Turkcell

Turkcell’s Hello Hope Provides Refugees With COVID-19 Information

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Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Hello Hope, a mobile application launched after the initial influx fleeing Syria by Turkcell (NYSE:TKC) (BIST:TCELL), provides refugees with information about the coronavirus pandemic through collaborations with international and national institutions.

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  • Hello Hope, a mobile application launched after the initial influx fleeing Syria by Turkcell (NYSE:TKC) (BIST:TCELL), provides refugees with information about the coronavirus pandemic through collaborations with international and national institutions.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200909005733/en/
    Hello Hope, a mobile application launched after the initial influx fleeing Syria by Turkcell, provides refugees with information about the coronavirus pandemic through collaborations with international and national institutions.
  • Hello Hope now further helps empowering Syrian refugees in Turkey during the coronavirus pandemic through collaborations with WHO, Turkish Red Crescent and Sesame Workshop.
  • Hello Hope app proves the power of mobile for integration as the app offers information delivered by Turkish Red Crescent and WHO in both Turkish and Arabic, directs users to Turkish Red Crescents website for further information, and offers cartoons produced by Sesame Workshop to refugee children.

Turkcell Trains Employees With The GSMA’s Sustainability Course

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Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Turkcell (NYSE:TKC) (BIST:TCELL) has become the first telecom operator to receive the GSMAs Driving Sustainable Business in the Mobile Sector course under GSMA Advance Training Programme.

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  • Turkcell (NYSE:TKC) (BIST:TCELL) has become the first telecom operator to receive the GSMAs Driving Sustainable Business in the Mobile Sector course under GSMA Advance Training Programme.
  • Sustainability Course which has been designed and delivered by Turkcell Academy and GSMA; is intended to give a broader perspective to Turkcell employees about the implications and effects of different policies and regulations on mobile consumers in an indepth way.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200908005720/en/
    Turkcell has become the first telecom operator to receive the GSMAs Driving Sustainable Business in the Mobile Sector course under GSMA Advance Training Programme.
  • Turkcell employees will follow the GSMA certification programme to identify, test and implement tangible ways to tackle sustainability issues.

Mavenir and Turkcell Enable World’s First OpenRAN vRAN Call with Fully Containerized CU/DU and Open Front Haul

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Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Mavenir, the industry's leading end-to-end cloud-native network software provider for CSPs, and Turkcell, Turkeys leading digital operator today announce the worlds first OpenRAN vRAN call fully containerized with O-RAN Split 7.2 architecture, in Turkey.

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  • Mavenir, the industry's leading end-to-end cloud-native network software provider for CSPs, and Turkcell, Turkeys leading digital operator today announce the worlds first OpenRAN vRAN call fully containerized with O-RAN Split 7.2 architecture, in Turkey.
  • The Mavenir vRAN architecture and platform supports 4G as well as both 5G NR NSA and SA.
  • Mavenirs OpenRAN vRAN allows a very secure and transparent interface which is based on a single architecture that can accommodate several deployment scenarios.
  • Mavenir was selected by Turkcell to deploy its cloud-native, NFV-based IMS solution, in Turkcells home country Turkey and other subsidiaries.

Turkcell Selects Odine Solutions' Wholesale Voice Management Platform

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Thursday, July 23, 2020

ISTANBUL, July 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Odine Solutions, Telco-Cloud Systems Integrator and OSS/BSS Software Provider, today announced that Turkcell is deploying Odine's End-to-End Wholesale Voice Management Platform developed by Odine's local engineers to drive business automation and routing intelligence for their Wholesale Voice Interconnect Network.

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  • ISTANBUL, July 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Odine Solutions, Telco-Cloud Systems Integrator and OSS/BSS Software Provider, today announced that Turkcell is deploying Odine's End-to-End Wholesale Voice Management Platform developed by Odine's local engineers to drive business automation and routing intelligence for their Wholesale Voice Interconnect Network.
  • Odine's Wholesale Voice Management solution will be empowering Turkcell to take full advantage of the intelligent automation and real-time control; optimizing all Swap and Bilateral wholesale voice deals, giving deeper levels of visibility and control.
  • The solution will bring high-performance, real-time dynamic routing policy & optimization, and comprehensive monitoring & alerting for all of Turkcell's Fixed Voice National and International Interconnects.
  • Odine has been supporting Turkcell's wholesale voice infrastructure with a suite of analytics and reporting applicationsover the years, and Turkcell has once again trusted Odine; expanding the software deployment to a full-suite roll out with routing, billing, and business process automation functions.

Turkcell Selects Odine Solutions' Wholesale Voice Management Platform

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Thursday, July 23, 2020

ISTANBUL, July 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Odine Solutions, Telco-Cloud Systems Integrator and OSS/BSS Software Provider, today announced that Turkcell is deploying Odine's End-to-End Wholesale Voice Management Platform developed by Odine's local engineers to drive business automation and routing intelligence for their Wholesale Voice Interconnect Network.

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  • ISTANBUL, July 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Odine Solutions, Telco-Cloud Systems Integrator and OSS/BSS Software Provider, today announced that Turkcell is deploying Odine's End-to-End Wholesale Voice Management Platform developed by Odine's local engineers to drive business automation and routing intelligence for their Wholesale Voice Interconnect Network.
  • Odine's Wholesale Voice Management solution will be empowering Turkcell to take full advantage of the intelligent automation and real-time control; optimizing all Swap and Bilateral wholesale voice deals, giving deeper levels of visibility and control.
  • The solution will bring high-performance, real-time dynamic routing policy & optimization, and comprehensive monitoring & alerting for all of Turkcell's Fixed Voice National and International Interconnects.
  • Odine has been supporting Turkcell's wholesale voice infrastructure with a suite of analytics and reporting applicationsover the years, and Turkcell has once again trusted Odine; expanding the software deployment to a full-suite roll out with routing, billing, and business process automation functions.

Turkey Wealth Fund Agrees to Acquire Control of Turkcell

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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

ISTANBUL, June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Turkey Wealth Fund (TWF) has agreed to acquire 26.2% of the shares of Turkcell letiim Hizmetleri A (Turkcell) (BST: TCELL), (NYSE: TKC) by entering into a series of transaction agreements with, among others, Telia Company, LetterOne, ukurova Holding and Ziraat Bank.

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  • ISTANBUL, June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Turkey Wealth Fund (TWF) has agreed to acquire 26.2% of the shares of Turkcell letiim Hizmetleri A (Turkcell) (BST: TCELL), (NYSE: TKC) by entering into a series of transaction agreements with, among others, Telia Company, LetterOne, ukurova Holding and Ziraat Bank.
  • This transaction is a one-off opportunity to resolve all shareholder disputes and litigations for the benefit of Turkcell and its investors.
  • Turkcell Holding joint venture is effectively terminated and ukurova Holding exits its indirect interest in Turkcell.
  • Turkey Wealth Fund (TWF) is the wealth fund and strategic investment arm of the Republic of Turkey.

Turkey Wealth Fund Agrees to Acquire Control of Turkcell

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, June 17, 2020

ISTANBUL, June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Turkey Wealth Fund (TWF) has agreed to acquire 26.2% of the shares of Turkcell letiim Hizmetleri A (Turkcell) (BST: TCELL), (NYSE: TKC) by entering into a series of transaction agreements with, among others, Telia Company, LetterOne, ukurova Holding and Ziraat Bank.

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  • ISTANBUL, June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Turkey Wealth Fund (TWF) has agreed to acquire 26.2% of the shares of Turkcell letiim Hizmetleri A (Turkcell) (BST: TCELL), (NYSE: TKC) by entering into a series of transaction agreements with, among others, Telia Company, LetterOne, ukurova Holding and Ziraat Bank.
  • This transaction is a one-off opportunity to resolve all shareholder disputes and litigations for the benefit of Turkcell and its investors.
  • Turkcell Holding joint venture is effectively terminated and ukurova Holding exits its indirect interest in Turkcell.
  • Turkey Wealth Fund (TWF) is the wealth fund and strategic investment arm of the Republic of Turkey.

Turkcell Transforms Its LTE and 5G Voice Network with Mavenir’s Cloud-Native NFV-Based IMS Solution

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Turkcell continues to develop its virtualized infrastructure since it launched its unified telco cloud in 2016, and now, in line with this goal, Turkcell also transforms LTE and 5G voice network into 100% virtual infrastructures.

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  • Turkcell continues to develop its virtualized infrastructure since it launched its unified telco cloud in 2016, and now, in line with this goal, Turkcell also transforms LTE and 5G voice network into 100% virtual infrastructures.
  • Mavenir, the industry's leading end-to-end cloud-native network software provider, has been selected by Turkcell to deploy its cloud-native, NFV-based IMS solution, for Turkcells home country Turkey and other subsidiaries.
  • Gediz Sezgin, Turkcell CTO stated, As Turkcell, we have reached more than 60% virtualization in our mobile core network.
  • To serve our customers on our unified telco cloud on the way to 5G, Virtual IMS will be a critical network transformation milestone for our NFV journey.

Turkcell Files Its 2019 Annual Report on Form 20-F

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Thursday, April 2, 2020

Turkcell (NYSE:TKC) (BIST:TCELL) announced that it has filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2019 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2020.

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Turkcell And ING Signed The Longest Average-maturity Corporate Green Loan Agreement of 50 Million Euros

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Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Turkcell (NYSE:TKC) (BIST:TCELL) and ING European Financial Services plc, %100 affiliate of ING in Turkey, have signed a Green Loan agreement of 50 million Euros with a 5-year term.

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  • Turkcell (NYSE:TKC) (BIST:TCELL) and ING European Financial Services plc, %100 affiliate of ING in Turkey, have signed a Green Loan agreement of 50 million Euros with a 5-year term.
  • The transaction marks the longest average-maturity corporate finance deal in green loan format in Turkey.
  • Turkcell, last year, had incorporated its sustainability approach into its financing activities with a 3-year term Sustainability Linked Loan of 50 million Euros.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200311005556/en/
    Turkcell and ING European Financial Services plc, %100 affiliate of ING in Turkey, have signed a Green Loan agreement of 50 million Euros with a 5-year term.