Turkcell Breaks New Ground in Turkey with its 4G Speed of 900 Mbps

Turkcell, which conducted the "the first LTE test of Turkey" in collaboration with Ericsson in 2009, reached a speed of 170 Mbps in the laboratory environment. Then in 2012, again with our business partner Ericsson, we tested services that could be provided on a LTE network in a 3.3 Km square area between Kartal and Maltepe in Istanbul.  And today, Turkcell mobile Internet speeds were tested with LTE Advanced, the technology of the future. At the press conference technology highlights included; the streaming of an HD video at the 4G speed , the Internet site "Speedtest.net", which measured 4G upload and download speed, and successful film downloading scenarios, as well as the viewing of a 3D film at 4G speed.

Yet the detail that attracted the most interest was LTE Advanced Technology, which displayed speeds reaching around 900 Mbps. In the test carried out in lab conditions, the maximum speeds were displayed by downloading a file stored within the server, with the data speed reaching up to 900 Mbps once again signposting "the technology of the future."

What is LTE Advanced?

LTE Advanced is a technology that can use, or combine, different frequency band carriers to reach high speeds. For instance, when the combined carrier of 100 MHz band is used, it can reach theoretical speeds in the range of 750Mbps-3Gbps on "download"

Advantages of LTE Advanced

• Faster data sharing at applications such as mobile health, mobile education, etc.
• With high data speeds a more enjoyable game experience through low delay time
• Differentiation in downloading and watching video
• Better quality in communication through higher capacity

4G Theoretical Timings:

                                 4G Download Speeds

                         100 Mbps  150 Mbps  300 Mbps   900 Mbps
    Film

    (2GB)                160 sec.  107 sec.   54 sec.   18 sec.
    20 min. Video

    (150 MB)              12 sec.   8 sec.    4 sec.    1.3 sec.
    Presentation

    (50 MB)               4 sec.   2.7 sec.  1.3 sec.   0.4 sec.
    Photo

    (10 MB)              0.8 sec.  0.5 sec.  0.3 sec.   0.1 sec.                                  4G Upload Speeds

                         50 Mbps                 75 Mbps

    Film                 320 sec.                214 sec.
    (2GB)

    20 min. Video         24 sec.                 16 sec.
    (150 MB)

    Presentation           8 sec.                5.4 sec.
    (50 MB)

    Photo                1.6 sec.                  1 sec.
    (10 MB)

ABOUT TURKCELL

Turkcell is the leading communications and technology company in Turkey, with 34.9 million subscribers as of March 31, 2013. Turkcell is a leading regional player, with market leadership in five of the nine countries in which it operates with its approximately 69.2 million subscribers as of March 31, 2013. It was one of the first among global operators to have implemented HSPA+. It has achieved up to 43.2 Mbps speed using the Dual Carrier technology, and is continuously working to provide the latest technology to its customers. Turkcell Superonline, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Turkcell, is the one and only telecom operator to offer households fiber broadband connection at speeds of up to 1,000 Mbps in Turkey. As of February 28, 2013, Turkcell's population coverage is at 99.19% in 2G and 84.26% in 3G.  Turkcell reported a TRY2.7 billion (US$1.5 billion) revenue with total assets of TRY18.9 billion (US$10.4 billion) as of March 31, 2013. It has been listed on the NYSE and the ISE since July 2000, and is the only NYSE-listed company in Turkey. Read more at http://www.turkcell.com.tr

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For further information please contact Turkcell
Nihat Narin   
Director of Investor and International    
Media Relations    
Tel: +90-212-313-1244          
Email: nihat.narin@turkcell.com.tr    

Asli Tan
International Media Relations Manager    
Tel: +90-212-313-2682        
Email: asli.tan@turkcell.com.tr    
investor.relations@turkcell.com.tr

SOURCE Turkcell