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Articles tagged with: Number Portability and Avea
Just a few days after apparently announcing plans to hire 500 extra staff this year, Vodafone Turkey has announced 260 job cuts as part of a corporate restructuring. The job cuts came as part of "an organizational overhaul" and to increase efficiency, the company said in a statement. more
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MNP, 3G Rolling Out Bright Prospects for Turkey Mobile Market
A recent announcement by the Turkish government to allow the mobile operators to offer Mobile Number Portability (MNP) following the launch of 3G by the end of 2008 will drive the Turkish mobile market. more
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Turkey has awarded three 3G licenses to the incumbent operators following an auction to battle over the spectrum allocation. Turkcell won the largest block (A License) with a bid of €358 million ($462 million), followed by Vodafone and Avea with bids of €250 million (US$323 million) and €214 million (US$276 million) respectively. more
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Turkey On Track for 3G License Auction by Year-End
Turkey is still on track to hold its second attempt at a 3G license auction by the end of this year, subject to no "extraordinary" events preventing it. Unnamed sourced told the Reuters news agency that the "tender will be held in December if there is no extraordinary development," more
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Turkey to Offer 3G Licenses Within Six Months
Turkey is to launch a tender for 3G licenses within the next six months, reports the government's Official Gazette, where all new laws are published. According to the Gazette, the minimum value of the A License is set as US$405 million, while the minimum value is US$355 million for the B License, US$304 million for the C License and US$253 million for the D License. more
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Turkey to Get Number Portability by Year-End
Turkey's telecoms regulator has announced that it will mandate mobile number portability to be launched in November this year. Tayfun Acarer, head of the Telecommunications Board told reporters that he expects the infrastructure should be in place within the next couple of months, but the service would not launch immediately to allow for testing. more
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Vodafone Accuses Turkcell of Obstructing Mobile Number Portability
Vodafone Turkey CEO Attila Vitai has accused market leader, Turkcell of curbing efforts to introduce mobile number portability into the country. Speaking at a press conference, he said that customers were having to waste money and resources on carrying a couple of phones to ensure they can be contacted. more
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Turkcell Picks up Turkey's Only 3G License
Turkey's Turkcell has won, what has become the country's sole 3G license after other bidders withdrew from a televised auction. The company is paying US$440 million for the license, although that rises to about US$510 once you include taxes. The auction was due to have occurred earlier this year but was delayed for unspecified reasons, although that was widely believed to be due to the political difficulties pending the snap election held a couple of weeks ago. more
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Avea Takes a Step Towards Number Portability
Turkey's Avea says that it has installed the equipment necessary to support mobile number portability when it is launched in the country. Avea has launched its Number Portability Project by signing an agreement with Argela and Alcatel Lucent as a solution partner. In the respective Number Portability Project process, Argela will integrate Avea systems with the Central Database and will be responsible for establishment of the system to manage the process. Alcatel Lucent will be responsible for the implementation of the solutions of Tekelec firm. more
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Turkcell Passes Subscriber Landmark
Turkey's Turkcell says that it added 1.1 million net new subscribers during the third quarter of this year, bringing their total base of 30.8 million. Revenue increased to US$1,199.4 million in the third quarter of 2006 mainly due to the higher MoU and increasing subscriber base, despite the 4% currency depreciation against the dollar. more
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