Aveo confirms that it will compete in the tender for Turkish 3G. Earlier the tender lacks competition where dominant operator Turkcell was the only applicant to submit a bid. Telsim, begs second position in terms of mobile subscribers and Avea, were gloomy of their chances of competing effectively in the Turkish 3G market, arguing that holding the tender before the introduction of mobile number portability (MNP) unfairly benefited the market leader. The date for introducing MNP has since been brought forward to 13 November that will hopefully paved the for a fully competitive 3G auction.
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Aveo to bid for Turkish 3G tender (Turkey)
- August 28th, 2008
- 12:37 pm
Turkey announces tender for four 3G concessions
- April 17th, 2007
- 12:06 pm
Telegeography writes…The Turkish government has launched a tender for four 3G licences, with sealed bids to be submitted by 24 May. Successful applicants will then qualify for a second round of verbal bidding, Reuters reports. The minimum prices for the concessions range from EUR140 million (USD189 million) to EUR252 million (USD340 million), depending on the spectrum offered. The Turkish mobile market is currently home to three operators, Turkcell, Vodafone-Telsim and Avea, which served more than 52.2 million customers between them at the end of December.
New year, new tariffs
- January 9th, 2007
- 1:14 pm
Telegeography writes…Turkish cellcos Telsim-Vodafone and Avea have both announced tariff cuts in a bid to lure new users. Avea has introduced a marketing campaign which claims to offer the lowest cross-network call charges, according to a report from Turkish Daily News. Telsim-Vodafone, meanwhile, is using the international presence of its UK-based owner in its own New Year marketing drive, offering international calls to other Vodafone networks which are cheaper than the equivalent landline tariffs. Market leader Turkcell has not joined its competitors in cutting prices, and has even increased some pre-paid tariffs.
