An Award From Europe For Turk Telekom's Support For Education
The Vitamin Bagisi Project, developed by Türk Telekom to support education under the slogan "Bir fark yaratsak yeter, Türkiye'ye deger", has been awarded as the "Best Innovation" in UK's prestigious Best Business Awards.
- (1888PressRelease) December 03, 2010 - The Vitamin Bağışı project, implemented by Turkey's leading communication and convergence technologies group Turk Telekom in order to introduce modern educational practices to schools, has been awarded as the "Best Innovation" at the "Best Business Awards", one of the most prestigious awards in the UK.
Türk Telekom supports education through the interactive education software Vitamin Bağışı developed by the Group company Sebit. Vitamin is offered for free to around 9 million students.
Stating that the awards they have received one after the other recently are the result of focused efforts, Türk Telekom CEO K. Gökhan Bozkurt said: "In addition to innovative products and services that add value to our customers' lives and that are developed through long-term strategies, our aim to create value for our country's future enables Türk Telekom to become one of the world's leading companies. We are proud to see that the success of the projects we have implemented under the Tükiye'ye Değer concept in order to offer educational content to wider masses through the Internet and support equal opportunity in education are confirmed once more by the Best Business Awards. This achievement gives us strength and courage for future projects. Our efforts to enable our youth and children to access the most advanced educational technologies through an innovative approach shall continue."
Commenting on Türk Telekom's success, Best Business Awards President Andrew Areoff said: "Türk Telekom undertakes a leading role in offering equal education opportunity to the developing regions in Turkey with the Vitamin Bağışı project, developed to support education. Vitamin is a fine example of a large corporation using modern technology for the benefit of the society. Türk Telekom and the Group company Sebit should be applauded for this extraordinary venture, for their dynamism and innovative approach."
Türk Telekom develops projects in order to enable wider access to information and technology, and to support the elimination of the digital gap in education under the umbrella of the "Türkiye'ye Değer" projects. Türk Telekom Schools consisting of 72 educational facilities and Internet Homes offering free Internet service all over Turkey are among Türk Telekom's most prominent projects for education.
About Türk Telekomünikasyon A.Ş.
Türk Telekom is Turkey's leading communication and convergence technologies company with its modern network infrastructure covering the whole country. Offering a wide range of services to residential and commercial customers in fixed lines and broadband Internet, Türk Telekom A.Ş: has 16.1 million Fixed Access Lines, and 6.5 million ADSL connections (bulk) as of 30 September 2010. 55% of Türk Telekom shares belongs to Ojer Telekomünikasyon A.Ş. and 30% belongs to Turkish Treasury. The remaining 15% is publicly traded. Türk Telekom shares are listed in Istanbul Stock Exchange since May 2008.
About the Türk Telekom Group
The Türk Telekom Group provides integrated telecommunication services from PSTN and GSM to broadband internet. As of September 30, 2010; Türk Telekom group companies have 16.3 mn Fixed Access Lines, 6.5 mn ADSL Connections and 11.5 mn Mobile Subscribers. Group companies have a modern network infrastructure covering the whole country and offer a wide variety of services to residential and commercial customers all over Turkey. Apart from 81,4 % shares in Avea, one of the three GSM operators in Turkey, Türk Telekom owns 99.9% of TTNET, Argela, Innova, Sebit A.Ş. Sobee, and AssisTT companies. Türk Telekom also has an indirect minority share in Albtelecom, the Albanian incumbent telecom operator. 55% of Türk Telekom shares belongs to Ojer Telekomünikasyon A.Ş. and 30% belongs to Turkish Treasury. The remaining 15% is publicly traded. Türk Telekom shares are listed in Istanbul Stock Exchange since May 2008
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