World Communication Oscar For Turk Telekom
Turkey's leading communication and convergence technologies company Türk Telekom becomes the only Turkish company to win an award, for Best Content Services, at the "World Communication Awards 2010", which defines the "best" in their categories worldwide in communication.
- (1888PressRelease) December 04, 2010 - With this award received in the organization honoring the best in the world in communication, Türk Telekom has added yet another one to its international awards. The I Can Football game, developed by the Group company Sobee in line with Türk Telekom's convergence strategy, was awarded for live broadcast on TV, communication activities for the project, and the convergence technologies used while offering the game to customers.
Stating that World Communication Awards are the success of the convergence strategy implemented in parallel to the fast development of the global communication industry, Türk Telekom CEO K. Gökhan Bozkurt said: "While the global communication industry rapidly moves towards convergence technologies which enable offering different transmission technologies for voice, data, and videos over a single platform, we have undertaken leadership in this area. We focus on creating value for our customers with the products and services we delevop for this purpose. The international awards underline the success of these projects developed in order to create value. We are proud to add The World Communication Awards Best Content Award to our successive awards in the international arena."
While giving information about "I Can Football", which is the first 11 x 11 online football game in the world, Sobee General Manager Mevlüt Dinç said: "We sincerely believed ever since the first day that our joining Türk Telekom would make a great contribution to Sobee and the future of the Turkish games industry. The 735,000 members we have reached today and the 3 million visitors in our site every month prove that we were right. The international awards we have received confirms this achievement."
In recent weeks, Türk Telekom had been awarded in three categories as the "Fully Integrated Telecom Operator of the Year", "Fixed Operator of the Year", and the "Telecom Innovation of the Year" as a reflection of its high standards in corporate governance. Elected as the Best Fixed Operator of 2010 by SAMENA Telecommunications Council, which continues its operations in Dubai and honors the successful and innovative companies in different categories in the South Asia, Middle East, and North Africa telecommunications industries, Türk Telekom has most recently received the "Best Innovation" award with its Vitamin Bağışı educational support project in UK's most prestigious Best Business Awards.
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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