ISTANBUL, Turkey, November 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Turkcell (NYSE:TKC, ISE: TCELL), the leading
communications and technology company in Turkey has announced its technological
collaboration with the Turkish Football Federation (TFF), enabling
football fans to purchase tickets using just an SMS and enter
stadiums by having their mobile tickets read at the turnstiles.
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The CEO of Turkcell; the main sponsor of the Turkish National
Team, Sureyya Ciliv, commented that "Mobile technologies are
changing our habits by making life so much easier. The Smart Ticket
revolution we launched today with TFF will soon spread out to
various areas like stadiums, movie theatres, concerts and even
public transportation. The Turkey-Denmark soccer game has the historic
importance of being the 500th national game. This game will also go
down in history as the one where the Turkcell Smart Ticket entered
our lives. We are very happy to expand our harmonious
collaboration with the main sponsor of TFF to the technological
arena, and to make soccer lovers' lives easier."
With Turkcell Smart Ticket technology, which brings soccer match
tickets to cell phones with a single SMS, fans will be able to
enter matches easily by having their mobile tickets read on
specially designated turnstiles at stadiums. Turkcell Smart Ticket,
compatible with all cell phone models, will help fans avoid
inconveniences such queuing, forgetting tickets at home, or
printing out tickets purchased online, and will also win fans'
hearts with special surprises and periodic opportunities. The
Turkcell Smart Ticket application, a collaboration between Turkcell
and TFF, will first come to life during the significant
Turkey-Denmark game on November 14, 2012 at 9:00pm. Turkcell has reserved 7,000
Turkcell Smart Tickets for gnctrkcll club members. Those
Turkcell gnctrkcll club members wishing to buy a Turkcell Smart
Ticket need only write BİLET and send an SMS to 3544. For
each Turkcell Smart Ticket purchased, gnctrkcll club members will
receive one for free. Then, TRY15, the cost of the ticket is
reflected to users' invoices.
ABOUT TURKCELL
Turkcell is the leading communications and technology company
in Turkey, with 35.2 million
subscribers as of September 30, 2012.
Turkcell is a leading regional player, with market leadership in
five of the nine countries in which it operates with its
approximately 68.1 million subscribers as of September 30, 2012. It has become one of the
first among the 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, e.g. 84 Mbps in the near future. As of September 30, 2012, Turkcell population coverage
is at 99.17% in 2G and 83.14% in 3G. Turkcell reported a
TRY2.8 billion (US$1.5 billion) net
revenue with total assets of TRY18.0 billion (US$10.1 billion) as of September 30, 2012. 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
For further information please contact Turkcell
Nihat Narin
Division Head of Investor and International
Media Relations
Tel: +90-212-313-1244
Email: nihat.narin@turkcell.com.tr
Banu Uzgur
International Media Relations Manager
Tel: +90-212-313-1506
Email: banu.uzgur@turkcell.com.tr
investor.relations@turkcell.com.tr
You can now follow the most up-to-date Turkcell developments on
twitter by clicking on the link below.
http://twitter.com/TurkcellNews
SOURCE Turkcell