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Siemens Expands Aycell Mobile Network in Turkey

Posted on: Tuesday, 29 July 2003, 06:00 CDT

MUNICH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 2003--The Turkish mobile operator Aycell has commissioned Siemens (NYSE:SI)(FWB:SIE) to further expand its mobile network infrastructure. For Siemens Information and Communication Mobile (Siemens mobile) this includes installing new components for the core network and the IN (Intelligent Networks) system. The contract is worth more than 23 million euro.

By expanding its network, Aycell is responding to its rapidly growing customer base and will soon be able to offer its customers new mobile applications and services. Under the terms of the contract, Siemens mobile will increase the capacity of the Mobile Switching Centers, the Switch Commander, the GPRS system and the IN system, which supports network functions such as prepaid and VPN (Virtual Private Network).

Aycell is a subsidiary of the telecommunications company Turk Telekom and caters for more than 1,3 million customers. Only about 35 percent of Turkey's 66 million inhabitants currently use mobile phones. Since 2001, Siemens mobile has been the exclusive supplier of GSM/GPRS switching technology and intelligent network services for Aycell.

With over 840 million users, GSM is the world's most successful mobile phone standard. Siemens mobile, with more than 180 international customers in over 90 countries, holds third place among the system providers for GSM mobile networks and is the market leader as a supplier of prepaid technology. The Siemens unit is also among the best in the world in the GPRS, EDGE and UMTS sector.

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