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ISTANBUL, Turkey, January 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Turkeys leading
GSM operator, Turkcell (NYSE:TKC ; ISE:TCELL), welcomed the new year with two
consecutive records. On New Years Day, Turkcell subscribers sent more than
59 million peer to peer messages. Compared to New Years Day in 2005, the
number represents 19% growth.
On January 10, 2006, Turkcell subscribers set a second record. The first
day of the religious holiday was the day with the highest SMS traffic with
approximately 90 million peer to peer messages, representing 43% of increase
when compared to the last year.
"During the New Year and the Religious Holiday season, our subscribers
once again relied heavily on our SMS service and our strong infrastructure
capabilities to communicate with their friends and family. We feel that
Turkish people are early adopters of technology in general and the advantage
of having a very young population encourages us to create new value added
services every day." says Cenk Serdar, Chief Value Added Service Officer at
Turkcell.
http://www.turkcell.com.tr
About Turkcell
Turkcell is the leading GSM operator in Turkey with 27.9 million
post-paid and pre-paid customers as of December 31, 2005 operating in a 3
player market with a market share of app. 64% as of September 30, 2005
(Source: Telecommunication Authority). In addition to the high-quality
wireless telephone services, Turkcell currently offers General Packet Radio
Service countrywide (GPRS) and Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE)
in dense areas, which provide for both improved data and voice services.
Turkcell has an extensive coverage of 100% of the towns with more than 5,000
inhabitants and 77.08% of geography in Turkey. Turkcell provides roaming with
486 operators in 185 countries as of January 16, 2006. Serving with its
high-quality wireless telephone network to a large subscriber base, Turkcell
reported US$3,201 million net revenues as of December 31, 2004 and US$3,193
million as of September 30, 2005. Turkcell has interests in international GSM
operations in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Northern Cyprus and
Ukraine. Turkcell has been listed on the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) and
the ISE (Istanbul Stock Exchange) since July 2000. Being the only NYSE listed
company in Turkey, effectively, Turkcells 37.09% is held by Sonera Holding,
27.05% by Cukurova Group, 13.22% by Alfa Telekom Turkey Ltd, 6.07% by M.V.
Group, 0.01% by YKB, and 0.01% by other while the remainder 16.55% is free
float.
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