying to overcome the internet deficiencies that continue to surface throughout the generations.

Safety standards

It is quite possible to have more safety risks. During a talk with Vodafone Turkey's Chief Technology Officer Mallik Rao, he said, "At the meetings where international communication standards such as 5G are set, there are studies that are undertaken for security. We are joining hands with these study groups. From now on, every device used in homes, automobiles and offices will include a signature to show that security standards are applied. Once the work on security standards are near completion, we will be on the committee that will have the last say."

More work for mobile operators

GSM operators try to answer the mischievous moves made by internment companies competing against each other. Two years ago, Vodafone established a 5G laboratory within Dresden Technical University, one of the most established universities in the world. A team including Turkish engineers have contributed to works pioneering an inter-company constitution in terms of data transfer speed, delay and IP servers for future mobile technologies.

While Türk Telekom attends international meetings with Argela, a company known for its expertise in infrastructure, the Turkey-based communications company holds meetings in Turkey as well.

The Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance (NGMN), of which Turkcell has been a member since 2013, has decided that the Turkey-based GSM company should lead the field tests for the soon-to-kick-off 5G technology. A consortium including Turkcell will also be managing the global field tests for these products.Rising trend on data useIn the second quarter the number mobile internet subscribers grew about 25 percent, with the monthly use of mobile broadband subscribers at about 1.9 gigabytes and data use by 4.5G subscribers reaching 3.4 gigabytes. The current trend will remain on a rise in the next quarter and the higher use of internet especially after the failed July 15 coup attempt is one of the reasons.