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Celtic Press Release |
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23 July 2008 |
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Turkcell joins Celtic Core Group Further expansion of Eureka Cluster on telecommunications At the Celtic Core Group meeting on 17 June 2008 in Oslo, Turkey’s largest mobile network operator, Turkcell, joined the Core Group of the Celtic Eureka Cluster. The Core Group has now 13 members from industry, operators and research from 10 countries.
Cordial welcome to Turkcell at the Celtic Core Group meeting in Helsinki (from left): Peter Herrmann (Programme Manager, Celtic Office), Huseyin Goren (TUBITAK, Turkey), Heinz Brüggemann (Director, Celtic Office), Dr. Coskun Sahin (Head of Turkcell R&D), José Jimenez (Chairman of Celtic), and Bulent Yilmaz (Programme Manager, Turkcell R&D). Celtic chairman José Jimenez welcomed the accession of Turkcell to the Core Group as an important step in getting even more active involvement from Turkey in Celtic projects. “I am very pleased that Turkcell joined the Celtic Core Group, as this marks an important strengthening of Celtic's research activities and an important step for the further growth of Turkey’s participation in Celtic.” Dr. Coskun Sahin, Head of Turkcell R&D, expressed how important this step is for Turcell R&D and for Turkey: “We are glad to join Celtic Core Group. This will strengthen our connection with the research and innovation arena of the European telecommunication industry. We would like to share and explore visions and ideas, and create new channels of synergy in the ecosystem. We are going through a mutual growth with hundreds of solution providers, R&D agencies and business partners in Turkey, We are planning to get parts of this rich ecosystem involved in Celtic projects. We believe that our cooperation with Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council (TUBITAK) and Celtic Core Group will facilitate new opportunities for strengthening research and innovation activities of all parties.” The expansion of the Celtic Core Group is indicative of the growth of the Celtic Cluster in general. By the end of 2008, around 70 projects will have been launched, with a total budget of more than 500 million euro and over 5,000 person years of effort. About Celtic Celtic is a EUREKA Cluster, which initiates and runs privately and publicly funded R&D projects in the field of telecommunications. The initiative is supported by most of the major European players in communication technologies. Celtic projects focus on telecoms networks, applications, and services based on a complete-system approach. Celtic is the only European R&D programme fully dedicated to complete system-integrated telecommunications solutions. The size of the Celtic budget is in the range of 1 billion euro. Celtic is open to any kind of project participation from all EUREKA countries. So far, 29 countries are participating in Celtic. It is operated and supported by the following major players in telecommunications: Alcatel Lucent, BT, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Eurescom, France Telecom, Italtel, Nokia Siemens Networks, RAD Data Communications, Telefónica, Telenor, and Thomson. Celtic website: www.celtic-initiative.org About Turkcell Turkcell is the leading GSM operator in Turkey with 35.1 million postpaid and prepaid customers as of 31 March 2008 operating in a three player market with a market share of approximately 57 % as of 31 December 2007. In addition to high-quality wireless telephone services, Turkcell currently offers General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) countrywide and Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) in dense areas, which provide for both improved data and voice services. Turkcell provides roaming with 579 operators in 197 countries as of 2 May 2007. Serving a large subscriber base in Turkey with its high-quality wireless telephone network, Turkcell reported US$ 1.6 billion net revenues as of March 31, 2008 and US$ 6.3 billion net revenues as of 31 December 2007. 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 and is the only NYSE-listed company in Turkey. 51.00 % of Turkcell's share capital is held by Turkcell Holding, 4.22 % by Cukurova Group, 13.07 % by Sonera Holding, 2.32 % by M.V. Group and 0.01 % by others while the remaining 29.38 % is free float. Press contact Milon Gupta, public relations officer, Celtic Office c/o Eurescom Phone: +49 6221 989-121, e-mail: press@celtic-initiative.org
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About EUREKA
EUREKA is a pan-European network
for market-oriented, industrial R&D. EUREKA supports the competitiveness
of European companies through international collaboration to create
partnerships and networks of innovation. The objective is to bring high
quality research and development efforts to the marketplace and encourage
the multiplying effects of cooperation. The aim is to advance and improve
the quality of life. Press release for download in pdf format (80 kb)
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