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Turkcell and Turkey's ASELSAN Join Forces for 5G R&D
Turkcell (NYSETKC) (BIST:TCELL) and Turkish defense industries company
ASELSAN (News - Alert) ("Military Electronic Industries") have taken the first major
step in Turkey for 5G mobile communication technologies development.
Turkcell CEO Kaan Terzioglu and Dr. Faik Eken, the General Manager of
ASELSAN, have signed the framework agreement that sets the stage for
cooperation between the two companies.
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Turkcell's (News - Alert) CEO Kaan Terzioglu (left) and ASELSAN's General Manager Dr. Faik Eken signed the framework agreement for 5G cooperation with a ceremony held in Ankara. (Photo: Business Wire)
Ensuring Turkey's role in the 5G landscape as a technology producer
The aim of the cooperation is to ensure Turkey's role, in the global 5G
landscape, as a country that produces technology. Turkcell and
ASELSAN will start working on the formation of a national 5G roadmap,
participate jointly in global platforms, and focus on attaining
commercial success, both in domestic and international markets with
products to be developed as a result of this cooperation.
The two companies will also lead the national ecosystem, paving the way
for a more prolific technology development that will eventually result
in a greater number of patented ICT products emerging from Turkey.
Turkcell CEO: Turkey will become global hub for 5G development
"In 5G, we are already among the main actors of the global debate
through our work as a board member of the NGMN Alliance (News - Alert), which defines
end-to-end operator requirements intended to guide the development of
future technology platforms and related standards," remarked Kaan
Terzioglu, CEO of Turkcell. "Turkcell is committed to maintaining its
technology leadership in introducing the latest mobile communication
technologies to Turkey in 5G. We are excited to be working with ASELSAN,
which is as committed to innovation and technology as Turkcell. With
this agreement - the first step of a long-term cooperation - we believe
that we will achieve our goal of positioning our country as a global hub
of 5G development."
ASELSAN General Manager: We are building on 40 years of experience in
communication technologies
"Our journey started in 1975 with the goal of meeting the communication
needs of the Turkish Armed Forces through national and authentic means.
40 years on, our products cover the entire scope of defense electronics
in a fashion that minimizes dependency on imported technologies. ASELSAN
also exports its technology, to production facilities in Kazakhstan, the
UAE, Indonesia and Pakistan." said Dr. Faik Eken. "With this know-how,
we have recently produced Turkey's first nationally-developed 4G Base
Station (eNodeB). Now, we are looking forward to carrying our experience
into critical areas like 5G and meeting the technology infrastructure
needs of our country with the optimal use of national resources. ASELSAN
will be the most competent partner in the preparation, design,
production implementation stages of 5G."
ABOUT TURKCELL: Turkcell is an integrated communication and
technology services player in Turkey. Turkcell Group has approximately
67.9 million mobile subscribers in nine countries as of March 31, 2015.
Turkcell was one of the first among the global operators to have
implemented HSPA+. It has announced two new HSPA+ Technologies on its 3G
network to meet rising data usage. Having successfully integrated
3C-HSDPA and DC-HSUPA Technologies, it became the first mobile operator
in the world to enable peak speed of 63.3 Mbps downlink, while also
enabling an 11.5 Mbps uplink on a 3G network. Turkcell is the first
telecom operator to offer households fiber broadband connection at
speeds of up to 1,000 Mbps in Turkey. As of March 2015, Turkcell's
population coverage is at 99.81% in 2G and 92.01% in 3G. Turkcell Group
reported TRY3.0 billion (US$1.2 billion) in revenue with total assets of
TRY24.0 billion (US$9.2 billion) as of March 31, 2015. It has been
listed on the NYSE and the BIST since July 2000, and is the only
NYSE-listed company in Turkey. Read more at www.turkcell.com.tr
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