The Fastest of the Fastest: Turkcell Officially Launches 4.5G in Turkey
April 01 2016 - 4:30AM
Business Wire
Turkcell (NYSE:TKC) (BIST:TCELL) officially launched 4.5G in
Turkey as LTE-A services on its network went live at midnight on
March 31st. Turkcell customers nationwide began to benefit from
4.5G services as of 12.00 am.
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Turkcell Board, CEO, management team,
business partners and other stakeholders switched on the 4.5G
network with a reception held in Istanbul. (Photo: Business
Wire)
With its 4.5G launch, Turkcell will offer the fastest LTE
speeds that are supported on commercial terminals globally.
Combining this speed with the geographical scope of its coverage –
spreading over 81 city centers in a country with a territory of
783.6 thousand km² (302,5 thousand sq. miles)– makes Turkcell
unique among its international peers.
Turkcell doubles 4.5G data quotas, declares customer
commitments
Prior to the launch, Turkcell announced its customer commitments
as Turkey’s mobile users start enjoying a new era of communication.
According to the 10-point declaration, which includes, but is not
limited to 4.5G services:
1. Turkcell commits to doubling its 4.5G customers’ mobile data
quotas for the same price during a 3-month period. With the new
4.5G tariffs, it offers significantly higher data quotas for a
fractional increase in rates.2. Customers will not pay penalties
when switching between different 4.5G tariffs.3. 4.5G customers who
travel outside Turkey will continue to enjoy their existing
packages when roaming, preventing roaming billing shocks.4.
Turkcell’s smart billing practices and advisors minimize billing
shocks in general: When there is an extraordinary spike in the
bill, the customer receives a notification and is offered a more
beneficial package if applicable.5. When connecting homes and
offices with fixed internet, Turkcell makes sure its customers do
not suffer from a lack of internet connection – it supports them
with mobile internet as they wait for the completion of technical
procedures.6. When customers experience a malfunctioning of their
smartphones, Turkcell provides substitute devices.7. Turkcell
Financial Services company provides flexible payment opportunities
for customers to access the devices of their choosing.8. Turkcell
maintains an open access attitude in its products and services,
including its OTT services, and serves not only its own mobile
subscribers, but also the customers of all other operators.9.
Turkcell serves its disabled and elderly customers at their homes
when necessary.10. In extraordinary circumstances, Turkcell
suspends the financial obligations of its customers and notifies
them accordingly.
Turkcell had announced the readiness of its network for 4.5G
services at a press conference held simultaneously in 5 cities on
March 22nd. Download speeds of up to 390 Mbps were achieved at the
speed tests carried out during that press conference:
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160323005605/en/10-Days-Turkey%E2%80%99s-4.5G-Launch-Turkcell-Announces
For a detailed breakdown of the spectrum that Turkcell acquired
during Turkey’s August 26th spectrum auction:
http://s1.turkcell.com.tr/hakkimizda/en/yatirimciiliskileri/InvestorAnnouncementLibrary/fass-Tender-Result.pdf
ABOUT TURKCELL: Turkcell is a converged communication and
technology services player in Turkey. Turkcell Group has
approximately 68.8 million mobile, fixed and IPTV subscribers as of
December 31, 2015. Turkcell was one of the first among the global
operators to have implemented HSPA+. It has announced two new HSPA+
Technologies on its 3G network to meet rising data usage. Having
successfully integrated 3C-HSDPA and DC-HSUPA Technologies, it
became the first mobile operator in the world to enable peak speed
of 63.3 Mbps downlink while also enabled an 11.5 Mbps uplink on a
3G network. Turkcell is the first telecom operator to offer
households fiber broadband connection at speeds of up to 1,000 Mbps
in Turkey. As of December 2015, Turkcell’s population coverage is
at 99.85% in 2G and 95.03% in 3G. Turkcell Group reported a TRY12.8
billion (US$4.7 billion) revenue with total assets of TRY26.2
billion (US$9.0 billion) as of December 31, 2015. It has been
listed on the NYSE and the BIST since July 2000, and is the only
NYSE-listed company in Turkey. Read more at www.turkcell.com.tr
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