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Articles tagged with: Turkcell
Turkcell Full-Year Profits Jump by Over a Third
Turkish telco, turkcell has reported that its full year revenues increased by 10.1% to US$7 billion due to higher usage, subscriber growth, tariff increases and the positive contribution of the consolidated subsidiaries. Net income grew to US$1.8 billion, up by 36.0% on an annual basis 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
Related Tags: avea, vodafone, mobile-number-portability, number-portability, mnp, Turkey
Fitch Upgrades TeliaSonera's Outlook to Stable
Fitch Ratings today revised Sweden-based TeliaSonera's Outlook to Stable from Negative. At the same time the agency has affirmed the Long-term Issuer Default rating (IDR) and senior unsecured rating at 'A-' (A minus). 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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US Federal Court Grants Telenor Motion, Holds Altimo in Contempt,
The US Federal Court for the Southern District of New York on 19 November granted Telenor's motion requesting that Alfa Group companies Altimo, Alpren, Hardlake and Storm be held in contempt of court for their failure to obey a November 2, 2007 court order upholding Telenor's arbitration award against Alfa Group subsidiary Storm. more
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Turkcell Launches New Applications with Mobile Signature Solution
Turkish mobile operator, turkcell has rolled out a new series of electronic signature based services, based on a SIM card supplied by Gemalto. The Gemalto solution allows subscribers to securely access online services that require strong authentication using their mobile phone to sign their transactions and documents by means of a legally binding electronic signature. Eighteen months after the initial deployment, the operator is working with 12 partner banks, 4 investment companies, 6 governmental organizations and 2 e-commerce websites. more
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Turkcell Looking to Buy Controlling Stake in Indian Mobile Network
Turkey's dominant telco, turkcell is reported to have joined in the bidding to take a stake in another of India's new mobile network operators, Datacom Solutions. The deal, which is reported to be for a controlling 51% stake is expected to put the enterprise value of the company at nearly $2.2 billion. more
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Ericsson Wins 3G Contract in Northern Cyprus
Ericsson has won a contract in Turkish Cyprus from Kuzey Kibris turkcell - a subsidiary of turkcell - as the sole supplier of a WCDMA/HSPA network. Under the agreement Ericsson will provide a WCDMA/HSPA network, including radio access and packet core network and the Ericsson Mobile Softswitch Solution. more
Related Tags: wcdma, core-network, hspa, ericsson, mobile-broadband, microwave, mobile-softswitch, backhaul, Cyprus
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
Related Tags: avea, 3g-license, mobile-number-portability, vodafone, number-portability, 3g-licenses, Turkey