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Superonline Collaborates on Regional Cable Network Project
ISTANBUL, December 16, 2010/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Turkcell (NYSE: TKC, ISE: TCELL), the leading communications and
technology company in Turkey, announced today that a consortium of seven
operators including Turkcell's 100% subsidiary, Superonline, together with
Etisalat (UAE), Mobily (Saudi Arabia), Jordan Telecom, Mada-Zain Consortium
(Jordan), and Syria Telecommunications Establishment (Syria) have signed an
agreement which will initiate the Regional Cable Network ("RCN") Project.
Starting from Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) and passing
through Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Amman (Jordan), Tartous (Syria) and reaching
Istanbul (Turkey), the RCN Project's fiber optic cable line is expected to
cover the entire Gulf region in the Middle East for the first time and be
operational as of the second half of 2011. Totaling 7,750 km with its
round-trip routes, the RCN Project is expected to become the region's longest
terrestrial fiber infrastructure between Fujairah, one of the busiest nodes
for submarine fiber cables, and the West.
The RCN project offers the region an alternative internet
infrastructure with a high-capacity, far more economical structure (compared
to the submarine systems) which is diversified into two separate routes. This
infrastructure, which will cross five countries and intersect in five cities
has the ability to provide capacity of 12.8 Terabits per second.
The RCN project is designed to reach Europe through more than
15 access points readily available on the Bulgarian border and to initially
activate 2.4 Terabit per second capacity along the two different routes which
the fiber optic cables will follow.
Turkcell's CEO, Sureyya Ciliv, said: "This substantial
infrastructure project, which will greatly benefit the region and connect the
Middle East to the world through Turkey, is planned to position Istanbul as
the world's newest Internet base. Through this highway between Fujairah and
Istanbul we are aiming for faster and easier Internet traffic, widening
Internet expansion and to bring new opportunities to people across the
region. We are proud to collaborate on such an important project for
Istanbul, for Turkey and for the region, changing lives by offering users an
enhanced communications experience."
http://www.turkcell.com.tr
ABOUT TURKCELL
Turkcell is the leading communications and technology company
in Turkey with 33.9 million postpaid and prepaid customers and a market share
of approximately 55% as of September 30, 2010 (Source: Our estimations,
operator's and the Telecommunication Authority's announcements). Turkcell
provides high quality data and voice services to approximately 80% of the
Turkish population through its 3G technology supported network and to 99.07%
of the Turkish population through its 2G technology supported network.
Turkcell reported TRY2.3 billion ($1.5 billion) net revenue for the period
ended September 30, 2010 and its total assets reached TRY14.5 billion ($10.0
billion) as of September 30, 2010. Turkcell has become one of the first
operators among the global operators to have implemented HSDPA+ and to reach
to 42.2 Mbps speed with HSPA multi carrier solution. Turkcell is a leading
regional player and has interests in international mobile operations in
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Northern Cyprus and
Ukraine which, together with its Turkish operations, had approximately 60.4
million subscribers as of September 30, 2010. Turkcell has been listed on the
NYSE and the ISE since July 2000 and is the only NYSE-listed company in
Turkey and is among the top 15% of companies listed on NYSE by its size as of
October 2010. 51.00% of Turkcell's share capital is held by Turkcell Holding,
0.05% by Cukurova Holding, 13.07% by Sonera Holding, 2.32% by M.V. Group and
0.01% by others while the remaining 33.55% is free float. Read more at
http://www.turkcell.com.tr/en
For further information please contact Turkcell
Corporate Affairs
Koray Ozturkler, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
Tel: +90-212-313-1500
Email: koray.ozturkler@turkcell.com.tr
Investors:
Nihat Narin, Investor and International
Media Relations
Tel: + 90-212-313-1244
Email: nihat.narin@turkcell.com.tr
investor.relations@turkcell.com.tr
Media:
Filiz Karagul Tuzun,
Corporate Communications
Tel: + 90-212-313-2304
Email: filiz.karagul@turkcell.com.tr
Source: Turkcell
For further information please contact Turkcell: Corporate Affairs: Koray Ozturkler, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Tel: +90-212-313-1500, Email: koray.ozturkler@turkcell.com.tr; Investors: Nihat Narin, Investor and International, Media Relations, Tel: + 90-212-313-1244, Email: nihat.narin@turkcell.com.tr, investor.relations@turkcell.com.tr; Media: Filiz Karagul Tuzun,
Corporate Communications, Tel: + 90-212-313-2304, Email: filiz.karagul@turkcell.com.tr
Superonline Collaborates on Regional Cable Network Project
ISTANBUL, December 16, 2010/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Turkcell (NYSE: TKC, ISE: TCELL), the leading communications and
technology company in Turkey, announced today that a consortium of seven
operators including Turkcell's 100% subsidiary, Superonline, together with
Etisalat (UAE), Mobily (Saudi Arabia), Jordan Telecom, Mada-Zain Consortium
(Jordan), and Syria Telecommunications Establishment (Syria) have signed an
agreement which will initiate the Regional Cable Network ("RCN") Project.
Starting from Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) and passing
through Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Amman (Jordan), Tartous (Syria) and reaching
Istanbul (Turkey), the RCN Project's fiber optic cable line is expected to
cover the entire Gulf region in the Middle East for the first time and be
operational as of the second half of 2011. Totaling 7,750 km with its
round-trip routes, the RCN Project is expected to become the region's longest
terrestrial fiber infrastructure between Fujairah, one of the busiest nodes
for submarine fiber cables, and the West.
The RCN project offers the region an alternative internet
infrastructure with a high-capacity, far more economical structure (compared
to the submarine systems) which is diversified into two separate routes. This
infrastructure, which will cross five countries and intersect in five cities
has the ability to provide capacity of 12.8 Terabits per second.
The RCN project is designed to reach Europe through more than
15 access points readily available on the Bulgarian border and to initially
activate 2.4 Terabit per second capacity along the two different routes which
the fiber optic cables will follow.
Turkcell's CEO, Sureyya Ciliv, said: "This substantial
infrastructure project, which will greatly benefit the region and connect the
Middle East to the world through Turkey, is planned to position Istanbul as
the world's newest Internet base. Through this highway between Fujairah and
Istanbul we are aiming for faster and easier Internet traffic, widening
Internet expansion and to bring new opportunities to people across the
region. We are proud to collaborate on such an important project for
Istanbul, for Turkey and for the region, changing lives by offering users an
enhanced communications experience."
http://www.turkcell.com.tr
ABOUT TURKCELL
Turkcell is the leading communications and technology company
in Turkey with 33.9 million postpaid and prepaid customers and a market share
of approximately 55% as of September 30, 2010 (Source: Our estimations,
operator's and the Telecommunication Authority's announcements). Turkcell
provides high quality data and voice services to approximately 80% of the
Turkish population through its 3G technology supported network and to 99.07%
of the Turkish population through its 2G technology supported network.
Turkcell reported TRY2.3 billion ($1.5 billion) net revenue for the period
ended September 30, 2010 and its total assets reached TRY14.5 billion ($10.0
billion) as of September 30, 2010. Turkcell has become one of the first
operators among the global operators to have implemented HSDPA+ and to reach
to 42.2 Mbps speed with HSPA multi carrier solution. Turkcell is a leading
regional player and has interests in international mobile operations in
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Northern Cyprus and
Ukraine which, together with its Turkish operations, had approximately 60.4
million subscribers as of September 30, 2010. Turkcell has been listed on the
NYSE and the ISE since July 2000 and is the only NYSE-listed company in
Turkey and is among the top 15% of companies listed on NYSE by its size as of
October 2010. 51.00% of Turkcell's share capital is held by Turkcell Holding,
0.05% by Cukurova Holding, 13.07% by Sonera Holding, 2.32% by M.V. Group and
0.01% by others while the remaining 33.55% is free float. Read more at
http://www.turkcell.com.tr/en
For further information please contact Turkcell
Corporate Affairs
Koray Ozturkler, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
Tel: +90-212-313-1500
Email: koray.ozturkler@turkcell.com.tr
Investors:
Nihat Narin, Investor and International
Media Relations
Tel: + 90-212-313-1244
Email: nihat.narin@turkcell.com.tr
investor.relations@turkcell.com.tr
Media:
Filiz Karagul Tuzun,
Corporate Communications
Tel: + 90-212-313-2304
Email: filiz.karagul@turkcell.com.tr
Source: Turkcell
For further information please contact Turkcell: Corporate Affairs: Koray Ozturkler, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Tel: +90-212-313-1500, Email: koray.ozturkler@turkcell.com.tr; Investors: Nihat Narin, Investor and International, Media Relations, Tel: + 90-212-313-1244, Email: nihat.narin@turkcell.com.tr, investor.relations@turkcell.com.tr; Media: Filiz Karagul Tuzun,
Corporate Communications, Tel: + 90-212-313-2304, Email: filiz.karagul@turkcell.com.tr