AVEA, Nokia to deploy Turkey’s first Next Generation Network
Nokia and Turkish mobile operator AVEA have signed a three-year framework agreement for the deployment of the MSC Server 3GPP compliant mobile softswitch. The Nokia softswitch will be central to AVEA’s plans to modernize its network by creating Turkey’s first Next Generation Network (NGN).
“With Nokia’s mobile softswitch, AVEA will not only benefit from savings in OPEX and CAPEX, but also be able to support GSM, 3G and Fixed Mobile Convergence services in the future, while significantly increasing subscriber capacity,” says Cuneyt Turktan, Chief Executive Officer, AVEA.
“We are pleased to build on our role as supplier of AVEA’s Push to talk and Presence solutions and now extend our collaboration to mobile softswitching,” says Murat Kircuval, General Manager Nokia Turkey.
As part of the deal, Nokia provides network planning, implementation, commissioning, systems integration and competence development services.
Avea is the youngest operator of Turkey with around 7.5 mln subscribers. The company is growing fast in both the corporate and individual services with the brand “Avea” and is investing constantly in new technology and infrastructure as well as its management and employees.
Source- http://www.financialmirror.com
Turkcell’s Subscriber Base Reaches 30.8 Million
ISTANBUL, Turkey, October 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Turkcell (NYSE:TKC, ISE: TCELL), the leading provider of mobile communications in Turkey, announced today that its total number of subscribers reached 30.8 million as of September 30, 2006. This corresponds to an increase of 3.3% from 29.8 million as of June 30, 2006 and an increase of 15.3% from 26.7 million as of September 30, 2005. Turkcell’s subscriber base consists of 5.7 million postpaid and 25.1 million prepaid subscribers.
Turkcell added approximately 1.0 million net new subscribers in the third quarter of 2006. New gross subscribers acquired in the third quarter of 2006 consisted of 91% prepaid and 9% postpaid subscribers.
In the third quarter of 2006, Turkcell’s churn rate increased to 4.1%, compared to 3.6% in the second quarter of 2006, mainly due to overall high market growth in the previous quarters and competition. Turkcell expects to lower quarterly churn rate for the fourth quarter of 2006 as a result of its segmented retention and loyalty programs as well as proactive churn prevention activities.
The subscriber acquisition growth trend during the third quarter of 2006 has remained strong. During this period, Turkcell introduced several campaigns and programs targeting various segments in line with its strategy. Turkcell continues its focus of maintaining leading position in the market through underlining its brand values and better value for money propositions.
Source- http://biz.yahoo.com
NEC to supply xDSL equipment to Turk Telekom
Turkish operator Turk Telekom has awarded NEC Australia 100 percent of a recent tender for delivery of 500,000 xDSL lines to be deployed throughout Turkey. Under the contract, NEC will deploy its AM Series multi-service access node (MSAN/DSLAM) including ATM and IP network interfaces. The full turnkey contract also includes systems integration, supply of broadband remote access servers, installation and support services and the integration of NEC’ OSS layer product ‘Director – Common Management System’ (CMS) to allow consolidation and optimisation of existing Turk Telekom xDSL and management interfaces. The integration of existing and newly supplied equipment will allow Turk Telekom to support approximately 100,000 new xDSL broadband users per month. Financial details of the contract were not disclosed.
Source- http://www.telecompaper.com
Cisco to invest up to USD 275 mln in Turkey
Cisco Systems has announced a significant investment initiative in Turkey totaling up to USD 275 million over five years. The investment will go towards creating technology investment initiatives aligned with Turkey’s networked economic agenda and supporting the Turkish Prime Minister’s Connected Turkey e-transformation agenda by providing networking technology and prototypes for pilot programs targeted towards rural broadband for education. The investment will also go on developing a Cisco Systems Technology Innovation Center to demonstrate the impact technology has on productivity across the different market segments; and on establishing the Cisco Entrepreneurship Institute, an initiative between Cisco, the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) and the Turkish government, to teach skills for opening and running small businesses. Cisco will also support the establishment of 200 new Networking Academies in Turkey; and offer localised products as well as customer service and support for the technical needs and requirements of local service provider customers. Cisco will also increase the overall headcount of Cisco employees in Turkey from 80 to 400 employees and expand office space.
Source- http://www.telecompaper.com
Technorati : Cisco Systems, Mobile, Turkey
Ice Rocket : Cisco Systems, Mobile, Turkey
TeliaSonera: TeliaSonera’s Mobile Portal Surfport Breaks One Million Record
STOCKHOLM, Sweden–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The number of unique users of TeliaSonera’s (NASDAQ:TLSN – News; STO:TLSN) (HEX:TLSIV) mobile Internet portal SurfPort exceeded one million per month this summer, signifying an increase of over 60 percent in one year. SurfPort is the leading mobile portal in the Nordic and Baltic countries.
SurfPort, TeliaSonera’s mobile Internet portal, has been developed to make it easier for TeliaSonera customers to surf the internet using the mobile phone and to access both useful and entertaining mobile services. During 2005 and 2006, SurfPort has been rolled out in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Lithuania and Estonia. This summer the number of regular users per month exceeded one million. The number includes only SurfPort users. The total number of mobile Internet users among TeliaSonera customers is considerably higher.
Surfing the Internet on the mobile has become substantially easier, as the mobile network capacity has been increased. In addition, an increasing number of users have a mobile phone that supports mobile Internet surfing.
- It is great that so many people have discovered the benefits of SurfPort. One million regular visitors who use several of the services on the portal each month proves that SurfPort is well on its way to becoming a service for the mass market, says Henrik Nilsson, head of SurfPort at TeliaSonera AB.
The focus in the development of SurfPort has been on user friendliness. Customers and partners were involved early in the process and contribute constantly with thoughts and ideas about how to further improve the service.
- SurfPort can be described as a department store which you can visit wherever you are. We have an extensive service offering, which is important in view of TeliaSonera’s broad customer base. The most popular services vary from country to country, and the combination of both international and local content is an important success factor, says Henrik Nilsson.
In Sweden, the newspaper Aftonbladet is the most visited service on SurfPort, but TV, music and stock exchange information are also popular. In Estonia, where SurfPort was launched this summer, banking services are attractive
TeliaSonera is the leading telecommunications company in the Nordic and Baltic regions. At the end of December 2005 TeliaSonera had 19,146,000 mobile customers (69,887,000 incl associated companies) and 7,064,000 fixed telephony customers (7,688,000 incl associated companies) and 2,263,000 internet customers (2,331,000 incl associated companies). Outside the home markets TeliaSonera has extensive interests in the growth markets in Russia, Turkey and Eurasia. TeliaSonera is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Net sales January-December 2005 amounted to SEK 87.7 billion. The number of employees was 28,175.
Source- http://biz.yahoo.com
Technorati : Mobile, TeliaSonera
Ice Rocket : Mobile, TeliaSonera
UAE: Etisalat plans India move
Etisalat is looking to enter the Indian telecommunications market as a prelude to doing business in other Asian countries such as Sri Lanka, Myanmar, the Maldives and the Philippines, a senior executive said yesterday.
The Abu Dhabi-based com pany is “studying several offers” from Middle East and Asian companies to acquire more mobile licences, Chairman Mohammed Hassan Omran said yesterday.
Although it is currently focusing on speeding up the operation of the third mobile licence in Egypt, which it obtained recently, Etisalat is “making efforts” to enter other markets, Omran told Al Emarat Al Youm.
Etisalat also recently bought a controlling stake in Pakistan Telecommunications Corporation, but lost the bidding for a 30 per cent stake in Tunisie Telecom in Tunisia.
“We are focused on the Egyptian market because it is an important market in the region, and one that is witnessing considerable growth. We will begin services on schedule in February 2007,” Omran said.
Observers say the Egypt licence witnessed strong competition between rivals, but Etisalat beat rivals from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and South Africa as well as Egypt, paying some $2.9 billion (Dh10.6bn) for the licence.
The company was earlier this month ranked sixth among 50 listed Arab companies by Forbes magazine. It took top spot in the UAE and fifth in the GCC, in the Shuaa Capital-Gulf Business report on the biggest GCC companies by market value in 2006.
Etisalat has been going global with a vengeance since it acquired the Mobily licence in Saudi Arabia for $2bn (Dh7.34bn).
In the race to acquire Telsim of Turkey, however, Etisalat’s bid of $2.51 billion (Dh9.2bn) was the lowest. Vodafone of the UK won the deal for $4.55bn (Dh17bn).
Source- http://www.zawya.com
Technorati : Etisalat, India, Maldives, Middle East, Mobile, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, UAE
Ice Rocket : Etisalat, India, Maldives, Middle East, Mobile, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, UAE
TeliaSonera’s mobile portal SurfPort breaks one million record
TeliaSonera’s mobile portal SurfPort breaks one million record
The number of unique users of TeliaSonera’s mobile Internet portal
SurfPort exceeded one million per month this summer, signifying an
increase of over 60 percent in one year. SurfPort is the leading
mobile portal in the Nordic and Baltic countries.
SurfPort, TeliaSonera’s mobile Internet portal, has been developed to
make it easier for TeliaSonera customers to surf the internet using the
mobile phone and to access both useful and entertaining mobile services.
During 2005 and 2006, SurfPort has been rolled out in Sweden, Finland,
Norway, Denmark, Lithuania and Estonia. This summer the number of regular
users per month exceeded one million. The number includes only SurfPort
users. The total number of mobile Internet users among TeliaSonera
customers is considerably higher.
Surfing the Internet on the mobile has become substantially easier,
as the mobile network capacity has been increased. In addition, an
increasing number of users have a mobile phone that supports mobile
Internet surfing.
- It is great that so many people have discovered the benefits of
SurfPort. One million regular visitors who use several of the services on
the portal each month proves that SurfPort is well on its way to becoming
a service for the mass market, says Henrik Nilsson, head of SurfPort at
TeliaSonera AB.
The focus in the development of SurfPort has been on user friendliness.
Customers and partners were involved early in the process and contribute
constantly with thoughts and ideas about how to further improve the
service.
- SurfPort can be described as a department store which you can visit
wherever you are. We have an extensive service offering, which is
important in view of TeliaSonera’s broad customer base. The most popular
services vary from country to country, and the combination of both
international and local content is an important success factor,
says Henrik Nilsson.
In Sweden, the newspaper Aftonbladet is the most visited service on
SurfPort, but TV, music and stock exchange information are also popular.
In Estonia, where SurfPort was launched this summer, banking services
are attractive
For further information journalists can contact:
Carina Kampe, TeliaSonera Press Service, tel. +46 8 713 58 30
TeliaSonera is the leading telecommunications company in the Nordic and
Baltic regions. At the end of December 2005 TeliaSonera had 19,146,000
mobile customers (69,887,000 incl associated companies) and 7,064,000
fixed telephony customers (7,688,000 incl associated companies) and
2,263,000 internet customers (2,331,000 incl associated companies).
Outside the home markets TeliaSonera has extensive interests in the
growth markets in Russia, Turkey and Eurasia. TeliaSonera is listed on
the Stockholm Stock Exchange and the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Net sales
January-December 2005 amounted to SEK 87.7 billion. The number of
employees was 28,175.
Source- http://www.kauppalehti.fi
Technorati : Mobile, TeliaSonera
Ice Rocket : Mobile, TeliaSonera
Worldwide DSL subscriptions hit 164 million
Global DSL subscriptions went up to 164 million by 30 June, according to data produced for the international DSL Forum by industry analyst Point Topic. Worldwide, the number of DSL users increased by almost 46 million, a growth of 38 percent in the twelve months. In the European Union a further 18 million broadband subscribers chose DSL in the year to 30 June, a growth of 45 percent. In total, there are more than 56 million DSL subscribers in the EU, accounting for more than one-third of the global total. South and South East Asia increased its global market share of total DSL subscribers to 22 percent, adding more than 13 million new subscribers in the twelve-month period . China contributed the bulk of this growth (up 11.6 million), and India added more than 1.3 million subscribers to DSL, the fastest growing market worldwide. Latin America
added more than 3 million DSL subscribers, with Brazil (up 1.19 million) and Mexico (up 939,000) leading the way. In the Middle East and Africa, growth was dominated by Turkey (up 1.3 million). In North America, DSL is steadily increasing its share of the total broadband market and now accounts for more than 46 percent of the region’s broadband subscribers. In the period, broadband DSL (up 6.36 million) added more subscribers than cable modem (up 5.45 million), with growth in Canada (DSL up 22.2%) and the USA (DSL up 32.7%) both far outstripping cable modem growth.
Source- http://www.telecompaper.com
TeliaSonera: Per-Christian Andersen Appointed as President of Chess in Norway
Per-Christian Andersen has been appointed as President of Chess Communications AS. Chess is a fully-owned subsidiary of TeliaSonera (HEX:TLSV1)(STO:TLSN) and the third largest provider of mobile services in Norway.
Per-Christian Andersen comes from Electronic Arts, the largest provider of interactive entertainment in the world. He has been the company’s president in Norway since 2005. Before that he was a marketing manager and president of Djuice in 1999-2005, being involved in establishing the trademark Djuice and building up the company’s operations on the Nordic market.
Per-Christian Andersen is 41 years old, married and has one daughter.
TeliaSonera is the leading telecommunications company in the Nordic and Baltic regions. At the end of December 2005 TeliaSonera had 19,146,000 mobile customers (69,887,000 incl associated companies) and 7,064,000 fixed telephony customers (7,688,000 incl associated companies) and 2,263,000 internet customers (2,331,000 incl associated companies). Outside the home markets TeliaSonera has extensive interests in the growth markets in Russia, Turkey and Eurasia. TeliaSonera is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Net sales January-December 2005 amounted to SEK 87.7 billion. The number of employees was 28,175.
Anders Bruse New President of Teliasonera Sweden after Marie Ehrling Resigns from Teliasonera at Her Own Request
Anders Bruse has today been appointed President of TeliaSonera (Nachrichten/Aktienkurs) Sweden (NASDAQ:TLSN) (STO:TLSN) (HEX:TLS1V) after Marie Ehrling has chosen to leave the company after nearly 4 years in her present position. Marie Ehrling will remain available to TeliaSonera until mid 2007.
“I have had a fantastic time at TeliaSonera. The telecoms business is very dynamic and the market is undergoing tremendous changes. I am proud that we at TeliaSonera Sweden have successfully continued to retain our strong market position over the last few years in spite of intensified competition combined with major and necessary adjustments to the way we run our business. I send my sincere thanks to all my colleagues at TeliaSonera Sweden whose extensive competence and determination have ensured that the business has developed in such a positive way. Regarding my future plans it is still unclear what I will be doing,” says Marie Ehrling in a comment.
“Marie Ehrling has made important contributions to TeliaSonera in a time of major change. I highly appreciate our collaboration and it has been both enjoyable and stimulating working together with her. Marie has delivered very good results in the Swedish business. I wish Marie good luck in her future endeavours and I am convinced that she will continue to be successful in the next stage of her career,” says Anders Igel, President and CEO of TeliaSonera.
Anders Bruse was born in 1954 and holds an engineering degree in technical physics from the Stockholm Royal Institute of Technology. He has also studied economics at Stockholm University. Anders Bruse has worked for Telia/TeliaSonera since 1989 in a number of senior positions such as; Head of Business Area Enterprises with a turn-over of 20 GSEK and 16,500 employees, and as Head of Telia Mobile Sweden with a turnover of 11 GSEK and 1,100 employees. He was also project director in the work to merge the activities of Telia and Sonera during 2002. In his most recent position Anders Bruse was Head of Products and Services within TeliaSonera Sweden. Prior to his time at TeliaSonera Anders Bruse was employed by, amongst others, Ericsson and Vattenfall.
TeliaSonera is the leading telecommunications company in the Nordic and Baltic regions. At the end of December 2005 TeliaSonera had 19,146,000 mobile customers (69,887,000 incl associated companies) and 7,064,000 fixed telephony customers (7,688,000 incl associated companies) and 2,263,000 internet customers (2,331,000 incl associated companies). Outside the home markets TeliaSonera has extensive interests in the growth markets in Russia, Turkey and Eurasia. TeliaSonera is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Net sales January-December 2005 amounted to SEK 87.7 billion. The number of employees was 28,175.
Source- http://www.finanznachrichten.de
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Ice Rocket : Mobile, TeliaSonera
