Turkcell Superonline Positioned Among Leaders in FTTx

Istanbul (ots/PRNewswire) -

Turkcell , the leading communications and technology company has
announced Turkey was named among the most successful countries in the
"Strategies of Leading FTTx Operators" report published by IDATE
through its 100% subsidiary Turkcell Superonline's fiber internet
applications.

IDATE is one of Europe's foremost market analysis and consulting
firms, whose mission is to provide assistance in strategic
decision-making for its clients in the Telecom, Internet and Media
industries and its "FTTx Watch Service" is specifically designed to
provide with a global FTTx projects database, a comprehensive
analysis of the issues affecting this promising market. In its new
report, IDATE underlines that Turkcell Superonline is an important
player in the field of FTTH, that had proven to be a leading player
not only in Europe, but also worldwide. The report also states that
"In the spring of 2011, Turkcell Superonline rolled out a new 1 Gbps
access offer, making the operator one of the few in Europe to do so.
Turkcell Superonline is in the process of positioning itself as one
of the uncontested players in FTTH/B in Europe, and even the world.
Its aggressive pricing structure and bandwidth level it offers
confirm its desire to become recognized as such."

Turkey's innovative telecom operator, Turkcell Superonline's
General Manager Murat Erkan commented that "We believe Turkcell
Superonline's investment in fiber brings Turkey one step closer to
achieving its 2023 National targets. Through our investments totaling
TRY1.2 billion, we currently offer fiber internet services to more
than 1 million households at a speed of up to 1,000 Mbps. We are
proud to realize this investment, placing Turkey among the top
countries in the world to offer this service. We will continue
contributing to our nation's vision." Stressing in his statement that
Turkcell Superonline would pursue its investments in 2012 with the
same vigor, Erkan also commented that "Turkcell Superonline had
become the operator of the operators through our collaboration with
over 60 operators worldwide in voice and data services. We initiated
the "internet without a visa" era through these agreements, providing
us direct fiber access to Europe's internet hubs such us Frankfurt,
London, Amsterdam, and Sofia. Additionally, we are due to commence
data flow on the Middle East's longest terrestrial fiber
infrastructure RCN ("Regional Cable Network") in the first quarter of
2012. Through these projects that we launch with the vision to
transform the "silk road" into a "fiber road", we aim to position
?stanbul as one of the most important points of the world's
infrastructure network, hence turning the city into an internet hub.
The European FTTH Council's report published in February 2011 stated
that "Turkey's largest mobile operator Turkcell's subsidiary Turkcell
Superonline had enabled Turkey to rank 8th among G20 countries in
terms of penetration."

ABOUT TURKCELL SUPERONLINE

Turkey's innovative telecom operator, Turkcell Superonline,
continues its fiber optic infrastructure investments without any let
up in speed. Turkcell Superonline is the one and only telecom
operator to offer households internet connection at speeds of up to
1,000 Mbps. It offers its corporate and individual customers voice,
data, broadband internet access, wholesale voice traffic,
transmission, datacenter, cloud computing, and value added services.

Read more at http://www.turkcellsuperonline.net

ABOUT TURKCELL

Turkcell is the leading communications and technology company in
Turkey, with 34.4 million subscribers and a market share of
approximately 53% as of September 30, 2011 (Source: Operator's
announcements as of September 30, 2011). Turkcell is a leading
regional player, with market leadership in five of the nine countries
in which it operates with its approximately 63.3 million subscribers
as of September 30, 2011. The company covers approximately 87% of the
Turkish population through its 3G and 99.07% through its 2G
technology supported network. It has become one of the first among
the global operators to have implemented HSDPA+ and achieved a 42.2
Mbps speed using the HSPA multi carrier solution. Turkcell reported a
TRY2.5 billion (US$1.5 billion) net revenue with total assets of
TRY16.6 billion (US$9.0 billion) as of September 30, 2011. It has
been listed on the NYSE and the ISE since July 2000, and is the only
NYSE-listed company in Turkey.

Read more at http://www.turkcell.com.tr

For further information please contact Turkcell
Nihat Narin, Division Head of Investor and International Media Relations
Tel: +90-212-313-1244
Email: nihat.narin@turkcell.com.tr
Banu Uzgur, International Media Relations Manager
Tel: +90-212-313-1506
Email: banu.uzgur@turkcell.com.tr
investor.relations@turkcell.com.tr
http://www.turkcell.com.tr
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