Articles tagged with: Fintur Holdings
Kazakhstan Operator Commissions 3,500th Base Station
Kazakhstan based mobile network operator, Kcell says that it has commissioned its 3,500th base station - expanding its coverage to all villages with a population of more than 5000 people and in 85% of villages with a population of more than 2000 people. At the moment Kcell has the largest coverage area of its network including almost 2000 cities and villages all over the country. more
Related Tags: kcell, gsm-kazakhstan, veysel-aral, villages, Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan Government to Sell Stakes in Local Telecoms Firms
Azerbaijan's governments intends to start selling stakes in the state-owned telecoms ventures, Kerem Gasanov, the head of the Azeri State Property Management Committee told a news conference. more
Related Tags: teliasonera, turkcell, azercell-telecom, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan's Azercell Telecom subscriber base up 33% in 2006
BAKU, Mar 6 (Prime-Tass) -- The subscriber base of Azeri mobile operator Azercell Telecom rose 33% in 2006 to 2.33 million users as of late 2006, company CEO Halim Ates said at a news conference Tuesday. more
Related Tags: teliasonera, turkcell, azercell-telecom
FOCUS: Russian operators find expansion success in CIS
MOSCOW, July 24 (Prime-Tass) -- Nearly five years have passed since Russian mobile operators began to expand beyond the domestic market and operators have made great strides in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). In the meantime they all failed to have made any non-CIS acquisitions. more
Related Tags: etisalat, megafon, teliasonera, alfa, sistema, mts, comstar, moscow, turkcell, gsm-license, tele2, ote, emirates, altimo
FOCUS: Russian operators want to expand abroad, opportunities limited"
MOSCOW, Feb 3 (Prime-Tass) -- Russia's largest mobile operators have divided the saturated domestic market and are now looking for opportunities in neighboring countries but there are not many assets available for sale and they may be pricey. more
Related Tags: alfa, sistema, megafon, turkcell, magticom, gsm-license, alfa-group, vivacell, ote, geocell
TeliaSonera Sees Turkcell Deal Driving Expansion
STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- TeliaSonera AB (TLSN.SK) Chief Executive Anders Igel said Tuesday that acquiring a controlling stake in Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (TKC) will help the Nordic telecommunications group build its presence in eastern Europe and Asia. more
Related Tags: turkcell, cukurova
Sonera takes control of GSM investor group
The Dutch holding company Fintur Holdings has been split into two separate companies, one comprising the international GSM business and a second that will comprise of the national Turkish digital-TV, ISP, and other data transmission businesses. more
Related Tags: turkcell, sonera, cukurova, gsm-kazakhstan, azercell-telecom, geocell, moldcell
Three short-listed for Albanian license
The Albanian telecoms regulator has announced that they have drawn up a short-list of three companies for the award of a second GSM license in the country. The short listed companies are Vodafone, Fintur Holdings (Sonera/Turkcell) and Rumeli Telekom Albania." more
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