Turkcell and Huawei Are Deepening Their Cooperation to Create a Stronger Local Technology in Turkey
May 16 2017 - 11:46AM
Business Wire
Turkcell (NYSE:TKC) (BIST:TCELL) and Huawei, working in close
cooperation in order to develop 4.5G and 5G technologies since 2015
have announced to expand their relationship in developing 5G
technologies and to intensify joint efforts in the fields
of R&D and domestic production.The cooperation
agreement made between two companies involves innovations on IoT,
smart cities applications and local production in 4.5 G.
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Turkcell Chairman of the Board of
Directors Mr. Ahmet Akça and Huawei Senior Vice President Mr. Tian
Feng (Photo: Business Wire).
In accordance with the protocol signed two years ago in China,
Turkcell and Huawei have begun cooperating to improve local
production and 4.5 G and 5G technologies and they have taken an
important step to expand cooperation last week in China. The two
companies will intensify their efforts in developing domestic
technology in the coming period and accelerate their joint R&D
work in Turkey. The cooperation between two companies is designed
to set up joint teams for the realization of smart cities using
domestic production and software.
The agreement signed by Turkcell Chairman of the Board of
Directors Mr. Ahmet Akça and Huawei Senior Vice President Mr.
Tian Feng aims at deepening cooperation on developing local
production, 4.5G and, 5G technologies and on innovative solutions.
Furthermore, the agreement, which also provides intensifying
joint R&D efforts, requires the two companies to
begin searching the ways of making the trade in Yuan. The two
companies who decided to set up joint teams to work for the
improvement of local technologies in Turkey, from now on will also
jointly carry out standardization works of IoT. IoT has a vital
importance in smart cities applications.
Following the signing ceremony, Turkcell Chairman of the Board
of Directors Ahmet Akça said ’’As Turkcell, we are making long-term
collaborations in order to bring Turkey to a level that produces
and develops its own technology. We believe that developing
domestic technology in 4.5G and, 5G is an important opportunity for
our country to make a new leap forward not only in technology but
also in economy. According to the agreement we signed together with
Huawei, we are expanding our cooperation in terms of
joint R&D works, trading in Yuan, standardization,
innovative solutions, software development and domestic production.
In addition to that, we will develop new solutions in the area of
smart cities which will make life easier for our expanding
cities.’’
Huawei Senior Vice President Mr. Tian Feng stated that “As
Huawei, we consider Turkey as a strategic hub located between
Europe and Asia, and have accordingly structured our administrative
and operational infrastructure in the country to support our
Central Asia and Caucasia region operations. Our confidence in the
Turkish economy and trust in the talented, young and dynamic human
resource of the nation has led the establishment of our second
largest overseas R&D center in Turkey. We will increase
our investment in Turkey, enable Huawei Turkey R&D center
not only serve Turkey, but also make fully use of Turkey's unique
geographical advantages, covering other countries in Europe and
Asia, and deeply involved in the development of Turkey ICT
industry.”
The signing of the MOU indicates a further deepening
cooperation between Turkcell and Huawei.
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