Turkcell Partners with the World Economic Forum and Global Stakeholders for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
March 28 2017 - 9:25AM
Business Wire
The World Economic Forum opened the doors of its Center for
Fourth Industrial Revolution in San Francisco. Turkcell (NYSE:TKC)
(BIST:TCELL), which is among partners of the Center, participated
in the inaugural roundtable where more than 120 participants
discussed extending the benefits of technological transformations
to the society as a whole.
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Turkcell CEO Kaan Terzioglu at the World
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“When we think about the leaps in technology, we often find
ourselves talking about ‘humanless’ technologies – driveless cars,
unmanned vehicles, factory machines that minimize the need for
human labor, smart homes that operate without humans. What we need
to do is to realize the human element within them. We should work
on these technologies with the purpose of facilitating human lives,
augmenting human capabilites in education, work, health and
nameless other fields.” said Kaan Terzioglu in his speech in the
opening session of the roundtable. “Only through this vision
can we extend the true value of the Industry 4.0 to the entire
society and to the future. I feel privileged to be a part of the
mobile communication industry which has a leading role in this, and
we are proud to be among the partners of World Economic Forum
Center for Fourth Industrial Revolution which will be a platform
for us to discuss these issues with leading global
stakeholders.”
Representatives of Microsoft, Huawei, the United Nations’
Organization for Coordination of Humanitarian Affiars (UNOCHA,
UNHCR), World Bank and University of California – Berkeley were
among the participants of the day-long discussion in San
Francisco.
What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is the process through which
the current evolutions in technology transform our lives in ways
and with an intensity not experienced before. The increasing
overlap between information and communication technologies, the
break-throughs in processing power and machine learning, and the
integration of technology into every sphere of human life have
countless consequences. They enhance the capabilities of human
bodies, redefine the experience of work and the workplace, change
the ways in which we learn and access information and
entertainment, influence how we build trust and interact with the
society. Advances in fields such as artificial intelligence,
robotics, the Internet of Things, 3-D printing, biotechnology and
energy storage are likely to bring further, exponential
changes.
World Economic Forum’s Center for Fourth Industrial Revolution
brings together more than 120 technology companies, start-ups,
universities, researches, representatives of governments, NGOs and
international organizations to discuss and to work on projects
which will analyze the influence of these dynamics on society.
Among the topics the Center will address are the jobs of the
future, artificial intelligence and ethics, Industrial Internet of
Things (IoT), cross-border data flows, civil drones, autonomous
vehicles and the environmental commons.
About Turkcell: Turkcell is a converged telecommunication
and technology services provider, founded and headquartered in
Turkey. It serves its customers with voice, data, TV and
value-added consumer and enterprise services on mobile and fixed
networks. Turkcell launched LTE services in its home country on
April 1st , 2016, employing LTE-Advanced and 3 carrier aggregation
technologies in 81 cities. In 2G and 3G, Turkcell’s population
coverage is at 99.67% and 96.04%, respectively, as of December
2016. It offers up to 1 Gbps fiber internet speed with its FTTH
services. Turkcell Group companies operate in 6 countries – Turkey,
Ukraine, Belarus, Northern Cyprus, Germany, Azerbaijan – as of
December 31, 2016. Turkcell Group reported a TRY14.3 billion
revenue in FY16 with total assets of TRY31.6 billion as of December
31, 2016. It has been listed on the NYSE and the BIST since July
2000, and is the only NYSE-listed company in Turkey.
About the Center: The Center is set up by the World
Economic Forum with support from its inaugural partners Salesforce,
Kaiser Permanente, Microsoft, Palantir, SAP, Huawei, IDEO, Reliance
Industries and Turkcell among others. The Center can host meetings
for over 120 people and has initial capacity to grow to up to 80
staff.
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