Turkey’s 4.5G Mobile Antennas Produced by ASELSAN and Turkcell
July 22 2019 - 7:44AM
Business Wire
For over a quarter-century, Turkcell (NYSE:TKC) (BIST:TCELL)
continues to be the driving force that supports the production of
Turkey’s local technologies. Local 4.5G mobile antennas were
brought to agenda with Turkcell’s efforts during 4.5G network
installations. Following the announcement today, local antennas
started to serve customers through the live 4.5G network. Produced
by ASELSAN, antennas were configured to the Pendik field in
Istanbul. With the installation, Turkcell has become the first
operator in Turkey to deploy local 4.5G mobile antennas in its
network.
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Turkcell today announced ASELSAN-produced
local 4.5G mobile antennas were configured to the Pendik field in
Istanbul. (Photo: Business Wire)
Joining forces with ASELSAN for technical requirements, Turkcell
has played an active role in the development of 4.5G mobile
antennas. Trials with prototypes started in 2016, and the live
field trials with the prototypes were conducted in Ankara and
Istanbul in 2017. Following the MoU signed in January 2017, the
procurement agreement of 2030 antennas were signed in September
2018.
“We endeavor to produce local technologies”
“At Turkcell, we constantly work to help Turkey become a
technology producing country,” says Gediz Sezgin, Turkcell
CTO. “We continue to keep pushing for technologies produced
with local resources to be used in our reliable and resilient
network. ASELSAN produced the 4.5G mobile antennas as our technical
and technologic requirements evolved over the time we initiated the
development. As our local antennas installed in our live networks,
local and national technologies are increasingly used in our robust
networks.”
“ASELSAN works for local and national communication systems
since 1975. We proudly announce that our ‘4.5G Base Station Antenna
Production Project’ with Turkcell, today started to serve in live
networks,” says Bayram Genccan, Vice President of Communication
& Information Technologies at ASELSAN. “We have reached a
level where we compete with global competitors. The improvement
process will expedite as we receive field information with the
installment of antennas in live networks. With Turkcell’s local
support, we plan to incorporate our experience and knowledge in
4.5G to develop products during the 5G era.
In the first installment phase 1000 4.5G mobile antennas will be
configured to Turkcell’s 250 base stations by the end of the
year.
About ASELSAN: ASELSAN is a company of Turkish Armed
Forces Foundation, established in 1975 in order to meet the
communication needs of the Turkish Armed Forces by national means.
Currently 74,20% of the shares are owned by the Foundation whereas
the remaining 25,7% runs in Istanbul Borsa stock market. ASELSAN is
the largest defense electronics company of Turkey whose
capability/product portfolio comprises communication and
information technologies, radar and electronic warfare,
electro-optics, avionics, unmanned systems, land, naval and weapon
systems, air defence and missile systems, command and control
systems, transportation, security, traffic, automation and medical
systems. Today ASELSAN has become an indigenous products exporting
company, investing in international markets through various
cooperation models with local partners and listed as one of the top
100 defence companies of the world (Defense News Top 100). ASELSAN,
together with the technology emphasis in its vision, has targeted
to be a company that maintains its sustainable growth by creating
value in the global market; preferred due to its competitiveness,
trusted as a strategic partner, and caring for the environment and
people. Together with the highly qualified engineering staff within
more than 7.000 employees, being the main driving factor of the
company's success, ASELSAN allocates 7% of its annual income for
self-financed research and development activities.
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Ali Karakaya Turkcell Corporate Communications Manager
ali.karakaya@turkcell.com.tr or Bugra Kaya Turkcell Corporate
Communications Expert bugra.kaya@turkcell.com.tr
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