- Vodafone Turkey
Infobox Company
company_name = Vodafone Turkey
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 1994
location = flagicon|TurkeyIstanbul ,Turkey
key_people =
industry = Mobile telecommunications
products = Mobile phone services, mobile phone related goods
revenue =
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees =
parent =Vodafone
subsid =
homepage = [http://www.vodafone.com.tr/ www.vodafone.com.tr]
footnotes =Vodafone Turkey is a mobile phone operator in
Turkey , currently the country's second largest. It had 13.8M 11 million active subscribers in March 07 [http://www.vodafone.com/start/media_relations/news/group_press_releases/2007/telsim_completes_transition.html] - approximately a 25% share of the market - and claims to cover just about all urban areas with a population over 5,000. Vodafone Turkey is also available in Northern Cyprus Island (KKTC-Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ). OnDecember 13 ,2005 , it was announced that British-based mobile operatorVodafone had won a public auction to purchase Telsim, for a price of $4.5 billion. The old "Telsim" brand was phased out on 31 March 2007 in favour of "Vodafone", in line with usual practice.cite news |url=http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/396410.asp |title=1 billion dollar investment from Vodafone |work=NTVMSNBC |date=2007-01-09 |accessdate=2007-01-10]The company was founded by the Uzan group in
1994 as Telsim, and remained the only alternative to the powerfulTurkcell until well into the 2000s. Uzan's mounting debts, particularly its international dispute withMotorola , led to the company being seized by the Turkish State Savings Deposit and Insurance Fund.Vodafone Turkey has roaming agreements with more than 500 GSM operators.
References
External links
* [http://www.vodafone.com.tr/ Vodafone Turkey]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4524744.stm BBC News article on Vodafone purchase]
* [http://www.webdeveloper.pl/Turkey_Telsim-operator-346.html Vodafone Turkey Forum]
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