Turkcell and RIM Introduce the White BlackBerry Bold in Turkey
The eye-catching white BlackBerry Bold 9000 smartphone is available in limited numbers for Turkey’s fashion conscious consumers.
Istanbul, Turkey - Turkcell (NYSE: TKC, ISE: TCELL), the leading communications and technology company in Turkey and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation announced the availability of the elegant white BlackBerry® Bold™ 9000 smartphone from Turkcell retail stores.
The BlackBerry Bold 9000 has been designed to give users a smartphone with extraordinary performance, functionality and style. With its new white exterior and white full-QWERTY keyboard, this smartphone is a must-have item for today’s fashion conscious consumer.
In addition to providing premium phone features together with the industry’s leading mobile email and messaging solution, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone also includes a rich set of multimedia capabilities and allows easy access to a broad range of additional mobile business and lifestyle applications. It also supports HSDPA high-speed networks around the world and comes with integrated GPS and Wi-Fi®, as well as a brilliant half-VGA colour display (480 x 320 at 217 ppi), 624 MHz processor, digital camera and microSD/SDHC memory card slot.
“The BlackBerry Bold is a powerful and feature-rich smartphone and we have seen increasing demand for BlackBerry smartphones in additional colours,” said Berna Akyüz Öğüt, Head of Terminal Management, Turkcell “Now the white BlackBerry Bold provides our customers with another stunning choice for staying connected in their business and personal lives.”
“The BlackBerry Bold smartphone is already a very popular choice among both business customers and consumers. We look forward to fueling that momentum in Turkey with the addition of another eye-catching colour and finish,” said Mark Guibert, Vice President of Corporate Marketing, RIM.
The new white BlackBerry Bold 9000 smartphone is available with a 4GB Mega Internet package for a monthly fee of 102 TRY for Turkcell users who commit to an 18 month data only plan.
For more information on the BlackBerry Bold 9000 smartphone, please visit: www.turkcell.com.tr
ABOUT TURKCELL
Turkcell is the leading Mobile operator in Turkey with 36.0 million postpaid and prepaid customers as of September 30, 2009 operating in a three player market with a market share of approximately 56% as of September 30, 2009 (Source: operators’ announcements). Turkcell, is the technology leader providing EDGE technology across the country. Turkcell also provides high quality data and voice services to 65% of the population (as at 30 September 2009) through the implementation of its 3G technology. Turkcell provides roaming with 628 operators in 206 countries as of September 18, 2009. Serving a large subscriber base in Turkey with its high-quality wireless telephone network, Turkcell reported $1.6 billion net revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 as per IFRS financial statements. Turkcell has interests in international Mobile operations in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Northern Cyprus and Ukraine and together with Turkey had approximately 61.9 million subscribers as of September 30, 2009. Turkcell has been listed on the NYSE (“New York Stock Exchange”) and the ISE (“Istanbul Stock Exchange”) since July 2000 and is the only NYSE listed company in Turkey. 51.00% of Turkcell’s share capital is held by Turkcell Holding, 0.05% by Cukurova Group, 13.07% by Sonera Holding, 2.32% by M.V. Group and 0.08% by others while the remaining 33.48% is free float.
Istanbul, Turkey - Turkcell (NYSE: TKC, ISE: TCELL), the leading communications and technology company in Turkey and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation announced the availability of the elegant white BlackBerry® Bold™ 9000 smartphone from Turkcell retail stores.
The BlackBerry Bold 9000 has been designed to give users a smartphone with extraordinary performance, functionality and style. With its new white exterior and white full-QWERTY keyboard, this smartphone is a must-have item for today’s fashion conscious consumer.
In addition to providing premium phone features together with the industry’s leading mobile email and messaging solution, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone also includes a rich set of multimedia capabilities and allows easy access to a broad range of additional mobile business and lifestyle applications. It also supports HSDPA high-speed networks around the world and comes with integrated GPS and Wi-Fi®, as well as a brilliant half-VGA colour display (480 x 320 at 217 ppi), 624 MHz processor, digital camera and microSD/SDHC memory card slot.
“The BlackBerry Bold is a powerful and feature-rich smartphone and we have seen increasing demand for BlackBerry smartphones in additional colours,” said Berna Akyüz Öğüt, Head of Terminal Management, Turkcell “Now the white BlackBerry Bold provides our customers with another stunning choice for staying connected in their business and personal lives.”
“The BlackBerry Bold smartphone is already a very popular choice among both business customers and consumers. We look forward to fueling that momentum in Turkey with the addition of another eye-catching colour and finish,” said Mark Guibert, Vice President of Corporate Marketing, RIM.
The new white BlackBerry Bold 9000 smartphone is available with a 4GB Mega Internet package for a monthly fee of 102 TRY for Turkcell users who commit to an 18 month data only plan.
For more information on the BlackBerry Bold 9000 smartphone, please visit: www.turkcell.com.tr
ABOUT TURKCELL
Turkcell is the leading Mobile operator in Turkey with 36.0 million postpaid and prepaid customers as of September 30, 2009 operating in a three player market with a market share of approximately 56% as of September 30, 2009 (Source: operators’ announcements). Turkcell, is the technology leader providing EDGE technology across the country. Turkcell also provides high quality data and voice services to 65% of the population (as at 30 September 2009) through the implementation of its 3G technology. Turkcell provides roaming with 628 operators in 206 countries as of September 18, 2009. Serving a large subscriber base in Turkey with its high-quality wireless telephone network, Turkcell reported $1.6 billion net revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 as per IFRS financial statements. Turkcell has interests in international Mobile operations in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Northern Cyprus and Ukraine and together with Turkey had approximately 61.9 million subscribers as of September 30, 2009. Turkcell has been listed on the NYSE (“New York Stock Exchange”) and the ISE (“Istanbul Stock Exchange”) since July 2000 and is the only NYSE listed company in Turkey. 51.00% of Turkcell’s share capital is held by Turkcell Holding, 0.05% by Cukurova Group, 13.07% by Sonera Holding, 2.32% by M.V. Group and 0.08% by others while the remaining 33.48% is free float.
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